Y'know, I'm not that keen on the spiders that seem to love our house. This 3" specimen was up between the rafters. I bravely fought him off with a stick.
Earlier we had a Zooropsis spinimana outside the garage. Even the house spiders are big and brave.
I won't get into the time our bathroom mirror was covered in a fresh batch of spiderlings and their momma.
Ugh.
I really hate martini glasses. This evening I spilt the better half of a Vesper by hitting the glass when gesticulating, and by having the base of the glass stick to the table (which does not play well with top-heavy glasses).
Ah well, I probably didn't need the extra alcohol!
(The Vesper was the Cliff House's version. I forget the precise ingredients. Their house Manhattan, with Eagle Rare bourbon, is delightful.)
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