Thursday, October 8, 2009

Shopping for Spiders Anyone?


A couple days ago I decided that I needed to go buy some vegetables in one of our small grocery stores. It is a very busy store and has great sales on fresh vegetables, so it seemed to be the best place to go.


As I strolled through the small aisles of vegetables and different kinds of fruits, I approached a cooler case that held special vegetables. My mind was so relaxed and enjoying walking among the other shoppers.


The next cooler case was lunch meats, wieners, etc. Between them were glass walls and advertisements. To my surprise, there was an intruder or perhaps I should say a specimen.


To be honest, I could not believe that it was real. I gently tapped a man's shoulder and he was very surprised that this foreign woman had dared to touch his shoulder. Smile!!! As I motioned my hand towards it, I said, "Excuse me. Is this real???" He looked at it, and then his eyes got big and he politely said, "Yes, it is real." I thanked him. I considered asking for the manager, but being the ONLY foreign woman in the store, I decided that perhaps sight would excite someone else. On the other hand, so much in life here is to emphasis nature, so that was simply an example of "nature". Smile!!!


Are you interested in seeing what I saw while shopping? Keep in mind, from the tip of the top leg to the tip of the lower one was a span of at least 8 inches. I just want to make sure you get the "real picture" of what I saw while shopping in one of, if not the most modern nation in the world. SMILE!!!