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Gunny
@alphagunny.bsky.social
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Gunny T Shepherd, a graymuzzled German Shepherd Dog in a tiger kigu, with a pack of their own. Apparently intimidating but actually cuddlesome. Truth, Honor, Integrity.

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Bee-kaboo! A bee prepares to fly away from a rose in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at the New York Botanical Garden. #nyc #newyork #nybg #rose #flower
A color photo of a white rose with a pink center. A bee is exiting from the center of the rose.
November 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Spring Hill Nursery’s Fashion Forward Floribunda rose from a recent visit to the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at the New York Botanical Garden. #nyc #newyork #nybg #rose #flower
A color picture of a reddish pink bowl shaped floribunda rose with many layers of petals.
November 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Leaf Abstract. I dunno. I found this rain-soaked panel of concrete sidewalk full of windblown neighborhood fall leaves to be pretty in an abstract way. Stopped me in my tracks on my walk to the gym. The saturated color pops against the urban gray. #art #notart #photography #nyc #newyork
A color photo of a wet sidewalk covered in a variety of leaves of different colors.
November 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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My Procatavola Key Lime Stars orchid (a hybrid of Epicattleya Lime Sherbet and Brassavola nodosa) bloomed last month. Last year, I broke off the bud before it bloomed. It inherits night fragrant characteristics. A lovely bloom that lasted over a month. #orchids #windowsill #nyc #plant #brassavola
A close up color photo of an orchid bloom with a white, frilly lip that is striated with thing yellow green petals. There are darker green leaves behind against a white background.
October 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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My Psychopsis papilio (the “Butterfly Orchid”) in bloom. #photography #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #statenisland #orchid #orchids #flower #flowers #flowerstagram #petals #windowsillgarden #psychopsis #psychopsispapilio #butterflyorchid
A color photo of a profile view of a psychopsis orchid. The orchid is deep, orange and yellow, with three thin petals at the top that are darker red.
October 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Photos from @nayland.blake.bsky.social’s new installation at Matthew Marks Gallery. I really liked this work that doubles up on sex and BDSM as therapy. #art #NYC
A color photo of a part of Nayland Blake’s installation, Session, 2025. The photo shows an orange plastic sign with the word “SESSION” in a black, sans-serif font set into a metal frame that is open at the top. The edges of the word looks distressed, as if it has been rubbed off some over time. Set into the left of metal frame is a smaller piece of rectangular metal with the word “IN” painted on in orange. The piece is arranged so that the words together read “IN SESSION“. The piece has a piece of chain hanging from the top and partially obscuring the word “IN.” That whole assembly is mounted on lightly rusted chain-link behind which is a heavy, quilted canvas fabric in black. All the elements of the photo are shown in shallow perspective, such that the sign’s right edge is larger, and seems closer to the viewer, then the left edge. A color photo of a part of Nayland Blake’s installation, Session, 2025. The photo shows two door mats on either side of a door frame, seen from directly above. The doormats are both made of cocoa fiber, and are in their natural brownish tan color. One doormat has the word “COME” in the center, while the other one has the word “GO” in the center. Both words are in black, and there is an offset black line border around the edge of the mat. The mats are placed so that the words would be upright and readable when you enter the doorway. On the right, the photo shows the door which is covered in a black quilted canvas moving cloth, with an orange border. The door jam is visible on both the left and right of the photo. The background of the photo is the concrete floor. A color photo of a part of Nayland Blake’s installation, Session, 2025. The photo shows a stark white room with a concrete floor. In the room, is a metal chain hung on the wall with various items hung from it, and a couch-like item in the middle of the room. The chain on the wall in the back has a gentle, drooping curve to it. The couch-like piece of furniture in the middle of the room is covered in black leather. At the head of the couch, where one’s head might rest, is a mirror and a professional-looking microphone on a small, adjustable boom. At the left corner of the couch nearest the viewer, is a vertical pole that ends in a crook at the top. from the pool is hung a sign that says “I betrayed…” Also hung from the pole are multiple shiny metal cans each with a tag and a long piece of black ribbon. Each of the tags complete the sentence that began with “I betrayed” with a noun, such as “my family.“ In the place where a decorative skirt might have surrounded the couch, is a metal chain attached at various points to the couch’s frame. A color photo of a part of Nayland Blake’s installation, Session, 2025. The photo shows a stark white wall, in front of which is a mask that would cover the wearers face across the eyes. The mask has a strap to go around the back of the head, eye holes, and ears that are in the shape of a hare’s. The mask features metal studs that are attached to the mask by flat Phillips head screws. The studs are all conical points that are attached to such that they point in towards the wearer of the mask.
October 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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In “Inside” at Matthew Marks Gallery, @naylandblake.bsky.social curates pieces they “wanted to be in the presence of, to wander inside of, to refresh my eyes and mind with…things [that] are made, not manufactured,” and made them rethink possibilities in their own art. #nyc #art

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A color photo of Joseph Cornell‘s untitled work. The photo shows a rectangular, blue-gray wooden box, stood up on its short end. The front of the box is covered in glass, and there are various pieces of wood in the front painted white, but showing the wood grain through the paint. There is a vertical slice of mirror glued to the back interior, which reveals the presence of a taxidermied bird hidden behind the main piece of wood on the front, along with some indistinguishable text in a serif font at the top. A color photo of Robert Gober’s Stained Diaper on Wallpaper, 1979–2017. The photo shows an assemblage inside a plain, deep white frame. The back of the assemblage is a piece of wallpaper that has a repeating pattern of a road going over hills under a blue sky with white clouds done in a watercolor style in front of the wallpaper, his a couple layers of cloth cut into a square. The cloth is stained with what seems to be black ink at top, and then a dark, rusty brown red stain on the bottom. The square cloth also has a square cut out in the middle. A color photo of Felix Gonzales-Torres’ Untitled, 1988 which consists of a black square in a black frame with the words, Diana, Princess, North, Zero, Oliver, Patient, on one line and the words Helms, Disco, Waldheim, Bag, Pope, Poppers, Tut on a second line. The words are all in white, in an italicized serif font with no punctuation. A color photo of an installation view of Betye Saar’s Final Vooyage, 2024. The piece consists of a rectangular wooden box with a hinged lid set on its short side so that it opens like a book. Inside the cover of the box is paper with a diagrammatic layout of black slaves in a ship’s hold during the time of the slave trade. Inside the box is a blue background on paper with a model of a tall ship in full sail on a small dias. The ship is reminiscent of both the kind that discovered America as well as the ships that brought the slaves.
October 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Now Kiss. Iván Argote’s monumental aluminum sculpture, Dinosaur (2024), the fourth High Line Plinth commission at the High Line Spur, set against The Edge observation deck at 30 Hudson Yards. #nyc #architecture #art #dinosaur #kiss #IWelcomeOurAndroidOverlords
A color photo of a sculpture of a pigeon, looking down at the viewer with a angular blue building in the background against a blue sky. The giant pigeon is Iván Argote’s monumental aluminum sculpture Dinosaur and the building is 30 Hudson Yards. The pigeon sculpture and the observation deck of the building are positioned in the photo so that the beak of the pigeon seems to be ready to touch the point of the observation deck.
October 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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I had a chance to visit @naylandblake.bsky.social’s retrospective, Sex in the 90s, over the weekend. Awesome show. The passage of 3+ decades for many of the pieces lends perspective. Photos of my favorite pieces from the show from Matthew Marks Gallery cause I managed to flubbed my pics. #nyc #art
A color photo of Nayland Blake’s installation, Untitled, 1992/2025. The photo shows a steel cage with wax and Dutch-process cocoa busts of Richard Wagner impaled on the finials set in a bare white room with a concrete floor. Next to the cage is a wooden desk with a plaster and silicone mold, a hot plate, a pot with wax and cocoa mixture in it, a digital scale, silicone spatulas, a thermometer, a pencil, paper, a bag of cocoa, and some hardware. A color still photo from Nayland Blake’s single channel video, Gorge, 1998. The photo shows a white wall with a round analog clock showing an approximate time of 12:35. In front of the wall, seated is the artist, dressed only in dark blue pants. The artist is a young bearish man with a beard, close cropped, brownish hair, tattoos on his left arm and right shoulder. standing behind him is a black man, also only wearing pants. The standing man is holding a quarter of a watermelon in his left hand, while his right hand is feeding a chunk of watermelon to the seated man. The standing man is softly muscular. A color photo of Nayland Blake’s sculpture, One Down, 1994. The photo shows a yellow plush bunny rabbit toy with a pile of 56 loose pom-poms in the same colors. Both the bunny, rabbit, and the pile of loose pom-poms also have small pom-poms attached that are brown and pink, attached in a way that in gender’s thoughts of a virus. A color photo of Nayland Blake’s piece, David Hockney / Los Angeles, 1988. The photo shows a green blackboard edged in aluminum, with the words: “The idea that figure painting might disappear has always seemed naive to me. The most interesting thing we see in the world is another human being.” David Hockney 1983. imprinted on it in a serif font.
October 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Happy Mabon to all who celebrate.
A color photo of a log with some moss, some mushrooms, a candle, spices, and fall fruits
September 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Happy Sheptember everyone!
A color cartoon illustration of an anthropomorphic German Shepherd from the waist up. The shepherd has a greyish muzzle, and lightning bolt fur highlights around the collar bones and neck. He is wearing a red collar and olive drab briefs. He has his arms raised with his paws behind his head. On the left are the words “Happy Sheptember!” The background is a solid grey.
September 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Happy Whale Shark, Frankenstein, and Toasted Marshmallow Day!
A color picture of a whale shark that is gray with white spots and stripes swimming in the ocean with a diver wearing flippers swimming above it. The background is blue. A color photo showing the face of a man dressed as Dr. Frankenstein‘s monster lit from below with his face showing in green. The background is completely black. The words happy Frankenstein day is written in a font that looks like broken boards in red. A color picture of a marshmallow being roasted above a fire. The marshmallows held on a fork with two times.
August 30, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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I dunno why but @dfwruffplay.bsky.social feels I shouldn’t be eating this can of tuna. I feel like we should be prepared for the zombie apocalypse and train our stomachs now. #WCGW #BestBeforeIsASuggestion #tuna #antique
A color photo of a hand holding a can of Bumble Bee brand tuna. The expiry date printed on the top indicates Best By Aug 2013.
August 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Probably the best haul of figs I have ever had from my container fig tree, with more still on the way. While not quite as sweet as commercial figs, this year’s crop has come close to the size of store bought ones. #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #figs
A color photo of a baker’s dozen of figs in a wire basket against a white background. The figs are dark burgundy color with striations of a yellow green
August 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Some Dads throw baseballs and footballs, some show ‘em how to fix a car. Me? Imma show him howta make a harness.
A color photo of two men on a sidewalk in a residential neighborhood. The Asian man on the right is wearing a Ariat baseball cap, reflective, sunglasses, and a red Brunt T-shirt he has a septum piercing, and a white beard. The Caucasian man on the left is stooped over with a bolt cutter cutting a heavy steel chain lying on the ground. He is wearing jean shorts, and a gray T-shirt, gray running shorts, and safety glasses.
August 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Boots up for The Bad Guys 2.
A color picture of a pair of legs in black and grey work pants and a pair of well-worn, brown cowboy workboots on a movie theater recliner in front of a movie screen.
August 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Boots up fer Fantastic Four.
A pair of boots on a recliner at a movie theater in front of a movie screen with a sunset. Camouflage hunting pants.
August 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Arsenic and Old Lace. The comedy holds up well even in modern times.
A color movie poster for Frank Capra’s movie Arsenic and Old Lace showing Cary Grant with a woman over he shoulder
August 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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This product implies the existence of a croissant not made with butter and the world is just a little sadder.
A color picture of a commercially made croissant in a plastic package with the label reading “butter croissant”
August 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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#DadJokes
A two panel color, photo meme of a doctor talking to a patient. The doctor is wearing a white lab coat, a gray tie and a stethoscope around his neck. The patient is sitting upright in a hospital bed smiling with a blue hospital gown on. In the upper panel, the doctor is looking at his clipboard, and saying you can your body has run out of magnesium. In the lower panel, the photo is zoomed into the faces of the two characters who are now looking at the reader. The patient is saying 0mg.
August 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Listening to an audiobook at 1.0x speed feels like talking to Flash Slothmore.
A color CGI animated still from the movie Zootopia. The picture shows a dirty-brown colored anthropomorphic sloth wearing a celery green polo shirt with a orange and navy striped tie sitting behind a wooden Department of Motor Vehicles service desk, sleepily looking at the viewer with a slight smile. There is a phone and a mug on the desk.
July 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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It is either this or a screen of pictures I have taken.
Color picture of a phone lock screen, mostly black with a crescent of a planet, possibly Earth, lit from the top. The screen also has the time, and other typical Apple phone widgets.
July 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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#DadJokes
July 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Coming back to this post for a hot minute to share what I saw from the NY Thruway for 30 years. Perched on top of a hill the restaurant beckons.
A color photo of a chicane in a highway with a few cars and an overpass in the distance. Behind and further in the distance is a green escarpment on top of which a solitary structure sites with low wide roofs.
July 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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I always loved that sound.

Here’s a bonus, just for you:
A color meme showing a LEGO minifig of Indiana Jones hanging from a thin chain of a necklace with the words “happy Indy Pendant’s Day“
July 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM