House Guests

In the last few weeks, we have had an unusually high number of houseguests. Here are a few of them...

Matthew McBride has a different approach to critters than I do... he wants to catch and keep them. I'm all for exterminating. Currently there is a crab in a box, 2 snakes in a cooler (see below), a scorpion in an old ice cream container, and a small tarantula in tuperware.

I stumbled upon this intruder my first night completely alone in the McBride's house... no guard, no Matthew, no one! I did what any sensible girl would do - called Papa! I'm pleased to report that he is now dead.

I was on the other side of the screened in door looking out when this guy jumped on it. Surprise!

Most recent find- just a couple of house snakes. Can someone explain to me why we have "house snakes"? It seems as if whoever named them thought it was appropriate for snakes to be in the house.

These little frogs are a daily issue. They secrete a nice, poisonous slime on their skin so if you touch them, wash your hands quickly. They come in constantly... fortunately, they are frog mutants who can't seem to hop... they creep along like Golum in Lord of the Rings.

Not pictured: a large crab that showed up in the office.