I wrote sometime ago about how baby spiders, in the fall of the year, are kicked out of their family spider homes. They are all given a supply of web that they hang onto and fly through the air to land on something that may catch their web. A fencepost, an edge of a garage, an antenna, a tree. That’s where the new baby spiders start their own spider lives and the circle of life … [Read more...]
Is This You? Popping Pine Cones
By Trina Machacek A very unofficial poll tells me that four out of six people will vote fall aka autumn as their favorite time of the year. Reasons vary widely on why people choose one season over another. As to not step on falling toes let me put a few of those reasons in alphabetical order. ABC. Apples come into season with tart, sweet crispness and the aroma of … [Read more...]