Just had a look on the Internet and they are baby European Garden Spiders, so nothing sinister.
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MobiColour RESULT: MC #118 Theme: Colour in Nature - April 30-May 6
rizole
It's not even my banana.
Comfort? they've just spent some months close together in eggs. Nice to cuddle up again afterwards I guess.
They are resting after hatching. As the egg sac would have been left somewhere safe, they should be fine for sometime while prepping for dispersal.
That blue . . .
I feel for you. Friday night sore throat: Saturday morning hot and aching and no voice. My DH thinks he’s died and gone to heaven
That’s fairly normal for baby spiders. Sometimes there will be clustered inside a nursery web. Often when they leave it will be by “ballooning”. Each will look for something taller to climb up, such as tall grass stalks, they need a gentle breeze. Then they start letting out a line of spider web into the wind, maybe a metre or so long, until it is long enough to be caught by the breeze and support their weight. Finally a gust will make them airborne and they will all take off on the breeze. Sometimes you may notice an area with hundreds of straight spider web lines draped over bushes or grasses and this is where the baby spiders landed after their dispersal flight.
Take good care of yourself. The flu these days is quite unpleasant. Just when you think you’re getting better take care not to over do it. That’s when you can expect a relapse.
I suspect those tiny bud-like things on the very thin stalks are actually spore capsules, not flower buds. If you look closely the tiny capsules look like little pointy acorns. The top will eventually open and the spores will be distributed on the breeze. If you do a search online for spore capsules, moss, photos, you will see many examples of different types of spore capsules and can read about the life cycle of moss.
Nature in Hand
Snapseed
Snapseed
Ahhhh, gossamer wings.
rizole
It's not even my banana.
The allium is ready to pop.
WildPlace
MobiPassionista
Looking across the sea loch, horrible grey day (every day this week has been grey) i enhanced the colours a little in DistressedFX and added the birds...
rizole
It's not even my banana.
I found another one hiding behind a pot as I was clearing the garden. It moved pretty quickly and this was the best pic o the markings on it's abdomen I could get.
GroovyGouvy
MobiLifer
Just a lucky shot shortly before we've left the restaurant from dad's birthday lunch.
Aviator
The flowers are called Blauregen (Blue Rain), don't ask me for the proper English name. The bee won't care anyway. [emoji1]
6Pod native, cut and slightly pimped in Snapseed.
Aviator
The flowers are called Blauregen (Blue Rain), don't ask me for the proper English name. The bee won't care anyway. [emoji1]
6Pod native, cut and slightly pimped in Snapseed.
Sure looks like wisteria to me.
Sure looks like wisteria to me.
Orange and red
Snapseed
How gorgeous!
Looks like an amazing hike...
Glad you’re feeling better. And I was all —->Couldn't even visit my dad for his birthday yesterday.but the good thing is he celebrates tomorrow, so at least I will be there.
when you said you missed your dad’s birthday, but then —-> when you said you’ll get to be at the actual celebration. I can just smell them... one of my all-time fave flowers.
Love this wee world... excited to see what else pops up!
Oh, how wonderful is this?
Yes, and how do I have this knowledge already? From one of my fave childhood books of course - Charlotte’s Web.
I’m quite sure I could re-read it as an adult and still love it.
An absolutely beautiful and uplifting week in photos! So much variety... but I would expect nothing less from Mother Nature. 
Now FundyBrian must choose from all this bounty.
Now FundyBrian must choose from all this bounty.
The Victory Lap: MC118 - Colour in Nature.
What an inspiring collection of images this week! Thanks for making my job more difficult. I appreciated every single image for its own merits. We had some fascinating close-ups and beautiful scenes with amazing lighting.
As you may have intuited from my hints where I introduced this week’s theme, I am especially interested in colour combinations in nature. More so than single colours.
But I’m sure you just want the results now and not some long winded discussion.
In Third Position: lkbside and her photo of the surrealistic Red Wash Canyon. Her vantage point was well chosen to make use of the progression of curved lines in the photo with the shapes moving like steps from lower left to upper right. The textures are equally dramatic. If you have ever used an app to make colour palettes from photos this would be a great one. I love all those striking mineral colours from the rocks and layers of the ground. I would love to spend some time at this location observing the change of colours throughout the day.
In Second Place: terse. California Poppies. I was especially fascinated by those red rings around the stems as seen below the seed new pods. The analogous colours orange and red are not one I would expect to see together on a flower. I had to go looking for other photos of California Poppies to see if those red rings were present under the flowers and not just later at the seed pod stage. Sure enough, there they are, so I expect they must be the sepals. We have completely orange flowers with that red ring hidden underneath, that persists after the petals have fallen away, presenting a very unusual looking seed pod. You have to wonder, OK maybe you don’t, but I do, what is the purpose of putting that red ring under the flower? Does it have some significance in blocking certain insects as they crawl up the flower stem?
Numero Uno: Younger. What a super Sunset! Very nicely composed to make use of the orange arc of clouds. Great use of the foreground reflection to extend the sunset colour right to the bottom edge of the photo. We have two colours of a triad but the third colour is absent. Did you ever see a colour clash in a sunset? The colour of the sky seems to shift to suit the sunset colours. The only thing that would make it better for me is replacing all evidence of human activity with a ridge line of trees.
Younger can head over to MC119 to tell us what the new theme will be.
What an inspiring collection of images this week! Thanks for making my job more difficult. I appreciated every single image for its own merits. We had some fascinating close-ups and beautiful scenes with amazing lighting.
As you may have intuited from my hints where I introduced this week’s theme, I am especially interested in colour combinations in nature. More so than single colours.
But I’m sure you just want the results now and not some long winded discussion.
In Third Position: lkbside and her photo of the surrealistic Red Wash Canyon. Her vantage point was well chosen to make use of the progression of curved lines in the photo with the shapes moving like steps from lower left to upper right. The textures are equally dramatic. If you have ever used an app to make colour palettes from photos this would be a great one. I love all those striking mineral colours from the rocks and layers of the ground. I would love to spend some time at this location observing the change of colours throughout the day.
In Second Place: terse. California Poppies. I was especially fascinated by those red rings around the stems as seen below the seed new pods. The analogous colours orange and red are not one I would expect to see together on a flower. I had to go looking for other photos of California Poppies to see if those red rings were present under the flowers and not just later at the seed pod stage. Sure enough, there they are, so I expect they must be the sepals. We have completely orange flowers with that red ring hidden underneath, that persists after the petals have fallen away, presenting a very unusual looking seed pod. You have to wonder, OK maybe you don’t, but I do, what is the purpose of putting that red ring under the flower? Does it have some significance in blocking certain insects as they crawl up the flower stem?
Numero Uno: Younger. What a super Sunset! Very nicely composed to make use of the orange arc of clouds. Great use of the foreground reflection to extend the sunset colour right to the bottom edge of the photo. We have two colours of a triad but the third colour is absent. Did you ever see a colour clash in a sunset? The colour of the sky seems to shift to suit the sunset colours. The only thing that would make it better for me is replacing all evidence of human activity with a ridge line of trees.
Younger can head over to MC119 to tell us what the new theme will be.
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Yay, younger! You get the win 
and the joy of being next week's judge. 
Thank you for my second, FundyBrian, and congrats to lkbside, too. It was a great bunch of photos this week.
and the joy of being next week's judge. Thank you for my second, FundyBrian, and congrats to lkbside, too. It was a great bunch of photos this week.
A very thoughtful and thought-provoking wrapup FundyBrian! Well done.... and a deserving CONGRATS to younger Juliana for her gorgeous sunset photo!! AND you get to choose next week’s theme. 
Kudos and high fives to lkbside Leslie and terse Ted!!
Kudos and high fives to lkbside Leslie and terse Ted!!