It was a beautiful start to October, a little bit of chill in the early morning air and some dew on the grass. In the garden across the road there is an array of spider webs, which glisten in the dew. I haven’t dared to photograph them as I don’t want to disturb the neighbours and having me trample through their garden with my trusty camera might indeed be disturbing.
We spent some time at Heversham visiting family and came back through Dallam Park, it is beautiful at this time of year, with the trees turning and that warm soft afternoon sun. The Deer were quite low down and there were pheasants in abundance. I know that some people find them frustrating as they can damage garden beds, but I love to see them in all their splendour foraging in the shrubbery and grass for spiders and seeds.
Fall’s frail web of lace
Reminiscent of first frost
Pheasants chase spiders.
© Alison Jean Hankinson
Haibun for d’Verse.
The spider web image was available to use in the public domain from pixabay, the other photographs were taken yesterday driving through Dallam Park.
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Oh I do like the deer… (especially at this time of the year when there are no tulips) … love what you saw in those spider webs.
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I love bumping into any wild creatures unexpectedly it is such a privilege to be able to catch them with my camera…..
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Lovely images, particularly the haiku with your picture of life going on despite the cold.
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thank you. XX
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🙂
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I am so enjoying these poems. Yours is especially beautiful because of the spider webs. You are making me want to abandon my desk and flee into the garden where I know I will find the same images.
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There is so much to treasure in life.
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A terrific sharing, Fall’s embrace, still holding the first frost at arm’s length. Spider webs are one of my favorite things to snap images of.
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You make the spider webs sound elegant. Now, the deer…….that made me want to come over!
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thank you. XX
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You’re welcome!
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The haiku is ouTstanding. Life does go on, doesn’t. We have a young doe who visits our yard on a regular basis, foraging. I grew extra green beans just for her.
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How lovely. What a kind thing to do. XXX
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You have some lovely trips out, Alison, and I’m glad you got a spider’s web photo! I got up yesterday morning to wet grass and as I let Luna (one of the cats) in the back door, there was a deer wandering across the garden – I love that. That’s such an upbeat haiku with the pheasants chasing spiders! It seems all the spiders have come indoors here. 🙂
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Yes we seem to have a few too. XXX
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When I was a child there were always pheasants in the fence rows. Then the big farm conglomerates got greedy and took out all the fence rows and it is rare to see a pheasant now. Sad passing of the tidy little individual farms. I so enjoyed your journey. You made it come alive.
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Many thanks. XXX
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I like how you started this with spider webs worth photographing and ending it with peasants chasing spiders.
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chortle…sorry…
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I guess it is pheasants.
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I love the haiku at the end of this lovely writing.
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thankyou
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Love “Pheasants chase spiders”!
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Love this!
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I like the comparison of spider webs with lace.
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A great still life vignette! Lovely photographs, too!
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