Pepe LePew Jr.

Yesterday evening ,as I was emptying the interior trash cans in preparation for taking the big bins out, out of the corner of my eye I saw a tail. I thought it was Ria (see yesterday's post), but then I saw a baby skunk. With a parent. About 18 inches away from me. I quickly turned on my heel and went inside.

The mama or papa skunk went under the gate but this baby kept wandering around, back and forth, by itself, in our yard. Finally it, too, went under the fence. Bad parenting! (I was afraid it had been left behind but assume it reunited with mom/dad.) They truly are ridiculously cute!

To Grandmother's House We Go...

 Road trip!

 We drove to Arizona through some of the worst weather we've experienced in SoCal: foggy, rainy, windy. Yikes! We had to stop at the Wisteria Candy Cottage, of course!

 Our yearly quotient of McDonald's fries (OMG they are so good!).

 Someone looks cozy back there...

 REALLY cozy!

 Our little traveler...

Crazy clouds, including a weird vertical rainbow effect there at left.

And then the sunset...

Baby McSkunkerson...

...was stuck in a rat trap. Poor little thing somehow got its front leg stuck in the side of this rat trap--not a snap trap, it's the kind that has poison inside--and was desperately trying to get it off (including chewing on its leg).

I called Animal Control but couldn't wait (doctor appointment); they did come, and they did free the little one and took it away (some plumbers working nearby gave me the details). Yay for Animal Control, who actually came relatively quickly (and left me a message saying they were on their way after a stop at a vet office). And a shout-out to Miss Robin from Various and Sunday--we are longstanding partners-in-crime when it comes to rescuing animals!

I hope little Monsieur LePew is resting safely somewhere tonight. Poor baby. Skunks are actually very cute! (And even if they weren't, every living thing deserves to be treated with kindness.)

Be well, little McSkunkerson!