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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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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