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The Word Herder's avatar

Well, she would hate me, that punk rocker girlfriend, LOL... I RESCUE spiders in the house, and gently dump them into the grass outside. I think I'm developing mind-reading with them, as I tell them to be calm, I won't hurt you, you're going outside to be free... And they are calm!

I did find out, in my half-way search for a doggie... I feel like I should be sure I can afford to FEED one, and what if we can't get food b/c of all this stupid Digital ID bullshit? Well... I'll probably get one anyway... But my point was going to be that I found out those CHIPS they put in the critters now (besides the vaxxing and the spay/neutering) are NOT good for them, as I suspected, b/c of... yep! WiFi!!! I will have to find a vet who will agree to remove it, I can't do that to a critter... the WiFi is bad enough.

Oh, ARF on another tangent, but I love this story!!!

Frances Leader's avatar

It was hilarious! My place in Spain was more than rural. It was isolated, surrounded by wild untouched land and completely off grid. The amount of wildlife I was living with was in the trillions! Had Pablo removed that one resident spider, it would have been a needle in the haystack! The place was teeming with every kind of insect and, as far as I was concerned, they were there first!! I would not even think of removing them! This is why Pablo was laughing so much! There is so much more to this girl’s story to come in the following chapters… I don’t want to spoil the story, so I will stfu for now! xx

The Word Herder's avatar

I shall look forward to the so much more! xo xo

But I DO feel the wee spidies are happier OUT IN NATURE. Of course, I’m often wrong about what spidies think.

Frances Leader's avatar

In the first couple of years there, I became mates with umpteen different types of spider who did a great job of catching every kind of fly. In the land I found at least five different types of ant and endless grubs and beetles, scorpions, worms and snakes. The only things that gave me a real problem were the ground wasps.

I dug into one of their nests by accident and I was mobbed by them stinging me everywhere. I had to run to my swimming pool and dive in but they were with me all the way!

I stayed under water for as long as I could and only popped up in the corner for a breath to see that they were hovering over the water waiting for me! Vicious little buggers!

Eventually they dispersed and I had to get to the doctor for help because my legs swelled up like balloons. The pain was so intense that I sat in the river for hours until I went completely numb with the cold.

When I eventually got some chickens they solved the problem. They ate everything that moved!

Nathalie Urrutibehety's avatar

There are indeed some scary women! 😄

I'm going along your amazing adventures in Spain, it is a pleasure. Thank you Francesca!