Neighbors and Roommates

This is a pied crow. They have a nest on my roof and the babies sound like squeaky toys starting at about 5am. These guys are noisy in general, and I see them all the time.

These spiders are all over my yard and porch (and the rest of the town). They make huge webs, usually high up. They are gianormous. They aren't scary because they don't come inside and I've never seen one not on its web, but if I ever saw one in my house, I would have to get assistance. Sorry there's no size reference, but they are about the size of my whole hand. I watched one catch a dragonfly the other day. Sometimes my yard feels like an episode of wild kingdom. There are spiders, frogs, (BIG) grasshoppers, geckos, and all different kinds of bug life. I watch them hunt eachother. It's more interesting than staring at the wall...

Ok... I'll have to add the rest later... the internet is being painfully slow.