Happy new year

Happy new year to all my friends and family all the way from work in the middle of the Tanami desert.

It can't get much better than this... Or can it?

Danger in the Mansion

On Wednesday night, I was happily ready for bed, lying there on Skype, when I notice a spider climbing down the curtain, being the polite person I am, I said I will call that person back as needed to deal with this spider.

Promptly picking up a glass, I pinned the spider to the window. To my dismay, with everyone else fast asleep in the house, I had forgotten to pick up anything to slide between the window and the cup with one angry spider under it. So acrobatically stretching with my foot, I’m reaching for an envelope with my toes to grab it while holding the glass to the window.  Fortunately my toe dexterity was sufficient for any disasters to be obverted and I was able to collect the spider with the envelope and glass.

Here is the beast itself, the mighty Redback Spider.

It's been a while,sorry!

Well it's been too long since my last post, a lot has happened and a lot has been forgotten. But a new post is being written, some snippets for you:

The boring bits.

Christmas

Chilli plants

Tennis

Bicycles

Putting my neck on the line

Red back spiders...