Spider Season

Had planned today's blip - but a surprise awaited! What a deep irrational fear I have of spiders!
Arrived home with bag of horse chestnuts kindly gathered by Alex, son of my colleague. Rumoured to ward off spiders - just in time they are now scattered round the house!

I have been indoctrinating Finn, my new kitten "4 legs good, eight legs bad" to paraphrase Orwell. Unfortunately my instructions were too precise - the offending arachnid had only seven legs!

In case anyone in the neighbourhood is wondering why there is a face flannel in the garden - DON'T ASK