Oh My!
So, I know many people are afriad of spiders. They can bite and some are poisonous...I know, it's not completely insane. And it's not as if I want to take one as my pet and snuggle him every night by any means. But sometimes some people (you know who you are, although you probably stopped reading this as soon as you saw the pic b/c it creeped you out) go much furthure than I when it comes to the fear, and the amazing effort you will put in to GETTING AWAY. :)
An old roommate of mine was is completely terrified of them. I tryied to show her this picture once and she freaked out and got all squirmy and wouldn't look.
I rather like the picture the colour in it makes me smile, as do the memories that go with it. My sister and I were picking tomatoes for dinner in my parents garden. (We were no longer children, and my parents have since moved) The garden itself was by no means "pretty". Garden magazines would never consider it for a cover shot. It was over grown and the lines between plants couldn't be seen. But there was so much life, colour and it supplied us with delicious food that summer. And that's what I think about when I see this picture. That's what this scary looking, very large spider brings me. And I cannot squirm away from it, when I really want to embrace it. What it brings anyway...