Corralitas Drive: Skunk Tales

Photo: Diane Edwardson, November 14, 2015.  Last night at dusk, my dog surprised a skunk in my yard.  (Click on photos to enlarge.)

I know better than to let my dog run off leash in my yard in the waning light.  Luckily, we think it was the skunk that pals around with my neighbor's semi-feral cat.  The skunk puffed out its coat to look larger, but did not turn the business end toward my dog,