Monday, September 19, 2005

Itsy-Bitsy Spider




This little guy resides upon an intricately constructed web just outside my kitchen window. He's been growing quite steadily, though I have never seen evidence of any food leftovers on the web. Maybe he eats up his victims to the very last morsel.

When the morning sun hits him just right, his legs are luminous, almost transparent.

My wife happens not to like spiders. Indeed, she's terrified of them. But so far she has not asked that I get rid of this one, for which I am grateful. I'm actually growing rather fond of him.

Or it may be a her, for all I know.