This morning, I had a "Man, I should have brought my camera" moment. It's possible that I might be able to capture it again but highly doubtful. I'll try tomorrow.

What was this moment? Well, on my walk into Royal Roads University, I passed by the house at the entrance gate and saw the sunflowers that I have seen for the last couple of weeks. However, today, the first sunflower in the bunch had a spider perched on top. I didn't see it at first, but upon second glance, there it was. It wasn't tarantula size and it wasn't hurting anyone. It was just there sitting on the petals. (Had it been tarantula size, I would have ran screaming, that'd be sure)

It was just one of those unassuming moments that happens that reminds me that one should always have a camera...

I've encountered many spiders on this campus. Once, maybe a year ago, I would walk down to a very sturdy wooden bus shelter at the bottom of the hill and I could always depend on seeing a very diligent spider building it's web. Actually, that would be rebuilding it's web because the place that it chose to build it was quite windy. Over a four month period, I could see my little friend. Ironically, even though I have a spider phobia, this little creature helped me through a very difficult time. If it could perservere through everything that it encountered, then so could I...