Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave

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Photos from a foggy morning walk along the berm between Niles Pond and Brace Cove this morning.

Spider's Web Niles pond -2 ©Kim Smith 2014

The shoreline draped in gossamer nets–the world according to spiders.

Spider's Web Niles pond -3 ©Kim Smith 2014

Spider's Web Niles pond -4 ©Kim Smith 2014

Spider's Web Niles Pond Gloucester ©Kim Smith 2014JPGSong Sparrow Niles Pond Gloucester ©Kim Smith 2014Song Sparrow

Rosa rugosa Nile pond ©Kim Smith 2014

Rosa rugosa

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Spider's Web Niles pond -6 ©Kim Smith 2014Water Lily Niles pond -2 ©Kim Smith 2014Foggy Niles pond -2 ©Kim Smith 2014

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Documentary filmmaker, photographer, landscape designer, author, and illustrator. "Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly" currently airing on PBS. Current film projects include Piping Plovers, Gloucester's Feast of St. Joseph, and Saint Peter's Fiesta. Visit my websites for more information about film and design projects at kimsmithdesigns.com, monarchbutterflyfilm.com, and pipingploverproject.org. Author/illustrator "Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities! Notes from a Gloucester Garden."

11 thoughts on “Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave”

  2. Magnificent photos.Growing up I always called it Braces’s Cove, (I’M sure a Gloucester colloquialism). An ecosystem I never embraced. Thx for sharing the flora and fauna.

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    1. Thank you Genie. I’ve heard Brace Cove equally as much as Brace’s Cove. I never tire of walking there and always find something exquisite to photograph.

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    1. Thanks so much Mary. I wasn’t planning to photograph because I thought the light was too flat. The minute I walked out onto the berm I was sorry i didn’t have my camera and ran back to the car to get it. The spider webs are there all the time and the dew and low light made them really pop.

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  5. Growing up in Gloucester,early morning was often like your photos today.I’m glad you went back to get your camera,Kim. Thanks for sharing your vision.

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    1. Thanks Marion; that’s a very lovely thing to say. It was super speaking with you on the phone the other day and I look forward to meeting you in person!

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  6. Great Vision capture during your walk – Kim and a very reflective moment here for sure glad you shared it with us…On the spider web side – I thought about this watching them myself and this is how I felt:

    “I have learned allot watching the spider in his web. Like how a spider acts after catching a bug – it wraps its meal up – stays by it as to be thankful for the offering meal…Then the spider repairs its web, for this maintains the balance in the circle-of-life, of his family, home & web, vital to survival.” (Dave Moore)

    Thanks Dave & Kim 🙂

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