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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Kepler loves blackberries and in this video vblueberries, but also raspberries, hazelnuts, wild strawberries, chestnuts, cherries, plums, etc. I don't know where he puts it all. 😅🤗

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Meanwhile, in Cetrales, both a mouse and a lizard climbed up on the sill outside the kitchen window while I was washing dishes 🥰

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Yikes, that's horrific! Much nicer here in Asturias, if a bit humid:

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

I think the mole is on the old computer, but here is another home invasion perpetrator, caught in attic, released in the evening:

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

In the meantime here's a hedgehog that also entered the house, had an eye infection, kept him for a week and gave him eye drops prescribed for our cat, then released.

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Kepler disfruta del Cantábrico en el Playón de Bayas, poco antes de la puesta del sol. Alegría pura. #Kepler #PlayonDeBayas #Castrillón #Asturias #MarCantábrico #España #BorderCollie

Kepler el border collie blanco y negro, de silueta, jugando en el oleaje en el Playón de Bayas

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

"Ahí hay muchas huellas!" Aquí hay menos huellas... feliz domingo desde Asturias!

Kepler El border collie blanco y negro and la playa de Barayo, Asturias

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I'll try again, a different pic but same area 😅

Prado en Berzana, mirando hacia Valserondo, Tineo, Asturias

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Love both Galicia and País Vasco. We're right in between, about an hour west of Oviedo, in Asturias. Beautiful country here, very green, like most of the north.

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

So I guess it is a thing here, I just googled it in Spanish 😅

Screen capture of a Google search for the bear man woods meme

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I think it works for any gif I download to my phone giphy.com/gifs/Ordinar...

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

If we wake up early we sometimes see roe deer behind the house from our bedroom. They're out right around dawn, and again at dusk.

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

If anybody is going to sneeze in my mouth may it always be him 🥰

Kepler the black and white border collie asleep in bed

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Beautiful ♥️ We have many every year on our lavender. The first time I saw them I had no idea what I was looking at.

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Pan de masa madre 500g harina de fuerza 300g harina integral de #espelta 550ml agua 300g masa madre de espelta integral 20g sal 12 horas fermentación en frío #MasaMadre #pan #sourdough #breadmaking #Asturias #Tineo #Cetrales

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Kepler sends you happy birthday wishes!

Kepler the black and white border collie running in the salt Marsh before Mont Saint-Michel

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Otra caminata con mi mejor amigo. Nos encontramos en la Viñeda, en #Cetrales, #Asturias donde se ve la villa de #Tineo, el concejo que mas leche produce en #España #Kepler #BorderCollie

Kepler el border collie en UN prado con la villa de Tineo en El fondo

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Ours are going great too, the wait is killing me. We have a total of 36 tomato plants, because I thought for sure most would die on me, but alas they are all producing 😅🤗🙏🏻😕

Green tomatoes on the plant, not ripe yet but soon!

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

It's not sarcasm. I love my dog so much I would give my life for him ... but I eat meat. If I'm honest with myself, that makes no sense. The cattle that live in the fields above us are curious and gentle creatures. But I eat their cousins. I do it but I can't pretend it's justified.

Kepler with cows in la viñeda, Cetrales, Asturias. They have shown curiosity about him since he was a puppy.

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

I don't let Kepler chase wildlife, but this time the grass was too tall so he couldn't see her anyway. But he was intensely interested nonetheless. 😅

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

I hear a lot of the same garbage about wind farms but not usually from the people that live right around here. In my case case it's usually people who have never stepped foot in a wind farm in their life.

Kepler the black and white border collie in the wind farm at the Sierra de Tineo.

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

My wife bought me some Polish boots with liner for 28€, I thought they would last a few months but after 3 years of walking our border collie 5 kilometers a day, during rainy season (about 8 months here in Asturias), I'm about to go though the sole. I already bought a new pair, really impressed.

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The full filing was posted in original post.

107.Wherefore, Plaintiffs request that the Court enter a judgment against Defendants and
award the following relief:
a. A declaration that the June 7, 2025 Presidential Memorandum calling into Federal
service members and units of the National Guard under 10 U.S.C. § 12406 and
Secretary Hegseth’s June 7 and June 9 Orders (and any future orders) calling the
California National Guard into service under the stated authority of the President’s
use of 10 U.S.C. § 12406 are unauthorized by and contrary to the laws of the
United States;
b. Injunctive relief prohibiting the DOD Defendants from federalizing and deploying
the California National Guard and military without meeting the requirements of 10
U.S.C. § 12406, which include that issuance shall be “through the Governor” and
only for the reasons set forth in 10 U.S.C. § 12406 (1-3) and not to conduct
domestic law enforcement activities;
c. Award the State of California its costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees; and
d. Such additional relief as the court deems proper and the interests of justice may
require

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Dramatic seas always welcome 👍🏻

Kepler the black and white border collie standing on a beach in front of some big waves rolling in

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Kepler sends greetings to Tycho 👋🏻

Kepler the black and white border collie in the Río Villar

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

And not any less depressing the poultry situation

Global poultry weighs more than twice that of wild birds

Chart on mammalian biomass from Our World in Data

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

My stepmom with her cat. Augusta Maine, December 1969.

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

She's gorgeous. Kepler loves the beach too, he can smell the sea 10 minutes before we arrive and starts pacing in the back of the car.

Kepler the black and white border collie running in the beach in Salinas Asturias

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍 This is Kepler 🥰:

Kepler on the beach in Salinas, near Avilés, in Asturias, España

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Yummy when dehydrated. At least our dog Kepler thinks so. 🤤

Dehydrated chicken feet in the dehydrator

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

"Chicken feet has shot up in price over the past 5 years" Still inexpensive here 😅🙏🏻 The absolute best for stock and also make awesome dog treats, in dehydrator.

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Not a cat, but my father with his pet skunk, circa 1942.

My father John, aged approximately 8, standing with his Skunk Pepe.

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Kepler walking the fence, late afternoon in Berzana in #Tineo, #Asturias #España. It's a privilege to have you in my life. I hope I make you half as happy as you make me. #Kepler #BorderCollie #DogsOfBluesky #Perros #MiMejorAmigo #BestFriend #Afternoon

Kepler the black and white border collie on a concrete fence, against the sky

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Last year I had a brief conversation with Matthew Dominick, another great ISS photographer. I was here in Spain, and he was on the ISS; having this interaction with a person orbiting the planet, in real time, was a very very surreal experience for me. 😅

Conversation on X with Matthew Dominick a NASA astronaut when he was aboard the ISS. I asked about ND filters and he explain he wasn't using filters and how he achieved a good dynamic range.

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Headed up into the Sierra of #Tineo with Kepler today and we had a nice 2-hour walk. Sunny and 14°C. #kepler #BorderCollie #DogsOfBluesky #Asturias #España #NorteDeEspaña #senderismo #sol #PerrosDeBluesky

Kepler the black and white border collie standing on a ridgeline with Blue Sky beyond

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Forrest Roche @forrestroche.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Beautiful 🙂 Our cherry trees were in bloom a couple of weeks ago. It's a great time of year.

Cherry blossoms in foreground with branches and other blossoms and sky in the background

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