Eating my curds and whey

The web was stretched invisibly across a path I was walking. I was just about to step through it when I noticed something hanging in mid-air at knee level. It was this spider and whatever prey it was dealing with. The wide-angle lens was not really right for this shot, but I took it anyway.

I think it's a common garden spider. I'm wrong. I understand it's a wasp spider. Thanks, Tim!

We finally had some rain, although I don't think we got as much as was predicted. I haven't checked the rain gauge yet*; it's still dark outside as I'm typing this. It rained for a few hours during the evening and into the night. I woke up at one point and noticed it had stopped. There was no wind, unlike the previous night, so the rain just fell gently.

* I've since checked. We got 20mm (just under an inch).