Spider Webs and Dew Drops

            Spider webs everywhere! Spider webs all over the budding trees. Sticky, gooey spider webs. But these were not the spider webs of horror films. They sparkled with a golden brilliance as the early morning sun beamed through the many drops of dew that hung from the webs.

The sunrise seen through a dew drop on a tree bud.

            Unfortunately, for me, I was not carrying my camera that morning. I had planned to just take a relaxing walk in the neighborhood park. I didn't expect to see such a dazzling site.

            I thought to myself, I'll just come back tomorrow.

The sunrise glows through a dew drop.

            Now, I know that spiders' webs don't last but a day. The next evening they normally spin a new one. But unfortunately, this was not the case this time. The next morning when I returned with camera in hand there were no spider webs. Where did they go?

            What do I do now? There's nothing to photograph? 

            Suddenly a quote I had read some time ago in a photo magazine came to mind. “I asked not what I will take today, but what will I be given.”

            “Okay, God,” I prayed. “What are you giving me to photograph this morning?” I began to look for the unexpected and I saw something I would not have noticed. I began to look at the dew on the leafless branches.  The early morning sun sparkled, coming through the drops as it did with the spider webs. I photographed that instead and collected a couple of amazing photographs.

Morning dew on a spider web from another place on another day

            Sometimes God gives us the unexpected. When that happens we ought to make the most of it.

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