We had lots of sunshine today. AMAZING feeling, being able to throw open windows and let the little missy wander around the garden. This child is very busy exploring and has to be watched every second-- if not, I may find her on the table (or off, if she's fallen) or up on a chair trying to reach something. The best is the trail she leaves in her wake. A testament to a short attention span: a hot wheels car, one of her brother's DS's, keys to a door (great, which door is missing a key now?!), my recently folded (and now unfolded) laundry... But today she explored the grass and the fat, wet worms (no, she didn't attempt to pick them up) while her brothers played football.
These shots were taken with my Nikon D70-- the camera that sits on the shelf while I take my D50 everywhere. But my baby is in hospital (dust on the sensor lens), so I have to get over my prejudices.
As you already must suspect, I love the phone boxes, and this is the one my landlord had to have to his wife's dismay. :-)
Yesterday, I left something behind at church and had to drive the 15-20 minutes back to get it before the building was locked up. On the way home, I looked up at the phone wires that appeared to have waves of heat emanating from them. Remember, you don't take your eyes off of these roads longer than a nano second, so after several looks up, I realized that the 'waves' were actually silky webs, glistening in the sunlight.
There's ONE day in the entire week I don't grab my camera when when I leave the house. Guess which one that is...
I did go back, but by then the sun was in a different place, so I captured the webs on the bushes instead. ( This is a large upload so you can click on it to see the webs a little clearer )
Can you look at a spider's web and not think of E.B. White?
You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die. A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that.
Charlotte, "Charlotte's Web"
I love those red telephone boxes and they seemed to be everywhere in 1985 when I visited London. That was too long ago - it would be nice to be able to visit again.
ReplyDelete*shudder* I am not a fan of spiders or their silky webs. I know I'm going to have to get over this when I get down on my hands and knees and start getting the garden ready. But still... blech.
Those are amazing pics! The first one is heaven! Love it!
ReplyDeleteAnd I have a thing for those telephone booths too. I have a dozen pics of them from my first trip to London.