Steve (my husband) and I went out this morning because we haven’t had a lot of time together lately because of his new job and the incredibly long hours he’s been working. I’ve been finding ways to occupy my mind and my time, through taking pictures, mostly, and reading, studying and blogging, which I do, anyway.

After we had breakfast out and ran a few errands, we came pulling into the parking lot of our condo and there was an unusual sight; a practically perfect pinwheel of a lacy spiderweb, strung across the hood of a parked vehicle; between the antenna and the windshield; a practically invisible net-trap for flying insects, unless the light hit it just right. It was out in the open, so I was surprised that it was bending and swaying in the wind without getting ripped apart. I wondered how long the little spider engineer had to work on this magnificent piece of work - it was probably created overnight after the weather had calmed and the storms had passed.

Still, it appeared to be an incredible effort which will be swept away as soon as the driver gets in his truck and drives off, as I doubt it will withstand the kind of beating it will receive at driving speeds.

When we were at the pavilion yesterday, there were a number of spider webs, were completely invisible until you walked through them and felt the whisper of the sticky filament-like threads. Afterwards I would get the creepy crawlies, wondering if a spider was on me.

What a feat of engineering these creatures are able to put together within a matter of hours!!!