Blooming

The desert is blooming! Look at these pretty red flowers on the cactus that I saw in the park today.



I took out a HUGE spider that had taken up residence in a corner in my garage earlier.
With "took out" I mean, I scooped it into a bucket and set it free in the desert under a bush.
I feel a bit bad for it, I mean I took it from it's home and now it's in a strange environment with more chances of perishing but I just can't have huge spiders like that crawling around in and hanging out in the garage. I'm scared of spiders so handling that thing today was no fun. Then when I got home I spotted a smaller version of it by my front door but it quickly crawled away. So now I have to try and relocate that one too. Then I'm going to sweep the whole garage and spray it with some sort of an anti spider spray.



Last year a pregnant spider gave birth inside my house on the stairs, I saw a bunch of small dots come out of her and I realized those were babies. GROSS! I took her outside too and she kept on giving birth in the bucket I put her in. Then I sprayed the stairs down with Clorox. Barf. I'm probably going to have a nightmare tonight about spiders.
Right now I am soooo in the mood for a camping trip. I want to explore, eat Mexican food on the road, listen to late night radio while gazing up on a sky full of bright stars and relax in hot springs. Something like this pic I found today. Wonderful! Hopefully soon!