David Sobotta
@ocracokewaves.bsky.social
Hoping to leave a world where my grandchildren can thrive. Believe history must be respected as well as honor, truth, and duty. Writer, former director at Apple, former cattleman, now herding tabby cats in NC as I preserve memories with photography & words
Back when Maverick was alive, she was not afraid of putting Goose in his place. Goose on the right.
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Back when Maverick was alive, she was not afraid of putting Goose in his place. Goose on the right.
The coolest car that I ever owned - 1965-70
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The coolest car that I ever owned - 1965-70
When an administration threatens to withhold food from hungry people as a matter of policy, that is all you need to know about the people in the administration and the people who continue to support them.
December 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
When an administration threatens to withhold food from hungry people as a matter of policy, that is all you need to know about the people in the administration and the people who continue to support them.
This rug in the Mount Airy great room picture I posted.. The story behind it is that my dad bought this Persian rug for $20,000 during the depression. It came to our Roanoke home and eventually in 2017 when the great room addition at the coast was finished. It found a new home. It is still with us.
December 3, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This rug in the Mount Airy great room picture I posted.. The story behind it is that my dad bought this Persian rug for $20,000 during the depression. It came to our Roanoke home and eventually in 2017 when the great room addition at the coast was finished. It found a new home. It is still with us.
My favorite grumpy, love sponge cat, Percy. 2004
December 3, 2025 at 3:21 AM
My favorite grumpy, love sponge cat, Percy. 2004
The cliffs along part of the shore we owned in Nova Scotia. My wife, our Labs, Tok and Fundy, a few cats.
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The cliffs along part of the shore we owned in Nova Scotia. My wife, our Labs, Tok and Fundy, a few cats.
Welcoming committee, Reston, VA, September 2004.Pete & Emma.
December 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Welcoming committee, Reston, VA, September 2004.Pete & Emma.
Well used kitchen at 347 West Pine St. We ate a lot of meals around that table. Sometimes Mertha and Alfred, our cook and her husband, one of dad's nurses, mother and myself. It was cozy but what great memories.
December 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Well used kitchen at 347 West Pine St. We ate a lot of meals around that table. Sometimes Mertha and Alfred, our cook and her husband, one of dad's nurses, mother and myself. It was cozy but what great memories.
The great room, 347 West Pine St., Mount Airy, NC, summer of 2004 before we sold the house. My father[s portrait hanging over fireplace. He died over thirty years earlier.
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The great room, 347 West Pine St., Mount Airy, NC, summer of 2004 before we sold the house. My father[s portrait hanging over fireplace. He died over thirty years earlier.
We are governed by murders.
December 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
We are governed by murders.
Favorite White Oak kayak fishing spot shown at just the right tide for catching fish. I caught that cooler filled with drum and trout one evening on a single soft plastic lure in the space of fifteen minutes. The smallest trout in there was 20 inches. Late November was one of the best time to fish.
November 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Favorite White Oak kayak fishing spot shown at just the right tide for catching fish. I caught that cooler filled with drum and trout one evening on a single soft plastic lure in the space of fifteen minutes. The smallest trout in there was 20 inches. Late November was one of the best time to fish.
Our Labrador, Chester, in 2004, the year he passed, enjoying his favorite environment, snow. He owned our hearts and most of our bed.
November 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Our Labrador, Chester, in 2004, the year he passed, enjoying his favorite environment, snow. He owned our hearts and most of our bed.
I will never forget how happy we were in Halifax, NS, that first Christmas 1985, It was our first new house, I had a new job with Apple. We had great neighbors. The kids walked to & from school, came home for lunch. Old neighbors from the farm visited & marveled we could order pizza for delivery.
November 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I will never forget how happy we were in Halifax, NS, that first Christmas 1985, It was our first new house, I had a new job with Apple. We had great neighbors. The kids walked to & from school, came home for lunch. Old neighbors from the farm visited & marveled we could order pizza for delivery.
Princess Jester, with no worries about finding a pea in her bed.
November 30, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Princess Jester, with no worries about finding a pea in her bed.
Snowflakes drawing patterns on the blackboard of night.
November 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Snowflakes drawing patterns on the blackboard of night.
This was with my father's citizenship papers. it was obviously important to him. Make sure you think about the last part of article five. Trump sems to have missed it. "Nor shall any person...be deprived of life , liberty, or property without due process of law."
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This was with my father's citizenship papers. it was obviously important to him. Make sure you think about the last part of article five. Trump sems to have missed it. "Nor shall any person...be deprived of life , liberty, or property without due process of law."
Trump's goons in Chicago.
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Trump's goons in Chicago.
Unless you are native American, we are all immigrants. This is the document my grandfather carried when he left Europe. My father was five years old. My mother's family was here before the American Revolution. My wife's Haymore family came even earlier.
November 29, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Unless you are native American, we are all immigrants. This is the document my grandfather carried when he left Europe. My father was five years old. My mother's family was here before the American Revolution. My wife's Haymore family came even earlier.
Black Friday tabby cat napping.
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Black Friday tabby cat napping.
Existential question, if you are a leftover turkey sandwich eater, do you prefer the homemade cranberry sauce on your sandwich or beside it?
November 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Existential question, if you are a leftover turkey sandwich eater, do you prefer the homemade cranberry sauce on your sandwich or beside it?
I plead guilty to all. Not only did we have a set of Encyclopedias from my childhood, we bought a newer set for our children and then a set on CDs. I don't remember carrying our boombox on my shoulder, but I do remember having a Channel Master transistor radio. Yes to rotary phone plus party line.
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I plead guilty to all. Not only did we have a set of Encyclopedias from my childhood, we bought a newer set for our children and then a set on CDs. I don't remember carrying our boombox on my shoulder, but I do remember having a Channel Master transistor radio. Yes to rotary phone plus party line.
Hard to believe that I was that young once. The pictures are with our oldest daughter taken fifty years ago in the winter of 1975-76 on our farm in Tay Creek, New Brunswick, Canada.
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Hard to believe that I was that young once. The pictures are with our oldest daughter taken fifty years ago in the winter of 1975-76 on our farm in Tay Creek, New Brunswick, Canada.
Wed. will mark 41 years since I joined Apple. I have now bee away from Apple for 21 years which is more than the 20 years I spent there. What a rollercoaster ride! I was trying to find the whimsical colored logo cards that we had back in the colored iMac days. I could only come up with four.
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Wed. will mark 41 years since I joined Apple. I have now bee away from Apple for 21 years which is more than the 20 years I spent there. What a rollercoaster ride! I was trying to find the whimsical colored logo cards that we had back in the colored iMac days. I could only come up with four.
Tabby cat bookends
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Tabby cat bookends