After showing you all the spider web that dangled off our washing line this morning, I thought I’d see whether I could spot the creator of said web. Fortunately, it was a fairly windstill night, and spidey must’ve been rather peckish, because I caught him in the middle of … well, either cleaning up the…
Do you remember the posts I wrote about the two nocturnal spiders who make their nest every evening between our carport roof and the washing line, or thereabouts? December 2009 – Two hyperactive spiders January 2010 – Two hunting spiders February 2010 – Spiders at night Well, I think one of them has left, whereas…
When I got up this morning, I did a slow, careful tour of the house, checking ceilings and corners, making my way towards the lounge, where I’d seen Arachne hanging around last night. I inspected the bathroom…. the kitchen… the lounge… No sign of her. She wasn’t there anymore. Hm… I checked the rest of…
A globular body with eight twitching legs and as many eyes watched me eating my breakfast of muesli and fruit this morning. It was kind of freaky. I’m afraid I didn’t chew each bite quite as often as nutritionists recommend it. After running some errands and a little bit of garden work, I came back…
The three of us watched the DVD of ‘Smart People’ tonight. That’s me and Tuffy-Cat curled up on the sofa. And Arachne here on the ceiling. The movie was great, and supper was delicious. But as you can imagine, one of us was distinctly apprehensive, and kept casting a wary eye towards the eight-legged creature…
Do you remember that I told you (here and here) about the two spiders that emerge every night to weave their sticky webs between the carport roof and the washing line? Well, the one spider seems to be growing! This is what it looked like a few nights ago. I confess that I almost jumped…
When we returned from our holiday in Namibia (which I have not yet told you about, but hopefully will soon), my Mom, who had been very kindly looking after our house and ensuring that our kittycat was well-fed and not suffering too much from our absence, greeted me with the question, “So, have you seen…
Every evening, when we retreat into our house for the night, two small (well, no longer QUITE so small as they were when we first saw them towards the end of last year) spiders emerge from their hiding places near our washing line and begin to weave two elaborate, and absolutely beautiful, orb webs between…
Last night, we returned home to find two spiders busy constructing an intricate web. Two webs, to be precise. Right next to each other. Their webs were suspended between the roof of the carport and the washing line, and – thankfully – just above our heads. My initial fright on almost touching the sticky threads…
In case you want to know what happened to the eight-legged monster that invaded our little sanctuary on Thursday, here it is. When I returned home from work, “Bertha” was still huddled in the same corner of the hallway. Yes, I named her “Bertha”. Firstly, because her big round belly made me suspect she might…
What would be the most romantic Valentine’s Day that you can imagine? Would it include the South African version of tarantulas? Probably not. Nonetheless, that is what our Valentine’s evening included, for tonight my beloved took me out to listen to a talk titled “Spiders – Not as scary as you think!” This was one…
Grains of Sand 
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