Back Yard Science!!!
A little ongoing backyard science is going on here. A nice, big spider has moved in. He (or she!) lives on our back porch. He spins the most beautiful orb webs. They are huge! Unfortunately that means that if we are careless, we will walk right through them some days. He’s had to rebuild multiple times due to our not watching where we are going. We are enjoying his rebuilds and are amazed at how He has grown. He has been a bit hard to photograph, but tonight I got a few shots of our friend. A couple of nights ago, before knocking the web down, DS#2 captured moths and flies and threw them into the web so that the girls could observe the spider spinning it’s dinner in webbing and watch him drag it off to another part of the web. It appeared that the spider decided it was time for dinner after the third moth hit the web and it looked as though he ate right then and there. Now that I have some pictures (and perhaps I can get more) we will try to identify this spider.
History Can Be Fun!!!
We had a little spontaneous history fun when DD# decided to make her own bow and arrow. It works pretty well!
And finally….
Music Can Be Dangerous!!!!!
As I was taking pictures of DD3, I found out how dangerous music can be… especially when your DS2 forgets to pick up the capo he removed from his sister’s guitar …and you step on it barefooted (yes, the injured side!) The teeth that you see in this picture were actually sticking straight up for maximum damage potential. I turned it to the side so you could get a good view of what the foot encountered!
