Close Call

My daughter found one of these little buggers at the bottom of the stairs this morning. In case you can't tell by the picture, it's a scorpion. It's a miracle that none of us got stung seeing as we all trapsed by this location numerous times this morning with our bare feet. And the dog...don't even get me started there. She would've probably tried to play with it and gotten a nasty surprise.

So now it's that time of year again when, around our house, we shouldn't walk around in the dark, you never know what may be laying in wait, stinger poised and ready. Always remember to turn that light on first or you may be sorry. It also means that it would be wise to start shaking out the shoes before puting them on. They are known to lurk in such places.

If I can be honest though, I'd rather have a scorpion in the house than one of those hideously gruesome spiders I showed you a few posts back. I can wrangle a scorpoin dead or alive but not a spider.