Day 75 - I Really Can Take Better Pics!

Now, there is a reason for this photo being so blurred and I guess it is because I really didn't want to get my hand too close to this red back that I found in the garage. It was quite huge and one of many! If you want to see a way better photograph than mine, you really would have to refer to Dale's blog here. I think all the rain we have had in the last month or so really has encouraged the creepy crawlies to move in and I really don't like it!

Day 40 - The Other Family at our House

I noticed yesterday that there was a bunch of tiny black spots above our bathroom window frame and upon closer investigation found a big family of baby spiders! The macro lens makes them look much bigger than they actually are, in this photo. Now I need to think of a way to kindly move them outside and just hope that I don't bump into their parents in the meanwhile...

Day 9 - Just How I Wanted It... Part 2

Well the big compliment was that Dale said this picture didn't do it justice. On Saturday I started a bit of trimming out the front. Dale finished it off by cutting the tops off the way too high bottle brush trees in front of the windows which were actually touching the roof! Today another 4 hours and 2 trailer loads of clippings later, it is pretty much finished. You can see the gravel paths again, I weeded the lot and sawed off all the suckers from the base of the tree out front, that had gotten very bushy.

This time I was so careful near where I have now been bitten twice by bull dog ants, but I was shocked to see a bit fat spider poking up out of a little burrow which could possibly be a brown trap door spider. I have to say that all these creepy crawlies in the front yard are really beginning to make my skin crawl!