December 1st (w/PSE9)

As warm weather is holding out here, recent sunny days have brought a swarm of insects, caterpillars and spiders. While not as exotic as the 'Christmas Snake' of a few years ago, I am still excited at signs of life despite the late date!

I had a chance to be out of the office during the daylight hours, and snapped some shots with my iPhone... Later, playing with Photoshop Elements' 'Style Merge' I distilled these two keepers:

A big weaving spider was waiting at eye-level during my sunny lunch walk:

Mt. Fuji with the winter-indicating snow stripe at the one-third mark: