La Leona

oldhollywood:

Peter Pan (1924, dir. Herbert Brenon) (via)

Basically….

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Good guy, bad guy, in my way guy. This little beauty was found outside my door about 10:30pm last night after I got off work. My porch light is out, so it took me a second to see her since it was dark. Naturally, a shiver went all over my body, and my adrenaline started pumping. I thought her body was a weird shape…so I got out my handy dandy phone, turned the flashlight on and realized I was looking at fur? Yes, but also a sac full of babies. I decided I didn’t want to release all of those into my home, and I still can’t tell if she is a bad guy. Scooting her out of the way with my door mat(still scared!!!!), I went inside and googled her immediately.

She’s a wolf spider, which is a type of nocturnal non-weaving spider that feeds on insects. It doesn’t spin a web but walks around at night to feed. It is easy to find them at night with a light because they have a reflective quality in their eyes (as you can see) The other reflective/iridescent spots are babies!!!! They carry their sacs around with them. They are considered harmless to humans. Glad I didn’t shmush her.

oldhollywood:

Fred Astaire - Cheek to Cheek (Top Hat: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Written by Irving Berlin.

oldhollywood:

The Boswell Sisters - If I Had a Million Dollars

I don’t really kill spiders unless I think there is a chance they will bite me or if they are going to harm someone/something around me. But the other night I dumped a load of fresh laundry from my bed to my floor, too tired to fold it, and a black spider hopped out! IT WAS ON MY BED IN MY CLOTHES! All I could think was “Kill it. Now.”

Afterward, I felt so bad I spent half an hour googling what kind of spider it was to see if he was a good guy or a bad guy…instead of going to bed for my 5:45am shift. Turns out. He was a good guy…I lost sleep that night. When does it become clear when you are too sentimental…..when you google the spiders you kill to see if they are poisonous or not…oops.