21 September 2008

Summer's End - the Spider


The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship - William Blake

Shutters on an old house in the medieval village of Gorbio. A metal spider with one leg missing.

23 comments:

  1. That one little word makes all the difference!

    Yet another vignette from your parts that I, for one, would neither plaster nor paint.

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  2. For a very brief moment I thought the spider was real! Gave me quite a turn...and I don't mind them.
    Those shutters are magnificent...

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  3. gorgeous pic - i probably wouldn't have noticed the missing leg if you hadn't mentioned it.

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  4. Jill, thank you so much for visiting verona daily Photo!
    It was a surprise for me as well to discover your blog. I came to Menton thirty years ago, as a child with my parents. I treasure those memories. I'll be visiting you often. Love your photos. I will now browse through your other sites.

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  5. Ooo,very artistic shot!
    you are a great photographer Jilly!
    My blog is updated and my topic is similar to your post,end of summer!

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  6. Interesting how the paint is used to simiulate wood work around the window/shutters.

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  7. Who could not resist trying to capture that paintwork. Somehow this is something that you can only capture in the Med. These islands could never produce that effect.

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  8. Ha! Joke's on me! I thought that was real til you mentioned...not :-) I think I have a big metal spider around here somewhere, I'll have to find him :-)

    And beautiful colors - the saturated aqua against the maize-y yellow stucco, breathtaking. Good eye!

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  9. Oh love the shutters and the golden wall. I could look at those shutters all day.

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  10. Odd place to put a spider, real or not. The shutters make an arresting photo. That colour is definitely my favorite, too.

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  11. Hi Jilly,
    I'm glad you decided to crop out the mountain. The picture has a much stronger composition now. More striking visually, like this one of the window too. The texture, color and geometry look very nice.

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  12. I'm so glad you said "metal spider". I love the picture.

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  13. vos fenêtres sont toutes très graphiques celle ci avec le mur un peu défraichi est particulièrement plaisante

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  14. hehe, I was thinking "please tell me that's not a REAL one." With or without the spider, GREAT photo, i adore the old textured walls and peeling shutters.

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  15. Really like this photo Jilly, great colors and texture, and the spider really changes the character to something uniquely personal. For a second, I thought that was a real spider!

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  16. This could only be your part of the world, and that what I love. The spider minus a leg is a quirky extra to a universal med scene.

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  17. Goodness, what a wonderful photo. Though I 'shuttered' when I first looked, it wouldn't be as intriguing with the spider.

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  18. I'm glad you told us the spider was not real. If Menton had spiders this size the tourist trade would surely fall off ... The shutters are great.

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  19. une belle création, de quoi avoir peur des araignées pour toute sa vie ;o)

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  20. beautiful sun-washed colours, I love it!

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  21. EEK! For a second there I thought he was real!

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  22. Wow, that spider makes an Aussie daddy-long-legs look mild! LOL.
    Sydney Daily Photo

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  23. I thought it was a very small window or a very big bloody spider!!!!

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