Living Large In Our Little House

The first time we saw one, The Little House was barely framed in.
“What is that on the side of the foun­da­tion?” Dale said as we drove into the dri­ve­way to have a look at our new home.
“It looks like some­one threw a big mud clot,” I answered, but as we got out of the truck and walked closer, we real­ized it was the biggest spi­der either of us had ever seen.
I wasn’t ter­ri­fied, even then, but amazed at really, how beau­ti­ful taran­tu­las are. We had no idea this area had taran­tu­las, but have since mar­veled at see­ing them in the road and some­times stum­bling upon the holes they dig in the ground for their nests.
Yes, it’s big spi­der sea­son here again, they’re out and about gath­er­ing food for the win­ter. It just isn’t the taran­tu­las on the move, but other insects of the 8-legged vari­ety are more promi­nent out­side too, build­ing webs closer to the house and lights where they can catch as many unsus­pect­ing moths and other food as possible.

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