So I’m out relaxing in the front yard, enjoying an awake-nap (know the type?) in my hammock, when I see something little and white moving across the lawn… (click images for larger close-up view, unless your name is Henry) See the little white ball? So I get down close to see what it is: a spider carrying a ball almost as big as him (or her), I honestly couldn’t tell, but when something is UGLY I usually assume it’s a guy. Pointing to show the size… not too scary, at least not from a distance. Maybe headed out to play? Or just left and took the ball with him when the other spiders didn’t like his rules? I got as close as I could and we locked eyes for a stare-down! He gave me a nasty look and I told him he was alive at my mercy; that I could easy squish him at any second. He shrugged and replied, “That may be true, but if you were my size, you’d be running for your mommy.” I had no come back to that, so I let him live. But I’m never walking barefoot in my front yard again! Continue reading