Ok, so now that you’ve shuddered after imagining all those babies on her back making a run for it, you probably don’t want to read further about the Wolf Spider. So I’ll let you look it up. I will share that my husband found her, we all paraded out to see her, because, wow, and my youngest, upon seeing it, said “We need to move.” Yes, the spider was on our house, hanging out in the shade of the honeysuckle (the bricks are 2 3/4″ tall high). I took the image with the longest lens I have, and although I wanted the image to be sharper, no way was I going to piss her off by getting closer. Sleep tight! (And as a final note, wolf spiders are a beneficial species, so we just left her alone.)

I saw the grass spider in my houseplant and honestly it was just too cute to have a spider in the spider plant. He was catching and eating the irritating gnats left over from a failed indoor herb planting, and he was not in the way.

However, when his web started extending past the plants and over taking the window, and he was looking a little gaunt because all the gnats were gone, I gathered him between two cups and released him outside.

I think this cute chubby tree frog is guarding the rain gauge. Ot maybe making commentary on the lack of water. Or maybe mistook the stand for a tree. Anyway, he makes an adorable guardian.

All sorts of little critters around the place! A little rough earth snake loves to hang out under the chicken’s foot bath. I’ve moved him twice. He looks very much like a little worm, but if the chickens spot him he will look like lunch.

These little guys may be leaf footed bug nymphs, and were hanging out on the oregano.

This toad likes to hang out under the rosemary. There are so many toads and frogs!