Am…musings

As a girl, I guess I’m supposed to be terrified of spiders. I actually dig ‘em … although not in an “I’m going to go out and get a tarantula” kind of way. I guess I’d classify it as a healthy respect or even slightly anxious amazement. It boils down to the fact that I’m mesmerized by the beauty of their intricate and useful webs and the apparent ease with which they weave them.

Also, the aforementioned Mrs. Schlueter instilled compassion in us and encouraged us to not kill bugs … outdoors or indoors (she advocated the tissue method for getting them back outside). For Mrs. Schlueter, this compassion extended to other creatures … we actually had a bat come into our classroom and she practically freaked when someone suggested killing it. However, in my book this courtesy does not extend to anything that can sting me, as well as mosquitoes, flies, roaches or June bug … and if a bat or snake came into my house … I’d first hyperventilate and then call someone to whack ‘em.

That said, I pretty much leave spiders alone in the house … unless they look like a Brown Recluse or are potentially large enough to wreak havoc with a bite. And when they are outside, I definitely don’t bother them … and occasionally enjoy watching them, which is the case now and was two years ago. In both cases two fairly large spiders wove large webs between my soffit and the bushes below … two years ago, it was a gorgeous white one and this year, it’s a more traditional black and brown. Amazing!

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