Going Alone

When the effort of an individual life is almost through. From the original archive First published on softypapa.wordpress.com on December 8, 2011. Original text, photographs, links, and embedded media preserved. View the original WordPress post

The first video in the new “Abandoned Japan” YouTube series. Future videos in this series will be hosted on the “Abandoned Japan” channel at the following URL: http://www.youtube.com/user/AbandonedJapan From the original archive First published on softypapa.wordpress.com on December 6, 2011. Original text, photographs, links, and embedded media preserved. View the original WordPress post

My first official spider sighting in Australia. My thanks to YouTube members BigBrotherMateyka and MicknFumi for offering an identification of this spider. A little research revealed that the “Red n’ Black” is of the spider family Nicodamidae. Toxicity was labeled as “uncertain” with advice to handle with care. From the original archive First published on softypapa.wordpress.com on November 20, 2011. Original text, photographs, links, and embedded media preserved. View the or