Fast start morning...!
Nothing wakes a person up as fast as a spider in the bathtub, especially when the spider is a black widow. She was there in a fold of the shower curtain, about knee-height, hugging a little pea-sized ball of web: an egg nest. Ever touch one of those when it's 'ripe' and have a bazillion tiny spiders suddenly explode into the world...? I don't like killing spiders. I will slay the hornet, the fly, the mosquito... but spiders, generally, no. So now this one currently resides in a jar along with... Sign in to see full entry.