And I'm not in the mood to reveal specifics. Let's just say that my wretched existence has become a maze of problems, complications, detours, setbacks, dead ends, and impossibilities. Did I mention obstacles?
The weather has been gorgeous - with a long absence of rain. The temperature is perfect. Autumn is my favorite time of year. Yet I'm wallowing in a debilitating mire of misery.
Tonight is the night of the harvest moon (one of my personal favorite nights). It is supposed to rise here in TN at 7:00p.m.
Due to all the trees and hills around here, I probably won't be able to see it until 8:00 or 9:00 or later. Photographing the event will be a near impossibility but I'll give it a try.
Well, hell, I'll undoubtedly howl at the moon, too.
I drove to town last Monday and tried to snap a few pics along the way - which isn't easy. The road is narrow with very few places to pull over.
And if you dare to step out of the car, you'll either get hit by a logging truck...or go over a cliff.
Here's the road which eventually leads to my house (or near it, anyway).
This old barn is one of my visual "markers" on the way to town. Once I see it, I know that there are only about 2,000 more miles to go (very slight exaggeration).
This is a very typical view on my way home.
Scruffy and Bosco are eagerly awaiting the new supply of cat food (and litter) that I bought (that's an old blanket that I tossed on the bed for the cats)
Scratch doesn't really care - she just wants to be petted (who doesn't??)
All right, I've saved the very worst for last. It's not for the faint of heart......
After I regained consciousness, I grabbed the blanket it was on and shook him to the floor.
Then I sprayed him with about half a gallon of bug spray. He refused to die so I put the one gallon (I'm not kidding) spray container on him...and sort of crushed him...and suffocated him....
That's an autopsy photo - but he still looks alive (hey, I'm assuming it was a "him" and not a "her").
Anyway, this scared the living jeeters out of me and I didn't sleep for two nights.
Just when I was finally calming down, I found another spider exactly like this one - on the floor in the hallway.
I THINK they are just grass spiders -
but, then again, they could be deadly predators.
Holy shit - - as if I didn't have enough problems....
