Autumn in the Garden

I decided to put some flannelette sheets in the wash, nice and early this morning to give them plenty of time to dry. Hey presto, by the time I had got outside the sky was quickly darkening. Within seconds light rain had begun to fall and I was summoned to see a lovely rainbow. Yes, I ran inside to grab my trusty camera and I managed to take a couple of photos.

The light rain stopped momentarily and I had a stroll around the garden. The webs of our resident Golden Orb spiders were looking very pretty festooned with raindrops and, to my surprise I discovered the crepe myrtle in the front garden beautifully adorned in autumn colours.

Once more I am in awe, of the beauty in a garden. Spiders are not high on my list of favourite things, but the engineering that goes into the manufacturing of a web simply amazes me. When the sunlight falls on the web of a Golden Orb spider the web appears as a golden net and the strands are so very strong. This I have verified by walking into one and finding myself entangled in a nylon like embrace - not pleasant, especially as I always expect that the owner will be somewhere about my person, hidden in my hair perhaps...Brrrr.

The rain is now really heavy heavy and I think my chances of getting those sheets dry are...NIL. But Hey, I got to post this for your enjoyment.
Wishing you a great autumn day!
Love Simply Susan