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butchsnewname.bsky.social
Butch C
@butchsnewname.bsky.social
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Bridge painter and Boatswain’s Mate in a former life. Currently retired. Second act incoming.
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Your pictures just helped me identify what breed our dog is. Bonnie belonged to my mother in law and was a rescue. When my mother in law passed, we adopted her. She is absolutely the best dog! Everybody always asks what breed she is and I had no idea. Now I do!
Photo of a small brown dog wearing an orange harness and standing on red rock. The dog is tawny colored with a black muzzle that fades to white toward the nose. She has black tips on her ears and she is smiling and looks pretty proud to be on top of the rock.
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Little art piece my kid made for my birthday a few years ago. (Sorry just wanted to show it off.)
A small multi-media framed picture that was a birthday present to me from my kid. It has a ripped piece of cardboard that is painted to look like sun’s rays emanating from Boognish - Ween’s demigod who holds the scepters of wealth and power. Below that are small pieces of paper with different designs and words printed on them also attached to the cardboard. The words on the small signs are lyrics from the Ween song “Captain Fantasy” and say “Please would you like to be/ somewhere floating free”.
September 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Hi Darth. Long time fan, first time poster - I retired from my job as a concrete/asphalt inspector a few years ago. Currently crocheting beanies for friends and family, as well as a poncho for my wife.

Oh! And started work on a sweater for my dog that I haven’t yet finished!
A bunch of beanies that I’ve crocheted for friends and family. Three in front are in San Diego padres colors (2 city connect colors and one in padres brown and gold) that I made for friends birthdays. In the next row is a blue and green beanie that I made for my daughter. The other two in that row were “proof of concept” designs that I put together. There are 11 hats in this photo. The blue and green beanies are made for my family so that we can wear them like fools when we get together. There is also a crocheted bucket hat in padres city connect colors and another beanie made with all natural fiber yarn that I was gifted. TLDR: Eleven beanies laid out on a bed. A picture of my little dog Bonnie in her dog bed wearing a sweater that I started working on but need to go back and finish. Bonnie is a little brown dog with a fluffy tail. She is laying on a messy blanket in her dog bed and has her face in the blanket. She is wearing a crocheted sweater that is mostly black but has a purple collar. There are rows of color in the sweater that are bright-colored and done in a larksfoot pattern in neon orange, purple, and neon pink. The sweater is too short for her because I still haven’t finished it. (I just wanted to post a picture of my dog for darth!)
September 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Mickey Hart from Grateful Dead is credited for fire extinguisher use/percussion on the song “I’ll Take A Melody” on Jerry Garcia’s album “Reflections”.
A list of songs from Jerry Garcia’s album “Reflections” that shows the various musicians credited on the album. Under the song “I’ll take a melody”, Mickey Hart is credited with “percussion, fire extinguisher”.
August 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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My favorite art piece my daughter made for me. (It rotates often. This is my favorite today). Love that (adult) kid.
Mixed media art piece made by my daughter as a Father’s Day gift for me a few years ago. Not sure how she did it but it looks like she printed out lyrics and printed them on card stock, then mounted them and affixed them to a painted scrap piece of cardboard along with a printed Boognish - the Ween demi-god who wields the scepters of power and wealth. (Shine some love on Deaner, Boognish please.) The lyrics say “please would you like to be somewhere floating free”, from the Ween song “Captain Fantasy”.
August 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Had some good seats for Primus on Saturday
August 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Picture of the front of the Ween internet-released album “Craters of the Sac” which also looks like balls.
June 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Animals demanding carrots after the dog and I went for our night time perimeter check walk.
Photo of a small brown dog and a black and white guinea pig sitting on the floor outside of my kitchen hoping for a treat and staring at me plaintively. Apparently I’ve trained them to expect carrots after walkies.
May 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Completed another slouchy mushroom witch hat. The small red one should be completed tonight also. The smaller one is for the kid we used to call “Littleface”. We’re wearing them to a concert for Father’s Day because we’re dorks!

@mythicphoenix.bsky.social
Photo of four slouchy mushroom hats that I’ve been crocheting. Two of the hats are red and one of the red hats is smaller. The smaller hat doesn’t have the “gills” crocheted in yet. The red hats are red with white spots like an amanita mushroom and have off-white gills. They are triangular shaped and have a brim. The other two hats are shaped the same but are done in the colors of the San Diego Padres baseball team. One is the colors of the Padres city connect uniforms. The hat is mostly mint green with white spots that have a pink edging. The gills under the brim are a bright pink and the stitch which joins the pink and green portions of the brim is a bright gold. The final hat is brown with white spots and gold gills. The edge stitch joining the brim on this hat is done in the same white yarn as the spots on the hat. The pattern is available from MythicPhoenix on Etsy. They also have ready made hats if you are in the market.
May 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Meme photo of Grandpa Simpson hanging his 49-star American flag with the caption “I’ll be deep in the cold,cold ground before I recognize the Gulf of America!”
May 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Finished another crochet project a few days ago and decided to finally post it on here.
Crocheted slouchy mushroom witch hat that I finished on Sunday night. It is done in San Diego Padres City Connect colors - mostly mint green with pink gills and white and pink spots and also a gold reverse single crochet stripe around the edge of the brim. I had finished another red and white hat earlier in the week and decided to do a second project. (View of back of hat in mirror$ Side view of crocheted slouchy mushroom witch hat that I finished on Sunday night. It is done in San Diego Padres City Connect colors - mostly mint green with pink gills and white and pink spots and also a gold reverse single crochet stripe around the edge of the brim. I had finished another red and white hat earlier in the week and decided to do a second project. Front view in mirror of Crocheted slouchy mushroom witch hat that I finished on Sunday night. It is done in San Diego Padres City Connect colors - mostly mint green with pink gills and white and pink spots and also a gold reverse single crochet stripe around the edge of the brim. I had finished another red and white hat earlier in the week and decided to do a second project.
May 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Crocheted a mushroom witch hat for my daughter to wear to D&D night/Ren Faires, I guess. (Not sure why, but she wanted it.)
Photo of me wearing a mushroom-themed slouchy witch hat that I crocheted for my daughter. The hat is red with white spots and off-white gills. The pattern for the hat was purchased from mythicphoenix on Etsy. My face is obscured by a photo/sticker of my dog’s face. Photo of me wearing a mushroom-themed slouchy witch hat that I crocheted for my daughter. The hat is red with white spots and off-white gills. The pattern for the hat was purchased from mythicphoenix on Etsy. Photo of a mushroom-themed slouchy witch hat that I crocheted for my daughter. The hat is red with white spots and off-white gills. The pattern for the hat was purchased from mythicphoenix on Etsy. The hat is sitting on a messy kitchen table with a Chromebook and candy and stuff behind it.
April 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Every time I see a Baseball America post, I wonder what 84 Lumber has to say on Bluesky. Every time.
Screenshot of Baseball America pfp (a red circle with “BA” inscribed), which looks an awful lot like the 84 Lumber logo (a red circle with an “84” inscribed). Screenshot of 84 Lumber logo - a white “84” inside a red circle.
April 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Finished my latest blanket project/birthday present. It came out really nice and my hands hurt.
A photo of a crocheted granny square blanket laid out on a recliner. The blanket is a mosaic of red white and green granny squares in an alternating pattern that is 7 squares wide and 9 squares long. It is joined between squares in a join-as-you-go pattern in white yarn. The blanket also has a stacked, single-crocheted border around the edge in red and green. A photo of a crocheted granny square blanket laid out on a recliner. The blanket is a mosaic of red white and green granny squares in an alternating pattern that is 7 squares wide and 9 squares long. It is joined between squares in a join-as-you-go pattern in white yarn. The blanket also has a stacked, single-crocheted border around the edge in red and green.
April 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Sneak peek of my next blanket. I should finish it tomorrow (providing that I can locate another ball of yarn).
Crocheted blanket made of red, white and green granny squares. The squares each have alternating patterns and are all joined together with a join as you go pattern in white yarn. This photo is a closeup with nothing other than blanket showing. The blanket is 7 squares wide and in this picture it is only 5 squares long. It will eventually be 9 squares long. Crocheted blanket made of red, white and green granny squares. The squares each have alternating patterns and are all joined together with a join as you go pattern in white yarn. This photo shows the blanket laid out on a king size bed. The blanket is 7 squares wide and in this picture it is only 5 squares long. It will eventually be 9 squares long.
April 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Ugh. Just realized I didn’t include alt text. Apologies.
A picture of a crocheted blanket on a recliner. The blanket is mostly dark green but has alternating stripes of a multi-colored blue and white interspersed with the green. It also has a single-crocheted edge made with the same white yarn in the stripes around the perimeter of the blanket. There are only three stripes visible in this photo. A picture of a crocheted blanket laid out on a bed. The blanket is mostly dark green but has alternating stripes of a multi-colored blue and white interspersed with the green. It also has a single-crocheted edge made with the same white yarn in the stripes around the perimeter of the blanket. This photo shows the whole blanket with the four stripes.
April 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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I crocheted this blanket for my adult kid. Second blanket I’ve done this year and starting on my third for my step kid. I started crocheting in January. Haven’t quite got around to 3D crocheting yet, but I’m feeling pretty good about the 2D blanket space.
April 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Making squares for my next blanket project. Need to make another 25 or so.
April 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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I get asked by just about everybody what kind of dog she is. I’ve just started telling them “a good one!”
My little dog Bonnie laying on the brick hearth of my fireplace. She is kind of blonde with black markings on her face and some gray around her muzzle. No idea what breed she is - maybe Pekingese or a bit of papillon?
March 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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My little guinea pig, Schnitzel.
A photo of my guinea pig, Schnitzel on the carpet in front of his evening cage. He is a multi-colored Abyssinian guinea pig that has patches of black, white, and blonde colored hair. He has lots of cowlicks and his hair sticks up in lots of places. In the photo he is looking at the camera and has a pink nose, pink paws, pink ears and black eyes.
March 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Maybe about 60% complete on my second blanket of 2025? Been working on this one since last week.

Need to finish this one and start and finish another before early May.
Photo of a partially completed crocheted afghan sitting on a recliner. The afghan is alternating stripes of dark green with two mottled white/green stripes and two multi-colored blue stripes.
March 18, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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Shep looks a lot like my old dog Annie. She is dearly missed. The kindest little dog you’ve ever met with the loudest bark from any smaller dog that I’ve ever heard. I hope Shep gets to live a long, happy life!
A photo of my good ol’ girl, Annie, a black and white, curly-haired good dog with whom I was lucky enough to share about ten years of my life.
March 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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I completed my first ever crochet project. I felt like I needed something to do to keep occupied and decided to learn to crochet. Giving it to my younger daughter as (late) birthday present. Pretty happy with it considering I’ve never done this before. It’s definitely not as flat as I would like.
Photo of a homemade afghan/blanket that I made. It is mostly gray granny squares but also has some red , blue, and blue/green squares mixed in with a random kind of checkerboard pattern. It also has a light blue edge all around the outside of the blanket. This photo shows the blanket folded in half over the top of a dark blue leather recliner. Photo of a homemade afghan/blanket that I made. It is mostly gray granny squares but also has some red , blue, and blue/green squares mixed in with a random kind of checkerboard pattern. It also has a light blue edge all around the outside of the blanket. This photo shows the blanket spread out over the seating area of a dark blue leather recliner. Photo of a homemade afghan/blanket that I made. It is mostly gray granny squares but also has some red , blue, and blue/green squares mixed in with a random kind of checkerboard pattern. It also has a light blue edge all around the outside of the blanket. This photo shows the blanket spread out over half of a king size bed.
March 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Rest in Peace, Little Rabbit. Gonna miss you little friend.
February 8, 2025 at 5:46 AM