Spiders in the back-yard!

One day, very early in the morning, I was walking down the side-walk and I saw this huge spider. It looked like it was just floating in mid-air! It was probably about 1 inch (2.5cm) long. Here's the picture in which that devilish little thing looked like it was hovering.

 And in this picture I had the flash on, so you can see the web and everything. I'm pretty sure the web was at least 1 1/2 ft. (.45 meters), if not a little larger. Let me know if you like looking at these creepy-crawlers, or if you're freaked out by them, like me!