If you are not afraid of spiders because you live in the UK... you should be! These False Widow spiders can give you a nasty venomous nip. I have captured two of them for the children to look at later.

For reference the paving slab is 3.5cm (1.3 inches) thick. The beastie was moving fast so hard to get a good shot… and I didn't want to annoy it too much.

April 2014: A month in 30 Pictures: day 29

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I had lots of nice DSLR shots today... but his camera phone one seemed best.

April 2014: A month in 30 Pictures: day 23

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I can't quite remember what the grump was about, but doing some selfies on my phone seemed to do the trick! April 2014: A month in 30 Pictures: day 6

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Lurcher half sisters at play


April 2014: A month in 30 Pictures: day 16

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I'm sure that shoes used to last more than seven months in the past? Two of my lot have worn clean through theirs since September. And they say that children aren't as active as they used to be!


April 2014: A month in 30 Pictures: day 28

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