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Sharron

Sharron Report 24 Mar 2014 18:51

I have seen spiders webs stretched between corn stubble right across a field when the sun was setting and it was truly gorgeous but, even having read about it in books at school and certain novels, I have never seen gossamer.

Have you ever seen it?

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 24 Mar 2014 19:16

Hmmm.

Gossamer.........i have heard that name before somewhere.

:-D

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 24 Mar 2014 19:21

What do you mean by gossamer?
I always thought the webs were made of gossamer.
Do you mean fine length of web the spider uses to swing from place to place, or the web baby spiders are kept in?

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 24 Mar 2014 19:24

The definition of gossamer is quite specific and doesn't really mean much

Researching:
Happy

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 24 Mar 2014 19:32

oh yes, just googled it
'A fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs spun by small spiders, seen especially in autumn.'

One of the problems with moving around a lot - different words for the same things :-D

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Graham

Graham Report 24 Mar 2014 20:01

It's really annoying when you walk through a load of it

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 24 Mar 2014 20:05

night time in the gardens so bad for that graham :-( :-(

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

KittytheLearnerCook

KittytheLearnerCook Report 24 Mar 2014 20:06

The worst bit is wondering where the spider is :-0 :-0

Researching:
Brockhurst Newman Pelham Parsons West Sussex Birth information for Thomas Parsons born in Cork 1818 mother Mary father ?Charles

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 24 Mar 2014 20:10

sure is kitty yuk :-( :-(

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

SueMaid

SueMaid Report 24 Mar 2014 22:01

That's a lovely photo, BR.

I have a big web near the garage and it's quite beautiful after rain when the sun comes out.

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 24 Mar 2014 22:13

"Faints"

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

Sharron

Sharron Report 24 Mar 2014 22:21

Of course I am familiar with spider webs, I have a house full of them, but I always understood gossamer to be bits of web blowing about in the morning.

It must be like the gauze that Pete and Dud discussed. You don't see that blowing about any more.