I’ll start out gently. This is Oxford. He was another one of my youngest son’s pets. Only my oldest son didn’t know that Oxford was a pet and he put him outside to fly free!
Next, do you remember Hector? He is still with us. He is living in his tank out on our patio. He gets fresh water and zucchini every day. I think it’s a good life for a slug.
Okay this one’s not so bad. It lives on our patio, too. She has no name yet. I think she looks like a…Gladys. Yep, here’s Gladys with some of her upcoming meal down below her.
Below is what I don’t like so much. This creature was found by my husband, living IN our GARAGE! Not out in the woods where such large, creepy things should remain. It was living in a bucket of fittings he has in our garage. It was just hanging out there on the inside of the bucket. He saw it before reaching in, so he got a pipe to reach into the bucket and IT JUMPED AT THE PIPE! It was ready to do battle!
This plastic jar is big. It holds 16 oz. of instant coffee. The diameter of the bottom of this jar is four inches.
My husband put this creature out in the woods. Now my daughter and I don’t want to go near the garage, or the woods, or anywhere between the woods and the garage. Because it might be on it’s way back.
Shiver. I just felt like something was walking on my leg.
I’ll leave you with a photo of Timmy’s cuteness to get all of that out of your mind. Although, I have a not very pleasant story to tell you about involving Timmy…coming soon. He’s not injured or anything like that, it’s something he did.
So, after all that creepiness and intrigue, I wish you a happy, spider-free weekend! Unless you like spiders, then I wish you plenty of them!
9 responses so far ↓
1 Christina // Aug 7, 2009 at 11:30 am
Oh Timmy, I love you so much!! Thank you for helping me come back … your cuteness is greatly appreciated. Although your mommy did warn me at the beginning of this post. I’m so hard headed. lol
: )
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2 Stephanie // Aug 7, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Why oh why did I scroll down???
3 Ashley // Aug 8, 2009 at 12:38 am
Oh my gosh! What a creepy spider. I’m glad to have seen Timmy at the end though…so adorable!!
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4 patty // Aug 8, 2009 at 2:31 am
how hysterical! loved this!
as the momma of a crocodile-hunter son, i appreciate the scary, gross, creepy, crawly critters they “adopt”. kuddos to you! wait ’til they grow into capturing reptiles… have you seen my snake adventures this summer? blah!
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5 Gayle // Aug 8, 2009 at 11:03 am
Hi Christina!
Thank you from Timmy!
Hi Stephanie!
I know! Any time I see a warning like that, I must scroll down, as quickly as possible!
Hi Ashley!
It is! Every once in a while the thought of it pops into my head and I wonder how many live around us!
Hi patty!
That is funny! I think I wouldn’t mind snakes as much as that spider! As long as they stay in a tank! Or, outside, preferably!
6 Shalet // Aug 8, 2009 at 1:22 pm
We had a scorpion living in a glass container on our butcher block for a while. Where did he come from? Our bed! That was a fun night.
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7 sunnymama // Aug 8, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Timmy is definitely the cutest!
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8 Gayle // Aug 8, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Hi Shalet!
That is really creepy!
Hi sunnymama!
I agree!
9 Puna // Aug 9, 2009 at 3:39 pm
You have a variable zoo at your place.
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