Spiders. It's about spiders.
They come up the drain - big ones like Wolf spiders & Orb spiders - and I find them in the bathtub. Generally in the middle of the night, though why that is I'm not sure. It's just a good thing that there is no one to hear me scream like a child Every. Single. Time.
*sigh*Wouldn't you scream if you saw that in the middle of the night? LOL
A dear friend of mine has reminded me that we draw things to us as our energies change. So I'm assuming here that I now have Spider Energy, which is not a bad thing.
In the natural world, they perform a vital role in capturing flies, mosquitoes, bugs of all kinds; even small birds and mice.
And then there is the wonderful children's book Charlotte's Web, and its lessons of enduring friendship and loyalty.
In the Spirit World, in almost all cultures, spiders weave the web of life, over and over again. According to Animal Speak by Ted Andrews, in Native American lore, Grandmother Spider kept and taught the mysteries of the past and how they were affecting the future. She reminds us to awaken our own sensibilities to be more creative in life, and teaches us to maintain balance between the past and future, physical and spiritual, male and female. She teaches us that everything we do now is weaving what you will encounter int he future.
And here I am, embracing the simple and charmed gifts of Mother Nature: expanding my creativity, staying grounded in the now, and letting go of the fear and anxiety of the future.
Outside they are fine unless they are Black or Brown Widows, then Nope! Inside nope! I get welts from the bites. They are amazing creatures though.
ReplyDeleteChoy, I agree. If I see then outside, I let them do their thing. In the house is another matter altogether.
ReplyDeleteHello, Bev. I just now found your comment on my blog from June 2017! I seem to have 'lost' my comments - or perhaps I just stopped looking, I don't know. The last one I knew of was in about Oct 2016, so I've basically been 'talking to myself' the last couple of years (nothing new there). Anyhow, sorry not to have published and replied to your comments previously. Spiders. I don't scream when I find them, but I don't love them either. Brits are incredibly soft when it comes to creatures - spiders in particular. I've yet to see one killed in this country, more likely they are carefully collected and put outside. Unless one is in my way, I just leave them alone. I have had quite a few spider bites in my life, mind. Mom wasn't really into housekeeping and there were probably entire colonies under my bed. The bites aren't terrible (luckily none were poisonous and there are no poisonous spiders in Britain - they have it so easy here, they've no idea...). Spider bites just itch a lot, not as bad as mosquitoes, but annoying all the same. In Sydney spiders make enormous webs that fill the space between the hedges either side of the front gates. I learned early on to really watch where I was going. Those aren't small spiders over there and of course a lot are poisonous, though probably not the ones that do the over-the-gate thing. Bill named the one that kept remaking her web between the outside wall and our trash bin. I think he missed her when she finally moved on.
ReplyDeleteShelley! It's wonderful to hear from you. I did wonder about the comments thing, but I just figured it's technology. Enough said. I'm looking forward to keeping in touch.
ReplyDeleteAnd YIKES on those monster spiders in Sydney! The ones here are bad enough. We did have tarantulas when we lived west of Ft Worth, but thankfully none here.
Grandmother Spider has much to teach us.
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