Hello,
As I was hanging out clothes I saw it
floating out of the corner of my eye. I whipped my head around, but the little
thing went with my hat. Next I saw it start to go down its web. Oh! A spider! I
snatched my hat off my head, slide it along close to the ground, hoped the
passenger was gone, looked for it in the spider colored weave, and put it back on my head. My heart went back
to a normal speed and I hung up lovely boring socks.
Later in the kitchen, out of the
corner of my eye I saw something small fly by looking just like a wasp. I screamed
once, twice just for good measure! Leroy, who was home for lunch, wanted to
know what was happening. By that time the flier had landed and I could identify
it as a harmless firefly. I put my finger out, it climbed on, I loosely wrapped
my other hand around it and went to the stairs so I could take it out. My loose
hold was too loose and it flew away once again. I asked help from Leroy as it
was too high on the wall for me to reach. Leroy managed to chase it around,
which caused it to go out of sight from time to time. Finally I captured it
once more, walked downstairs, opened the door, opened my hand, and watched it
fly to freedom.
Peripheral vision is great. Have you murmured
a thanksgiving for that gift? It has kept me from having more intimate contact
with insects. I am grateful indeed.
Paula
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