I found cause to kill a spider today…It was in the bathroom and as I was standing there, as we gentlemen do, and I spied him on the wall. Now in itself that is ok for a spider to be but the issue for me is that when I come back later he will have spun a web across the bathroom and I will find myself tangled in it.
It’s that time of year around here when the spiders spin webs across things like footpaths and so often you don’t see them until you are tangled and then worried that you have a giant spider crawling on your back about to sink its fangs into you.
When I walk at this time of year I have taken to carrying a stick with me to ward off the webs if I see them.
You see a lot of webs around this way. I admire them so long as they are not in my path. They are a marvel of nature are they not?
In a way it’s their way of survival isn’t it.
Humans go out to work to earn money to survive. Their work enables them to buy the food they need. The humble spider works to spin a web so as to catch the food it needs to survive. It’s all relative isn’t it.
Anyway I thought I’d jot that down.
Written for: https://lindaghill.com/2017/01/01/jusjojan-daily-prompt-jan-1st17/
Morpethroad 
That is understandable, as it is a creepy feeling to get tangled up in a spider’s web. Most times you can’t even see it! 🙂
Yes exactly before you know it the things are all over you…
🙂 🙂
I love to sit and watch them spin webs. Busy little guys and they can spin an intricate one overnight. Always leaves me in awe 🙂 Enjoyed your jot, Michael (even though you killed the spider 😉 )
Only because he invaded my space Lori…In his space I have no issues…..
I don’t mind spiders too much except when they make their home in my rotary washing line. They must get really frustrated because I’m always destroying their webs.
Had to click like as there is not a can’t cope button. Great post mind you!
Yes I think there have been times when I’d have liked a “not liked’ button…lol….hope you are doing well today..
Yes thanks… Brain working overtime can’t sleep !
Well at least you can say its working…lol
Yes it is working okay!! 🙂
If it isn’t too big, we let spiders leave in our house — too big, we live trap and put them outside. But then NA spiders are such tiny things compared to what you folks get down under.
I’d put them out too but they know their way back in again.
You have to take them for a walk!
Yes inside out comes the spray, outside – leave me alone and go away.
Pretty much with a cob web brush
Jot away, Michael, jot away. May 2017 see your jottings bloom and bring you satisfaction.
Thank you Lyn, best wishes to you as well
Conkers.
Works on the boat, a dish of conkers at both ends, and no arachnids!