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By: Dorisa

Dorisa — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:30:13 +0000

I do hate spiders, so it was my preference to kill it, but since it was outside I thought maybe we should try to just relocate it. The relocation didn’t go well, and we ended up killing it in the end.

By: Linda Proud

Linda Proud — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 09:35:05 +0000

Thanks for that, Dorisa. These little observations help spice up our fiction no end. It doesn’t matter what period we’re working in, there were always spiders, and fear of them. Pity you had to kill the little fella. We employ mass eviction here – not of spiders, which are harmless and we leave alone – but slugs, snails and caterpillars, which are loaded into buckets and taken to the meadow close by. Recent research has shown that they travel quite a way to return ‘home’ but we like to think ours are exceptional and will prefer their new surroundings.

By: Dorisa

Dorisa — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:41:00 +0000

This is the first year that I have noticed this spider phenomenon, despite having lived in the same region most my life (Minnesota, USA). I despise spiders, but they apparently love me and many have chosen to share living quarters and transportation with me. A couple weeks ago I went to get the golf ball from t he back of my car that was rolling around and driving me crazy when I came across a spider web covering half of the back of my car with a spider right in the middle. And not just a little guy, but a spider that was, ironically, about the size of a golf ball. As a result, the ball continued rolling around until my husband helped kill the little beast.

I just found your blog and I am really enjoying it. Thank you for taking the time to write it!

By: Linda Proud

Linda Proud — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:06:38 +0000

Which country are you in? Presumably we have spiders in the UK in August, but they don’t have quite the same presence.

By: 1karla

1karla — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:19:38 +0000

I had some encounters with spiders last month….

By: Helen Hollick

Helen Hollick — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:46:17 +0000

What a good idea Linda. I tend to use things like The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady & the several other diaries that were published around the same time. (lazy – using someone else’s diary LOL)
As a person who is not too keen on spiders I’m really grateful that I am so short sighted I rarely see them. My philosophy, I’ll leave them alone if they leave me alone!

Thanks for this article – interesting!