Becky’s returned with her #SquareUp Photography Challenge and the subject is looking up. My take of UP is to look back at photos taken a few seasons ago and peer up to see what’s clinging to those bare branches. Sometimes there doesn’t appear to be anything up there, until you look closer.
Like many people, I wouldn’t say I like spiders. Especially those species that move what seems to be quicker than lightning. On a more positive note, I appreciate the spiders’ architectural input in creating unique habitats in our natural world. We, humans, are indeed very fortunate to be able to enjoy their artistry throughout the year.
Focusing on Autumn and Winter and looking up into the bare branches to capture how busy those creepy crawlers can be if kept alive.
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Life at No. 22 
Hi Suz, I love your looking up shot, it’s one of my favourite perspectives! And I am always amazed at how clever spiders are. Lovely shots for Becky’s #squareup challenge!
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Great spider web shot! 🙂
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Thanks very much, though most of the credit goes to the spider 🙂
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LOL! True but the spider didn’t capture it on the beautiful photo. 🙂
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Wow!
Wonderful captures 🙂
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Beautiful photos. I especially adore the spiders web 😀
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Cool photos. Love looking up through trees!
I’m a little strange as in I sued to collect Red Back Spiders and their eggs in a jar when I was in primary school – to the horror of the rest of the family. Loved to observe their interaction – weird?
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Thanks Nilla and I think it’s called being inquisitive not weird. What’s great is that you’re still inquisitive though perhaps travel and not spiders🙂
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Painfully so! 😉
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Magical Suzanne. I don’t mind spiders – at a distance and they like our place, all those cracks in the logs make perfect hiding places. But cockroaches are a different kettle of fish and the only bugs along with wasps that get the jandal treatment in our house.
Hope you’re both well xx
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Thanks Wendy. Yes, U can imagine the spiders would be right at home with you two. We’re ok and hope your writing journey is going well xx
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It’s going, which is better than I hoped 🙂
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When I look at the photos on my phone, I have a lot of “looking up” ones. Often, I think, I was drawn to the contrast of whatever the subject matter was to the blue sky above. One positive thing – of many – that photography has taught me is the importance of observing my surroundings. That spider web is exquisite and the tree’s architecture is stunning. Isn’t nature amazing?
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Good point Janis regarding being more observative. I also found that when traveling that observation skills needed more attention. Funnily enough taking photos took my attention away from what was happening around me. At home I’ve certainly become more aware of things I took for granted. Nature is amazing and is really the only consistent thing in our now unpredictable world.
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Lovely shots, Suz! I’ve always been fascinated by spider webs. When I was a teenager, I could stare at them for hours, clung to my bedroom window on the second floor. Oh, the memories. 🙂
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I can see you doing that. With the double glazing I wonder if the spider was aware of you? We had a large grapefruit tree and large wekas were fascinating as a teenager. No
childhood memories of spiders just cockroaches in Nana’s outdoor toilet 🙄
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Yikes! I never saw a cockroach in Belgium. Not even in my oma’s outdoor toilet! 🙂
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Over here the worst ones are the American and German varieties. Too cold in Belgium for them 😉
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Beautiful, lacy spider’s web.
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Hi. Your spider web photos are terrific. I don’t adore spiders either, but they are natural creative geniuses!
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Hi Neil, yes agreed spiders are creative and no one web is identical. That in itself is a feat!
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I love the bare limbs of a tree in winter, they are so interesting. As is the web. Not so keen on spiders myself, but at least ours and yours aren’t of the poisonous kind! And that tree looks awfully brown to me 😁
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Definitely in agreement about bare limbs of trees. Far more interesting and it appeals to my love of non clutter! The tree is now linked though I will do a brown themed post soon 😊
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Brown lasts all month so plenty of time 😊
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I’m not too fond of spiders myself but their webs are a work of art.
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I have yet to meet someone who enjoys the company of spiders though I prefer them to cockroaches.
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Oh yes, absolutely.
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oh that first one, the bark is amazing. And lovely your web too – we have just noticed that we have no webs around our patio this year. The blue tits and wren have eaten all the spiders!!
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PS and so happy you have returned for Squares 😀
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So am I as I genuinely enjoy the challenges 😊
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🙂
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In that case I need to allow the birds into my house!
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Perhaps not🤣
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Lol!
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I love trees and I have literally hundreds of photos of trees! Yes, we have small birds darting in and out around our balcony for insects. In our case they haven’t eliminated the spider’s. Most people we housesat for in the UK were bird lovers so it was a pleasure to watch them at the purpose built feeders.
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Always good to be in a house of bird lovers
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I’m not fond of the creatures but no denying their creativity, Suzanne. Or yours 🙂 🙂 I love gazing up through branches at blue sky.
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I do enjoy looking up and viewing trees and mostly wishing I could still climb one 😊
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Oh, heck! I was never very good at that 🙂 🙂
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I was thinking of those easy to climb trees and it gave me a sense of achievement and freedom from pesky younger siblings 😊
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The tree is gorgeous. I don’t know why people think they’re less interesting when the leaves are gone.
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Agreed, trees have wonderful structure with no leaves.
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Hi, Suzanne – Once again, your photos are stunning. Looking up is great advice. We all need to do that more often! 😀
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