This is one I sprayed to its doom
Now that we have a legitimate garage, we rarely use our front door. Today I came back from getting the mail and used the front door. I noticed a beautiful spider slowly moving up the door. The design on it's back was magnificent, so I didn't think twice about it being a black widow until I opened the door and doomed it to its death in my entry. Once on its back, I couldn't help but notice the red hour glass. Google image searches led me to conclude it was a northern Black Widow. This picture is of a Black Widow just out my back door. As strange as it may sound, I marvel at the beauty of this creature and kill them only for my safety. They move slowly and gracefully. Now the fast moving spiders, oh, that's a whole other story for my fear factor.
With our "ample" supply of arachnids, our yard is also full of cute and entertaining lizards. This particular morning we were eating breakfast together and Chelsea noticed a baby lizard stuck between the glass window and the screen. The cutest part was to hear Sydney say "baby lizard". I'm happy to see the lizards as I remind myself that means less of the eight-legged creatures.
