Thursday Green in the rain

I woke up this morning to a nice soft misty rain. When it got light enough to take pictures, I went out to capture more water droplets, because I can't help myself. Since the spiders are in full gear, I tried to get a few shots of their webs, but it turned out to be much more difficult than I would have thought.

I couldn't get a close-up that wasn't blurry. This is the best I could come up with.

The puppies were very confused to see me hunched down over the grass and kept shoving their wet noses in my face. They also kept knocking the droplets off of everything I was trying to shoot, which happens every time I go out to do this. Eventually they got bored, or tired of getting rained on, and left me alone.

The rain stopped by late morning, and the sun came out, making for a lovely afternoon.

I got a few more when I went out to feed the brush goats, but a wind had kicked up, which made it very difficult to get clear shots. Everything was moving!

I'm not sure what kind of spider weaves these webs, but there were tons of them. Close up they look pretty chaotically spun compared to the garden spider webs on my patio. But the closer weave holds bigger drops, and they were so beautiful.

This next one is a giant thistle. There are hundreds of tiny hairs and they all catch tiny drops. There were a few minor stabbings while getting pictures of them, though, since I have to get so close to my subjects. I'm used to it, though. Our hay is usually riddled with thistles and I always end up with a few in my fingers when throwing it in the manger for the goats.

The last two are more spiderwebs. They are addictively gorgeous. I think I just made that word up.

Have a wonderful evening, no matter what the weather is!