I am not what you call a Spider person. In fact, i tend to debate why the need for them when there is Insect spray in the world. Anyway. Was looking out the window last night as the street light was lighting the sliding door that I have. Usually there are tree branches that tend to reflect onto the door, and you can see them flowing about due to the wind. Last night there was a Spider shaped shadow on the door , …so I obviously freaked out ..I then pulled the blind up on the otherside of the door so I could see outside. I also turned the outside light on, and low and behold a spider ..HUGE. A female huntsman I presumed, then confirmed. Now me being a NEW and improved person I decided to just watch it , see what it did ….On any other occasion I would of tried to kill it or at least thought it was going to do anything possible to get inside.

Ten minutes later it started moving, whether she felt she wanted to like spotting something to eat, or she felt paranoid like it was been watched . Ok so it was . Well it moved , it walked about to one end of the door to the other, then went back up to where i spotted it , then decided it was time to go home. So it used its 8 legs to set herself to the ground and head to the plants.

I know this is a bit boring to read, but i reflected a lot that night. On how much a decision can change a person. I feel calmer when talking about spiders now, I don’t feel as out of control and fearful of them all because i  decided last night to instead of looking at the bad, but to look at the good. I know I would have a lot more flies and mozzies about without this particular spider being around. So she helps. I have decided to call her Twiggy,