Yikes....A skunk...Get out Quickly...lol!! Tomato juice will do nicely to wash the stink off, but you'll have to burn your clothes!!! Excellent & Brave shot Pat!!! :)

It's a wonder you have time to trampoline seeing the state of your yard,,lol. A good yarn, we don't get them critters here,,just as well too.

And to all ... especially a certain hobbit, who will remain nameless, Andy ... my smart-assed friend ...lol. This is not what my yard looks like. I pulled the barbecue out from the fence and this is what it looked like underneath. Note to self ... clean under barbecue.

Man, that is ONE PISSED OFF SKUNK !! Great story btw.

LOL abotu neighbor and @ hobbit :O) Well I personally woulda never been able to hold my breath long enough to take the picture LOL...but he is a cute little bugger isn't he AWWWWWWW look at that swett little face and the tiny paws and the.........OH NO RUN FOR COVER!!! He's coming this way!!!!!!!!!! EEEEEEKK!!! LOL EXCELLENT IMAGE...You should take up photography full time cuz anyone so dedicated as to stick around and take this pick must be bit by the photography bug :O) !!!! EXCELLENT :O)

Great picture and great story of your encounter with this stinky little guy. Yes, their odor hangs around for quite a while. A delightful read, Pat. Thanks. and Hurray for your NFH! :)))

I can hardly write for laughing ... what a tremendously well-told story!! Thankfully [as hobbit says] they don't hang around our backyards so we don't know quite how badly they niff. But it's a great picture ... he/she doesn't look too enchanted with the situation and I suspect I would not have ventured close enough to take the shot. Is there no way of shunting him/her off to your less-than-ideal neighbours' garden? That would really round off a terrific tale. vote

Oh the cute little skunks and ladies taking their pics!! For shame, for shame!!! Back in the 50's my uncle and aunt had one that wasn't even fixed, made a great pet and kept all the stray dogs away.lol

not an odorous ode but, instead, perfectly entertaining prose from pscott.....it's quite a gift to make 5 minutes on the trampoline and a bit of spray into such a hilarious account....congrats on the extra minute, pscott....please let us know when you hit the big 6

Maybe toss a little dry cat food into NFH yard . Bound to be more than one baby . Excellent story , and a brave pic . Well done .

ever seen a pink cat? i had a white half persian half traveling sales man male cat that had a tooo close encounter with a skunk. needless to say after being bathed with 6 quarts of home canned tomatoes he was pink for a week at least . he was not too happy with eather perdicament it ofended his wannabe tom cat sinsibilitys to be pink..lol but he did smell better . wonderful picture

Lovely!!

Oh yes... This is wonderful.

Lovely story and shot. Thanks!

Ha-ha ! A good picture and a story that was so well written !! We do not have skunks in our country, but I could almost feel the terrible smell. You put your words so that I couldn't help but smile a little, even though I wish this thing didn't happen to you but to the NFH, hop they got a GOOD part of it;-).

You did well !!! Great photo :D Looks like a little one, but they all smell the same ...LOL :D You know how the saying goes, " what comes around goes around " !!!!!

Hahaha!! Adorable little baby.... awesomely hilarious story..... and revenge never smelled so sweet! Thank you for sharing!!! :~)))

Here is a small picture I took from the doorway. :) http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=722312&Start=1&Sectionid=8&filter_genre_id=0&WhatsNew=Yes

That was a close call! It may have been you who got srayed,Pat! LoL! I used to catch skunks all the time in a cage. Did anyone know as long as they can't raise their tails above their bodies that they can't spray. Its true.. Great picture and bravery! :~)

LOL!! Great story and photo, Pat!! You are a far more determined photographer than I... and I applaud your presence of mind in such a malodorous situation! ;) He's a real cutie-pie and thanks for letting us have a peek! Can hardly wait for those new "scratch and sniff" monitors... lol!

Great story and photo, indeed!!

your writing adds even more life to this splendid shot.

OH LMAO!! This is so magical, oh man my side hurts from laughing LOL!! got to wipe my eye's laughing so hard got tears rolling down my face, I see a new door in your future,when it get wet it'll smell just as bad again,these little guys can pertty much sprae from birth, my aunt use to raise them,if you just sit there they'll walk right up to you , if you don't move fast they won't run away,it's an amazeing shot,not easy to hold a dog and take a shot this good, LOVE IT!! boy I'd like to get him to visit afew NFH and my sister lol ;0P (V)!!!! you just made my whole week , there's stuff you can get from the vet to get ride of the smell, it's called skunk off, it'll help get the smell out of the foundation it would soak it up,every time it rains it's going to stink again,you'll hasve clear sinuses

Aah, what a gorgeous creature, I think skunks are so beautiful. Mind you, we don't have them here in England, so I've no idea what that smell is like, but he just looks so adorable. Your storytelling is so marvelous, I am right there with you while I am reading. Excellent photo, excellent story !!!!!

awwwwwwwwe... he is tiny!! lol... NFH got a wiff! these little peppe le pues don't come up to the house much, i guess our cats aren't as attractive as they'd like but i do go out of my way to avoid them on the road holds nose :]

funny as heck

oh my ive heard its a very difficult smell to get rid of...g/l at that..but thnks for sharing ur story...always a joy to visit ur gallery..have missed ya..HLNGB2YNYLO...L;)))

Lol!! Pat, wonderful shot!

Funny story! Yes, the skunk is a cutie pie! Great pic! (:

a wonderful shot,Pat. great story,too. !!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!