Rainbow and spiders

Between yesterday's showers there was a lovely rainbow over the creek.

The grey weather continues today, although I did manage a good long walk in the chilly windy sunshine at Rathmines this morning before the clouds returned. Then home to clear the leaves out of the pool, the pool filter, the pool's creepy-crawly, and the pool's gutters. There was a small spider spreadeagled on the pool surface, her back covered in her babies, so I swept her out gently and deposited her in the garden. I've just done a quick bit of checking on the 'net, and she was probably a Garden Wolf Spider (Lycosa godeffroyi ) Check out the Australian Museum Online . It's not the first time that I've found these in the pool, although I haven't seen one with spiderlings before.

I once found a funnelweb. It was curled up on the bottom of the pool, apparently dead. I put it in a container and a little while later noticed it moving. I've heard that funnelwebs can survive a little while underwater and this one obviously had! I must confess I didn't let that spider live.