Have someplace to go tomorrow so you're planning to get up early? Then this is the place to live! See by my time stamp (an hour ahead of my CDT zone) that we have once again had a skunk event and I am up way before dawn. I woke to a skunk spray smell and realized I'd better check. Just one dog this time, the intrepid Cookie, and it was a glancing blow. AND she hadn't brought it into the house yet. Whew.

I had tomorrow (now today) intended to deaccession a 3x5 rug that protected the floor carpet in the back of the SUV (new one put in place yesterday). It was rolled up in the trash can, but since Cookie is spending the night in the yard or garage, it is now folded as a dog-sized mat in the dog stall. She didn't get the full hit this time and has been sprayed with Skunk Odor Remover so the smell is neutralized, but after sunup both dogs will get baths. Right now the spiders are working the space overnight and I don't need to be doing 3am baths. (I toured the yard for carcasses with the flashlight and found two more very large popcorn-shaped spiders working zones around the clothesline and dog kennel). The back porch spider has stayed above the fray and is still tending her web, tonight moved conveniently a bit to the side in the corner.

I've wound down now so am going back to bed. I'll spray my shorts leg before putting these in the laundry because Cookie bopped me with her skunked face before I started spraying her.