7.13.2023

more critters

The itsy bitsy spider crawled up upon my arm
I didn't feel it then but it had done me harm 
Out came a welt that didn't go away
So now I'm taking meds for another seven days
 
It was likely a brown recluse—I've been living with them for almost two decades now, and amazingly have never been bitten before. So after a few days, I was urged to go to urgent care. They gave me a very powerful broad spectrum antibiotic, and here we are.
  Meanwhile the hummingbirds are swarming. The armadillo shells are gone, but I found some new broken shells in the grass. Judging by the size, these are likely from a hummingbird's nest that got blown out of a tree in one of the violent thunderstorms we've been having.

 
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1 comment:

  1. Apparently you are serving the same ecological function as a downed log in the forest. You might find some consolation in that; the spiders must be grateful anyway.

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