Why I like words.... writing and reading and adventure.

I could write, Tonight I took my dog out for it's pee break and it found a skunk instead.

I could say the same thing this way.

Tikka and I went out for a quick break, me from my NaNoWriMo writing and her for a pee break. She was acting quite frantic and I thought it was that she was looking for the best spot to mark.  Really she was tying to locate what she smelled all over the ground.  She went around the corner, as she was on the long leash.  There was growling and hissing and then silence, I came around the corner to see a white and black skunk hissing out of the bush and dog was still staring at it.  I pulled the leash but it was already too late. Before I had rounded the corner the startled skunk had sprayed the offending nose of the offending dog.  My tri-color fox terrier had a 4th color - skunk oil.  Several baths, with her Christmas present (pet shampoo) and a good toweling down, did little to release the oily odor, sigh, my life and house stink right now.... when the smell goes, my life will be once again a bed of roses, watching out for those thorns too!  Until then, she is drying her face and fur off by moving up and down the couch, trying rearrange her fur or buff it to a glossy shine.  The smell is, not as bad as it could have been may it be out of my house and off my dog in a few days......please, prayerfully. Cinnamon oil, vinegar, baking soda and more dog washing and hair trimming are in our future and I am not clairvoyant.  See?

Either works but one allows you to use your senses the other just makes sense.