DALTON â Imagine trying to find a small white Pomeranian, fluffy as all get-out, in a blizzard. Worse, imagine being that little pooch, Rocky, out alone in a blizzard, two weeks after being separated from his owner.
If Rocky could talk, heâd likely share one of the most harrowing accounts of coming through last weekâs norâeaster. And as of Monday, of a loving reunion.
On the day that saw a celebrated conjunction of planets, Rocky wasnât the only missing pet to be back in the embrace of its owners in the Berkshires.
Chris Knowles with Tellus. PROVIDED BY BERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos
First photo: Lahaina kid Coco Monroe, 5, balances on a lower limb of her town’s famed banyan tree while visiting the holiday-decorated tree with her family Tuesday evening. The banyan features 3,000 colorful bulbs that are scheduled to be lit every night through Jan. 1. “I’m just so glad they are doing something to keep the holiday magical and alive,” said Coco’s father, Owen Langer.
Second photo: Lahaina Restoration Foundation head groundsman Clifford Corniel (right) and maintenance man Anthony Steele tend to the lights decorating the locomotive Launiupoko on Tuesday evening in Lahaina. Decked out for the holidays, the Launiupoko and fellow locomotive, Lahaina, are on display next to the Pioneer Mill smokestack on Lahainaluna Road. Corniel has been decorating the locomotives and the town’s famous banyan tree for years. “It’s a feel-good thing,” Corniel said. “You turn on the lights and people start to smile. They start to f