If your windows (or glasses) shattered earlier this evening - it was me - screaming for my life.
I waited until the sun went down to try & mow the grass - the humidity is over 90% and we've had sun showers every day - so the lawn is never going to dry out - and I decided to try to hack it down a bit before it reached "prairie" status.
So I began to remove the cover from the mower ... and discovered that I've inadvertently raised a bumper crop of huge wolf spiders ... which were sheltering inside the mower cover ... and didn't like being woken up and asked to move. I stood paralyzed, watching them rise out of the leaf mould and rush under the deck ...
you know how when you have a nightmare and try to scream but can't ... you hear little "eeeee" sounds coming out of your throat? I'm sure on some supersonic level I was broadcasting terror!
I recovered my senses, threw the mower cover over the gate, and ran with the mower onto the lawn. When I was done mowing (and with a mild case of heat stroke - absolutely no air movement) I beat the cover against the deck railing until I was sure it was empty - covered the mower and ran inside shouting "Check my back! Did any spiders come in on me?"
If I could harness those monsters to pull the mower, lawn care would be a snap!
