tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101059655713608720.post4879832978389258159..comments2024-01-12T05:04:17.663-06:00Comments on Laura's blog: "Mr. Spidey"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101059655713608720.post-86916221107769516442015-05-05T00:12:12.811-05:002015-05-05T00:12:12.811-05:00I guess the fluttering could be startling or off-p...I guess the fluttering could be startling or off-putting. Don't feel too bad, though...the reason for their brightly patterned wings, for some of them, is to frighten predators. The wings look like eyes or something. <br /><br />I've never been able to get a butterfly to land on me on purpose. But sometimes when I am gardening, they'll just come up and chill out on my shoulder or even my gardening glove...several at a time, sometimes. It's kind of neat.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15725049899131699912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101059655713608720.post-89396199049477359142015-04-25T00:25:27.629-05:002015-04-25T00:25:27.629-05:00Kids are in fact weird. Case in point, though I wa...Kids are in fact weird. Case in point, though I wasn't thrilled with spiders as a child, my greatest fear in the natural, regular world was butterflies. Like, stone-cold, hide my face and run to Mom or Dad dread. Even from a distance. Nobody knew why they made me feel that way. I'm not sure I knew. Something about the fluttering, maybe.<br /><br />I'm over it now, of course. But the impact of it struck deep enough to remain, albeit it in tiny fashion even today. If you happen to be around me and a butterfly comes within a certain distance, I will sometimes reflexively squint or flinch very slightly. But I have tried to get them to land on my hand as an adult; I can never get them to do it... Ty Unglebowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836504600859993438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101059655713608720.post-76207014013590129122015-04-23T23:51:14.864-05:002015-04-23T23:51:14.864-05:00Thanks! :) I hope the font isn't too difficult...Thanks! :) I hope the font isn't too difficult to read in the comments.<br /><br />Spiders are creepy. They're quick and still at the same time. I cannot imagine what I would do if I had a kid and the kid had a "Mr. Spidey" as a pet. Oh. Hell. No. You know how much spiders freak me out. I actually got vaguely nauseous writing this post.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15725049899131699912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101059655713608720.post-52495798778144617902015-04-23T20:00:27.621-05:002015-04-23T20:00:27.621-05:00[Grrr...it seems to have not saved my comment...gu...[Grrr...it seems to have not saved my comment...guess I'll try again]. Knowing you as the insanely arachnaphobic adult that you are, I find this post to be really entertaining. I also think you do a really great job of capturing what is one of the super creepy things about spiders that most people can't put into words: "Even in utter stillness, a live spider has a sort of sense of expansion -- of contained energy that could explode into a flurry of movement, in any and all directions, at any moment." They are so creepily fast. Also, I haven't been on your actual blog in a while (I creep through the email subscription), but I really like the new look of it and the new font for titles and such :)Kirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01587606391756085543noreply@blogger.com