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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

It's been 8 months now, I think Charlie is starting to relax at his new digs! #CorgiCrew #CorgiSky #Corgi

A Corgi sleeping on his back without a care in the world.

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Charlie got a new raincoat. It's been wet recently here in the PNW! #corgi #corgicrew #dogsofbluesky

A Corgi wearing a yellow raincoat, ready for his morning walk.

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Charlie has discovered that the couch is a good way to gain altitude! #corgi #corgicrew #dogsofbluesky

Charlie on the back of the couch squinting and smiling!

Charlie on the back of the couch perky and smiling!

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Two stags (black-tailed deer) were in our neighbor's backyard munching on plants when a coyote came down the slope. Zoom into the top of the second pic to see the coyote. The stags took off after the coyote. I'm guessing that they were defending a doe and fawns up in the greenbelt behind us.

Two black-tail stags see a coyote in our neighbor's yard.

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The Oregon coast weather is always a crapshoot but we lucked out with sunny afternoons and beautiful sunsets! #cannonbeach

A sunset over the beach and Ecola River at Cannon Beach Oregon.

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Charlie was reluctant at first but quickly got used to the water, wading across the Ecola River. He is from desert country so this beach thing in new. #dog #corgi #cannonbeach

A corgi wading across the Ecola River in Cannon Beach Oregon

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Caution, broken dog! Seriously, Charlie seems to be getting used to his new digs! He is really relaxing! #corgi #dog

A Corgi sleeping in his dog bed. He is on his back with his head at a right angle to the body and his rear paws sticking up in the air. He is very cute!

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

We just got a new fur baby! Charlie is 17 months old and well trained by the breeder. He is a sweetie and loves to cuddle! We are in 7th heaven! #dog #corgi

A Pembroke Welsh Corgi with a sable coat looking at the camera.

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I replaced my home weather station with a fancier model. It occurred to me that I could use the old one to monitor the temperature in our mini-greenhouse. It worked great!

A small greenhouse with a remote thermometer.

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

We wanted to get our tomato plants but its been a bit too cool to put them into the garden. The fix is this mini-greenhouse that I've set up on the deck. I've placed bricks on the floor of the greenhouse to help it hold heat. A couple of incandescent lamps can supply extra heat if needed. #gardening

A small greenhouse containing tomato plants.

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

We had a beautiful moonrise over the lake last night. There is a barge being pushed by a tugboat just to the left of the moon's reflection!

Full moon rising and being reflected in the lake waters. A barge and tugboat are just to the left of the moon's reflection.

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Can you find Mount Rainier hidden amongst the beautiful clouds? Pic taken on the ferry back from Vashon Island on a mostly clear and crisp spring day.

Mount Rainier partially shrouded by clouds

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Combining two of my favorite activities, gardening and woodworking, I built a string trellis for our soon-to-be-planted tomatoes out of some left over cedar. Tomatoes will go in shortly. Hoping for a good yield!

A raised planting bed with a string trellis over if for tomatoes.

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

The world is still beautiful despite the political chaos.

Puffy clouds over Lake Washington on a crisp early spring evening.

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Years ago there was a truism about computing: garbage in, garbage out. It was realized long ago that the output of a program would only be as good as the data that was fed into it. Now we have AI. Nothing has changed.

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Our bird feeder froze and then these ice sculptures grew up. Does anyone have any idea what this phenomenon is called?

A frozen bird feeder with ice pillars growing up from the surface.

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

We received about 2" of snow overnight. Enough to be pretty without being a real problem.

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

PSA: a friend's dishwasher had a slow leak. The subfloor was ruined by the time the leak was discovered. I already have a wireless leak detector on the water heater and just installed another under the kitchen sink and dishwasher. Cheap insurance!

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

The fog lifted enough for the rising sun to cast its glow!

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

File under weird, the far-right Senator Josh Hawley excoriated the execs of Visa and M/C for monopolistic behavior as evidenced by obscenely high profit margins (what other legal industries can claim a 50 % profit margin?). He is agreeing with Trump that CC interest rates need to be capped.

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

The completed kitchen. The wood is vertical grain fir with a quartz countertop. #remodeling #woodworking

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

A solar powered calculator. If you have enough light to see it then you can use it. No batteries needed! #math #engineering

A shirt pocket slide rule that would fit nicely in your pocket protector!

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

More pics of the kitchen installation. All of the base cabinets were scribed to the floor so that base molding was not necessary. #remodeling #woodworking

The oven cabinet on its side so I can work on its toe kick

The pantry and oven cabinets installed with a space between them for the refrigerator.

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Me installing our new kitchen cabinets. I'm scribing the front panel of the island cabinet to match the floor contour. #woodworking #remodeling

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Eric @ericbekool.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Our Corgi Misha who passed away last year. She was the most wonderful companion! #Corgi

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