"White Stuff" on the Ground!

  Yes, it is true!  There is "white stuff" on the ground here on the Bayou.  This white stuff is not snow, however.  It is supposed to be quite chilly and rainy tonight so who knows what we might see in the morning...probably not snow...but who knows?  Anyway, the white stuff on the ground this morning was compliments of the heavy, pea-soup thick fog that blanketed the area.  The fog was so thick that it settled low to the ground and covered every spiderweb it touched.  The ground spiders had soggy houses overnight.  

  The ground spiders here pretty much have it made.  There are plenty of insects that creepy-crawl around during the evening hours.  All a spider has to do is make its web inviting and, invariably, by morning, the spider has a meal.  But, if that spider is not careful as to where it spins its web, the whole thing can become a soggy mess by either a quick change in tides, by a torrential downpour or, as in this morning's case, a heavy fog.  The fog may not present much of a problem for the spider itself but it may make the web uninviting to an intended prey.  If the spider did not catch its supper before the fog set in, it may well have gone hungry.  

  All of this fog means one thing for the spider and yet another for us.  A change of the weather is at hand.  The wind is blowing a gale, there are intermittent showers and it is turning much colder.  While some folks are bemoaning our change from the warm weather of yesterday, I needed it.  Being in sort of a down mood, a good storm will clear the brain.  Hearing the wind howl and rattle the windows of the Little Bayou House can brighten any day...or, at least, mine...the spider's day?  Not so much.  Poor, hungry spider!