Lots of spiders near my house?

I'm very arachnophobic and have been for a long time. A close-up photo of a spider can put me on edge for hours, and I start feeling like they're on me, it's just very, very, inconvenient. For a couple of days I've been aware of a trio of spiderwebs on the branches of a tree near my house. I wasn't concerned about it, but it was on my mind. Today I saw a fourth web on a different tree, further away but still near the house (I'm not in a suburb, mind. I'm surrounded by woods on three sides and a field on the other.) Then when I got back inside, there was another spider in the kitchen. Any of these things alone I wouldn't mind, but all of this together is making me wonder about the sudden abundance. I've never had this many around at once.