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NotQuiteJuneCleaver
True Blue Farmgirl
222 Posts
Susan
Shreveport
LA
USA
222 Posts |
 Posted - Sep 05 2007 : 09:28:21 AM
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If you wish, you can see at my blog all the creatures we came across this morning...
http://www.notquitejunecleaver.com
There is immeasurable value in what I do. I won't ever believe otherwise. |
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
1646 Posts |
Posted - Sep 05 2007 : 09:43:51 AM
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Ever thought of moving?? 
We have black widows here too, although I've only ever seen one. But I just could not live where there are snakes like you guys have. We have harmless garter snakes here and I've had to learn to accept that they are out there in my garden, but the ones you guys have would put me over the edge! 
Di
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NotQuiteJuneCleaver
True Blue Farmgirl
222 Posts
Susan
Shreveport
LA
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - Sep 05 2007 : 09:50:49 AM
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Oh Diane, I actually find them very interesting. Husband...not so much. He was on the sidelines coaching me get Charlotte into the jar this morning. He came in one day with a little garden snake in his hand (with gloves of course) and said "I knew you would be mad at me if I killed him. Get a jar!" We kept that little snake for about a year. Homeschooling lends itself to all sorts of interesting science lessons!
I personally dont kill snakes unless they are poisonous. Snakes are all a part of the "circle of life"...and I cannot abide rats! So I do allow chicken and king snakes to hang around if they like...and if the cats dont find them!
http://www.notquitejunecleaver.com
There is immeasurable value in what I do. I won't ever believe otherwise. |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Sep 05 2007 : 10:10:20 AM
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Your Charlotte is certainly a big, healthy specimen, Susan. I don't like killing anything, either. But I wonder what i would do with something that could kill me back! That's a tough one.
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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NotQuiteJuneCleaver
True Blue Farmgirl
222 Posts
Susan
Shreveport
LA
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - Sep 05 2007 : 10:35:03 AM
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Now that I have shown her off...and I do think she might be the biggest I have seen lately, I will likely kill her. But now that I have admired her all morning, it will be more difficult than if I had acted instinctively when we first saw her.
http://www.notquitejunecleaver.com
There is immeasurable value in what I do. I won't ever believe otherwise. |
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 03:38:26 AM
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COOL! We have one of these too, and she has an egg case.
these spiders are so pretty best to keep 'em outside.
I don't mind little ones in the house, but the bigger ones can stay in their own yards! |
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Hideaway Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1553 Posts
Jo
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 08:20:38 AM
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NotQuiteReadyToSeeCreepyCrawly, thank you very much! I get the heebie jeebies about spiders and it only took me reading the first two posts here to decide not to check out the photos. (Shudder)
Nice to see that other farmgirls are okay with spiders, though. I am just a scaredy cat when it comes to thinking or seeing or dealing with them...
Jo
"Wish I had time to work with herbs all day!" |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
4813 Posts |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Sep 09 2007 : 5:58:54 PM
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I actually looked at your blog earlier this AM and have to say I quickly closed the window when I saw that picture. I can't stand spiders in any size, shape, or form. Although I do tolerate them outside because I know they are a good thing. But if they get in my house they're fair game. Usually the heel of a shoe is their demise!
http://therusticcottage.wordpress.com
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NotQuiteJuneCleaver
True Blue Farmgirl
222 Posts
Susan
Shreveport
LA
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - Sep 09 2007 : 7:20:04 PM
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OH...SORRY I scared you off. I think I will remove that post...so many are 'turned away' by my little arachnid friends. So please visit again soon!
http://www.notquitejunecleaver.com
There is immeasurable value in what I do. I won't ever believe otherwise. |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
1599 Posts |
Posted - Sep 11 2007 : 1:44:43 PM
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I thought I was tuff and spiders wouldn't bother me but Charlotte did! Egads!
Winona :-)
Don't sweat the small stuff...
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