:: an early morning walk
:: first batch of home grown mint for tea
:: eating the sun, oh wait those are just our eggs
:: toddler craft project, a wax paper sun catcher
:: a visitor on our door step, a giant crab spider I think...
:: after I swept it out the door
:: 4:08 pm summer solstice in Tucson
a sweet list of seven. But good god, that spider. Ack! Reminds me of the cane spiders in Maui. I like them from afar. Very far.
ReplyDeleteI did a hiby jiby dance! But I kept my cool because Sofia was right there and Viola was on my back. Amazing what being a protective mama can do to quel your fears. In Maui once I was packing up my luggage and I felt something scurry up my arm! I looked down and it was a two inch cockroach on my elbow! I way flipped out and had trouble sleeping that night!
DeleteSuch a brave Mama! I too find I have to temper my reactions so as to not freak the little one out. I don't my fear to wash over her, too. It's hard though, isn't it? Especially with critters THAT BIG!
DeleteThat is a HUGE spider--ohmygoodness! But those eggs do look like the sun.
ReplyDeleteI'm still freaking out every time I look at the front door!
DeleteWow is all I can muster.
ReplyDeleteI love your solstice seven, but the size of that spider made my jaw drop.
I am not sure I would be able to keep it together!
Thank you! I that's one reason I never want to go to the Amazon!
DeleteDo you have a specific recipe for the mint tea? We have a huge mint plant and I've been running out of things to do with it - but mint tea sounds amazing!
ReplyDeleteI just dry the mint in my dehydrator then store it in a mason jar. To make the tea I just put 1 1/2 teaspoons of the dried leaves into a steeper and pour the water over and that's it!
DeleteThe great things about growing mint is it takes off like crazy! :) So you should have plenty for tea! :)
ReplyDeleteI know it's going really well now. I like that every time you prune it more grows back!
DeleteBeautiful ways to celebrate midsummer! Well, except for your visitor. I have a hard time applying all-creatures-are-precious to spiders. They freak me out. :)
ReplyDeleteI need to call the natural pest control guy and see what he can do about all these spiders. I've been seeing lots of little microscopic ones lately. Just that time of year I guess.
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