Hanging up the clothes

This morning I was hanging up the laundry and prayed a quick prayer for some wind, even just a breeze, because I had a good deal of laundry to dry today. I could not stop grinning when about halfway through the morning I looked out the window and saw the towels flapping in the breeze. When I was hanging the second load up, I discovered I had company. Company of the worst kind if you feel about spiders the way I do.

He was rather large, and scary, and otherwise, not fit to be hanging around the clothesline!

Timothy is the resident spider disposer, and came to my rescue. He even went so far as to let the spider crawl on his hand when I was trying to get a picture. Okay, maybe that was an accident. The kids inside said they could hear me screaming each time the thing moved...

When I was hanging up the fourth load, another visitor came to see me. He was of the much more appreciated by Emily variety.

Regretfully, in spite of the fact that I greatly enjoy snakes, this one was rather agressive and due to the fact that agressive snakes are not allowed near the house, he had to be taken care of as well. This time it was Benjamin to the rescue. To top it all off, when the fourth load was 2/3 of the way dry it started to rain. I raced out to save my laundry, but ended up throwing it in the dryer anyway. Praise God for the wind I asked for and all the little things that keep life interesting! :)