Monday, October 8, 2007

Rain, frogs and spiders


I think the news said tonight that we have had 52 inches of rain this year. That doesn't seem possible. However, I do know that it has been a very good year for frogs and toads. I have had frogs on my windows every evening eating bugs. The roads have been littered with frogs and toads and at night they are hopping every where in the car lights. It has also been a good year for the orb spider, Charlotte's Web Spider. They have been hanging in the trees and off of the eves. Tonight I stepped outside around sunset and the the ground was covered in spiderwebs. The picture only shows the reflections of the sun. But it looked like my whole lawn had a fine veil of glistening web covering. It was really quite stunning.

4 comments:

audrey said...

yeah, we had a pet frog one time and somebody tossed it out in the snow while they were house sitting for us................

LIZZY said...

that is a cool picture---kinda creepy---perfect for this time of year

Manthy said...

have you seen the charlottes web babies blowing in the wind lately? it is nasty to walk into. i like when it is raining and you try to drive down the road and avoid all the frogs hopping all over the road.

LIZZY said...

NASTY why do you all live out there?