We’ve made a new friend here in Kilmurry Village – a spider we’ve come to call Brutus.  Brutus is enormous.

Brutus was extremely shy when we first moved in.  He kept to the right side of the second stair in apartment 52, hunched up against the wall, afraid to be seen.  After a few days he still hadn’t moved anywhere and we started to worry about his health, specifically if he was alive or not.  The next day he must have summoned all the courage he had because he moved about half an inch toward the center of the second stair.  Again, he stayed there for about 36 hours before moving again.  Then things went crazy.

After getting back from our shopping trip today we noticed that Brutus wasn’t in his usual spot!  This provoked a shriek of terror from Katherine who immediately backed up to the wall.  All was well, however, as Brutus had simply moved to the other side of the stair where we couldn’t see him as soon as we came in through the door.  This was quite the accomplishment for Brutus and I think he may have regained his strength.  We’ll be expecting him to continue his trek up the stairs next week.  Maybe one of Katherine’s roommates will crush him; we can only hope.