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Hello everyone! Well, so far the dog show has gone like…well…a dog show. Butterfly was Winners Bitch on Thursday and 3rd out of 3 in her class today. Tigger was Reserve Winners Dog on Thursday and 2nd out of 2 in his class today. Today’s judge was one I thought would really like Butterfly — oh well — that’s the way of the game.

In today’s news, there was a story about a huge spider web in Texas at this park. It’s made by a species of spider that is usually very independent, but in this instance they have acted like a colony to the benefit of all members. They are long-jawed orb weavers and are about 1″ in diameter. They are related to what I’ve always called writing spiders, but which are actually Black and Yellow Argiope. This guy (or probably gal) has spun his web in my office window. I’ve had a lot of fun watching him/her catching bugs in its web and dispatching them with great alacrity. There’s another one on my back porch close to the light which is doing me a great service by keeping a lot of bugs out of the house.

Guess it’s time I was in bed. Good night all.Love,

Well, Butterfly was winners bitch on Thursday and Tigger was reserve winners dog. Today they were last in their respective classes and this was a day I thought Butterfly would do well on. Just goes to show you never know…..

In the news today is a story about a huge community spiderweb in Texas. I was surprised to see a close up of one of the spiders as the park ranger who was being interviewed talked about them as if they were tiny little things. The photo on the web site showed this guy..