Hard at work every night

For the last few days we have seen a spider web between the top of the grill and the deck rafters. Every morning it is gone. Then again, it appears sometime in the evening. It is nicely formed - maybe 2 - 2 1/2 feet across at the widest.

Unfortunately, the flash bleaches out the actual spider. It seems to have a bungee cord ready to enable jumping down to the lower part of the web.

The weaving seems particularly good, especially as it is done in darkness (at least until we turn on the porch light and invade).

We need to do more night forays. FW (favorite wife) has been reading a story about people finding many (>20) scorpions in their new house. They think the houses are invading scorpion territory. That's not the way I see it, but I would be happy to see more of them and watch them at work.

Both FYD (favorite youngest daughter) and I continue to see more thread snakes. She finds them wiggling as she does yard work. I tend to find them desiccated on a desert sidewalk, after trying to emigrate to more salubrious territory. The heat is pretty tough down here!