tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post7153909807797410372..comments2009-09-16T14:19:01.845-07:00Squidnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-11351740575304573822009-09-16T14:19:01.845-07:002009-09-16T14:19:01.845-07:00Ay caramba! Are those things crawling around in my backyard in Oakland, too, or are they just a peninsula thing?<br /><br />You get a merit badge now, right?Christahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12276156979882976760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-3851484693387315722009-09-15T19:40:45.732-07:002009-09-15T19:40:45.732-07:00Kudos to you, cat and kids.<br /><br />Despite my claims to rationality, spiders of all sizes and levels of fuzziness send me screaming for the exit.<br /><br />I live in the SF Bay Area--have never seen a tarantula in my yard, but plenty of black widows. (Check your shoes, peeps!)Squillohttp://confutata.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-64145004328307195702009-09-15T10:40:17.934-07:002009-09-15T10:40:17.934-07:00We do, indeed, have tarantulas, and also black widow spiders of which I have killed 31 so far in our back yard this summer (having lived in the Bay Area 25 years and never even seen one before). I know the tarantulas are less dangerous, but large and hairy is just not my preference in arachDids - love Mali&#39;s word!Jeanette1canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-911313148035818062009-09-15T09:50:13.756-07:002009-09-15T09:50:13.756-07:00Yay for Leo! And also, what a beautiful cat!gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08905596165694578898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-15932782236245347292009-09-15T06:23:59.682-07:002009-09-15T06:23:59.682-07:00Go Leelo! way to go with the sandwich! <br /><br />Also your cats do the darndest things! Glad that your kids were amazed (and a tad bit scared/grossed out) with the spider that was brought home by Pat the Cat.Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00981461312197276413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-50311707232490966762009-09-15T05:18:49.950-07:002009-09-15T05:18:49.950-07:00Wow! That is something else. Let me ask, after you all finished ogling the tarantula, where did you let it go? Or have you added him to the family menagerie....<br /><br />And also--since you mentioned Pat the Cat, I must tell you that I met a gentleman this weekend from, er, Pat, North Carolina, and he was really surprised we had heard of Pat. Heard of it, heck! I even know a cat named after your town! Such a handsome fellow...<br /><br />We just acquired a kitten on a weekend trip and thought about following your example and naming him after the local towns, but Osgood, Vevay (VEE-vee), and Versailles (ver-SALES) weren&#39;t doing it for us, so Pip it is....Giddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04895428169080381574noreply@blogger.com