Here's one for the arachnaphobes out there. Went to the bathroom (open to the elements incidentally) and saw first a full set of legs sticking out of the plughole, then a huge spider sitting in the sink. Help came in the form of 16 year old Joel who took a studied look and said "ah si, tarantula". He then offered his bare hand into the sink and allowed the creature to climb up his arm and gently liberated it onto a nearby woodpile.
We fight a constant battle with lizards and crabs that want to share our tent as we have a broken zip. Jon confronted a huge land-crab the other night. It braced up to him, pincers flailing, and danced around in a very threatening manner. He eventually gave it a mighty clout with his paperback and sent it scudding out across the sand. Showed him .....
We have a boa constricter in a cage which it shares with an iguana. The iguana doesn't get much sleep!
We had a tragedy last night. A dog got into the nesting enclosure and killed and ate some of the baby turtles that were emerging from the sand. We all felt a bit sick at heart about that.
Good job Jon's got a book! Not The Life of the Beatles? Or Spider Man? Maggi LX
ReplyDeleteI hope you are thinking of your ex-colleagues, the offices are still not ready, its cold, the heating is not on, and the pensions department are quering a 5p difference between the last reports and the payment you made! Oh and the auditors are here.
ReplyDeleteSo are we envious?
John
can't imagine what the 5p can be! oh, but wait - nope can't help, sorry.
ReplyDeleteHope the auditors don't get cold. Wish I could have a little cooler weather here.