Heroes Not Zombies

I love these drops of water on stems, leaves and petals. They are like little lenses to see the world through, little prisms or jewels decorating the hedgerow.

I’ve no idea what this is. It was lying in the middle of the path right in front of me. Like gossamer, a little tangle of filaments in a small bundle on the ground. I guess it’s the creation of a spider of some kind but I’ve never seen anything like it.

See the dew drop, just to the top right? What I didn’t notice as I took the photograph was that the creator of this web wasn’t finished. See her right in the middle? It looks to me that the inner spiral is not yet complete.

I saw all of this on the walk to the station which I take every single work day. How different! How new! How becoming, not being……