Janet Brien's photos with the keyword: Spider

I thought it would be really fun to compare Roscoe to a dime, so I stuck one to the wall right next to her and took a picture! (I moved the dime over just a bit and made the background black) I just love this picture because it really shows how small and cute this little girl is! :D

Today I went for a photo walk up on top of our ridge line and on the way back, I decided to wander through a little grassy area. Suddenly I realized I was walking through a web at face level, and though I was a little bit alarmed, I figured it was just a little wispy web. NOT! The strands were so strong that they stretched as I pushed my way through...a huge, sticky web was all over my face and glasses and the front of my shirt and...I TOTALLY LOST IT!! I was so sure there was a huge spider racing around in my hair or on my back, it was all I could do to not scream my head off for the next hour! I am usually very calm about critters....but when I get sticky spider webs all over my FACE, I come up with a brand new vocabulary that would make a sailor blush! :D After I forced myself to calm down and stop freaking out, I carefully pulled the webs off my face and glasses, my clothes, and to my HUGE RELIEF, there was no spider on me. *pant pant pant* I was still shaking ten minutes later, and yet I was upset that I missed the opportunity to probably photograph a super cool spider it its web! Isn't that silly?!! I haven't been that scared in a VERY long time over a natural situation! By the way, the lovely spider in THIS web is only about 1/2" in diameter!! More below! :) When Steve and I went to Mill Creek Falls, near Prospect, Oregon, we found many things to photograph there, including spiders and their magnificent webs! We found so manyf perfect orb webs with spiders sitting in the center that we finally gave up taking pictures of them after half a dozen different ones! :D

From my archives, here's an adorable jumping spider I found in our kitchen one day and brought it outside to let it go and to take its picture. I just love them! So curious and intelligent, it's such fun to watch them walk around and turn to look at things, including me! :D