Hello Fellow Travelers!
I don't miss much and you know I have a sharp eye out (always!) for arachnids of any kind so when a rather large example of a sun spider rolled out of a very clean down comforter yesterday (and let me tell you, there was nothing comforting about that particular discovery! No sirree, Bob!) and there was nothing I could do but freak out, so I freaked!
(Cue "Rocky" theme here.)
When my Patient Spouse came home he unfolded the blanket it did not yield the huge "space spider", I had previously been confronted by! So my already shrinking world became even smaller. I need to be ready to battle with giant spiders from outer space!
Or to walk, which is even more challenging.
To avoid any more nasty surprises I mentally avoided anyplace I might meet a giant spider from outer space (Remember the Southern Belle spider in "Madagascar"? "Well, Howdy!") And since Gigantor had vanished I could potentially run into this mutant anyplace!
(Cue "Mission Impossible" theme here.)
Dragons? OK. Light Sabers? Bring it! Incredibly Giant Spiders from Outer Space? Not so ready! Come on! Really?
This morning I was informed that the 8 Legged Death had been squished by my PS last night!
Thank goodness! I beat the big "C" to be threatened by oversized arachnids from someplace in the universe? Naahh! I don't think so!
Now if they were giant, cancerous spiders from outer space...
I don't miss much and you know I have a sharp eye out (always!) for arachnids of any kind so when a rather large example of a sun spider rolled out of a very clean down comforter yesterday (and let me tell you, there was nothing comforting about that particular discovery! No sirree, Bob!) and there was nothing I could do but freak out, so I freaked!
(Cue "Rocky" theme here.)
When my Patient Spouse came home he unfolded the blanket it did not yield the huge "space spider", I had previously been confronted by! So my already shrinking world became even smaller. I need to be ready to battle with giant spiders from outer space!
Or to walk, which is even more challenging.
To avoid any more nasty surprises I mentally avoided anyplace I might meet a giant spider from outer space (Remember the Southern Belle spider in "Madagascar"? "Well, Howdy!") And since Gigantor had vanished I could potentially run into this mutant anyplace!
(Cue "Mission Impossible" theme here.)
Dragons? OK. Light Sabers? Bring it! Incredibly Giant Spiders from Outer Space? Not so ready! Come on! Really?
This morning I was informed that the 8 Legged Death had been squished by my PS last night!
Thank goodness! I beat the big "C" to be threatened by oversized arachnids from someplace in the universe? Naahh! I don't think so!
Now if they were giant, cancerous spiders from outer space...
The origin of the word cancer, of course, is from the crab, an arachnid, so there are some talking points. And spiders often round up to a ball under threat, and can become planar to slip through cracks. I would end the analogies to cancer right there, the humble spider if food for birds and protects against termites...
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