I'm Not Sure What Possessed Me To Do This

A little earlier, I took my recycling out back of my apartment where I encountered the largest spider I've ever seen around here. It certainly wasn't tarantula size or anything, but it was big. And spiky.

I blew on its web and got a good view of its long spiky legs as it moved around a bit.

Now I'm not the hugest fan of spiders, but I thought this guy was impressive enough to show you, so I ran inside to get my camera to try and grab a photo of it.


I did what I could to get a photo that showed how impressive this thing was, but you'd be surprised how difficult it is to get a decent closeup photo of a spider when you refuse to get closer than three feet away.

Here's a seriously blurry shot to give you some idea of the scale.

It's in between my garbage and recycling bins. They be big. I wanted to hold something up to it to give you a sense of scale, but... no. No. No. Sorry. You'll just have to trust me on this one.


OK. I'm going to go do something very non spider thinking about-ish now.

Maybe I'll look at stickers of unicorns and rainbows.

Maybe I'll have a shower too.



Edited to add: Don't look at the larger version of the first photo unless you really like spiders. Gah!