I was sitting out a couple of nights ago on a comfortable lounge chair in our yard. It was well past the time that the sun went down but the sky still was lightened a bit by the waning sun. I laid there while sipping on a glass of wine and enjoyed listening to the duos, trios, and choruses of peeps that are part of the night time sounds this time of the year.
I dozed off at one point and when I woke up I noticed something standing right by my left elbow. My first thought was that Buddy had some how gotten out of the house and was coming to me for rescue. It wasn't Buddy, but it was a creature that had black and white markings similar to his...a skunk!
I was frozen with fear and laid there as the skunk sniffed around, walked back around behind me, and then ambled slowly over to my deck before disappearing under it and out of my sight.
As the skunk moved away I experienced my greatest feelings of fear since the business end of the skunk was facing me. I could only imagine what would happen if Beautiful Wife or one of my Darling Children decided to come outside, tap on a window, turn on the lights, or in any way put the skunk into spray mode.
I was able to slowly get up, pick up my wine glass, and then hold the lounge cushion up between me and where the skunk disappeared and slowly make my way inside.
Posted by bbarton at April 21, 2004 10:17 AM
Oh, they aren't hasty animals. You know they do a little raindance before they spray? They stomp their front feet, next they turn and raise their tail as warning but don't spray. Only if pushed further do they let go.
Posted by: Valderbar on March 25, 2005 08:19 AM