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September 30, 2005

A Hairy Visitor Comes Knocking

Our well documented Wild Kingdom continues here at the Cahill Hacienda.

I know we're still a month away from Halloween, but we had our own surprise when I went out to go check the mail. As I opened the door, this seemingly friendly tarantula bolted toward the door.

I quickly reconsidered the need to see what the creditors were wanting from us, and slammed the door shut.

Meg and Scott let out the requisite, "Ewwwww... I hate Spiders!" after I called them over to eyeball our hairy friend. It just hung at the door waiting for the next chance for the door to open. We weren't planning for dinner guests tonight so I had other ideas.

I went out through the garage and captured the picture before shooing him with a broom back into the bushes. I certainly didn't want to squish him and deal with the aftermath of tarantula goo!

We looked up the details at Wikipedia for today's educational lesson on tarantulas. I'm not sure about the last part that they taste like shrimp. I'll leave that for the neighbors to try first!

Posted by Jim at September 30, 2005 7:03 PM

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Our well documented Wild Kingdom continues here at the Cahill Hacienda. I know we're still a month away from Halloween, but we had our own surprise when I went out to go check the mail. As I opened the door, this seemingly friendly tarantula bolted toward the door. I quickly reconsidered the need to see what the creditors were wanting from us, and slammed the door shut. Meg and Scott let out the requisite, "Ewwwww... I hate Spiders!" after I called them over to eyeball our hairy friend. It just hung at the door waiting for the next chance for the door to open. We weren't planning for dinner guests tonight so I had other ideas. I went out through the garage and captured the picture before shooing him with a broom back into the bushes. I certainly didn't want to squish him and deal with the aftermath of tarantula goo! We looked up the details at Wikipedia for today's educational lesson on tarantulas. I'm not sure about the last part that they taste like shrimp. I'll leave that for the neighbors to try first!