We got up early this morning to run errands in the exotic metropolis of Alexandria (not the one in Egypt), which mainly involved the process of melting my flesh into the fabric of a car seat. It is unpleasantly hot, but we had things that needed to be done.

Before we left, though, I checked out the spiders around my back door. We have a guardian Parasteatoda in a nice cobweb between the door and the mailbox…she’s a lovely young lady.

Five or six centimeters away, she had a suitor in waiting. He was busily wrapping up a present for her.

Then nearby we found Theridion hanging out in a yarrow flower.

They were turning away from me, so I got a second shot of their pretty face.

Then we scooted off to do our errands. Unfortunately, on our journey, we encountered the Freedom Propaganda Truck.

Yuk. The ass end of that ugly cargo of lies has a big sign that says “Follow me!”, so we turned and went in the opposite direction.