The new kid

In the family tradition of having mutts with weird ears and which often beg the question "What the hell kind of dog is that?", I give you Clayton. BeanSS and I are just smitten with this guy.

Also, for any of my shivering, snowbound, midwestern friends that might happen to read this, I'd like to point out that this picture was taken on a shirtsleeve, bluebird of a day in early December. Sorry you guys have to suffer so, but that's the price of being able to have green vegetation and live streams come summer, isn't it?