Anthropods

Lately, I've really been trying to take notice of the simple, but beautiful things all around us. I've truly learned to appreciate the beauty in wildlife (even if it is just right outside of my office).

My office has a HUGE window with beautiful trees outside of it. I LOVE it! ...especially on sunny days. So, last week I noticed a HUGE spiderweb and a spider right outside of the window! It was the coolest thing! I had never really stopped to look at a spiderweb before. It's so amazing how they are made!

This is my desk & that is where Wilbur's web is located.

So, my coworker and I decided to name the spider Wilbur. He is SO cool looking and the web he made is so awesome. It stretches from one tree to another. It's about 5 feet long. Wilbur stays in the middle most of the time.

This is Wilbur.

On Friday, he had a fly and was wrapping it up with his web. After he wrapped it up, he just held onto it for awhile. I never saw what he ended up doing with it, but I'm sure he ate it.

So, the weekend came and went and we had some rain. When I came into my office on Monday morning, I noticed that Wilbur AND his web were GONE! I wasn't too sure what had happened to him, but I'm sure the rain and wind had something to do with it. It made me kind of sad. BUT, when I came into work on Tuesday... HE WAS BACK! ...with a new web and all! But it was raining like CRAZY on Tuesday so I was worried that he wouldn't make it through the day. ...and SURE enough - the crazy wind and rain washed him and most of his web away. It sounds stupid but it made me sad. In some way, I was rooting for Wilbur.

So... the next day when I came to work - HE WAS BACK (AGAIN)! and his web looked bigger & better than EVER! I swear, this has to be thee most resilient spider EVER! I admire that. Spider or not, it just makes me think about life... if you ever get knocked down, you gotta just brush yourself off and get back up.

THEN...today, I was sitting outside on my break (it's a BEAUTIFUL day out!) and I was just watching these ants go up and down a tree. It was amazing! They were carrying "food" of some sort up the tree. I noticed this one ant in particular. He was smaller than most of the other ants and he was carrying a really big piece! All these other ants kept going to him and trying to take it from him and he kept fighting them off!

He would just try to get around them every time! He was tough. Definitely a fighter. I admired that! So, as I sat there I noticed more and more ants trying to take his food. So, I stepped in (lol). I flicked 2 of the ants off so that he could continue on his path up the tree... and thats exactly what he did. So, I help the little guy get to the top.

Anyways... I've been enjoying my anthropods lately. Life lessons are all around. :)