After posting my spider poem last week, I received two wonderful "connected" poems. So, with thanks to Maureen, I would like to share the one by E. B. White:
The Spider's Web
The spider, dropping down from twig, Unfolds a plan of her devising, A thin premeditated rig To use in rising. And all that journey down through space, In cool descent and loyal hearted, She spins a ladder to the place From where she started. Thus I, gone forth as spiders do In spider's web a truth discerning, Attach one silken thread to you For my returning.
I googled this poem and learned that it was first published anonymously in 1929. Since EBW happens to be one of my all-time favorite writers, I have to confess that despite the fact I can't read the end of Charlotte's Web without wet eyes I love his delicious and subtle sense of humor. (I was somewhat mollified about my own tears when I heard the author himself, during an NPR interview, tell about how it took him many tries -- I remember "17" -- to read that ending aloud for the audio book, without choking up.)
But this is meant to be a photography blog! I am going first to include a few fun images, mostly recent, to celebrate some of the many facets of this profession:
a witness to unexpected cultural shifts --
and population shifts, in rural Kentucky.
Also a witness to nature's wonders, in this case trying to show by looking down from above how long these stems are --
rattlesnake plantain |
and how tall the trees --
an extremely warm and humid July evening |
As for the deer, who are beautiful, they are still like rodents! Just ask our sunflower plants and the corn we didn't bother to plant.
one of the twins, with mama doe nearby |
Since I started today's post with webs, I am pulling up two more web views from our Appalachian woods, as a way of expressing the on-going need we all have to connect, to trust, to work together -- and to work hard at doing all that. Through this effort, we can honor those fallen Norwegians, their families, and their wonderful but wounded nation.
Each web is a sign of hope for a new day. |
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