Saturday, August 12, 2023

WIND IN THE WILLOWS AND OTHER PLACES

 Recent  marine  breezes   have  turned  spiders into  frequent flyers,  enabling  them  to   build  large  webs , like the  one  shown below , big enough  to  snare  a  snark, a boojum  and  Lady Chatterley's  gardener .


 Walk about the garden  and you blunder into new  webs ,which have been  built  by bungee jumping and  glider pilot  spiders  who  have been  out   riding  the  wind and expanding their  empires .

This  blog's cluttered den  is  sporting much smaller  webs  next  to bookcases . Out in the  laundry , a   power  walking   Daddy  Longlegs   can  be  seen   taking   a   breather . 


In the kitchen ,  two small jumping  spiders  have   suddenly appeared  along with   new  webs  at  the top of the  sliding  windows . Must  speak to the maid about  this  unsatisfactory  situation. 

Also noticed are  palm  fronds  brought down by the gusts, a large  one bouncing off  a  carport roof , the tip  part  covering  a nesting Curlew , already   sitting   in  a  near  dangerous  driveway  position , on  two eggs , which   appear to have   escaped  being scrambled by the frond .