In August, these big, special spiders appear from out—seemingly—of nowhere.
And these mushrooms—with the glimmering world behind them—pop up overnight.
From whence come these specimens of Life Force, and who are we to interfere with their Comings and Goings? And their Staying, on this, the shared and sacred land?
"For the bee, honey is the ultimate reality. It represents the fulfillment of her life mission, the triumph over her enemies, the continuity of the hive, the justification for working herself to death. Honey is to bees what money in the bank is to people—a measure of prosperity and well-being. But there is nothing abstract or symbolic about honey, as there is about money, which has no intrinsic value. There is more real wealth in a pound of honey, or a load of manure for that matter, than all the currency in the world. We often destroy the world's real wealth to create an illusion of wealth, confusing symbol and substance."—Wm. Longgood, The Queen Must Die
2 comments:
Wow, hell of a spider. It's a yellow garden spider, aka black and yellow garden spider, common garden spide, etc. Argiope aurantia. The zigzagging ribbon of silk you can see in the lower pic is called a stabilimentum.
Thanks for looking that one up. I wanted very much to get that zigzag effect in the shot. It's very pronounced in these spiders' webs. Quite beautiful!
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