Behold below the fold. [Read more…]
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Behold below the fold. [Read more…]
Avalus has a new camera and he’s been taking lots of fabulous photos of small creatures, and he’s sharing with us. Today, it’s this little guy, whose photo you can find under the fold.
a crabspider that tested my arm as a potential hunting ground [Read more…]
Avalus recently found an adorable tiny spider while out for a walk and luckily he had his camera at hand. You can see his wonderful photo below the fold. [Read more…]
Maria Hildreth Parker. Aunty’s Elfin Land, or, The Astonishing Doings of Mildred, Tom and Harry. Illustrated by Hermann Dudley Murphy. Boston, J.G. Cupples and Co., 1890.
This weekend I had to mainly 1) prepare firewood for winter and 2) finish my first commissioned knife.
The customer had a look at the knife and I had to adjust the handle a bit so it fits in their hand. No biggie, but it was three hours of additional work all the same since I had to re-shape, re-polish and re-buff the endcap as well. When making knives that are not customer-specific I have to try and make the grips more universal sized and shaped. Or perhaps in different sizes?
Now the knife handle is being coated with boat lack, which is not a process that lends itself to being photographed. As far as the knife goes, you won’t see any new pictures until its finished. But next weekend, while the lacquer is drying and hardening, I am going to make the leather sheath and hopefully make som worthwhile pictures of that. I have not done too much of leatherwork yet, it will be fun.
In the meantime, I only can post a picture I made at work with my phone a few days ago. A gruesome image of one spider devouring another one. See below the fold. I have no idea what species or even genera they might be, but what I do find interesting that it is the slender-legged and fragile looking spider who is doing the devouring and the buff-looking hairy beast is the devoured.
The weather today has been my idea of perfect. Sunny and warm with low humidity and a gentle breeze that slowly pushed creamy clouds across an azure sky. If I could custom order the weather it would be exactly like today. It was so perfect that I made the time to take Jack for a walk in the woods and I know he appreciated it because his tail wagged the whole way around.
While we were there I stopped to talk to a very friendly spider who allowed me to take a photo which I’ve put below the fold for anyone interested.
James Rennie. Insect Architecture. London, James Murray, 1897.
From Nightjar, (photo is below the fold because of the bonus spider!)
George Du Maurier. Trilby. Bindings designed by Margaret Armstrong. New York, Harper & Bros., 1894
via: This Ivy House
The book is available to read at The Internet Archive
Mary Dickerson Donahey. Down Spider Web Lane. Illustrations by Gertrude Alice Kay. New York, Barse & Hopkins, 1909.
cover photo via: Abe Books
Available to read at Children’s Books Online (This is a fabulous site. They have lots of vintage children’s books available and you can read them all.)
from Nightjar, (photo is below the fold because there’s a spider) [Read more…]
Lasz week I came up the stairs from the cellar and look what I found!
I have no clue what species this is, apart from “fucking big”, as it is about two inches across. I took some pics and then carefully relocated it to where it was less likely to lead to demands of “immediate violent death” from other people.
In case you’re wondering the strange surface, the previous owners glued carpet scraps to the stairs. If there’s a hell for bad DIY, the dude is going to spend eternity scraping glue off things. Pics below the fold.
It’s a perfectly posed arachnid from Avalus who says,
This spider found herself caught in glassware one morning in our lab. I contained it with a glass funnel to take the photo and released it.
I’ll bet that spider tells the story of this adventure at all the spider gatherings. Not everyone will believe her.
The photo is below the fold