I forgot to show you

I forgot to show you that I made this big spider web for Halloween: 

It's about 2' across and took more yarn and time that I thought it would  to make. I have even more respect for all those spiders - how do they produce so much silk from such a tiny little body! And to think they spend a whole day making one just to have the wind, or a big animal, or us blast through it and toss it away. This is no easy task! 

My decorations were down on November 1st -but then spend several days in the car port drying out - I couldn't put them away wet and who knows when it would dry out around here! 

One month of a plain yard and then it's time to start the Christmas decorations! I'd like to put up something big but these inflatable things have noisy fans/motors and I don't want to listen to that all day since the room I work in faces the front and we only have single pane windows so I can hear everything. I tell you, I was regretting putting up my Halloween decorations two weeks early when the wind was whipped the decorations agains the house and I had to endure endless banging and flashes from the spooky "caution tape" as it flapped in the wind. 

What do you put up for outside Christmas decorations? 

Any suggestions? 

Spiders

Have you noticed how big the spiders are right now? After my neighbour walked into one in my driveway she noticed about 3 more big webs and asked if I was growing them. I'm not but I don't purposely destroy them either. Eco ran through one the other day - it was so funny to see her trying to wipe her face with her paw while running at the same time. Poor spider - she'll have to spend the rest of the day redoing that one.

There certainly seems to be more of them out this time of year than earlier in the season. I have them everywhere. In fact, if I want to look out the window I have to look through one!

I'm just amazed at the perfection of their webs - have you ever taken the time to study their webs? Just perfect - or maybe one little flaw (like a Persian Rug) - but pretty darn even none-the-less.

In the  house we have a "catch and release program" that is, as long as we get to them before Eco. She seems really proud to have protected our home and stands over their sad little crumpled bodies waiting for our praise.

Do you like spiders?  Or does just talking about them give you the creeps? (In which case you probably didn't even read this whole post!)