{"id":117665,"date":"2023-10-31T13:16:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T19:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=117665"},"modified":"2026-03-29T08:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T13:36:27","slug":"halloween-2023-the-web-we-weave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/10\/31\/halloween-2023-the-web-we-weave\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween 2023 – The Web We Weave"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Halloween Ghouls and Goblins!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

\"SpiderSpider web in a fog – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/90, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Tonight, across the country, ghouls, goblins, super heroes, cartoon characters, vampires, werewolves, mummies, ghosts, and witches will be ringing door bells asking for treats.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t going to do a Halloween post because of losing my mom this year and she really loved Halloween. Mom loved seeing children dressed up for Halloween and she loved getting dressed up herself. She called herself a witch, a good one.<\/p>\n

\"MyMy mom as a witch on Halloween 2013<\/span><\/p>\n

After talking to my dear friend Steve Creek and seeing his great post titled “The Mystical Raven: A Spooky Symbol of Halloween,<\/span><\/a>” I changed my mind. He said that she would have been happy if I wrote a Halloween post mentioning her, and he was and is right.<\/p>\n

She would have gotten a kick out of it and out of me sharing this photo.<\/p>\n

Which brings me to the image I selected for my own Halloween post, one of a dew covered spider web on a foggy day.<\/p>\n

Spider webs are often used for Halloween decorations, probably because some people find spiders a little spooky or creepy.<\/p>\n

I don’t. I chose to see spiders and their webs as fascinating.<\/p>\n

In addition to that, people often talk about the ‘web of nature’ and how everything in nature is connected, much like a spider’s web. Me? I am a firm believer in that theory.<\/p>\n

As people, we can chose to build a strong and sturdy web for the future or one that will disintegrate with the slightest disturbance. That is what I see in spider webs.<\/p>\n

I hope that this Halloween<\/span><\/a> makes children laugh and giggle from coast to coast and that adults will find as much joy in their costumes as my mother did.<\/p>\n

Children are only children for such a short period of time and each Halloween they spend in childhood should be a joy.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my insect and spider photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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