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Scott Zastrow
@szstrw.bsky.social
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Living in WI with my wife and our dogs Hobbes and Opus.
Hobbies: cycling, watching pro cycling, playing and listening to music.
(he/him)
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Kerri got a nice shot of Hobbes inhaling the first snow of the year the other day.

This will also be me in about 9 hours after I put our turkey in the oven for our late Thanksgiving.
Hobbes, a black lab, sits on grass in front of a short retaining wall as light snow falls around and on him. He has his head pushed forward in super smell mode and his eyes are closed. There are some large white snowflakes on his head and body as well as on the grass around him
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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He likes to zoom
Close up of Opus’s (a black lab) face showing his wide eyed enthusiasm for zooming
November 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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SNOW!
Opus, a black lab, in the beginning stages of a zommies episode. He is on the side of a snowy trail wearing a blaze orange vest and his front legs are off the ground as he’s starting to sprint forward without a plan. His eyes are very wide indicating incoming chaos
November 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Good idea
A black lab named Hobbes laying on a goldish colored chair with dark paisley stitching. He has wormed his way behind the tan protective chair cover so just his rump and two legs are visible against the right armrest. The rest of Hobbes is sleeping in the chair cover tent
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Back at it
Pic taken looking down while trying to cook at the stove. Opus, a black lab, has laid in front of the stove with his back along it forcing me to cook from the side. My blue and yellow flannel and blue pants are visible and opus is laying his head on my foot
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Not a bad sunset/sunrise combo from last night/this morning.
Sunset. The setting sun is at or approaching the horizon and a thick bank of clouds is softly illuminated. The cloud bank has some smaller puffy clouds that are catching most of the light leaving them a whiteish orange. The shaded outline of bare trees and pine trees run along the bottom of the pic Early morning sunris. The sky is mostly clear with a small section of clouds in the middle of the photo along with the shaded outline of pine and leafless trees
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Walking our pumpkins
Two black labs on a frosty grass trail wearing blaze orange vests. Opus (center bottom of pic) is looking left towards Hobbes who is walking along the tall weeds bordering the trail
November 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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[Dog show announcer voice]

The Labrador Retriever is actually a product of Newfoudland, not Labrador. Labrador Retrievers are friendly, outgoing companions who like to eat deer poop and mostly ignore you while you try to take their picture.
Opus, a black lab, sits on a grass trail facing the early morning sunrise wearing a red collar. He's casting a long shadow behind him and there are tall browned out weeds and bare trees in the background. The sky is clear.
November 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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lmao
The numbers don't lie ... or do they? Still, when the YouTube livestream sat at roughly 17,000 views six hours after the race, 28,000 some 12 hours after that, and stayed that way after 24 hours, it became clear the broadcast hadn’t landed as hoped. And that’s when everything changed. Within four hours (roughly 29 hours after the event), the viewership numbers on the MyWhoosh YouTube channel for the event livestream video spiked to 264,000, then up to 460,000 the next hour, and over 500,000 in the next – eventually stalling at around 524,000 after 35 hours. They remained at this mark for two days without increasing much, and now sit at 529,000 at the time of publication.
November 21, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Number 11
Hobbes, a black lab, lays on his back on a goldish yellow chair with dark paisley stiching. The chair has a tan colored protective cover that pulled off a portion of the chair on the left side of the pic. Hobbes is laying with his right rear leg resting on the chair's right armrest and the bottom half of his left rear leg and tail are hanging off the front of the chair. His back is wedged along the joint of the seat and back of the chair and his neck is bent and his head is resting against the front of the left arm rest. He's asleep so this must be comfortable.
November 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Making meatballs at 6am as one does.
A bunch of small meatballs on tinfoil waiting to be cooked
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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I just dropped a peanut on the floor that Opus scarfed up. When his supply was cut off he lay down and went into pout mode.
Opus, a black lab, lays on a wood floor in front of a kitchen counter looking sad despite just having had breakfast and a bonus peanut.
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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It's always funny to me when I grab a pic of Hobbes where he looks ready for action and adventure because 99% of the time he wants nothing to do with it.
Hobbes, a black lab, lays on an asphalt driveway in front of a garage. The pic is taken from in front of Hobbes and his front legs are stretched out in front of him and his head is raised up and he's looking past the camera to his right with a serious look on his face. His chest and face show many distinguished grey hairs. He's basking in the sunlight and casting a shadow to his left. Hobbes, a black lab, lays on a brown loveseat. His head is on the loveseat's right armrest using it as a pillow and his back rests along the back of the loveseat with his front paws resting on an ottoman just in front of the loveseat and his back legs are lazily stretched out behind him. He looks like he melted into the couch.
November 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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We had a number of pics with coyotes on them (thankfully the wolves haven't made an appearance yet) and one with a group of turkeys ambling by.
A group of 10 turkeys walk through a brush cut field under cloudy morning skys. The background has a line of mostly bare hardwood trees and a few pine trees. night pic of two coyotes in a brush cut field
November 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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I finally put some fresh batteries in our trail cams and ended up catching a deer fight by our apple trees.
Two does stand on their hind legs striking at each other with their front legs. The sky is grey and the apple trees are mostly bare of apples and leaves. Behind the deer are tall browned out weeds and a line of bare trees. Two does stand on their hind legs striking at each other with their front legs. The sky is grey and the apple trees are mostly bare of apples and leaves. Behind the deer are tall browned out weeds and a line of bare trees. Two does stand on their hind legs striking at each other with their front legs. The sky is grey and the apple trees are mostly bare of apples and leaves. Behind the deer are tall browned out weeds and a line of bare trees. One doe is still on her hind legs and the other is starting to retreat. The sky is grey and the apple trees are mostly bare of apples and leaves. Behind the deer are tall browned out weeds and a line of bare trees.
November 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Pete, if you're ever in NE WI we're playing jarts
Jarts or lawn darts in a clear container. It’s a hodgepodge of mixed sets in blue, green yellow and red with the yellow circular targets
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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The northern lights were a bit too north to get a good show tonight.
night sky. left side of pic blacked out from roof. Top of pic lots of stars in clear sky, middle of pic has a line of bare trees and towards the bottom the greenish aurora is visible a line of bare trees lines the bottom of the pic and a greenish aurora is visible. above the trees there are lots of stars in a clear night sky
November 13, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Opus: It all started long ago.

Me: Aw not this shit again..

Opus: The year was 2024 and...

Me: And I didn't let you eat deer poop

Opus: you didn't let me eat deer poop.
A black lab stands on a grassy trail with his orange and blue ball just in front of his right front leg and he's looking straight ahead. Opus is centered on the left side of the pic and only his front half is pictured and my left leg with faded carharts and a black boot is visible
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Opus: Arm, you gonna throw the ball er...?

Me: I'm trying to take your picture.

Opus: What you're taking is a long ass time to throw my ball.

Me: Why are you like this?
A black lab stands on a grassy trail with his orange and blue ball just in front of his right front leg and he's looking up at me as I take his picture. Opus is centered on the left side of the pic and only his front half is pictured and my left leg with faded carharts and a black boot is visible
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Me: "Hobbes"
Hobbes: *finally looks*

Me: "hi"
Hobbes: *contemplates murder*
A black lab standing on the side of a grassy trail in the shade next too some tall browned out weeds and some brush in the center right of the pic. There are a few brown leaves scattered around and there is sun shining on the trail towards upper right side of the pic. Hobbes is now standing sideways looking towards me with a very grumpy and judgmental look on his face.
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Me: "Hobbes"
Hobbes: *ignores*
A black lab standing on the side of a grassy trail in the shade next too some tall browned out weeds and some brush in the center right of the pic. There are a few brown leaves scattered around and there is sun shining on the trail towards upper right side of the pic. Hobbes is facing away from the camera and his head is now in the grass smelling something like I don't even exist.
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Me: "Hobbes"
Hobbes *ignores*
A black lab standing on the side of a grassy trail in the shade next too some tall browned out weeds and some brush in the center right of the pic. There are a few brown leaves scattered around and there is sun shining on the trail towards upper right side of the pic. Hobbes is facing away from the camera and looking straight ahead now.
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Me: "Hobbes"
Hobbes: *ignores*
A black lab standing on the side of a grassy trail in the shade next too some tall browned out weeds and some brush in the center right of the pic. There are a few brown leaves scattered around and there is sun shining on the trail towards upper right side of the pic. Hobbes is facing away from the camera and looking left.
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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When I hit em with the chorus anyway.
Opus, a black lab, sitting on a damp grass trail. The sun is just coming over the trees behind us so the trail and Opus's rump and legs are shadowed but his upper body and head are in the sunlight and his coat is very shiny. The tall weeds behind him just off the trail are browned out and the trees in the distant background are mostly bare except for a few brown leaves and are fully lit by the early sunlight.
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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The look that tells me to stop singing.
Opus, a black lab, standing on a damp trail looking up at me with kind of a “dude just stop” look on his face. The sun is at his back and his coat looks extra shiny
November 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM