Hmm. Skunky dog on a rainy day. Not a pretty olfactory picture. Poor fellow saw the Skunk Off bottles come out and he hid under a bush, not realising that the bush was losing its leaves, and his smelly little snout and little eye could be seen peering back out at me. 
But Ton Ton, whose long name is indeed WellingTon Dog, is here to tell you that Skunk Off really does work. And is relatively pain free though he tries to make me think otherwise but it is not working on the verandah; the scene of the crime. Ah well. 
Glorious rain yesterday. 
Warmth touched by the sounds of autumn.
The colours of harvest..
and the mists of precipitation. Awkward twins. To get rain into the ground before winter is a blessing. If the trees have a good amount of moisture around them, when the ground freezes solid, it is much better for the roots. There is less heaving and moving about as the temperatures rise and fall. The frozen solid soil protects them. So all this lovely rain means a good winter for the trees. Not so good for the harvest. Ah well. 
The Daily View has a soaked magnolia in the foreground. Still warm. Delicious.
Good morning. Our John said to say thank you so much for all his birthday wishes. He has never had so many, not in his whole life, and was quite chuffed. Our weblog world is full of wonderful people. You are wonderful. And I do not say that lightly. In fact Valerie wrote about it yesterday, in her little house by the sea in New Zealand, and she said it so much better. Blogging has so much positive energy. You are my wonderful support team.
Have a lovely day. It rained again last night so off I go to greet my wet cow. A wet cow does not smell nearly as bad as a wet dog though!
celi
What I was doing exactly a year ago: Moving to my winter studio. Now this is interesting. It must have been colder, at this time last year, for me to move upstairs already. We have not even lit the wood stove yet this year. It is not chilly enough for heating. Anyway there are some lovely pictures of my winter studio here, plus (for Christine), a shot of me when I first met John many, many, many years ago. Miss C with an afro is really something to see! I was quite the rage back then with my big DO.
The Kitchen's Garden 
63 responses to “Rain on The Wet Skunky Dog in The Golden Leaves of Autumn”
TonTon looks so bedraggled.
We’ll hope no repeat performances!
I love the look on Ton Ton’s face (indeed any dog’s face) after they’ve been washed. It looks like they’re saying, “What have I done wrong; don’t you love me anymore?”
A great read, Cecilia. Thanks for the smiles…
Dances with Skunks. Poor Ton, guess he’ll never learn but thank goodness for Skunk off! My goodness it looks so autumnal in your part of the states. We have leaves beginning to turn, but no frost yet, and I guess that makes all the difference. I believe i’ve read your post from last year, but must go and see your studio again anyway!
Skunked again? Poor TonTon! Glad the Skunk Off works! PS. Hopefully your welding gloves will be with you soon, Celi! xx
Celia your welding gloves arrived about an hour ago, i can;t wait to show them to everyone! Thank you so much.. c
I laughed at you adding insult to Ton Ton’s injury by making him the Skunk Off poster boy… Thanks for the link to Valerie, I popped over and enjoyed her post, especially as she echoes my feelings exactly about the blogging community garden 🙂
Poor TonTon, maybe i will read him a bedtime story about tasty food! c
Oh noooo poor Ton Ton! Glad the Skunk Off actually worked though. Thanks for sharing your gorgeous autumn photos. I wish it looked like that here in Los Angeles!!
TonTon looks suspicious. Smart dog. Great photos.
Oh, poor wet skunky dog! That’s the same expression our cats have when we (not often enough) bathe them.
I would think Ton Ton and his black-and-white pal would be good friends after this many meetings! I’m glad he smells good again, I hope it lasts awhile. 🙂 Interesting fact about the water and tree roots.
Dear Celi, I’ve had some lovely friends of yours come visiting, thank you…
It’s Labour Weekend coming up, and I’ve just been watching the Labour Weekend Auckland to Russell race with hundreds of yachts – all sizes,- struggling up against the gale force wind. I just have to stand on the cliff and watch this long procession go by all day! Thinking of you!
I’ve been totally out of action with computer dramas and am not yet able to post blogs as my iphoto file has gone. But I thought I’d just pop in to your latest post and oh, I see from the daily view such a big change after only a week. The leaves have turned and it’s very autumnal. The rain looks so welcome, music to your ears I’m sure, despite the disadvantages. I can hear the land drinking thirstily and I’ve learned something new, about the importance of lots of rain before the freeze comes.
Oh dear, I see that I’ve lost my settings and have come out as anon. Anyway, this is me Juliet and I hope to restore all lost settings soon.
I don’t know what you people are doing: I’m watching that little maple getting more and more colourful day by day! ‘Course mine has grown by about 25 cms during the past fortnight . . . OK, enough skiting 🙂 !
I clicked the like button as your writing is always so fun to read but need a dislike for the smelly dog part. I can smell him from here. The sad part about it is he looks so guilty and sad in the picture… poor puppy…
My god, these water shots are stunning.