I actually let spiders stay, because they take care of other bugs that get in our house 😅 Out here in the countryside we also get a lot of stinkbugs, for whom I feel sorry because they are prehistoric-looking creatures whose only defense is giving off a smell (which to me, smells similar to cilantro, not an objectionable smell at all.) So stinkbugs and spiders are welcome with us, as long as they share the house nicely. 😂
And next time, you might think it's a raisin when it's actually a spider you should've stomped on before it got away! Thanks for yet another delectably narrated story with a cute twist at the end.
I am taking no chances, Jim. Funny though -- if I find a little sow bug ( pill bug ) in my house, I will take time to let it crawl onto a piece of note paper, and tenderly put it outside on a leaf. I give no quarter to ants and spiders.
Ackkkk! How big Is that spider anyway? Am I going to have to look behind and under all the furniture with a flashlight? I will assume that ill-fated raisin just leapt out of my bowl of granola.
Serves ya right. ONE kitchen spider is required employee. I do NOT like fruit flies. I cannot catch them myself. I hire that job out. My kitchen is clean enough for the health department and for company, but these little blighters are a bane. I have a little bird house on the middle sash of the window over the sink. I wrote "Charlotte" over the door. ONE sweet little jumper owns that ornament. Any others get safe passage to the garden with a glass to cover and contain, and piece of cardboard to slide gently under. Jumpers are little and fuzzy and cute, don't make webs, and just pounce on their treats. I don't think she cares that I'm in the same room. She stays off the floor and the counter. Ignores the cats. Mutual respect.
It seems that spiders wait until we turn out the lights, then sneak around at night. I wonder if, at those moments like yours when we suddenly light up the room if the poor little spider also shrieks when it sees us? I've never actually heard a spider scream...
LOL. Sharron, that poor raisin! I haven't encountered too many spiders in my home, but I am ashamed that I've murdered many-a-stinkbug without giving it a second thought. Need to change my ways.
Ah well. Maybe. Are there ANY bugs that come into your house that you are willing to catch and return to the wild? I ALWAYS return sow bugs to a potted plant on the porch. I don't know why they get special treatment.
.. do believe we’d benefit by ‘a little talk’ haha !
Maybe!
.. am still laughing .. a spine tingling short read .. 🦎🏴☠️
Spine-tingling to an arachnophobe, for sure, especially the photos
Ha, loved every word, did NOT love the pictures. From a fellow arachnophobe
Yes. Finding and posting the photos was a challenge for me on this post.
Omg love it!😍 “Any spider who flouts the rule”, ha! That sentence made me giggle. As if they know the rules.😅 And the ending!!!
So true! I really liked your first paragraph that set out the rules for spiders in your house as I think the same way...
It is a small house, but big enough to share with a few eight-legged, eight-eyed creatures. Just sos I can't see 'em.
They are creepy little creatures. There is something so repulsive about getting "webbed."
I actually let spiders stay, because they take care of other bugs that get in our house 😅 Out here in the countryside we also get a lot of stinkbugs, for whom I feel sorry because they are prehistoric-looking creatures whose only defense is giving off a smell (which to me, smells similar to cilantro, not an objectionable smell at all.) So stinkbugs and spiders are welcome with us, as long as they share the house nicely. 😂
Right you are.
Eeew! I know, right?
That poor raisin. :).
.. hey ! No spoilers !
Ooops. Sorry.
Sorry about that.
It met an early demise...
And next time, you might think it's a raisin when it's actually a spider you should've stomped on before it got away! Thanks for yet another delectably narrated story with a cute twist at the end.
I am taking no chances, Jim. Funny though -- if I find a little sow bug ( pill bug ) in my house, I will take time to let it crawl onto a piece of note paper, and tenderly put it outside on a leaf. I give no quarter to ants and spiders.
How do we know a spider didn’t drop that raisin while carrying it back to her web for a snack!🤔
Ackkkk! How big Is that spider anyway? Am I going to have to look behind and under all the furniture with a flashlight? I will assume that ill-fated raisin just leapt out of my bowl of granola.
Serves ya right. ONE kitchen spider is required employee. I do NOT like fruit flies. I cannot catch them myself. I hire that job out. My kitchen is clean enough for the health department and for company, but these little blighters are a bane. I have a little bird house on the middle sash of the window over the sink. I wrote "Charlotte" over the door. ONE sweet little jumper owns that ornament. Any others get safe passage to the garden with a glass to cover and contain, and piece of cardboard to slide gently under. Jumpers are little and fuzzy and cute, don't make webs, and just pounce on their treats. I don't think she cares that I'm in the same room. She stays off the floor and the counter. Ignores the cats. Mutual respect.
A woman with a plan!
It seems that spiders wait until we turn out the lights, then sneak around at night. I wonder if, at those moments like yours when we suddenly light up the room if the poor little spider also shrieks when it sees us? I've never actually heard a spider scream...
Me neither. Interesting question. Do you think they can predict imminent doom when the lights come on?
Hmm, you mean like they're thinking, "I'm about to be flattened like a raisin."???
Hmm, you mean like they're thinking, "I'm about to be flattened like a raisin."???
Jeez... I hope not
I love your ability to surprise.
LOL. Sharron, that poor raisin! I haven't encountered too many spiders in my home, but I am ashamed that I've murdered many-a-stinkbug without giving it a second thought. Need to change my ways.
Ah well. Maybe. Are there ANY bugs that come into your house that you are willing to catch and return to the wild? I ALWAYS return sow bugs to a potted plant on the porch. I don't know why they get special treatment.
Good question. The occasional stink bug does get mercy, depending on my mood. And I'll let a lady bug prance about!
LOL! Very good, Sharron! Spiders will do that to you. Alien creatures for sure..
Hilarious, Sharron! I just love this story. BEAUTIFUL twiist!
BTW, I'm exactly the same when with serpents. I can't even write the "sn..." work bc that alone freaks me out.
Sharron, This is priceless . . You got even this very serious to laugh.
Aha! Gotcha!
That you did - I am still smiling.