I could destroy in one blow
her fine house
of spun silk
woven with care
or leave it there
to capture the first light I might otherwise not see.
Come along in Red Canoe as she explores the quiet backwater of Ohio's State Parks and the scenic streams and rivers of the Midwest. Discover the beauty hidden beyond the water's edge, quietly waiting, past access points, often only inches deep!
Come browse my photography site, Nature Remains: nothing but a photograph, for full-page slide shows of my favorite images and opportunities to purchase them.
In Spring of 2008, I began the study of 2 vernal pools on my property as part of the Ohio Vernal Pool Partnership monitoring program.
My 2008 journal includes the first photos and findings, as I studied this fascinating wetland area just a few steps beyond my backdoor...
2009 photos and findings,
2010,... again!
Now, 4 years later, another season is just days away!
Travel beyond the Midwest has taken me to some beautiful places. Usually off the beaten track, these places are WILD!
Acadia National Park
New River Nature Festival
Olympic National Park
Pictured Rocks and the UP
Voyageurs National Park
(click on the text above each photo for a quick get-away)
A regularly appearing feature, "Have you seen..." takes a closer, more patient look at things usually not seen in a flattering light.
Take a look!
Each spring, as winter lessens its grip and days warm with the first fragrant breezes of a new season, we collect sap from our Sugar Maples and produce just enough syrup for ourselves for the coming year.
The progress of this year's backyard endeavor is illustrated here.
Summer 2008, the tiny jewel of the avian world, a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, nested just feet from my front door. Pictures of her nest and the changing lives within are collected in this journal.
From life the size of a pea....
Cats that come to stay
(click on the text above each photo for stories in these collections)
15 comments:
Sometimes a quandary, isn't it?
I'm glad you didn't destroy it. Spiders and their webs are such a fabulous miracle to watch.
When I find one stretched across the trail, I try to unhook it, open the door, and rehook it behind me. I'm not always successful.
Leave it, by all means.
Yes, we have an unusual looking reddish spider living in our bathroom. It bobs up and down on its bungy cord capturing who knows what out of the air. As long as she stays out of my hair we will remain friends. She didn't like me blow drying my hair this week. She kept coming down after the brush as it whipped around my head. She is only about a half inch in circumfrence. She better watch out. I might not see her next time.
I vote to leave it :o)
What a beautiful quote~ did you write it?
Your entire blog is very inspiring. Thank you for sharing your lovely words and photos.
Caitlin
just beautiful
and
as it
should
be
So much of gardening involves destruction, the harder choice is often not to destroy. Then again, spiders in my bedroom?...
Maybe there are two kinds of people in the world: Those who step on every bug and wipe away every web without a second thought. And then there are the rest of us.
Wonderful... I'm for leaving it there too!
Found your link at Bernie's. Enjoyed my little walk through your nature site..... I can almost smell and feel it.
I'm wearing a pair of spider earrings today (well, they look like little spiders) that I bought after medical inspection of a spider bite ultimately led to a diagnosis of very early stage breast cancer. As a former arachniphobe I would definitely leave it for a while at least, then do the nice Murr thing...
Personally, so long as the spider's not getting in the way of things or it isn't biting me, then I don't think I'm going to move it.
Lovely verse. Age old question. Many thing I'm "wierd" because of these little choices that I make, such as yours. I just smile, knowingly. ~karen
I love this.
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