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Darling Jumping Spider to Welcome Me Home!

Being Home is Kind of Strange!
I have to admit that it's odd to be back home in our "bricks and sticks" house instead of on the road. It's a good thing to be back before the rainy season turns any flat area into sticky, slippery mud, but since the downpours haven't started yet, both of us wish we could be out and about. However, we were out a month later than we expected and we do have lots of things to upgrade and work on--both in our trailer and in our house--so it's for the best that we're home! :)

Trip Stories
I'm going to post a series of pictures that show a picture of each place we went during our trip, along with a quick summary, but I haven't gotten everything organized yet. In the meantime, I'll post some pictures from home!

Today's Picture
Just a couple of days after we got home, I found a little black something crawling on the wall in the bathroom. Of course I knew instantly what it was--a curious little jumping spider! Are you not in love?! JUST LOOK AT THAT FACE!! THE FANCY HAIR! Hearts and flowers everywhere! :D

These are my favorite spiders because they are so cute, clever and interested in everything around them. Of their eight eyes, one of the two pairs that face forward is very large with excellent vision. These awesome hunters are not dangerous and are great fun to hold on the tip of a finger! :) I do love them so!

Jumping spiders, members of the Salticidae family, are the most successful group of arachnids. There are over 600 genera and more than 6000 species found worldwide with the exception of the north and south poles--why, they have even been spotted at the base of Mount Everest!

Thank you all for your visits, comments and favorites! I'm doing my best to catch up and hope you will be patient with me! :D It really is so nice to be visiting once again--you're all so talented with amazing photography to enjoy! :)

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44 comments

Tanja - Loughcrew said:

Ohhhooohhhh.....I´m an arachnophobian dear Janet but I can´t stand these four eyes :)))
I love it...she looks so cute...I never thought I would say or write this!
Have a wonderful day and please stay safe and in good health!
3 years ago

Amelia said:

I've taken this out of my field of vision, Janet. A gold star for you for being so brave. :-)))))
3 years ago

Annemarie said:

this is an excellent macro Janet!
3 years ago

Thérèse said:

WoW, quelle macro magnifique!
3 years ago ( translate )

Jaap van 't Veen said:

Looks quite scary !!
Beautiful close-up Janet.
3 years ago ( translate )

Chrissy said:

ich liebe dieses Foto!!!!!!
3 years ago ( translate )

Jenny McIntyre said:

NOPE - NOPE Sorry Janet, I can see you love these little things - and great - whatever floats your boat - but not for me!!!! I've got this thing for spiders, or in fact anything that has more legs than it really requires? Yes it does have a cute face, with those little eyes, but it's still a spider!!! I think I've been scared of them since I was a child. I remember being about 4 or 5 and went to a birthday party (David Parker was 5!) so I went to his house with other children, and we were outside because it was a nice day. I was wearing a lovely dress, with smocking on the front and it did up with buttons down the back. Well David, thinking he was immune to being shouted at because it was his birthday, decided that it would be great fun putting a spider down my dress. Well he did and it went down the front of my dress, and of course I couldn't get at it, and could just feel it running up and down my chest!!!!!!!! I was so scared and its still there in my memory. I did cry and David's mum didn't half give him a shout - and the birthday party finished there and then, which was a shame, because otherwise it was a great time.

So happy that you're home safely, but can understand the urge to go away again, but use this time at home, to catch up with things, and planning your next get away!!!!! Great to have you back.

(BTW this picture is a great macro - it's just a macro of a spider!!!)
3 years ago

cammino said:

What a beautiful close-up!
3 years ago

ROL/Photo said:

Superbe Macro
3 years ago ( translate )

Karl Hartwig Schütz said:

Furchtbar. Ich habe Arachnophobie!
3 years ago ( translate )

neira-Dan said:

trop superbe macro !! Contente de te retrouver Janet avec tes belles photos
3 years ago ( translate )

Bob Taylor said:

Wonderful. Love the detail, of course, but also the starkness of the delicately textured background.
3 years ago

Ulrich John said:

Wow ! Impressive, Janet !
3 years ago ( translate )

Boarischa Krautmo said:

good!
3 years ago ( translate )

Fred Fouarge said:

Lovely Eyes Superb -Janet !
3 years ago ( translate )