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Jul 29, 2022Liked by Dan Masoliver

I want to know what the long legged one that keeps dangling beside my shower head is living on? There are no flies in there. I've washed it down the drainpipe 3 times and this not even slightly incy wincy keeps coming back.

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Jul 29, 2022Liked by Dan Masoliver

Intellectually persuasive , emotionally…I’m far from adopting the cutie adjective!

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Somehow, I find spiders in the garden quite charming. A spider in the bathroom at night feels very different.

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A lifetime of being outdoors has made me realize I'm far more at ease in the wilderness than I ever am in city center...

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Jul 29, 2022·edited Jul 29, 2022Liked by Dan Masoliver

In our neck of the woods, snakes scare me more than spiders do. They are not venomous, but it's quite startling to come across one while gardening or (true story) in the basement. Popular opinion is decidedly anti-snake, with neighborhood Facebook groups chanting "kill them!" which we would never do. And besides, they perform a valuable service controlling the mice that also like to visit. But they still freak me out.

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I feel for you with your Oz trip. We have redbacks and hunstmens in our garden. We are careful as the redbacks can bite and you are in trouble then. But yes, I agree with you about gardens and spiders - it becomes a respectful relationship, doesn't it? And there's always that lovely view of cobwebs after frost or drizzle, when they're threaded with diamonds and pearls - it's quite awesome.

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