It's been quite awhile since my last post, but I thought I would join in on the challenge this time. I hope to post better pictures next time.

My son and daughter-in-law came over and helped me clean up the plants around the house. As I was moving some pots, I came across this spider. I saw the red and thought it might be a black widow, but I'm not sure what it is. I grabbed my camera and took a picture before we moved the plants.  What kind of spider? Then, as my daughter-in-law was raking the leaves from under a planter box, we came across this fella.  Any idea of the name of this guy? Sorry for you snake lovers, but we killed him. The two things I'm scared of the most are spiders and snakes. That's probably why the pictures aren't as sharp as they should be. I was shaking just a little while taking the pictures.