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Spiders and Snakes and Romance Don't Mix

10/2/2014

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For a blog, of course you have to have content. And photos help. So I went out on the acreage for about four hours--off and on--yesterday.

I erroneously thought I needed a spider picture to go with the quote the hero made about spider webs. So I searched—for hours—for a spider that would pose.


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I found one, took its picture and returned to the house. That's the Reader's Digest version.

Seriously, imagine where you're standing and what you're kneeling around when you're out spider hunting. And then imagine you take the photo, don't move away, and look at the digital image and go.... Oh, there's a snake in the edge of the photo. You don't move your feet. And the above italicized version of my thoughts has been expanded and edited a huge, huge amount for clarity.

It took a considerably long time of double checking my feet and the image to realize I'd made a mistake. No snake. I am not particularly afraid of snakes but the ones the copper color of fall leaves--yes, I am terrified of them. This was a curled fall leaf at the edge of the photo with the flash reflecting it into a lovely snake sheen. 

And after all that searching and staring at webs, I decided my romance  does not need any spider picture to go with the hero's quote. It just doesn't mix well. Wasted time, but steps forward. Sometimes that's how you figure things out.

—About the snakes. It wasn't all imagined. Not all. Here's the picture I took earlier after looking down at my feet.

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I do believe I had to back up a bit to take this photo of the snakeskin. And I had to calm myself and make sure it was the shed from a non-poisonous one. Somehow that reassured me. I have encountered the real deal--the ones with venom, when I've been out and about.

No, I'm not particularly scared of snakes but I do prefer them to introduce themselves from a long distance.


Oh, then I decided to take another picture of the snakeskin... He didn't need an introduction.


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Anna Kittrell link
10/2/2014 11:49:03 pm

OMG! As if the spider wasn't scary enough! I gasped too many times to count during this blog post. I would've been in a dead-faint with my camera at my feet, had I traded places with you. Riveting post, Liz. As usual, your writing leaves me breathless.

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Liz
10/3/2014 04:49:31 am

Thank you so much! I did get a bit nervous when I thought I had a snake at my feet and couldn't see it. My feet were firmly planted because I didn't know which way to run.

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Alicia Dean link
10/3/2014 01:51:05 am

Wow...your post made me laugh and wait on the edge of my seat to find out if there was or was not a snake. :) The spider is creepy enough. I don't have a spider or snake 'phobia' but I believe I have a healthy respect/fear of them. Great post...you are so funny!

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Liz Tyner
10/3/2014 05:04:01 am

Thank you, Alicia. I went out today to see if he'd returned. I think all the activity after his earlier appearance might have scared him away.

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