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A pair of bindweed trumpets side-by...

A pair of bindweed trumpets side-by-side. Nearby, an Oswego tea plant wrapped in webbing swarms with baby spiders no bigger than asterisks.

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Ushering an enormous wolf spider outside...

Ushering an enormous wolf spider outside, I disturb a baby woodchuck. Grass blades weighed down by rain spring up as it barrels through.

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Orion gets one leg above the trees...

Orion gets one leg above the trees before fading into the dawn. Inside, I rescue the cricket from a spider, put him out for the fourth time.

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The vibrating of a dead branch…

The vibrating of a dead branch from which a bird has just flown. In a funnel spider web among the weeds, 14 raindrops from the last storm.

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The first rays of sun catch a…

The first rays of sun catch a small spider spinning a line down from the porch eaves. One degree above freezing, and a deep blue sky.

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Overnight, two maples on the far side...

Overnight, two maples on the far side of the road have begun to go orange. And between me and them, a small pale spider with her tiny prey.

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Kitchen: wolf spider. Bathroom: silverfish...

Kitchen: wolf spider. Bathroom: silverfish. Dining room: millipede. And right above me on the porch, a gnatcatcher lands and sings.

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