my lucky day by lynnz

my lucky day

OMG! I got out of the car this morning, took a couple of pictures, turned around and there was a SKUNK about 4 feet away from me! All I could think was "get back in the car fast... please don't spray me, please don't spray me"! It turned and ran the other way and seemed as startled to see me as I was him. If you've never smelled skunk spray, you can't even imagine how intense and horrible it is. We had a dog get sprayed once and the smell lingered for weeks, even after baths in every remedy we could find. I did smell the skunk spray as I was driving around this morning and was reminded of how incredibly awful it is, probably the worst smell you would ever smell in your life!
Oh my god, incredible sky. Worth chancing the skunk encounter. I think I recall hearing that skunks are usually pretty wary of people and try to steer clear.
February 16th, 2017  
Those are incredible colors.
February 16th, 2017  
Wow, fantastic, such intense colours, fav
February 16th, 2017  
Love the colours and the silhouette. Stunning.
February 16th, 2017  
Beautiful. So glad you didnt get sprayed
February 16th, 2017  
Wow! Fabulous capture! So glad you didn't get sprayed because yes, I've experienced the skunk spray before and it's awful!
February 16th, 2017  
Bep
Stunning colours.
February 16th, 2017  
Absolutely stunning sky - so beautiful , so glad the skunk got startled before having a chance to spray you !
February 16th, 2017  
Gorgeous sunrise ... love your composition and silhouettes. So glad the skunk found you as startling as you did it.
February 16th, 2017  
A beautiful sunrise with marvellous layers. Hope you got a pic of the skunk before he ran away!
February 16th, 2017  
What a beautiful image! The colours and fence are magical.
February 16th, 2017  
@busylady No pictures of the skunk! I thought about it, but was scrambling to get back in the car!
February 16th, 2017  
I'm surprised you even noticed the skunk with a sky like that to look at! Beautiful.
February 16th, 2017  
Stunning picture.
February 16th, 2017  
Lol, lucky escape then! I have never experienced it. Lovely layered colours and silhouettes here. Fav
February 16th, 2017  
Haha - worth it for the shot though! Fav
February 16th, 2017  
Wow, what a beautiful sky!!!! So glad you didn't get sprayed! Loved your story!
February 16th, 2017  
Stunning colours
February 16th, 2017  
Beautiful colours. Fav!! πŸ˜€
February 16th, 2017  
Those layers are spectacular! Great foreground in the fence and house.
February 16th, 2017  
Just beautiful!
February 16th, 2017  
Incredible colours.
February 16th, 2017  
What a photo op
February 16th, 2017  
Excellent sky. A fun story too. Glad you had a lucky escape 😊
February 16th, 2017  
The sky looks like a rainbow! So beautiful! Funny story too!
February 16th, 2017  
Fantastic sky, sounds like you had a lucky escape.
February 16th, 2017  
Love the layering and great moody capture! Fav!
February 16th, 2017  
Beautiful morning colours, love the silhouettes :)
February 16th, 2017  
Really gorgeous colour & silhouettes - I'm glad you escaped being sprayed!
February 16th, 2017  
Beautiful.
February 16th, 2017  
MB
You got a beautiful shot. I really like the way the fence wires intertwine and the colors in the sky are stunning. So glad your story had a happy ending with you and the skunk running in opposite directions. I have smelled skunk spray - it is ghastly!!!
February 16th, 2017  
Wonderful sky, lucky you missed out on the skunk spray!!
February 16th, 2017  
Beautiful colors and I love the silhouettes.
February 16th, 2017  
Gorgeous shot. a fav. I am glad that you did not get sprayed by the skunk.
February 16th, 2017  
Beautiful capture of sky scape colors, composition
February 16th, 2017  
Beautiful photo.
February 16th, 2017  
Just wonderful layers of colour.
February 16th, 2017  
Absolutely stunning! Fav
February 16th, 2017  
Beautiful sunrise colors and silhouette Lynn!
So glad you didn't get sprayed............I've cleaned up a dog that was sprayed............not fun!!
February 17th, 2017  
Incredible colors!
February 17th, 2017  
Love these colors against black - Stunning. As dark as it was, I can see why you didn't notice the skunk - that was scary!! Glad he took off - sure wouldn't want the car sprayed either!! Stays forever.
February 17th, 2017  
gorgeous layers of colors
February 17th, 2017  
Beautiful:D
February 17th, 2017  
You got a beautiful photo, but I'm not sure it would be worth getting sprayed by a skunk! LOL! You definitely got lucky!
February 17th, 2017  
Fantastic colours, worth having to suffer the skunk spray.
February 17th, 2017  
Beautiful sunrise. Glad you didn't get sprayed. That is some of the worst smell that you can ever be around.
February 17th, 2017  
What a beautiful sky
February 17th, 2017  
OMG you described that one 100%! I was JUST about to tell you about a lady here who has skunks in her yard, but there she is...Laurie, who just left a comment @laurieewilson We have local friends who have one who made a burrow in their yard, and animal control would not remove it! I told them how they keep the yard snail-and-slug free for Laurie, but beyond that, your chance encounter in the early morning was to be avoided, Lynn! We wouldn't have wanted to read anything else!
February 17th, 2017  
I CONCUR! I almost lost my lunch one day after my friends dog got sprayed. And Fav for your beautiful sunset!
February 17th, 2017  
No skunks in Europe - very few sunsets like this neither.
February 17th, 2017  
None here, thank God. But if you got sprayed it would still have been worthwhile with a capture like this. Fav.
February 17th, 2017  
Uma
Those colours! WOW!
February 17th, 2017  
Gorgeous colours
February 17th, 2017  
Glad you escaped
February 17th, 2017  
Beautiful colours. No skunks in the U, thank goodness, glad you weren't sprayed.
February 17th, 2017  
Wonderful shot
February 17th, 2017  
4 feet... that's WAAAAAAY too close. You better go play the Lotto 'cause today is definitely your lucky day. And not only because the skunk didn't douse you in his stink but for the gorgeous sunrise you captured.
February 18th, 2017  
Incredible sky!
February 18th, 2017  
Fabulous colors and silhouettes! FAV!
February 18th, 2017  
What an amazing sky! Thought I had seen some good ones but nothing like this! Glad you escaped the skunk! Fav
February 18th, 2017  
We certainly know about that odor around here and we have had them pass through the back yard snacking on the seeds which fell to the ground from the bird feeder but thankfully there is nothing that will scare them into spraying. It truly is such an awful smell. I've only been exposed to one that was worse- a refrigerator full of rancid meat (filled and then unplugged by some former tenants of an apartment we moved into).
February 18th, 2017  
Oh, and this is a beautiful shot! fav
February 18th, 2017  
Beautiful colors. Glad you didn't get sprayed. I had to laugh, we had a whole article in the paper last week to watch out for skunks because they are breeding early this year because of the warm weather.
February 23rd, 2017  
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