Arachnophilia in Austin, Texas

Arachnophilia = The love of spiders.

It’s coming to get you!

I love spiders. They fascinate me – provided they aren’t in my house or on me. Then they terrify me. (That last part is very important… in my house or on me = dead spider. Yes, my love for spiders is fickle.)

Do any of you recall the name of the pest control company that had very large plastic black widows on the side of its white trucks? Anyway, I loved seeing those trucks driving around town in southern California as a kid. I wanted one of those huge plastic spiders so bad. I’m sure I asked my father for one.

I don’t have a giant plastic spider, yet, but think it would be a terrific addition to the roof of my RV. That just screams “crazy people live here, best to stay far away.” (I crack me up!)

Until then…

There’s a lovely large spider sculpture in Austin, Texas. I saw a lot of lovely things in Austin, and will post those shortly, but my favorite was the giant spider sculpture. I went with a friend who preferred the Capitol building over the spider. The building was cool, but it wasn’t a spider.

You can visit it at a small neighborhood park off Manor Road and Berkman Drive.

Huge spider sculpture by D. Friend Gay in Austin, Texas.

Huge spider sculpture in Austin, Texas by Dixie Friend Gay.

Don’t you just love that huge blue arachnid butt?!

Big blue spider butt = Awesome.

Comments

Arachnophilia in Austin, Texas — 12 Comments

bluzdude on January 23, 2013 at 8:06 am said:

Blue Arachnid Butt should be a punk band name.
- Kernut on January 24, 2013 at 3:17 pm said:
  
  I need to set up a legal entity… and it needs a name. I think I just found it!
Glenn Johnson on January 23, 2013 at 4:50 pm said:

Well, I ride a Spyder….
- Kernut on January 24, 2013 at 3:19 pm said:
  
  Hmm, maybe I should get one. I wonder if I could tow it behind my RV?
Chuck on January 24, 2013 at 4:58 pm said:

The company was (is) called Hydrex, if memory serves correct. Yeah, fascinated by Black Widows, are you now? Hmmmmmmm
- Kernut on January 28, 2013 at 4:19 pm said:
  
  Chuck, you win! You’re the only one in the Facebook poll who knew the answer! Excellent job on the trivia!
Andy G! on January 24, 2013 at 6:09 pm said:

My first car was a Fiat 850 Spider. Probably towable, but (butt?) good luck finding one.
- Kernut on January 28, 2013 at 4:20 pm said:
  
  Great little cars! I remember those!
Jenn on January 28, 2013 at 9:34 am said:

Spiders freak me the heck out! Once my wife sent me a text message with a picture. There were two red cups on the living room floor. The text message read…”I found a huge spider in the living room…it’s under one of these cups…good luck, Godspeed!” No cool yo!
- Kernut on January 28, 2013 at 4:22 pm said:
  
  Eeew! Not cool to have one in the house, much less in a choice of two cups!! Right after this post a HUGE one was on me. I brushed it into the sink, and then killed it. I was freaked out for a few hours.
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Arachnophilia = The love of spiders.

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