Photos, videos and docs of Janet Brien, with the keywords: "children"

253/366: Roscoe's Children Coming Out of Egg Sac

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 03:06:08 +0000

One day in September of 2012, I found a baby orb weaver spider on my front porch. Over the next year, I watched this baby get her first meal, survive a freezing winter, grow to adulthood, find a mate, make an egg sac, and finally, I saw her crawl slowly away under a bush to die. Somewhere along the way, I fell in love with this beautiful Cat-Faced Orb-Weaver, and I cried my eyes out when she died. Maybe just a spider to most, she was my little friend, and I missed her terribly in the months that followed. In fact, revisiting her pictures now pulls hard on my heart strings. I feel like I should be embarrassed that I feel sad as I look at all the pictures I took. How can a person become attached to a spider? I did though, and I feel pretty darn lucky that I got to know a spider well enough to cry over its death.

This is a picture of Roscoe's children, hatching out of the egg sac she made and protected until she was too weak to do so. Seeing all of these kids brings a tear to my eye. I wished that some of them would have stayed around, but they all left after a few days. What a great experience it was to know my friend Roscoe. :)

If you'd like to see Rocoe's story in pictures and tales, please visit her album here My Friend Roscoe

Girl on Dragon Slide

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:32:15 +0000

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Sticky Wall Girl

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:31:41 +0000

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Stuck like Glue

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:31:26 +0000

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Sticky Wall Girl Ready to Go

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:31:34 +0000

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Pony Girl

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:31:56 +0000

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Mohawk Boy Holding Up Pumpkin

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:34:58 +0000

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Girl in Pumpkin Cutout

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:34:33 +0000

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Pumpkin Baby

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:34:40 +0000

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Mr. Cutie Pie is So Adorable

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:35:13 +0000

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Ashland Halloween Parade Begins!

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:49:35 +0000

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Steve and I went to the Ashland Halloween Parade yesterday and had a wonderful time taking pictures! Today's second and final group of pictures begins with the start of the Ashland Halloween Parade! I wish that you could have heard the amazing drums and percussion music being played, the rhythm was fantastic and reverberated right through my body! Impossible to resist dancing right along with them!

I have to mention: unfortunately the lighting wasn't the best and I needed to shoot in ISO 400...which means my images have a lot of grain. A drawback to this camera is terrible noise on 400 or higher ISO. I did get lots of fun pictures though, and I hope you enjoy them!

There are --> 36 <-- in this group, with 42 added yesterday. These aren't pictures to jump up and down about, but the costumes are worth checking out! ENJOY!! (Yes, I know it's too many images to view for most people, but I wanted to get this group finished and up onto Flickr!)

This image was taken on Halloween Day, October 31, 2011.

Clown and Sleeping Baby Giraffe

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:44:57 +0000

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