I spent most of the day at home and most of the afternoon in my backyard.
Some friends, young and old - big and small, came to visit me so they also became part of today's post.
In this wide shot, you can take a look at the, more or less, entire setting. I was there mostly to catch some spiders and insects for a series of posts I plan to publish in the near future. The working title is "Summer In My Garden" and then each episode will have an additional title that suggests what the post is about. Today I'll show you only one of those photographs made for the "Summer In My Garden" project because this is a generic post with some generic thoughts about the quiet afternoon and the overall experience.
Here you can see a jumping spider with its prey, the winged ant queen. The scene was found and photographed on the underside of the large leaf of the fig tree. I spent almost an hour in a very uncomfortable pose to get this and many other pictures that will appear in one of the future, much more focused posts.
This watering can has a certain visual appeal, so I decided to photograph it specifically for today's post. In the following photograph ...
... I zoomed out a bit to show you the small shed that hosts some tools and other gardening-related stuff.
You can take a look at the shed's interior in this shot.
A branch of the blackberry shrub is growing horizontally across the floor. Here you can take a look at a fairly small detail, while in the following photograph ...
... you can see a bit more of that plant.
Here you can see the thorny branch of the blackberry shrub and the electric cable in a slightly different composition.
Here you can see the cherry tomatoes and some other stuff in the garden.
This lovely blue fruit has fallen from the fig tree on whose foliage I photographed the jumping spider shown earlier in the post. While I was photographing the small arachnid ...
... cat called Miaukula was lying on the lawn not far from me and supervised the process.
The entire day was warm & sunny and everything felt happy in a nice, quiet way.
Here you can see one of the wildflowers that grow on my lawn. It belongs to the Malva sylvestris plant.
The fluffy seeds shown in this and the following photograph ...
... belong to the Erigeron bonariensis plant.
Here you can see the old, rusty wheelbarrow lying overturned under one of my fig trees.
One ripe fruit has fallen on the wheel.
And that's it. This weekend experience ends here.
