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.

Posted by Jilly at 07:12

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23 comments:

  1. Julie21 September, 2008

    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. angela21 September, 2008

    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. Gerald (SK14)21 September, 2008

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

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  4. valeria21 September, 2008

    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. Sarah21 September, 2008

    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. Anonymous21 September, 2008

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

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  7. Chuckeroon21 September, 2008

    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. Fashion Schlub21 September, 2008

    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. Virginia21 September, 2008

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

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  10. Kate21 September, 2008

    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. Eki21 September, 2008

    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. Sharon21 September, 2008

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

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  13. Bergson21 September, 2008

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

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  14. Suzi-k21 September, 2008

    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. gbenz21 September, 2008

    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. Jane Hards Photography22 September, 2008

    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. Jill22 September, 2008

    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. Denton22 September, 2008

    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. Olivier22 September, 2008

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

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  20. essbdee22 September, 2008

    beautiful sun-washed colours, I love it!

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  21. crittoria23 September, 2008

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

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  22. Sally23 September, 2008

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

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  23. Jules24 September, 2008

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

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