Dodder from Wikipedia. It's a parasitic plant (lots of species of them) and lots of host plants.
Sounds like that rocking chair got a good trial run before you took it home.
Running some produce to a friend tomorrow on the way to lunch with my daughter. She'll also get some produce. Both of them have art supplies to add to my Thursday donation for teachers.
This evening I'll do some photographing of eBay stuff. I'm trying to finish the computer work earlier in the evenings so I can read or sew or do other stuff away from screens. Last night I ironed a bunch of fabric scraps that had filled two of my laundry zipper bags (for delicates). I was wondering where they got to then realized I'd never emptied them from a few weeks ago. It was nice to listen to the radio and iron.