Intrepid Heteropoda.....

We have had some very wet weather of late, winter has arrived at last after a very sunny and dry autumn.
So I have great pleasure in the morning donning my Bluntstones and rain jacket, to go out and measure the rain we may have had yesterday and overnight. Our rain gauge is well away from trees in the front of the house in an area which was once garden but now is a weedy wilderness.
For the past week or so, we had a Huntsman spider, not a big one, take up residence in the actual tube where the rain collects to be measured. I marvelled at how the creature managed to squeeze in through the small hole of the funnel but thought , he will never be able to get out again...
So I tipped him out onto the surrounding weeds along with the sometimes (Oh Joy Oh bliss) 8 or 9 mls of rain.
However, the next day the Heteropoda would be back again, always on the side facing the wind and well and truly where
 it could not be rained on......
So it climbed all the way from the weedy patch back out and up the post and into the tube...it would be like us climbing up the tallest building in the city. I left it there for a couple of days but I felt it would starve to a mere shell so I finally photographed it in the tube before tossing it in the weeds once more and hoping it would find a better home. Remember to click on the photos for a clearer view.

I have just finished a red jacket based on the pattern I had made for the pink jacket,with gores and knit-woven in wool, wool boucle and mohair.
The pink batwing has woven- in contrast yarns to give it some textural interest
They will be on display at the Willunga Artisan Market tomorrow....I hope it is a better day weatherwise tomorrow as well.....

The Tawny Frogmouths have re appeared in the last few days and spend their day resting on the vine stumps under the gutter so as to stay dry. They are such lovely birds to have on the patio as they give out this Zen like air of calmness, nothing seems to disturb them even if you get quite close. If you do get too close they point their beaks in the air and flatten themselves out and close their eyes pretending that they are not there and so we are not able to see them..... bless their hearts....