No no! We don’t own her! She chooses to share our littlest room with us :D Theres actually twelve different species of spider in that room. I’m not sure how much more Angela can put up with!

But no, they don’t scare me. I really love them. Amazing, amazing creatures.

wilkosphotos:

rhamphotheca:

The Barking Boobook (Ninox connivens), also known as the Barking Owl is a nocturnal bird species native to mainland Australia and parts of Papua New Guinea. They are a medium-sized brownowl and have an extremely characteristic voice that can range from a barking dog noise to a shrill woman-like scream of great intensity. Barking owls are often said to be the source to the myths and legends surrounding the Bunyip… (read more: Wikipedia)

(photo: Julie Edgley)

There is one of these in the tree outside our house right now :D