There was going to be a lovely post about baking the traditional New England dessert of Whoopie Pies with peanut butter filling, but Big Spider Season has begun!
Here we have a small specimen of a wolf spider. In my kitchen. The largest one i have seen here was 3" diameter. Every spring, huge beautiful Luna moths hatch and flutter around like small green nocturnal birds. You may ask, what eats big moths? The Circle of Life answers "really freakin' big spiders!"
Wolf spiders don't spin webs, and females carry their babies on their backs. so if you ever step on one, all the tiny babies scatter into all the crevices nearby. Did i mention that they run really fast and jump too? just for fun, really.
Big Spider Season is celebrated by shrieking and lots of hollering "HOLY CROW THAT'S A BIG SPIDER!" Other traditions are; shaking out every item of clothing, and flipping over the bed covers before sleeping. Shoes are knocked on the bottom like recalcitrant bottles of ketchup. Towels and shower curtains are also gaily flapped about in sheer dread of being caught nekkid and having to run screaming from the bathroom.
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