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Deep Kirk Nine
@deepkirknine.bsky.social
Hiker, woodworker, retired arborist & climber, animal lover, tree hugger, and brought up to believe in democracy and liberty. And also Death to fascism.

Location: Central WA USA
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Here's a random pic of a truck full of dogs I saw waiting to unload at the park...
#dogsofbluesky #dogs
Flash photography can look pretty weird sometimes...
#dogsofbluesky
December 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Let's talk ugly, fugly, ratty old garden sheds. Ours is a classic, built in the early 60's. It's solidly framed and dry inside, but the outside is made from a motley glom of whatever scrap they had on hand. It looks esp dumpy next to our newly painted garage. Is #FuglyFriday a thing? It should be...
December 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Most of Louie's toys end up looking like this before too long. Alas, poor Piggy, you didn't deserve this... 😭
#dogsofbluesky
December 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Louie got a new duck! Five minutes in and he's already chewed off both of its feet.
I love seeing how happy he gets with any new toy. 😍
#dogsofbluesky
December 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
We finished the big garage proj- I moved the door over 2', installed a new window, put on new Hardie siding & corner trims, new paint job, replaced the concrete steps & walks, new porch lights, new fascia boards and gutters, & more. Still have lots of landscaping & hardscaping etc to do next year.
December 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Louie zooming around the yard with his stick.
He has such a goofy style of running, his legs just go all over the place.
#dogsofbluesky
December 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Well it's been a year since I joined Blue Sky, my how time flies when you're wasting it.

Here's today's Skircle, what a cool bunch of folks I've met here.

(I apologize to any of my friends who didn't show up here; I'm not really sure how this is supposed to work 🙄)
December 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
'Crazy-Legs' Louie zooming around with a new stick
#dogsofbluesky
December 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I've finished this cello box for my wife (and her cello), it's been on the back burner for months. It's made from some locally-harvested Black Walnut that I had band-saw milled. (please open the thread for more info)
#woodworking
December 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Louie likes his western novels hard-boiled.
#dogsofbluesky #ChewyLouie
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Squirrel alert! We have walnut, oak, and filbert trees in the yard, and the squirrels are all in a nut-collecting frenzy right now.
#dogsofbluesky
December 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Good morning Blue Sky from my boy Louie, looking handsome today. He's 10 months old and 59 lbs, turning into such a big bruiser and still growing.
#dogsofbluesky
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Louie loves going around with a wood chip sticking out his mouth like this, maybe we should have named him Sarge. He's always bringing them in the house too- he'll chew it down to splinters then go outside and find another. #ChewyLouie
#dogsofbluesky
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Watcha doing? Reading a book huh? What's it called? What's it about? Sounds boring... wouldn't you rather go out and check on the squirrels?

#dogsofbluesky
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
This is why we can't have nice things...
#dogsofbluesky
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Gremlin mode activated, commence trouble-making in 3, 2, 1, go! 😈
#dogsofbluesky
November 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Here's my boy, 9 months old and 57 lbs, surveying his domain this morning.
#dogsofbluesky
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Such a little gremlin- he snuck this big chunk of dirty ice in through the dog door and wants to chew it on the furniture... sorry but that mess stays outside.
#dogsofbluesky
November 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Some late fall color around the yard
-Red Maples 'Sun Valley'
-3 Japanese Maples: 'Bloodgood', 'Tamukeyama Laceleaf', and 'Butterfly'
-Paperbark Maples
-Pin Oak and Jacquemontii Birch
#trees #fallcolor
November 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Geez Louie... here he is savoring a live branch he's broken out of my Contorted Filbert shrub. If there's anything he won't chew, we haven't found it yet.
#dogsofbluesky
November 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I cleaned out our chest freezer a few days ago and threw a big pile of ice out in the yard, and Louie's been having some fun with it. He's 9 months old and still acts like a silly puppy.
#dogsofbluesky
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Louie enjoying an ice chew on a frosty morning
(sound on)
#dogsofbluesky
November 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I snagged a few quick shots of our elusive Anna's hummingbird today. She's probably the same feisty little one who survived last winter here, through single-digit nights.
🪶
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Here's his look when he doesn't want to do what I'm telling him to do... he'll just stare at me with this inscrutable poker face.
#dogsofbluesky
November 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Louie zooming around the yard today with his new twig.
#dogsofbluesky
November 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM