Thanks to annaberry over on handspinning for the link (arachnophobes might want to give it a miss, though):

"Gossamer silk, from spiders spun."

I think I'm in love . . . <3 Just in time for Halloween, too!

So, I'm sitting here typing away (yes, at "Frost," FWIW), and I notice a little fluttery movement from the corner of my eye.  I look over and confirm it's a crane fly.

Random digression -- do other folks have crane flies where they are?  They're a sure sign of summer here in the northwestern US.  Completely harmless, but they look like the ( Read more... )

Title: "An Inordinate Fondness"
Author: dameruth
Characters/pairings: Ten, Donna
Rating: G, All Ages
Word count:  3,408
Series: None
Disclaimer: None of it's mine but the words and the fluff. . .
Summary: Ten and Donna share some relaxing moments, enlivened by arthropods.

Written for the
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Well, I was reaching for a chopping board this afternoon, and discovered the source of the Giant Mutant Bug chirps that had been coming from behind our fridge.

It was, of course, nothing particularly mutated (this isn't Hanford, after all).  Quite handsome, really -- a pale-green male katydid with a body nearly as long as my little finger.  No ( Read more... )

     More random stuff -- there's something in my kitchen, and it's been there for a week . . .

. . . Well, actually more like 2 days, but Meg Davis' "Monster's Lullaby" has been running through my head all day, and I couldn't resist the weak attempt at a cute segue there.

Anyway, something insectile  has taken up residence behind the fridge, and I ( Read more... )