June 26, 2008


Skunk Kit


As we’ve had a cat under glass and a feral bunny today, I reckon I may as well toss in this shot of one of the three skunk kits who frisk and gambol out back of our place.

posted by Sheila Ryan in animals 

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13 Responses to “Skunk Kit”

  1. Cindy Scroggins on June 26th, 2008 at 1:23 pm

    Skunks have such great hair.

  2. Sheila Ryan on June 26th, 2008 at 1:26 pm

    They do, indeed. Can’t say I’m enamored of their signature scent, but aside from that, they are beautiful creatures.

  3. Cindy Scroggins on June 26th, 2008 at 1:32 pm

    Strangely, I kind of like the smell of skunks. I’ve never been sprayed directly (which is, I understand, almost unbearable). But when I encounter the odor, say, on the highway, I find it rather of pleasant. I’m not sure what that says about me.

  4. Sheila Ryan on June 26th, 2008 at 1:41 pm

    Well, you know, I don’t find it disturbing when it is dissipated over a wide out-of-doors area — but we once had one who made a nest under another house of ours and sprayed into vents leading inward. That is something that’ll make you reach for a gas mask. The first spray, and we woke up quite literally asphyxiating!

  5. Sheila Ryan on June 26th, 2008 at 1:42 pm

    I wonder do the Demeter fragrance people manufacture a skunk scent. If they do, CIndy, I’ll buy you an ounce.

    Sorry. No Skunk. They do offer a Stable fragrance. Alek might like that.

  6. Cindy Scroggins on June 26th, 2008 at 1:44 pm

    Why, thank you, Sheilababy. You’re a sweetie pie.

  7. Deron Bauman on June 26th, 2008 at 5:38 pm

    that’s lovely.

  8. Kathy Hilen-Smith on June 26th, 2008 at 5:52 pm

    Stable cologne? Someone really sells that? Nothing smells as sweet as horse sweat. Or breath.

  9. Sheila Ryan on June 26th, 2008 at 6:03 pm

    Oh, yes. The Demeter site is down just now for some reason, but you can find their scents elsewhere, and they do sell a Stable fragrance.

    As well as ‘Redhead in Bed’. (Whether with or without a goat, I don’t know. Maybe you could mix and match.)

  10. Deron Bauman on June 26th, 2008 at 6:47 pm

    Redhead in Bed is in the Happy Hour Collection, and according to the recipe on the label, calls for gin, strawberry and lemon. Smells like a strawberry lollipop dissolved in gin. Remind me never to order one of these in a bar. Between the Sheets, also from the Happy Hour Collection, is more palatable: a blend of exotic fruits (mango, guava & passion fruit) with rum, orange and lemon. This one isn’t nearly as sweet as it sounds — the citrus cuts some of the sugar — but it does get more candied as it dries down. I’m guessing these would be most likely to appeal to someone who likes the cocktails in question. I’m a vodka gimlet type myself.

  11. Sheila Ryan on June 26th, 2008 at 6:57 pm

    I might point out that I do not smell “like a strawberry lollipop dissolved in gin” in or out of bed, with or without a goat.

  12. Mary Jeys on June 26th, 2008 at 10:31 pm

    i cannot wait for the day i smell like a lollipop dissolved in gin. I need to start carrying more lollipops around.

  13. Mjohnson on June 27th, 2008 at 3:12 am

    If I wasn’t stuck in an office I’d be frisking and gamboling to my hearts content. Skunks are soooooo cute.

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