We spent the night in Kaaawa and walked the neighborhood early this morning. As usual, I had a pocket full of small dog biscuits, which I doled out liberally to our old canine friends along the way. And, yes, most are getting old. Some have passed away in the three years since we moved from Kaaawa.

But then there was this Kaaawa moment. On the way back towards our friends’ house, we were happy to see these two dogs, Handsome and Kea. They used to be two-thirds of a trio, along with Duke, who died a year or so ago. Today their person came out to talk. She introduced us to her granddaughter. And then she had a question. She had heard that I had done calendars featuring our Kaaawa Morning Dogs, and that one had featured the threesome, Duke, Handsome, and Kea. She wondered if she could still get one. I agreed to check whether or not I might have one.

Although I couldn’t find a print copy, I did find the photo she was looking for among the 2008 dog photos that competed for that year’s calendar. It was luckily archived on my Amazon Drive, and I was able to download a copy and send it to her.

Such are our roots in Kaaawa, thankfully still with some life in them.

So here are a few more photos from this morning’s walk. The first photo is Haahaa Street. For over 27 years, we lived on the far end of that street where it dead ends, visible in the distance. Today we didn’t walk down the street to peek down the driveway at our former house. Maybe next time.