Along came a spider and sat down...

This would have been a great post for Halloween. I am sure that one of these pics will make the header for October! I always get a little nervous when Rick summons me to come outside. I never go out willingly. Why you ask? First of all, he always says, "come and see my friend." He says it like he really means it. So finally, I go out to see his "friend." His friends usually consists of a snake, a lizards, or a toad...but this night it was a SPIDER! Not your normal spider, but the grand old size of Texas, SPIDER! The thing was HUGE! It's web had the circumference of about 36 inches and the line that anchored it span 20 feet across the driveway to the big oak in our front yard! Rick was so intrigued by it, he wouldn't harm it. He got totally upset when I told him where the Raid was. So...we did nothing. We never saw our "friend" after that evening...but will talk about it for a long time to come.


You can see how big it is!



The anchor lines were up for weeks.


I still can't figure out how Rick drove his car in the garage wiyhout knocking it down.



Up close and personal!