We didn't really have much *time* to prepare and get accustom to the living conditions. I mean, city folk like us? (Greg always city boy, myself -- it had been about 10 years since I lived in the country)
We could handle change. Right?!
A rabbit!
Awww, look! A cute frog!
Wait, what?! Noone said scorpions (non-poisonous) were included!
Ahhh.. but back to cute peeper frogs.
But-- wait. Is that a BLACK WIDOW (very poisonous) and a wolf spider (bite hurts but not poisonous)!!!!
I have NEVER!
EVER
EVEREVEREVEREVER
EVER
E.V.E.RRRRRRR
seen a wolf spider this size! And this is a VENTI sized starbucks water cup and the spider was bigger than the base of the inside! OH- EM-- STARS!
ANOTHER scorpion in our house! Our master bath! This couldn't possibly have had anything to do with the fact that we just had a storm shelter put in and disrupted their living space. SIGH
Not sure the species of this spider, I am going to say it's a wolf spider, because the markings are similar. But it was way cool how this mama survived the wash down of the patio and still sought asylum in a closer area to the house.
From a family who has a tree business for the past 50+ years, and are familiar with this ugly but awesome locust, they sure did get excited. I think this one was guessed to be 12 years old?!
Um, ok. So here, with this spider. Can you possibly guess what it is?! That's right. We have seen over a couple DOZEN of these INSIDE the house. This is a brown recluse. A BROWN RECLUSE!
And this one was HUGE. They have never bothered anyone, but I have found them high and low. And that is ENOUGH for me! Yes. I caught them--carefully. Yes. I allowed them to die. Yes. I paid for someone to come spray!!
Another scorpion. Outside. Lovely.
Oh! Wait! Here are some wild turkey! I can deal with wild turkey!!
But this, tho....
This would be termites. This is what it looked like behind my white board that crumbled as I erased a "black bubble mark" and these things just started falling out! I whipped the board off the wall and out the door. Called the exterminator --who happened to do our inspection-- who happened to come drill the concrete and treat the inside and outside of the area. For free.
So, crazy story, right? Yeah, this was the "termite art" on the back of the white board. Kinda creepy if you see the face of a girl. Yes, this really happened.
So a day or two after the spraying the baseboards and outside perimeter of the house for insects and spiders, I found this guy up at the top of the ceiling on the crown molding. Never would have thought these suckers were smart enough to avoid the baseboards. Caught him, and he actually lived 5 whole months with no food or water. NONE. I looked it up. It was true.
So I save the best for last. Deer! A squirrel. And a squirrel that was holding his own on our nifty corn cob feeder my dad gave us. We see deer often. I really enjoy the deer. I'm going to stop watching all the cute video's of deer letting people pet them. Because-- I want to pet one! HA!
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