Spiders We Have Heard on High

Within the past three days (in three separate places) my head has been attacked by artificial spider webs. It's a week and a half before Halloween, so this makes sense. But I've never before noticed how many places decorate with these spider webs. I'm not necessarily complaining because when I was a kid I used to COVER my front yard with these spider webs. We'd be taking down webs until New Years. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if I went digging around the yard today and found some old webbage. But after seeing webs plastered on the walls and ceiling at two different bars and in my little booth at work, it's really given me time to ponder their purpose. They look eerie and all, I get that. But is there a spider web season?? And if so, is that season now? I'm pretty sure spiders spin webs year round, so why do they just get put up during Halloween? We should be embracing the gifts of spiders year round! Throw some Christmas spider webs on the Christmas tree; give the one you love a heart shaped spider web for Valentines day; hang up that red, white & blue web with pride on the 4th of July. The possibilities are endless. So while I don't necessarily enjoy getting artificial webs stuck in my hair from running into low hung webs, I think we're severely under-utilzing the abilities of the spider. So I say thank you to spiders today. But I will also give thanks to my eight legged friends during my Thanksgiving feast; and when the ball drops on New Years; and when I'm planting a tree on Arbor Day in hopes that the tree will one day be infested with spider webs. Thank you spiders.