It's The Little Things

that bring the greatest pleasure

like playing in water

barefoot.

Finding a tiny snail

and a green fly on a rock, the wonder is there

if you look.

Here's a crawdad under water

and a spider surrounded by water, my personal favorite.

Mother Nature centers me and makes me grateful for all her gifts.  Town or country, there is always something to marvel about, especially with bare feet and an open heart.

Photography Challenge...Kinda

Last week I discovered a blog where they presented photo challenges.  Since I am photographically challenged, I thought it might be fun to join in the fun and learn from the other participants.  I wrote the challenges down but failed to note the blog address.  So here are my challenges with the photos matching the challenge.  

It's hay season

(what) I'm looking at...a spider on a swan statue

Koi in motion

It means a lot to me

Darling Pit Bull Bonnie

Photographer's choice

Water from a pump

So I did take photos with the challenge in mind 

but my mind can't remember where to link it!

Found it!  Scavenger Hunt Sunday is the link for last week.

In The Hidden Places

Like an over ripe fruit

Draws wasps and bees

With its sticky sweetness

The spider had lured

The wasp to its web

I stopped to watch

Laid on the ground trying 

To capture the moment

What a parent won't do 

For their children

Dinner was trapped

and stunned.

 The spider danced along her web

Repairing each strand

The wasp had torn

Like an engineer 

She kept her leads equal

And judged the balance

With a glance

Drawing the food

Closer to those 

Who hungered

October for Poetry Jam

October 

The bull can breathe fire

Shadows lengthen

Fruit weeps for spring

We ponder

About life's web

And other things

For Poetry Jam

Happy Halloween!

No matter how you celebrate,

or if you do at all,

Remember, to wrap your fun in safety

and hope you have  a ball.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Blessed Are The Bug Eaters...

a toad,

a spider,

a frog,

and a lizard,

All contribute to the health of the garden.

Tarantula

When I was growing up, I knew I was in trouble when I heard my whole name...well, DENNIS PAUL!!!!
My hubby caught a tarantula and was chasing Andrew with it. (Andrew has been trained to fear spiders by his mother). I guess you can imagine what broke loose around here.
The gremlins had been at my computer so I was TRYING to fix it. I heard screams of Nana, Nana.
As you can imagine with computer trouble, the day after a holiday, my lovely boss, and then screaming, yelling, laughing, running and more laughing, I almost lost it. I marched into the middle of the trouble, took the tarantula and dumped him outdoors.
That didn't solve the problem. My hubby is laughing and saying, I wish I had you on tape when you stomped in and got that spider! Andrew is upset cause I let Papa's spider loose. I said did you like being tortured with it? No, but still pouting.
So I grab a flashlight, find the d--- spider and bring it back in.
Now, no one is happy with that either. Den says I told you to let it go, Andrew says, I said you didn't have to catch it. So I give the bucket with the spider to Den and get back on the computer.
The commotion starts again! Den has told Andrew it is loose in his room cause I left the lid off the bucket. Den is laughing at Andrew so hard he can't stand! Then I say DENNIS PAUL and he knows he has gone far enough. Den admits he let the spider go outside much to Andrew's relief. I go back to the computer, hot, aggravated and still working...and I hear laughter!!!!