Jumper …
So named for their ability to leap a good distance with some accuracy these spiders are the cuddly arachnids. They display a curiosity and fearlessness I would only expect to find in a pet or otherwise domesticated creature.
This one, a male with his punk hair-do, was on the door handle and I caught him just as he fell as I touched it. So I put him on a flower where he sat, maybe to catch something to eat …
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If pix or text don’t appear as normal that’s because I am using a different computer and having to improvise on what software I use on elements. It’s a different screen too, so can’t tell if pix look what I am used to.
My computer crashed and I haven’t been able to get it fixed, it may just be dead and gone. I should be able to recover files eventually but I’m not in any hurry, as long as there are bugs in the garden to photograph.
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Sometimes it’s a ‘blessing in disguise’ to lose what has grown over a period of years, a form of surgery. An opportunity to start again, at least to keep it simpler.
If I learn anything by experience it’s that, complicated fills the space reserved for peace – of mind.
And we do according to our … capacity or willingness to see through the imagery.
© Mark Berkery … CLICK any picture to enlarge in a new tab …
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Nature's Place 
I was not impressed untl I opened the image, beatifull details of the eyes and the yellow durty around.
Incredible macro shot!
Cheers MM …
Nice sharp details and rich colors. The punk hair-do you pointed out helps too.
Cheers David …
I just love the little Jumpers Mark. They are totally adorable and so cute! Stunning capture! :D
Thanks Sophia. Yes, they are one of our little wonders.
Big fan of jumpers, always fun to shoot
Yes, macro is a pleasure …
Nice! The jumpers are my fave…looks like he has pollen on him
Yes, spring time here, flowers blooming and spiders taking up residence. Thought I’d give him a head start.
Thanks once more Mark. I share these often with my grand daughter; a garden enethusiast!
Hey Lauri. It’s good children would know some nature. I remember well a weekly nature spot in a Saturday paper when I was a kid. Little things serve beyond knowing.
An amazing image! Who knew spiders could be ‘cuddly’? Blessings on the mending, or letting go, of your computer…H x
Thanks Harula. They will happily jump around your hand and even come back if you feed them a fly or two.
Yes, the computer attachment died in a day. Now I don’t know if I’ll bother recovering files.
What a funny little face. Thank you once again for allowing us to see the fine detail of our little friends that would normally be missed. His/hers eyes are so close set! You have to wonder if they keep evolving over the next few thousand years, would the two eyes become one.
Maybe they will get bigger as prey become more scarce? See he has two smaller to each side. There’s also two more further round. He’s ‘all eyes’ …
Big eyes.
All the better to see with my dear …
Nice! Love the eyes.
Signature eyes …