One thing that makes Tess a great mother is her ability to spot fascinating things on walks and hikes for kids. I am trying to learn from Tess and be more aware of the little details but still, I’m not very good at that. Tess on the other hand is extremely good at noticing the smallest things to show people… little snails crawling along fence rails, squirrels in the bushes, or as we discovered last Saturday while walking along Bowen Road… huge spiders! Tess wrote about this yesterday on her blog so please read her account of the encounter. We took the time to stop, video and snap pics of the gigantic critter. You can find this below for your viewing pleasure. I hope you like spiders! I think this one might be a distant cousin of the spider in Annie Hall!
No Joy
April 3, 2005
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I doubt my father will be thrilled with my inaugural entry into the blogging world. But read on anyway… In my younger, pre-parenthood and much
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2 Replies to “Bowen Road Spider”
that looks like the same size and shape as our banana spiders.
i hate spiders.
yes, it’s a banana spider. They get pretty large. We saw some in the woods near here just the other day. Thier web is so thick that you can literally pull on it with your hands and have it not break, it is like thread. I love the video.