Day 1..........Autumn

Not sure if I will be able to find enough of interest to manage a daily blog throughout November, which is what an blogging buddy has suggested. We had such a lovely community back in the days when I seemed to have plenty to say for myself. I cannot believe it was 7 years ago that I first started, what was to be a daily diary.  For several years I did manage to write daily...so how difficult will it be to manage just one month....well time will tell!!!!

Halloween was a damp squid... I got my tin of goodies ready and we didn't even get one visitor!!!!!

 A couple of weeks back as the temperature began to fall I noticed a lot of ladybirds scurrying about in the garden and when I looked closely I also noticed different marking

Embee even brought one indoors  somehow it got onto his head and  tickled his bald patch ending up on his crossword!!!

Autumn is also the time for fungi  found this in one of my flower tubs

I am keen to know what type of spider this is, found it trying to get in through the kitchen door. So if anyone can help I will be grateful.

Altered Images and a Spider

When I drew back the curtains in the sitting room this morning, the sun burst in and I noticed all the shadows and patterns being cast around the room. Here are a couple of the results.

No prizes for guessing who this is!

Outside the window in my mother's sitting room we have been watching this little guy spin a web to catch his prey. I cannot for the life of me understand how my window cleaner managed to avoid him/her yesterday! I don't know if you can actually see the markings in this photo but they are quite striking. (enlarging might help)

Enjoy your weekend.

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Spidercatcher!

and I don't mean one of these!!!!!! Let me explain!
A couple of night ago I was creeping about at bedtime so as not to wake those in the house who go to bed early! I had a very dim light on and I had just started to clean my teeth when a movement caught my eye. I saw this huge spider at the side of the basin and it really did give me a fright, and I'm not exaggerating when I say it was big.
I knew I was going to have to deal with it, there was no way I could go to sleep knowing this monster was in the room. So, should I just whack it and kill it or do the humane thing and move it outside! While I was deciding I did have the presence of mind to rush downstairs and get my camera ( I'm sure you will agree a good blogger never misses an opportunity)!
Below is the hasty photo I took and although it's not really in focus you can see the size. I decided to be kind and not to kill it, see I'm nice really! Somehow I managed to trap it in a soap dish, cover it with a tissue and then drop it out of the window to give it a fighting chance~more kindness! What would you have done?!?!

P.S. The Lily you helped me identify in this post is now in full bloom~ so yesterday I posted another picture of it over on my photo blog.



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Crouching Spider Sculpure by Louise Bourgeois

I do hope no one has Arachnophobia!!
Just outside the Ferry Building a new sculpture has appeared. This is Louise Bourgeois’ “Crouching Spider” and it is on loan for 8 months and stands on the Embarcadero. This large metal sculpture of a spider does have a certain charm and it is well worth a visit.

Below are a few that I played with.....








I wonder which version you like best, if any, please let me know!
Have a good weekend......we have torrential rain so I don't think I will be going far!

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