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Deep Kirk Nine
@deepkirknine.bsky.social
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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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Deep Kirk Nine @deepkirknine.bsky.social · Dec 10
Here's a random pic of a truck full of dogs I saw waiting to unload at the park...
#dogsofbluesky #dogs
Five excited dogs in the back of a pickup truck
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Flash photography can look pretty weird sometimes...
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Louie the black and white dog at night, photographed with a flash, his eyes are glowing a weird bright blue color.
December 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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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...
A ratty old garden shed covered in warped beige-colored plywood, with an old door barely hanging by it's rusty hinges. Trees and hedges can be seen in the background. Rear view of an old garden shed, covered with grey plywood and shingles, and sporting a cracked window. An irrigation pump and filter are in front of the shed, and part of the house can be seen in the background, where Louie the dog stands waiting with his toy duck. Side view of the old shed, covered mostly with unpainted old plywood. A few ladders are leaning against the shed. In the background is our newly-painted garage and the new concrete slab where we plan to build our new shed next year.
December 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Most of Louie's toys end up looking like this before too long. Alas, poor Piggy, you didn't deserve this... 😭
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Louie the dog's pink stuffed piggy toy sitting on a table top. Poor Piggy's head has been torn open and all of his head-stuffing sits in a pile next to him.
December 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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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. 😍
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Black and white dog Louie laying on a rug on the kitchen floor, intently chewing on his new stuffed duck toy.
December 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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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.
A detached garage, looking run-down. The same garage after renovation, looking good.
December 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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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
Louie the black and white dog happily running in the yard with a stick in his mouth. Pic 2, Louie the black and white dog happily running in the yard with a stick in his mouth. Pic 3, Louie the black and white dog happily running in the yard with a stick in his mouth. Pic 4, Louie the black and white dog happily running in the yard with a stick in his mouth.
December 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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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 🙄)
An auto-generated image showing profile pics of some of the coolest folks to be found on Blue Sky.
December 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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'Crazy-Legs' Louie zooming around with a new stick
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Louie the black and white dog running bratty around in the yard with a stick that he's broken out of the fir tree.
December 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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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
Front view of a stripy-grained Black Walnut wood cello box, standing on a hardwood floor with a cream-colored wall in the background. It has a shaped cutout in the front for the cello's bridge and a hole in the bottom for the end-pin, and stands on four short Walnut wood feet. Rear view of the cello box showing beautiful stripy Walnut wood grain. A view of the corner of the cello box, showing a fairly clean miter joint and a grain pattern that wraps around the corner from the side to the back. The cello box with an actual cello standing up in it. The fit is a bit loose to allow space for the foam padding that will be installed later; the foam will pad and protect the cello and hold it firmly upright.
December 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Louie likes his western novels hard-boiled.
#dogsofbluesky #ChewyLouie
A paperback book from the library that Louie the dog has destroyed. The book is called 'Cities on the Plain' by Cormac McCarthy.
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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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
Louie the black and white dog sits on a low retaining wall under a big Oak tree, watching intently for any squirrel activity. Louie the black and white dog standing on a low retaining wall under a big Oak tree, looking up in the tree and watching intently for squirrel activity.
December 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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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.
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Louie the black and white dog standing outside next to the house.
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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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
Black and white dog sitting out in the yard with a big wood chip sticking out the side of his mouth.
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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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?

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Louie the black and white dog climbing up into my lap and staring at me judgingly.
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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This is why we can't have nice things...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Gremlin mode activated, commence trouble-making in 3, 2, 1, go! 😈
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Louie the black and white dog is standing up on the couch, hanging over the back, and thinking of what kind of mischief he can get into. Bratty Louie getting ready to pounce.
November 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Here's my boy, 9 months old and 57 lbs, surveying his domain this morning.
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A black and white dog standing handsomely in the yard. There's frost on the grass and fallen leaves are scattered around.
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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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.
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Louie the bratty black and white dog lays on the armchair with a softball-size piece of dirty ice between his paws as he gnaws on it.
November 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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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
Three young maple trees with brilliant red-orange foliage, with smaller green shrubs and grasses growing beneath. Three smaller ornamental trees growing too close together, with beautiful shades of red, maroon, and pale green. A cluster of four ornamental trees displaying subtle shades of red and peach color. Two larger trees- a big brownish red Oak and a yellowing Birch with bright white bark.
November 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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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.
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Louie the bratty black and white dog stands in the yard holding a stick in his mouth.
November 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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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
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Louie enjoying an ice chew on a frosty morning
(sound on)
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November 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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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.
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A tiny grey-green hummingbird in mid-flight approaching a red-colored bird feeder. A tiny hummingbird captured in mid-flight, with a clear view of her delicate wings. Our hummingbird hovers next to the feeder while feeding from the yellow center of the plastic flower. Here the hummingbird hovers in mid-air while looking at the cameraman; she's alarmed and is about to fly away.
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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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
Louie the black and white dog lying in the yard on a bed of yellow and orange tree leaves. He's staring at the camera with a blank and stubborn look.
November 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Louie zooming around the yard today with his new twig.
#dogsofbluesky
Action shot of a black and white dog running in the yard with a small tree branch in his mouth. He's got a wild and bratty look on his face, and his goofy legs are all over the place, like he's trying to run in two directions at once.
November 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM