On a recent sunny afternoon, I was reclining on my sofa, reading. I looked up, and noticed a thread-thin line of sunlight floating from the ceiling. That little touch of loveliness come from my laziness with the vacuum cleaner; it inspired me to look out for other moments created by the overlooked threads of spiders.The delicate weaving of light above is visible for only a brief time as the sun moves across the room.
Wispy lines wander from seed head to seed head on a spray of dried Cimicifuga.
The petals of an Annabelle hydrangea are like shyly hidden damsels behind a woven screen.
Two lines of a triangle lightly drawn in space emphasize the structure of an old door latch.
This mass of spider threads is like a tiny woven basket, suspended from a pole and trailing decorative filaments.
The glass of a window, which should be invisible, makes its presence known as tiny lines against the pane hold the sunlight. The bits and pieces of dust and spider web turn a transparent plane into flickering patterns of light and dark; from this perspective, dirty windows can be beautiful.
Oh, got the same spider magic going on here... every so often I dismantle them, but they return so quickly - that's the magic! ( among other things)
ReplyDeleteIt's so true, Valerianna; they return almost as soon as you sweep them away. How do all these spiders get in the house?
DeleteLol, just today saw spiders doing the same thing here in North Carolina.
ReplyDeleteah, spiders everywhere! at least they are helpful in capturing small insects.
DeleteNow that is the way I wish everyone looked at a home, especially mine. :)
ReplyDeleteWe can agree on that, Lisa!
DeleteWhat a great post! Of course I'd rather dust, read, photograph and write than dust too. But really: how wonderful that you put all these together in a subject. There was a deservedly famous Finnish writer/painter of the kids' books, Moomintroll (in Swedish), Tove Jansson. She spent much of her life on a tiny island (4 mins to walk it!) in the Gulf of Finland and paid large attention to small things. Her adult novel about this island has been reissued as a NYRB classic: The Summer Book. Phillip Pullman (whose kids' books weren't written until I was an adult) called Tove Jansson a genius. Anyway, I think you'd enjoy next time you're reading...from one bad housekeeper to another.
ReplyDeletethanks, Julie. And thank you for the book recommendation; I love Phillip Pullman's trilogy, so his recommendation means a lot.
DeleteThis is the second time I've stopped to enjoy these images. thanks again for making us think positively about our cobwebs!
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