She’s on patrol tonight. Yesterday she didn’t have it quite figured out, having set up shop directly across our front door which meant that while some mighty big prey got caught in her web, namely me, it was a little too big, snapping threads and sending her racing for the crevice in the door in alarm. After that happened twice, she got it that she might need to set her sights a little lower. So tonight her ambitious (close to five feet in diameter) web is strung to the left of the door and she’s holding court in the center. I didn’t see any bound and stored victims yet, but I hope her hunt goes well. Too many damn sparrows in this neighborhood anyway.
My stay in Sylt has had an unexpected result: I’m addicted to carbonated water even more desperately than I was before. I’m working through a two liter bottle of seltzer right now. Of course a lot of it is getting sweated out but still, I was jonesing pretty hard earlier tonight.
Tags: animals, daily photo, food