{"id":73,"date":"2008-09-06T19:08:48","date_gmt":"2008-09-06T19:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireland.markciecior.com\/?p=73"},"modified":"2024-11-29T06:08:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T06:08:36","slug":"brutus-the-spider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireland.markciecior.com\/?p=73","title":{"rendered":"Brutus the Spider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve made a new friend here in Kilmurry Village &#8211; a spider we&#8217;ve come to call Brutus.\u00a0 Brutus is enormous.<\/p>\n<p>Brutus was extremely shy when we first moved in.\u00a0 He kept to the right side of the second stair in apartment 52, hunched up against the wall, afraid to be seen.\u00a0 After a few days he still hadn&#8217;t moved anywhere and we started to worry about his health, specifically if he was alive or not.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Again, he stayed there for about 36 hours before moving again.\u00a0 Then things went crazy.<\/p>\n<p>After getting back from our shopping trip today we noticed that Brutus wasn&#8217;t in his usual spot!\u00a0 This provoked a shriek of terror from Katherine who immediately backed up to the wall.\u00a0 All was well, however, as Brutus had simply moved to the other side of the stair where we couldn&#8217;t see him as soon as we came in through the door.\u00a0 This was quite the accomplishment for Brutus and I think he may have regained his strength.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll be expecting him to continue his trek up the stairs next week.\u00a0 Maybe one of Katherine&#8217;s roommates will crush him; we can only hope.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-73 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/ireland.markciecior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/brutus1-IMG_0105.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" src=\"http:\/\/ireland.markciecior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/brutus1-IMG_0105.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ireland.markciecior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/brutus1-IMG_0105.jpg 3264w, http:\/\/ireland.markciecior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/brutus1-IMG_0105-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/ireland.markciecior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/brutus1-IMG_0106.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"128\" height=\"96\" src=\"http:\/\/ireland.markciecior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/brutus1-IMG_0106.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ireland.markciecior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/brutus1-IMG_0106.jpg 3264w, http:\/\/ireland.markciecior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/brutus1-IMG_0106-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve made a new friend here in Kilmurry Village &#8211; a spider we&#8217;ve come to call Brutus.\u00a0 Brutus is enormous. 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