Things on Thursday

Ella is fascinated by spiders. We were able to witness a true act of nature last week with the spider outside our patio. Ella and I were looking outside when we noticed a large black bug get caught up in the web. The spider quickly ran down the web and pounced on the bug and began spinning and spinning and spinning the black bug up into a cocoon with its web. The spider then carried the bug further up the web and began sucking its blood. Ella was awestruck. And I was able to explain all that was going on as it was happening.

Unfortunately later that evening I decided the spider needed to go and nominated Tom to do the deed. The coloring and markings on the spider and the size worried me a bit. Especially since it is right on our patio where we frequently play. Ella gets nasty reactions from bug bites in general so we said so long to the spider

In other news I ordered custom wood blinds last week. They were not expected to arrive for three weeks; however, they came in the mail yesterday! Tom found the time to put them up last night. They look great.