While I am lucky enough to own 4 teapots, only 2 are in ..... well ..... were in regular use.
The silver plated one that was a present to Mum's Parents for their 25th Wedding Anniversary back in 1949 is still used daily. The Earthernware one happily sits beside its shiny friend on the kitchen windowsill.
Only I'm not using the Earthy one just now because a Spider has taken up residence in the spout!
Brilliant hidey hole while Spider waits for insects to land in the web (one of those really messy webs) attached from spout to window. Hey, Spiders are good. Especially because we don't have nasty poisonous and super triple poisonous 'piders - unlike our cousin across The Ditch*, Australia.
And Mickle isn't about to make a spider homeless.
Of course I'm daft! Try it sometime, m'dears. Care and huggles from Mickle
*The Ditch = The Tasman Sea. "The Ditch" is a Kiwi term the Aussies are slowly latching onto
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We have a spider called Eric who lives under the fridge! It must be 3" across!
If you would like e few more spiders, I'll send you some of mine.
I have heaps of nice furry black ones, some of them even have a pretty red stripe down their back.
I think the ditch would be a little far for them to swim though. :-D
John - Hooray, Eric's still alive!
Olive - Our Border Patrols gas any Aussie red backs that try to get in. Hehehe.....
That's an evil laugh you have ! :-)
Dear Joy of Olives (hope you have a tree or 2 of these)
One nasty Aussie spider has made it here and established itself - the white tail.
Our one indigineous poisonfull spider lives in sand dunes- the Katipo Spider. Has a bit of red, and a huge right to live here - these spiders were here before the *&)@#%^* humans
Olive of Joyness lives with super nasty type spiders as part of her daily routine, crap awful introduced foxes (why........)
EnZed also snake free, illegal to bring anytype in here.
Bio security in Aussie super tight too,`it has to be for Aussie and NZ Bio SAfety xxxxx
Right now the spiders are coming out so spring must be around the corner. Sometimes I let them do their thing but when they are in the shower with you? Ummmm - not.
Dear Aims
is a little spider that is living in my shower box. I try to remove her to drier safety, but she clings on.
I can only do so much. And have many other spiders in residence around the windows (and teapots).
I will have to be brave, and concentrate on washing me .....
Your spiders are coming out from hibernation? Mine are seeking a comfortable place to be over the cooler months. hibernation doesn't happen for them - but it does for the wee ladybird beatles (lady bugs? to you) they take up a good hibernation spots in my bedroom - is fine with Mickle
love to all those brave enuff to to visit -
N.B NZ is utterly snake free
Well Michelle, I'm sure we can do some good business here. I wasn't aware that there are no snakes in NZ........so......how about I send you some red belly blacks (snakes) and some red backs (spiders)?? They kind of match. :-)
Oh, also, I almost forgot, yes, we do have 2 olive trees. We will harvest our first crop this year. That is of course if the foxes dont eat them ! Believe me foxes will eat ANYTHING if they are hungry enough.
Take care, keep warm and snuggly with Zeb
Dear Olive - snakes are completely illegal here. Not even the Zoos are allowed them. Nowt, nada, zilch
Sometimes pranksters have brought in a shedded (you know what I mean)snake skin and put it outside. Results in HUGE activity investigating and hunting the possible slithery snake.
No need for St Patrick to drive out snakes here. xxx
a spider is NOTHING - a friend of mine put on her boots, and suddenly felt ticklish - there was a cockroach in one!!!
how's my hometown?
Med Kiwi - ah, you never came across the NZ native cockroach - humungous great wotsits, body size rivals Wetas...
But then I don't have the risk of scorpions here.
Love and huggles - Wgtn still rotten in a cold wet and windy southerly, Michelle xxx
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