I was out walking Trotter on Saturday afternoon, and we went down to the "chess park" (so named because there's a massive chess board there with pieces as large as a four year old boy) to throw the football a bit, before Ohio State's annual "crap the bed" game against a ranked opponent.
As I was walking into the park, I saw the cuddly little thing shown above. After I soiled my boxers, I ran back home and locked Trotter inside -- it may have been hungry and followed me home -- and grabbed my camera. The one with the long, long lens ... and then hightailed it back to the park.
It must have been an amusing sight, me trying to get close enough to take this picture without getting close enough to be eaten alive by this vicious, snarling beast. And yet I was oddly soothed by it, mainly because (1) I had to admire its dogged pursuit of prey, because the web was like 20 feet wide; and (2) it was obviously a Steeler spider, as evidenced by its black and gold regalia. So what's the worst it could do? Get me in its clutches and then fail to score more than 10 points against a horribly coached Browns team on national television?
Anyway, I haven't seen it since. I'm not sure, but I think it bought a townhouse alongside the park and is busy unpacking as we speak. I'll see it at the residents' club, on a treadmill, next weekend. and i'll have to be nice to it. That's the Westhaven way. :)
9.16.2008
sweet fancy moses
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The spider pictured -- beautiful picture, btw -- is most commonly know as the Yellow Garden Spider. Now is the time of year that the females are maturing, reaching their maximum size and laying eggs, so they are being "noticed" more. I've seen a few around the cabin growing up, and while I think spiders are creepy in general, the Yellow Garden Spiders have an especially huge creep factor. **shudder**
Laying her eggs? She was frying up a sirloin there. I know spiders have some sort of important role in nature, but why can't they have that important role far the hell away from me?
10 points in swirling, 60 mph winds is quite acceptable, especially when the opponent scores only 6. As a Steelers fan, you've become ridiculously spoiled.
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