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Jennifer Silva Redmond's avatar

I love spiders but had not considered the artistic metaphor. Thank you for that insight.

Years ago, we were sailing in the Sacramento Delta, east of San Francisco, and one day we saw all these strands of spider silk on our boat. Within days we had a million tiny spiders on the outside of the boat. Not many survived but it was enough that we have always had plenty of small spiders since then. And NO mosquitoes. Coincidence? I think not!

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Alicia Dara's avatar

During summers of mass spiders there are always less mosquitos, and I'll take it! Spider silk is magical, especially when covered with raindrops :)

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Jennifer Silva Redmond's avatar

Yes! Seeing dew on spider webs is one of the benefits of morning walks.

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Alisa Kennedy Jones's avatar

Such a juicy one!

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