This is Ms. Mitsy, the “small dog” involved in the attack last September that left me with a shortened a finger on my right hand. In just a few weeks, the one-year anniversary will roll by (see “not just another day at the beach,” my blog post following the incident).

Mitsy is just fine, having recovered from her injuries. My finger, on the other hand, is still (hopefully) in the process of “adjusting”. The wound healed relatively quickly, but the nerves in the finger are taking much longer to calm down and adjust to the new reality. It’s a bit of a nuisance, makes accurate typing a little more difficult than it used to be, but, as I keep saying, it could be worse.

In the meantime, this is the period of the year where there’s enough light during our early morning walks to get pictures of the many friendly dogs across Kaaawa. By sometime in November, I’ll have lost the early morning sun, and the dogs will have to wait for several months before their next round of internet fame.

–> See all of today’s Kaaawa Morning Dogs!