harmless huntsman

Do spiders hibernate for the winter? I found this huntsman spider under the lid of our Aussie Rotter (compost bin) and he seems to have lost one leg - hope it wasn't the taking off of the lid that took off the leg. There must be other spiders around but they weren't very easy to find, on foggy mornings I see webs sparkling with drops of moisture in among the roses and the ringlock fencing. The makers of the webs must be somewhere.

war paint

Is there a bit of dirt on my face?

early one morning

odd man out

frost

70% probability 5-10mm

When the showers of rain have good odds and it hasn't rained for months, it must be time to do some plumbing repairs on the raintank.










The water being bailed out was in the cut pipe.

ha-ha

How to keep a (rare) Long-Horn cow and all her
mates out of the garden at Rousham Park without
spoiling the view from the house?
















A ha-ha (sunken fence) is perfect, with the help of an
electric wire on blue plastic posts.