And along came a ...

They're here!

Yes, I know, be careful what you wish for.  But, I don't remember actually wishing for them.  I do remember saying something along the lines that perhaps they would be the answer to the problem I was having.  But making a wish, I don't think so?

And if they did come to help me out, then, apart from the fact that they are about three weeks too late, they are not doing a very good job.  Hiding in a corner never gets the job done.

And what is it about my house that they are so attracted to?

And several families seem to have arrived all at once!

And why did they have to be the ugly ones that arrived?  At least if they are going to lurk about in corners, or behind curtains, or under kitchen presses, or hang around in showers, then they should look good while they are at it. Although, and some of you may disagree with this, I don't think that any of them are particularly nice to look at.  I never did like that tiny body and spindly leg look.  Then again, I don't like the fat bodied thick legged variety either.  Or the ones that walk sideways. I have yet to see a pretty one.

And just when you think you have a chance of catching one, they make their escape on their spindly legs and you look like an eejit pulling furniture out from where it's been happily sitting to try to see where they have run to.

And then I can't go to bed because I don't know where they have gone, or where they are going to appear next, or what they'll get up to when I'm not looking.  So I have to drag the vacuum cleaner out and start a war.

And they leave such a mess behind them.  The 'traps' that they set never catch the intended victims, no, instead I always end up walking into them.  Which is very annoying.  And then the Hoover has to come out again!

And their appearance makes me look like a very bad housekeeper!

The only one around here who is ever glad to see them is Rusty.  You know how much he loves a good chase, and they are always up for a game.  Sometimes he does a better job than me and actually catches one.  But then he eats them (ugh). Pity he didn't eat the flies (ugh again) when they were around, then I might not have even mentioned these spindly legged lodgers that I now have living in the dusty corners of my house.  So, now that my fly problem is no longer the problem it used to be, I don't need a solution.  I have tried to explain this to them, and asked them to leave.

But still they're here!  Lurking.

Spiders...