Spiderwoman...sans lycra.

I was bitten by a spider this week.
Sadly, I haven't seen any signs of superpowers yet, and I haven't miraculously developed abs of steel - although I must say, I'm nicely tanned from all this out-of-character outdoor work.
And, it's not like the spiders at The Farm aren't mutants - they most definitely are.
I wondered why there wasn't much evidence of mice after the house has been empty of people but full of books and clothes and open cereal boxes for a year.
Understanding came when I realised the spiders had grown so big they were trapping the mice and eating them.
Which explains the six foot snake we found in the shed - The Farm has turned into our very own 'Lost World' complete with its own ecosystem and giant mutants.

And speaking of Darwinism and survival of the fittest...
I have a new man in my life.
He's strong, reliable and not afraid to get his hands dirty.
Sadly, he's also 65 with 14 children, 35 grand children, and apparently...testicular cancer and a regular pension...although how we got around to that little bit of information I'm not quite sure.
But I don't care, I love him! Because in two days he battled a snake for me, offered to give me money (for all our - well he calls it salvage, I call it big rusty pieces of CRAP) and has already pulled down two of the sheds that block my view of the gorgeous Flinders Ranges.
One of his 14 children is a Sparkie (my NEW best friend) and another is a Plumber (best friend number 2 - sorry girls, you've been bumped out of sheer necessity).

I spent today on a white-sand turquoise-ocean beach today, feeling like a Danielle Steel character in my new flirty skirt, fluttering in the breeze, and well-behaved children running around me on the sand.
I had a book in my lap and a choice view of too-young-to-touch-but-lovely-to-look-at men (God, I hope they were old enough to be called men or I'd feel REALLY dirty now) and, for the first time in months, maybe years, I wasn't rushing anywhere.
So...I immediately SMSd everyone I know to point out how relaxed and laidback I was. LOL.