Good morning friends! Seems no matter what I do there are just some times where my mom gets super neglectful of MY blog and it doesn't get updated.  She tells me things like 'but there's nothing going on.' Or 'I don't have time today, Wes.' But REALLY I know the truth - she's lazy. What's a poodle to do?  Our wonderful mayorz suggested to bring her up on charges...but I just don't know. When she saw the comment she said something about not biting the hands that feed me... Maybe to be safe, I'll do what F&E suggest and give her a good dose of cold shoulder.  And speaking of cold... WHEW has it ever been these days! Mom and I went for a little walk around the lake this morning, and since the ground is cold and we do travel on the roads (which have been dosed with salt) Mom pulled out my doggy shoes. My muttluks are pretty stylin', don't you think? I'm never sure of these things for the ...

Or as I'm going to call this post....'A Total Lack of Wesley!' even though this is MY blog! How many butterflies can YOU count here? If you guessed because there were lots of butterflies, you were correct!  Mom just loves butterflies (she even has a simple tattoo of one on her left shoulder) so anytime she spots any she tends to need to stop and admire it until it flutters away. Most of the butterflies were of this variety: Mom thinks, after some researching, that's it's something called a Great Spangled Fritillary , though she's not 100% sure. There are a few different types of butterfly all called that look exceedingly similar and it's making it hard to believe that she is 100% right.  HA! Like that's possible! That wasn't the only type there though! There were also a few of these guys: Now he was much easier to identify - it's called Silver-Spotted Skipper ! The last type of butterfly Mom spott...