The Web

In 1994, a spider had constructed a beautiful, complex, giant web anchored on the eyebrow or eave overlooking the back door of my house. It was gorgeous, and for the longest time, I did not disturb it.  That was the year I had siding put on my house.  I remember getting several estimates. One of the estimators made a derisive comment about the web.  Another estimator commented on it's beauty, and acknowledged what a shame that it would have to be knocked down.  That estimator represented a well established business.  Their price was a medium price, not the low bid of the web detractor.  And not the high bid. But, in part because of the estimator's comment about the web, I used that company.

Last night, when I went outside to sit and read in the beautiful night air, I saw one long strand of a spider's web, from the eave, to the eunonymous bushes, about 2.5 or 3 feet off the ground.  Today, there are multiple verticle strand, and multiple horizontal strands.  About 5 feet off the ground, there appears to be a central web developing.  The panes are uneven, and there is a lot of flotsam and jetsam accumulated on the web.  Most amazingly, only the outer part of the concentric circles of the web exists.

I do not know how spiders build webs. I am wondering if this spider has some flaw that makes the web less than symmetrical, as most webs are.  I wonder if in the next day or two, the center of the web will be filled in with more filaments.

I am delighted that I am offered the opportunity to observe this gem of nature!