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Tag Archives: Spiders
Webnesday (4)
Luck favors the bold, and if spiders like to pose for portraits, luck was certainly with this one a few days ago. Shortly after my last Webnesday post, while studying the nooks and crannies in our little rock wall behind … Continue reading
Webnesday (3)
I have several nice new spring floral offerings, but I’ve decided to wait a day or so and present them a bit later than I’d originally planned, in order to bring you this special little sweetie. In contrast to my … Continue reading
Webnesday (2)
Well, I’m not surprised to have to report that the nice spring weather has begun to deteriorate and is expected to continue to do so, with snow and sleet possible during the next couple of days. There are new flowers … Continue reading
Webnesday (1)
No, it’s not a typo. Wait—let me go back a step or two, and please have some understanding for my rather lengthy introduction… My elder daughter has been fascinated by eight-legged creatures for as long as I can remember. And … Continue reading
Autumn arachnophilia
As warm days start to become the exception, the spiders have been making increasingly-infrequent appearances. We have had none of the big, beautiful orb weavers this fall, to my considerable disappointment, and the only spiders I’ve seen in the past … Continue reading
Wee three (and a new name for an old friend)
Although I’ve been back in my beloved woods of northern Minnesota for several days now, I must admit that I’ve not been as productive in catching up on my posts—and my comments and feedback on yours—as I had hoped. I’m … Continue reading
Who’s stalking whom? (Arachnid alert!)
(This one is for Dezra and Melanie.) The day before yesterday I went back out to see what might be waiting for me in and around the flowers that grow around our little gazebo. My first encounter was with a … Continue reading
Of fierce flora and fauna
You may recall my reporting the spontaneous demise of my almost-2-year-old Pentax Optio W-90 while I was in North Carolina, on a wonderful hike with my brother just a few weeks ago. Briefly, it refused to turn on for a … Continue reading
The Little Beauty and the Wee Beastie
Yesterday I went for a hike on a portion of a woods trail that I started decades ago and have been working on improving ever since. The woods, however, were getting so old that the hypermature ones were dying and … Continue reading
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Tagged Flora, Flowers, Hiking, Insects, Minnesota, Spiders, Summer, Wildlife
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Saltie Success
I have long had a particular fondness for the small folk who share this wonderful world with us, and I have developed a special fascination for the spiders. And my favorites among them are the jumpers—the salticids. Today one made … Continue reading
