This was taken back in March or April (I am tidying up my desktop and finding lots of odds & ends; tulips to follow). Was it the evergreen wisteria? Whatever it was, I'd never seen these buds before.
Tiny is as tiny does, I like to say; it is at least the smallest tarantula I have ever seen. Its legs were very short. I found it underneath a towel that was on the floor in front of the washing machine. So glad that I didn't actually wash the little spider! I relocated it to the patio.
This little guy and his nestmates are coming out any day now. We first heard the woodlets (presumably more than one, based on noise level) on May 1, Saturday, which was 29 days ago; previous years tell us that they come out after about 30 days, and here they are showing their little heads in the last week, right on schedule. So exciting! I somehow can't remember if I took these photos Thursday or Friday evening.
I saw two of them at the feeders on Friday—or rather, in the trees by the feeders, impatiently waiting for their parent bird to give them some food. These are photos of just one junior.