Wesley, the Owl
Meet, Wesley -- the barn owl. How cute is this little guy? Since it seems that people are blogging about pets, tonight, I thought I might as well link to Pete's latest story about a pet -- Wesley, the Owl. Wesley has to be (other than my kids) maybe the cutest thing I've ever seen or read about. Thursday, October 16, 2008 A lifetime spent as an owl's best friend By PETER LARSEN THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Stacey O'Brien pressed her cheek to her baby and whispered into his asymmetrically placed ears: "I am your mother now." A few days later, her boy – Wesley, because it sounded sweet and sophisticated, Valentine, because he arrived on that day – opened his eyes for the first time. "Hello, Wesley," O'Brien said to his soulful eyes. "Screeeeech," Wesley replied. And then off to the freezer she ran to fetch a few mice slices for his next meal...