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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