briar spiderwebs and chickadee spinners

Yesterday all the briars were glistening with dewdrops, the way they do after a rain. When the sun hit them, they were dazzling:



The briar barrier looked sort of like a giant spiderweb--spiderwebs string raindrops in the same way:



Careful where you take your sip . . .



Elsewhere, a chickadee was perched on top of the exploded cattail fluff from last year's cattails, pulling at it, as if it were fibers on a distaff, and he was intending to spin it. I didn't have a camera for that, but fortunatel...