Spiderama, A Dedication

This post is dedicated to my friend Monnie!


Hi Monnie! (She hates spiders.)



How do you like all of these webs? (It seems as if you Blogfolk might think that Ol' Hannibal is being cruel...)



Isn't it quite a site to see? (Well...I am...)



There are huge webs, tiny webs, fat webs, skinny webs...(But it's all in fun...)



Look at this one with the zigzag entrance! (I told Monnie about my walk with the spiders and how amazing it was, but she couldn't see thru her fear...)



And look at this one with it's pretty colors! (So I am showing her that her prejudgement might be wrong...)



And look at this one as it is eating it's breakfast. (I told her that there were thousands of webs, and to see them in the early hours of the morning was a sight to see...)



And look Monnie, the dew drops sparkled in those hours, but disappeared by day, like they were never there!

...So see Monnie, it's not so bad walking among spiders...

(I am jumpstarting the "SCARY" since it's Halloween month, and...you know...my bloggername is kinda appropriate.)

Foggy Sunrise

When I went to work this morning, the stars were out, the crescent moon was shining bright, and all was well with the start to my day. Over the past few mornings, I have been taking off a few hours from work at sunrise, to chance a siting of the Sandhill Cranes I have yet to find at Goose Lake Prairie. I've heard them plenty, but the lil buggers escape me every time...Anyhoo, as the sun started to rise, the fog got thick with the morning. I thought that maybe the morning might be a bust, but new opportunities presented themselves with some interesting photos:


The fog was so thick, the sun was heavily filtered.






It was a perfect calm morning for a reflection shot.






The red dawn of a day on the prairie.






A spiders perspective of a sunrise.

Gah!

Icky, gross, bleck, and plenty more adjectives describe every creepy arachnid including this one. ( I kept a distance with my zoom, so my safety was in check...)



It seems that the newly named spider I shall call Gahickygrossbleck is injecting it's prey with its venom to render it paralized for later consumption. The food chain in action.