Color me Irish

Here's a dog that was wearing the green Saturday in Wappingers Falls for the 13th Annual Dutchess County St. Patrick's Parade.

Photo by Kathy McLaughlin/Poughkeepsie Journal

Hedgehog in the house

This picture is great. Dawn from Wappingers Falls, N.Y., has obviously thrown down the cuteness gauntlet with this. She writes:

Pictured are my cat, Lily, and my hedgehog, Piglet. Lily is 8 and Piglet is 2. We live in the village of Wappingers Falls, along with a couple of lizards, 8 species of newts and a couple of snakes.

Readers, can you top this? Come on, I challenge you.

I think I want a hedgehog.