How do these things happen so fast!?!??

Yesterday (Oct. 9th) we celebrated Rebeca's birthday with a special Paella dinner here at home, followed by some little fruit tarts. It was all really delicious and we were grateful to have her here CLOSE to her birthday to actually celebrate with her.

When dinner was over, Rebeca and Jason packed up the car and were going to drive possibly as far as Ozona, to make their drive back to Tucson on Saturday just a little easier. We picked up the last of their stuff and walked out to the car, when all of a sudden Diablillo makes a beeline to the far side of the yard, growling and barking. It was dark already, so we couldn't see what he was after, but we figured it was an opossum (nod to Fernando) or maybe a cat or something.

Imagine our horror when we saw a skunk with its tail raised running out of our yard! We were all horrified and Jason used his best stern voice, trying to get Diablillo to "Come here!!" Of course Diablillo, reconfirming that he IS an "energumeno", wasn't listening at that point. We were all desperately hoping that the skunk was "just running away without doing anything", when all of a sudden Jason recoils exclaiming that he can smell it now and he's sure Diablillo got it. So, no, Diablillo didn't escape being sprayed. We were all in shock. Here Jason and Rebeca were, just about to take off in the car on a long trip and now their little dog was a stinking mess. At first we all just stood around, sort of paralyzed and trying to avoid being touched by Diablillo but then we finally swung into action. Out came the tomato paste, tomato puree, vinegar, gloves, little tub, shampoo. These pictures tell the rest of the story.

ANYway, before all that happened, here's a glimpse of what the day was like earlier.

It was so nice to be able to have all of them here for a little while. We miss them terribly.

Quote:
When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses. ~Joyce Brothers