DakkyK🌻
@dakkykis.bsky.social
Past: opera singer. Present: translator, animal rescuer/photographer, childless cat/dog lady with Italian husband/chef. Tomorrow? Former Yinzer, now in the land of pasta and vino. New mantra: self-care, self-confidence, self-preservation. 🚫DMs
#dogsofbluesky Lulu lost her tag, so we got a new one. She's thinking, "This...? Really??" A bit flashy, but... legible! #lulufashionista
August 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
#dogsofbluesky Lulu lost her tag, so we got a new one. She's thinking, "This...? Really??" A bit flashy, but... legible! #lulufashionista
With these trying times and dismal days, this mug with a not-so-secret message seems to be cheering me up. #IFKYK #crazytimes
August 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
With these trying times and dismal days, this mug with a not-so-secret message seems to be cheering me up. #IFKYK #crazytimes
May 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
That's me in the late 1950s with my aunt's cat Alvin. 65 years later, I'm still an animal rescuer/photographer at a local shelter (and I still have that expression) 😆
May 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
That's me in the late 1950s with my aunt's cat Alvin. 65 years later, I'm still an animal rescuer/photographer at a local shelter (and I still have that expression) 😆
Easter cookies. Guess with those colors, there's a 70s psychedelic flower-child vibe. #eastercookies
April 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Easter cookies. Guess with those colors, there's a 70s psychedelic flower-child vibe. #eastercookies
Happy Easter to all. Here are my beautiful pysanka from Ukraine. Didn't have time to make Paska and I can't find kielbasa in Italy. So it was an Italian Easter dinner. May this Easter finally lead to peace. #easterpysanka #slavaukraini #peace
April 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Happy Easter to all. Here are my beautiful pysanka from Ukraine. Didn't have time to make Paska and I can't find kielbasa in Italy. So it was an Italian Easter dinner. May this Easter finally lead to peace. #easterpysanka #slavaukraini #peace
March 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
#Caturday When you're peacefully taking a nap and get a feeling that you're being watched. 👀 #catsofbluesky
March 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#Caturday When you're peacefully taking a nap and get a feeling that you're being watched. 👀 #catsofbluesky
Here's a pussycat from the shelter for #Caturday Fortunately, he's settled in perfectly with his new family!!! #adoptdontshop #catsofbluesky
March 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Here's a pussycat from the shelter for #Caturday Fortunately, he's settled in perfectly with his new family!!! #adoptdontshop #catsofbluesky
My "trainer" Lulu has decided I should stop exercising. That stare... 👀😅 #dogsofbluesky #adoptashelterdog #lulufashionista
February 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
My "trainer" Lulu has decided I should stop exercising. That stare... 👀😅 #dogsofbluesky #adoptashelterdog #lulufashionista
#shelterdogs I had never seen a dog with such distinctive markings! I was told she's a "Pastore della Lessinia e Lagorai (an Italian Lessinia shepherd). Stunning! #dogsofbluesky #adoptashelterdog
February 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
#shelterdogs I had never seen a dog with such distinctive markings! I was told she's a "Pastore della Lessinia e Lagorai (an Italian Lessinia shepherd). Stunning! #dogsofbluesky #adoptashelterdog
Google Maps in Italy has only half lost its mind, placing Gulf of America in parentesi.
February 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Google Maps in Italy has only half lost its mind, placing Gulf of America in parentesi.
#shelterdogs Our shelter has had several rotties in past years. Unfortunately, people don't learn about a breed's characteristics /temperament before adoption. When the dog becomes "too hard to handle", they're dumped. This cute pup, not even 1 yrs old, is waiting for a new family. #adoptdontshop
February 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
#shelterdogs Our shelter has had several rotties in past years. Unfortunately, people don't learn about a breed's characteristics /temperament before adoption. When the dog becomes "too hard to handle", they're dumped. This cute pup, not even 1 yrs old, is waiting for a new family. #adoptdontshop
Love the afternoon boops!!! Gosh, your black-and-white pup with those markings reminds me so much of our Lucy Pandina from many years ago! Lulu, on the other hand, our current pupper, is much more serious. #dogsofbluesky
February 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Love the afternoon boops!!! Gosh, your black-and-white pup with those markings reminds me so much of our Lucy Pandina from many years ago! Lulu, on the other hand, our current pupper, is much more serious. #dogsofbluesky
Weekend shelter pet! Hunting dogs are often abandoned if they're not "good" at their jobs. They're sensitive, become very attached to their "person", and make wonderful family pets. Please consider adopting a pet from a shelter. #adoptdontshop #dogsofbluesky #adoptashelterdog ❤️
January 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Weekend shelter pet! Hunting dogs are often abandoned if they're not "good" at their jobs. They're sensitive, become very attached to their "person", and make wonderful family pets. Please consider adopting a pet from a shelter. #adoptdontshop #dogsofbluesky #adoptashelterdog ❤️
Gorgeous! Beautiful, shiny coat!!! Pickles looks so much like my Benny, who - despite CH and epilepsy - was with us for 18.5 years!!!
January 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Gorgeous! Beautiful, shiny coat!!! Pickles looks so much like my Benny, who - despite CH and epilepsy - was with us for 18.5 years!!!
All these pups, who arrived in mid-December 2024, finally found homes! (The last of the eight was adopted this past week). 🥰
January 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
All these pups, who arrived in mid-December 2024, finally found homes! (The last of the eight was adopted this past week). 🥰
Shelter Sunday pic! Italian shelters are full of pitbulls, Amstaffs, cane corso and Maremmano sheepdogs these days because they're "in", but people don't know how to manage the breeds. Cuore, here is one lucky pup: he was adopted around two weeks ago! #adoptdontshop #adoptashelterdog
January 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Shelter Sunday pic! Italian shelters are full of pitbulls, Amstaffs, cane corso and Maremmano sheepdogs these days because they're "in", but people don't know how to manage the breeds. Cuore, here is one lucky pup: he was adopted around two weeks ago! #adoptdontshop #adoptashelterdog
Shelter post! A holiday pic. Stopped the little dude right in his tracks. His eyes say it all. Don't worry: he didn't eat the fake berries. #adoptdontshop #xmasgreetings #shelterdogs
December 18, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Shelter post! A holiday pic. Stopped the little dude right in his tracks. His eyes say it all. Don't worry: he didn't eat the fake berries. #adoptdontshop #xmasgreetings #shelterdogs
Dog Shelter Sunday. Magic, an English Setter, never stood still, so I had to capture him "on the run". Happily, he's been adopted. #adoptdontshop
December 8, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Dog Shelter Sunday. Magic, an English Setter, never stood still, so I had to capture him "on the run". Happily, he's been adopted. #adoptdontshop
Your pup is so cute! Here, instead of a cat on a hot tin roof, we've got a dog on a cool, wooden roof of the mini-hothouse on the hill. 😂 (the back of the roof is level with the little hill. It's her look-out post).
December 3, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Your pup is so cute! Here, instead of a cat on a hot tin roof, we've got a dog on a cool, wooden roof of the mini-hothouse on the hill. 😂 (the back of the roof is level with the little hill. It's her look-out post).
Made these pies (pumpkin + apple/cranberry) for an "early" Thanksgiving last Sunday with friends.
November 28, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Made these pies (pumpkin + apple/cranberry) for an "early" Thanksgiving last Sunday with friends.
My weekly post from the shelter. This is Axel who has already found his forever home! So gorgeous...and look at those eyes! 😍 #adoptashelterpup #adottaredalcanile
November 26, 2024 at 9:21 PM
My weekly post from the shelter. This is Axel who has already found his forever home! So gorgeous...and look at those eyes! 😍 #adoptashelterpup #adottaredalcanile
Will these furballs even out the count a bit? (shelter pups, all thankfully adopted!) #dogsofbluesky
November 21, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Will these furballs even out the count a bit? (shelter pups, all thankfully adopted!) #dogsofbluesky
I'm told I still give people that look...and I still love cats (and dogs). 😂
November 21, 2024 at 12:00 AM
I'm told I still give people that look...and I still love cats (and dogs). 😂