It might be serendipity (another S word) that I just posted my own photos of a garden spider that in my book earned the distinction of being an honorary crab ;) That is I posted it before seeing yours in my feed.

The photos amplify how big it was. Really was large for the Southern California suburbs hanging from the awning by my bedroom window.

I'm probably no braver than you when it comes to spiders but one of my first posts to Steemit was taken by me standing beneath this beast perched on it's web. If it had dropped on me I'd probably not be here to talk about it LOL.

Here's a preview.