While I give spiders a wide berth and your pics, Natalie, give me the heebee jeebees, I'm thankful for people like you guys that *do* appreciate spiders because you're like mom & pop National Geographics.

Your photos, understanding and knowledge of spiders allows me, here, to learn and gain - even if at hands length, or up on a chair cringing - an appreciation for things I never would usually consider learning about.

Maybe this should be another thread? (Hhhuuummm... Pun! Thread? Spiders? Get it?)

Our differences in our likes and passions facinates me and I appreciate so much the differences because you all teach me. You open new worlds and give me perspectives I'd never think of.

The pains, time and efforts you guys go to to take wonderful photos - and EXPLAIN what's going on in them - is so wonderful. You make me see my world better and I sometimes feel like such a twit because you show me what I miss. You are teaching me to be more appreciative of our natural world, to be more cognizant.

The amount of knowledge in this forum is off the chart. And I thank you all for sharing your specific expertise and making my world a better place.

Otay!

Enuff of the sentimental stuff! Stefan's prolly gagging to death!

I'm such a twit!