It is with great sadness that I share with you all the news of the passing of Josephine, our "pet" spider, this weekend. Frankly, I'm amazed that she survived this long as it's been getting progressively colder and windier here lately, but she did. We found her on the deck yesterday morning and decided that instead of letting her succumb to the indignity of being eaten by the cat the next time she escapes out the back door onto the deck, we would bury her in one of the flowerpots, which we did, and then we said a few short words about her, and toasted her with our Sunday morning mimosas, and went back inside.
Rest in peace, arachnid friend. Thanks for eating tons of mosquitoes, and for gracing our back door with your beautifully-constructed web. In death you will be remembered as one of the coolest-looking spiders I've ever seen, and indeed the ONLY spider I've ever seen for which I have felt any measure of affection, as opposed to utter revulsion and abject terror. I hope that Spider Heaven has you surrounded by lots of juicy bugs, and is a place where you can build your web as big as you want without worrying about humans breaking it every time they go outside to the grill, or condo associations power-washing the building, or frigid Connecticut temperatures, rain, and wind.
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our little "pet" chipmunk, Pip, has been MIA for weeks. I hope he's just hibernating early and has not died. That would make me sad.
I love that you guys had a funeral for your spider. You are my heroes.
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