Another Spider

I wonder how many kinds of spiders there are in our garden? This one hitchhiked in with the mint leaves and scurried under the compost bucket. Got him back on the mint sprig and out the door onto the host plant, where he sat perfectly still and traumatized while I ran back in for the camera. Good boy. We each have a story to tell as we sit by the fire tonight. And as I write this I have turned the furnace on. Mid-July. Fog's in. We just got back from an outdoor ukulele event, and I'm so cold and damp I just couldn't hold out. It's lovely to breathe warm air.