I have an autumn spider in my kitchen window. We usually have one at this time of year - except in years past they have been on the inside, living right in the kitchen.
One year, a huge black spider took up the entire window with her web and we let her stay and grow until Christmas. By then it was really too much to have inside the house - she took up a lot of room and I think might have been about to have babies.
But this one, this year, is hanging just on the outside of the window - the four corners of her web tied to the brick at the top, and the yellow rose at the bottom. Her web is unbearably beautiful and so I decided this morning that I am going to watch her every morning, and talk about her here.
I'm not sure why I think the spider is a her. And I probably should not call her an "autumn spider" because that is a particular type of spider and she is not that. But it is autumn and the spider is here so I will watch my autumn spider and she will help me pass some time.
I don't have a picture of her yet. My camera battery is dead and I've somehow lost the computer plug in my messy life. I'm going to try to replace it tomorrow and then I will post her picture.
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