mama wolf

We were out doing yard work today.
C, sewing grass seed in a place I hope to be our very own outdoor mecca.
I, weeding and harvesting seeds from my herb garden for next year.
Then, we were working together in the little raised bed when he spotted this...

~ A mama wolf spider, carrying her multitude of newly hatched babes. ~

She looks sweet, even for a spider.

Yes, I cleaned my lens.  It is now free of smudges ;)  Hence the - ugh! - entire bottom half of the photo!