Thursday, August 29, 2013
No, I do not normally give spiders names. However, while I was editing this picture, one of my sons was saying something to me that I could not understand. I was showing him the spider and thought he was saying, "Ike. Ike. Ike." I asked him if the spider's name was Ike and he said, "Nope. Iank" I then asked him if he was trying to say "Bike." "Nope. Ank." It ended up that he was trying to say "Bank." I don't know why, but he was trying to talk about the bank. Haha Well, I liked the name Ike and since I don't know what kind of spider this is, it worked for naming the photo. If anyone knows what kind of spider this is, please tell me. :)
This time of year, it has come to our attention (in our new house), we end up getting a lot of spider webs outside. I have seriously never noticed this many spider webs in any place we lived before. There's always a down side and an up side to spider webs.
- Down side: if there are spider webs, there are spiders. If there are spider webs, I will walk through them.
- Up side: if there are spider webs, they will catch flying insect. :) I'm not sure which I do not like more: flying insects or spiders (probably flying insects, to tell you the truth). Now, if there was a flying spider, that would definitely take the cake.
As I looked out our back door, while eating breakfast, I noticed this web with a spider on it stretched across the steps leading down to our deck. I quickly jumped up and ran to grab my camera and spray bottle of water and I was out the door. The web was in pretty bad shape, I guess she had a good night of catching insects. I sprayed some water on it and as I did Ike came to life. She quickly started taking the web down. I took a little video, but as I was taking the video she became fairly still, of course. So, I didn't get any good video of her actually taking it down. However, I got two GREAT pictures of her. It was REALLY hard to choose between the two, but I chose this one. I just love this shot, it really makes me think of spiders in a whole new light. I've always thought spiders were interesting, but never wanted to get up close to them. Since having twin boys, all that has changed. I don't want my boys to be scared of things, but aware of things that could harm them. This requires me to get a little too close for comfort to point things out to them. Therefore, I can't jump and scream every time I see a spider or a wasp or bee gets to close. I have to keep calm. Now, roaches are a WHOLE different story. I demand the right to jump and scream if I see one. ;)
I hope you enjoy this picture because I'm very proud of it.
By the way, I dedicate this picture to my loving husband and lovely sister, who both HATE spiders. ;) Ha.
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