Cheer me up, dead spider

My tag cloud currently appears to be “inventing titles for the next Mogwai album” as Nick put it. So I have created some album art for it:

No, I can’t draw.

A tiny spider died

A tiny spider died in my water glass today. It died all splayed, so I could count its legs and see it was a spider, a tiny spider. Drowned and dead.

Pure cute

Milly the hen at Hencam.co.uk hatched a small yellow parcel of pure cuteness this afternoon. Possibly more than one chick has hatched, but she’s been protecting the nest very closely so proud hen-guardians Neil and Scarlet haven’t been able to tell. They did manage to get pictures from when the chick poked its head out for its web debut:

I must now take my leave, for I am about to expire from the cuteness.

***UPDATE!***
Another two chicks have been hatched, and there are photos on the blog! This morning, I thought I was going to have to tell my boss I was late because of a chick…

***Another update***
This all ended rather horribly; the crack fox got them. But I’m going to leave the post here simply for the times when I need to make myself cry, but don’t have any toenails left to yank out with pliers.