Arachnophilia?

Today the BBC offered an apology before uploading a video clip on the news channel. After being bludgeoned with homicidal world leaders, crazed sex offenders, dead people, boring politicians and boring sports persons who seem to need no apology to exist and be held up to public scrutiny, Aunty apologised for showing a clip about a tarantula.

Here is an insect whose self survival instincts include the clever ability to spin silk out of its feet if its in danger of falling and whose inconvenient, but non-fatal, bite has improved the human art world by contributing to the invention of a lively dance, the tarantella.

Why apologise?

And if you do manage to get bitten, which seems a very difficult feat, here is the treatment:
"ehow.com/how_2031932_treat-tarantula-bite.html

A Bit Slow Off The Mark Here

A Flickr account is a must if a photographer would like to keep
up to date with fashionable themes and how to present work to
the World outside our own little space.

Finally worked out how to link this blog to Flickr, where the system
imports material across the Net. Very mysterious.

From now on uploading back and forth should be speedy
and enjoyable.

The people running Flickr are happy to chat and
offer advice on how to get the most enjoyment
from their site.

Mosaic

A photo expert put me on to AndreaMosaic, a freeware program that creates some very extraordinary effects. Andreaplanet has some very good tutorials, but in the meantime I made this stark, and very quick image.