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APRIL 19, 2009
NO VACANCY

If you've been following our blog, you know I'm a nature lover. I adore watching all the wildlife that visits my yard. Sometimes, though, country living can be a bit too up close and personal.

Last week, arriving home late, I pulled up the driveway, reached up to my visor to push the garage door opener. Just as I did, I caught this movement out of the corner of my eye.

"Oh no! Quick, quick, shut the door." Making a beeline for the cozy inside was none other than a skunk.

Flashback with me to one night last year My husband paddled off for his nightly dip in our hot tub, located in our under construction, over the garage, apartment. Somehow, (perhaps through that same open garage door?), a skunk had beat him up there. I don't know who was more surprised, my husband or the skunk. A lengthy standoff ensued; he ended up chasing the skunk half the night and finally managed to shoo it out the door, but not before it left its' calling card.

All this was going through my mind as the door slowly descended and the skunk fastly approached.

"WHEW, close call!" As the skunk sauntered away, I breathed a great big sigh of relief.

I hate to admit it but my unwelcome visitor was kind of cute. Still, I 'd rather Pepe Le Pew remain outside.

Hold your breath, pinch your nose and check out these books...

 

Lizard's guest by George Shannon ; illustrated by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey

 I love you, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt ; illustrated by Cyd Moore

 Skunks! by David T. Greenberg ; illustrated by Lynn Munsinger

and my personal all time favorite...

 

The adventures of Jimmy Skunk by Thornton W. Burgess ; original illustrations by Harrison Cady

 

Add a comment  (2 comments) posted by CarolK

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Mercedes said, on Apr. 28 at 12:16PM
I agree wholeheartedly with you. While skunks are cute in their own way, they are not welcome! In our previous house, a little cottage on piers (no basement) we had a mama skunk and her babies move in under our floor. Any loud noise we made, set off the mama and our whole house would stink! The worst of it was that our oldest daughter had just been born. I had horrible images of her smelling like a skunk (didn't happen of course). We baited them and had them hauled away and made some efforts at keeping them out but it never was a completely solved problem. Glad your skunk was easier to get rid of!

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CarolK said, on Apr. 29 at 4:33PM
Oh Mercedes, I tried not to laugh but couldn't help myself. Thank heavens your darling daughter does not smell like a skunk. Still, she might enjoy reading about them. We had a mom and babies one year, not under our porch, but under our shed. It was really something to watch mama teaching the babies to search for grubs. They're so cute, if only they weren't so stinky!

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