No picture, just a story tonight.
I was out late watering in my backyard garden and patio area after dark, and since we are entering another heat wave here in Seattle, I did a little extra watering and lingered around some of our trees.
We have lots of pretty outdoor lighting with one particular light softly shining on a beautiful Japanese Stewartia tree. It was here that I spotted a very tiny spider making its web.
As I watched, transfixed by its movements and web-making skills, I saw a tiny gnat fly into the middle of the web, and then the spider became a bit distraught. It had to rush over, wind up the little gnat in a bundle, and then go back to where it was making the web and continue its process.
It was a very creative web, not perfectly aligned or symmetric like some spiderwebs, but I think the “early appetizer” made the spider a tad distracted. Regardless, it was so fascinating and mesmerizing to watch, I almost felt like I was intruding.
Serendipitous Nature Therapy at its best!
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