Queenie used to love going to the park with Tim on the weekends to visit Mary, the “cookie lady,” and get some treats. Two or three months ago, though, she was attacked by a pit bull mix named Charlotte who was off-leash and who had Queenie down on the ground by the neck. Luckily, Queenie wasn’t injured, but the incident made her afraid to go anywhere near “the pit,” where Mary and her admirers always congregate.

Yesterday, however, she got her courage up and patiently (if a bit tentatively) waited her turn for a handout from Mary. Charlotte wasn’t at the park and in fact has been banned by Mary from coming anywhere near her and the dogs she feeds every day. We think this is why Mary tries to be on the street when Queenie and Andrew take a walk every morning – she feels bad that the attack took place right in front of her and is trying to make it up to Queenie.

Arlington National Cemetery, posted earlier: