[msdrby]

The garden spiders are quite impressive. We had one, maybe two of them last year in the garden (duh - *garden* spider), and at least one more in plants/shrubs in the front yard.

I think elf-boy did get a close up on one, but was safely behind the picket fence. I remember spraying s little water on its web, and watching to see if it would move. They do get pretty big when well fed!

[Overtaxed]

Hehehe...'course you could always let Elfboy watch ROTK so later on you can threaten him with Shelob when you want him to eat his spinach or something.

[JenB]

Y'know, the Rankin-Bass cartoon doesn't have Shelob... of course, it's really bad, but, no spiders.