Other than human...

Hello dear readers,

I mentioned a while ago that I had trained the spiders on the path leading to my car, to not attach themselves to my car.  Well, as in all training situations, there are slip-ups and the other day I found one of them (I think it was Hazel), in my car with me.  Yikes!  Well, to make a long story short, she was rapidly relocated in a town about 10 miles away.  Then I discovered a new sort of spider in the Magnolia tree...she seems to be smiling:

That was all well and good, but this morning one of her family members and I had a too close encounter as I came out the front door, so the training exercises will have to begin again.  Perhaps some pruning of the persimmon tree...my neighbors across the street have some big hairy artificial spiders on their porch as Halloween decorations.  I am learning more and more about the real thing.

In other animal news, last weekend I went out to visit my friends at the farm and we stopped by the Watusi's pasture, as we did last year at this time (except alas, dear Agnes is no longer with us)...this time he (she?) was cuddled up to a long-horned friend.  I wish I'd made a video, but here's at least a photo.  It's a wonder they don't poke each other's eyes out:

 
In the work department, I've been fiddling with my blog-header (see above) and updating the shop a bit.  It's all an on-going process.  I hope things are going well for you...that's all for now...

La luna

Well then...here is our October moon, going round and round us as we go round and round the sun...it never ceases to amaze me:

Last weekend I went to a conference in the Sierras, at Squaw Valley, where the 1960 Olympics were held...already a sprinkling of snow, but no skiers.  That fresh mountain air really clears the brain...

On my trip to the coast, I was enchanted by this heron, who had just nabbed a fish, and was waiting in the fog for another...

And this is a bit of last week's work.  I decided to call it "Feeling the Pinch" in honor of our economic times.

That's all for now everyone...enjoy the moon times...