My Seussical Life for 2003 November 25

(1) Tue Nov 25 2003 14:36 Arachniphobia: I saw a very fat, large spider--the size of a silver dollar--on my window frame this afternoon. Most bugs that I find inside my apartment I gather in a cup and transfer outside, but spiders and mosquitos don't get the same treatment. Mosquitos get squished, and spiders get flushed. I don't mind killing the mosquitos, but I always feel bad killing spiders, especially when my son is standing by reminding me that James (of James and the Giant Peach) is friends with a spider.

Tue Nov 25 2003 20:55: Today, Atticus was sitting at the kitchen table eating his lunch and looking out of the window into our backyard. We live in a second story apartment--one of four--and the two top apartments have large sliding glass doors that open onto small balconies. Anyway, he was watching the trees and he spotted a small woodpecker. Up until that time we had only seen squirrels, puppies, and cats in our yard.