That is by James Herriot. “James Herriot was the pen name of James Alfred Wight, OBE, FRCVS, also known as Alf Wight (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), a British veterinary surgeon and writer, who used his many years of experiences as a veterinarian to write a series of books of stories about animals and their owners. He is best known for these semi-autobiographical works, which are often referred to collectively as All Creatures Great and Small, a title used in some editions and in film and televisionadaptations.” < copied from Wikipedia. Very good reading if you are interested. Which brings us to the creatures considered small.
A black widow spider
Here is a picture of a black widow I ran into Wednesday morning. The picture does not do justice. Very pretty red triangle with white markings on the three corners. Don’t get me wrong I am not crazy about arachnids. I have been stung by scorpions 3 times since April. Seems to be an especially prolific year for those buggers. But she sure was pretty. I do have a healthy respect for those things but still they are a significant improvement over say, mosquitoes and crickets ( good for fish bait though) and cockroaches. I do belive a bug that traps flies and other bugs is worth our respect. Not that I endorse letting them proliferate too much. So as long as we both keep our distance I think I will refer to Bob Dylan and,,” You go your way , and I’ll go mine.”
I had an interesting bike ride yesterday morning. A half hour after a rain and nice clear air. Traffic was out in full force, but the car drivers were extremely yielding to me , which was nice. Only skidded to a stop once and that wasn’t even close.
I am doing some final upgrades on the Mongoose Hatchet mountain bike and I will probably post some thoughts and pictures of that tomorrow.
