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Creepy Friday

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Argiope Spider – Backyard – July 2015
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gator – Orlando Wetlands Park – August 2015

The artist is a receptacle for the emotions that come from all over the place, from the sky, from the eartch, from a scrape of paper, from a spider’s web.” – Pablo Picasso

My spider inspired me to start a new feature – Creepy Friday! This will feature bugs and reptiles and other crawling and perhaps even flying things on my morning post. But probably not my beautiful dragonflies or butterflies.

And don’t forget Bird Monday and Wildflower Wednesday,

Quote found at http://thinkexist.com/quotes/with/keyword/spider/

White Top Sedge

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White Top Sedge – Orlando Wetlands Park – July 2015
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Tight Crop White top sedge.

This is a new to me interesting flower. The flower is actually the tiny blooms in the center. The leaves turn white much like a poinsettia.  And as always in the ecosystem there are spider webs and a tiny beetle like creature in residence. (see tight crop.)

Dragonfly Lore

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Skimmer – Lake Monroe – May 2015
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Skimmer – Lake Monroe Park – May 2015

“Reflected in the dragonflies eye — mountains” – Kobayashi Issa

Dragonflies live 2 different lives. In the east they are majestic signs of strength, in the west objects of superstition. Some translations of European names for dragonflies – devils needle (French and German), water witch, blind stinger. See this blurb for more info http://www.petzon.se/dragonfly/main/just_for_fun/folklore.html. I’ll be adding this to my wetlands tour talks.

To me the fact that hexagons appear again – in the light reflected from the dragonflies eyes is a tribute to that universal shape.

Thanks to http://justkeepbrains.com/ for leading me on this path of investigation.