This Fall I’m trying to do a better job at keeping up with the yard. We have 2 large trees that love to throw their big leaves all over the place, so I have made it my mission to get out there and rake up those leaves every weekend.
I was doing pretty good about the extra chore, and I have been raking 2 bags a week. This last weekend the weather was perfect, and the kids were cooperating and playing happily outside while I raked. I finished the task in record time, and had the leaves all bagged up before the weather turned cold and rainy. I was pretty proud of my yard work accomplishment.
Later that night I felt a sharp pain in my leg, weird. I took a look, and evidently I raked up some little Spider’s home, because he left me a bite to show me just how mad he was at me for doing so. Great… So let’s just say that this bite swelled up to about the size of a half dollar, and still stings like crazy, so not cool.
After last night’s rains, the leaves are all back this morning. If the weather improves by the weekend, I’ll make sure and rake a little more cautiously, I do sincerely apologize for raking up the spider’s home.
Bless your heart! i know about those spider bites all too well! Take care and you’ve done a great job a rakin’!
Blessings!!!!
Oh no! I hope your leg is better soon, that sounds horrible!
I hope your leg is feeling better quick! Be careful!
I didn’t know that happened!!!! OUCH! Get better!!! Your yard looks good, I am about to give up on mine, the trees are about beating me! lol 😛
Bad spider! I hope your bite is getting better.
you should save your leave make them into a compost heap and use the soil they make for your vegetable garden next year.
Thanks Marva! The spiders have been really bad this year, James has had several bites, and I know that you have had trouble with a bad bite too. I hope that next Summer the spiders will leave everybody alone 😉
Thanks Susan! My leg is still swollen where the bite is, I just hate spider bites. I’m not a fan of spiders, so it kinds creeps me out 😉
Thanks Heather! We have had so much trouble with spiders this year. James has had several bites, and I have been bitten a few times too. I don’t know what it is, but I guess the spiders like us 😉
Thanks Shaunna! We have had a lot of trouble with biting spiders, James has had several bites this Summer, and I’ve had 2 in the last 2 years. I feel really lucky that the kiddos haven’t had any bites 😉
I hope to keep up with the leaves, but it sometimes feels like a pointless battle. I rake and the leaves continue to fall 😉 I wonder if we will have to mow at least one more time this season?
Thanks Mimi! What a great idea! I have wanted to start composting, and the leaves would be a great start 🙂 We seem to have a lot of them hanging out in the yard at the moment 😉