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Itsy Bitsy Spider

August 27th, 2006

... or not so itsy, as the case may be. I recently purchased an Olympus μ700. Dang, I like those optics!

Anyway, we’re getting closer to autumn, and that means the spiders are growing in size and numbers in our garden.

These pictures (click to enlarge) show a very nice araneus diadematus, commonly known as cross-spider. Very common, but this one has a deep redbrown colour that I haven’t seen before around our place.

For more fun stuff about spiders, see: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/spidhome.htm

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BrokeBack Garden

August 27th, 2006

Did some digging in the garden today to get rid of Vinca Minor, a.k.a. a pesky green creeper with nasty tangles of branches and roots.

It was just an area of about 10 sq. mtr., but the sweat was pouring down and everything hurt afterwards. I don’t know whether that’s an indication of my sorry physical state, or the stubborness of the Vinca.

In any case, the result is that we now have the area cleared for paving.