Stand back!

If you squinch your eyes up and look really hard, you'll see a Momma Skunk and her three little kittens.

We were just getting in the car yesterday when this little parade wound it's way through the garden.  Mom is in the front  (just at center left) with one little one at her heels and the other two lagging behind a bit.   With only the iPhone on hand this is the best shot we could get.  The photographer wasn't  too willing to get in close and startle the mother skunk into protecting her babies. Of course, if those darn buttercups hadn't been in the way...

They were the cutest little miniature skunks.  They waddled just like the big ones do but with a little more skip in their step.  And their tails were like waving flags.  This photo I 'borrowed' so that you can see what they really looked like. 

I'm sure we'll see them again as the perimeter of our yard is on the foraging route for the neighborhood skunks.  They have worn a path all along the fence.  As long as the nest isn't at our house, I'm happy to see them.  Even if they do occasionally have a dig in a garden bed.  Such pretty animals.