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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

If you ever wondered what happened to Spanky and Our Gang—they grew up to be Republicans.

Boys club house from 1930’s show, Spanky and Our Gang. Sign says, “He Man Women Haters Club, No Girlz Allowed.”

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

@bsky.app Appalachian spring breakfast: wild ramps and eggs.

Wild ramps with green leaves and reddish stems.

Toast, bacon and yellow scrambled eggs with green sautéed ramps.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Just a random picture I took of leek flowers in my garden. The reason I am posting is to thank all those who post nature, landscape, animal, bird and food pictures. I certainly appreciate them in these dark days, and I am sure others do as well.

Three purple leek flowers clusters with a dark background.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

I haven‘t posted in months, like a lot of us, I am overwhelmed by the insanity, which seems to get worse every day. But it is a beautiful fall day and my Thai chili peppers did their best to restore my optimism.

Bright red and green Thai chili’s peppers with an out of focus green background.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Just a little cosplay. Ordered the costume online.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Two elderly Biden clones visit Mar a Lago.

Two terminators in a golf cart chasing Trump at Mar a Lago.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Yep, from now on my initials are N-P-K.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

My second, and hopefully last, political post.

Stick figure prodding the Democratic Party to do something.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Unusual winter combining frigid temps and lots of snow. That one icicle is 5’ long. Time exposure lit by our neighbor’s lights.

Large atrium window with huge icicles, snow in background.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Inauguration Day schedule: TV off, radio off, news feeds off, and baking Swedish rye bread from a recipe I got from my Swedish grandmother. #homecooking

Home made Swedish rye bread loaf, with two slices to show the grain and the fennel and caraway seeds and orange peel ingredients.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

First real winter in years. We have had about 18” of powder show in the last week.

Icicles from our kitchen window with a white snow bank behind.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Our local, family-owned diner attracts a diverse clientele. #birds

Two black bird feeders covered with snow with four different birds feeding: a Tufted Titmouse, a Mourning Dove, a red male Cardinal and a Song Sparrow.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Big squall line came through today and killed the electricity. Thunderstorms on New Year’s Eve? But we have a gas range so I could make my New Year’s red beans and rice. Picture and dinner by candlelight. Romantic if we were not in our 70’s, lol.

Two bowl’s of red beans and rice under candlelight. New Year’s Eve dinner with no electricity.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Good luck, we had a tiny female cat that looked just like yours. The only cat that ever bonded with me. I miss her.

Small black and white cat with white chest and paws.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

You can tell times are tough when even a red bellied woodpecker visits our food bank. #naturephotography #birds

Red bellied woodpecker braced upside down at our bird feeder. Orange-red stripe on back of head.

Back view of orange-red head on red bellied woodpecker

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I always enjoy the first snow of the year. The rest, not so much. It must be a drag to be a school kid these days. No more snow days.They are now “non-traditional learning days,” where they are expected to go online and get assignments from their teacher. A remnant of the covid years.

Black and white picture of our snow covered deck with a forest in the background. Two snow covered bird feeders with a tiny Carolina Chickadee having breakfast.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Sunset over Pamlico Sound, Outer Banks, NC.

Sunset with orange, yellow horizontal layers above and below the Pamlico Sound with bluish/gray clouds above.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

I have taken pictures of this tiny oak since it sprouted from a squirrel-planted acorn 3 years ago. It is particularly beautiful in the spring and fall.

Very red oak leaves from a seedling, with out-of-focus greenery in the background.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

Grilled wild venison backstrap.

Venison backstrap grilled medium rare, pink to red on the inside and brown with grill marks on the outside.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

One of the joys of being retired is that you can have brunch any day of the week. Today I made fresh corn tortillas for huevos rancheros. The smell of corn tortillas cooking on a cast iron griddle is wonderful! #homecooking

Circular brown bowl filled with fresh yellow corn tortillas, with perfect brownish spots where they puffed up when cooking.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Pickling the last peppers of the year. Mainly Jalapeños, Fresnos and a few Serranos. 🌱

A mixture of green and red sliced chili peppers for pickling.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Well, I planted 25 fall crocus bulbs this year. The squirrels got about half of them and the rest were hampered by our drought, but we had about a dozen flowers. This is my saffron harvest. I figure in five or so years I should have enough for a serving of saffron rice. 😉🌱

Small glass jar with a few dozen strands of saffron. The ones I just harvested are deep red and the older ones are a much darker red.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

If you keep your eyes open, there is beauty in your own backyard. 🌱#naturephotography

Fall colored leaves (red and yellow) with a moss covered rock in the background.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

He wants a new toy to play with and then break.

Charlie Chaplin from The Great Dictator. Playing with a balloon that looks like the Earth.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

I planted fall-blooming crocus for the first time. Those are three strands of saffron. Now I see why it is so expensive.

Bloom from a fall crocus. Purple petals, vivid yellow pollen-covered anthers in the center and three bright red stigmas. They are strands of saffron.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

Near the end of outdoor growing season: maple leaves are falling, the ghost peppers are finally ripe and the jalapeños have all turned red. I see hot sauce in my future. 🌱 #homecooking

Three hot chili peppers, red, orange and dark red, set on a fall-colored maple leaf.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 09/10/2024

You would be angry too if it was snowing AND you were having a bad hair day. #birds

Red male Cardinal in the snow with a roughed up look.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 09/10/2024

You lookin’ at me? You looking at ME?? #birds

Chipping Sparrow looking directly at the camera.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 05/10/2024

Chillin’ with my favorite grand dog.

White Maltese cross breed with black eyes and open smiling mouth.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

Huevos Rancheros with roast Hatch peppers. 🌱 #homecooking

Two fried eggs on two corn tortillas with strips of green roast Hatch peppers, hot sauce and cilantro.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 22/09/2024

Peppers I grew this year ranging from super hot to mild.

Arrangement of 10 home grown chili peppers with yellow fall foliage in the background. The peppers are red, yellow, orange and green.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

I grew lots of different peppers this year and had bumper crops. I have been busy trying to use them all, so when my son showed up with a bag of Thai chilis he grew (like father, like son) I wasn’t thrilled. But, I made sweet Thai chili sauce and it is great! 🌱 #homecooking

Chopped tiny red Thai chili peppers in a sweet sauce with ginger and garlic.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

Made hot sauce today with my remaining Red Caribbean Habaneros. 🌱

Nine vivid red plump hot peppers with green stems.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

I got a some ‘mystery’ seeds this year. It has been fun to identify them. The yellow pepper is a Fatalli (hot!), the red is a 7 pot chili at over a million scoville units. So named because 1 pepper will spice 7 pots of chili. I blend it with other chilis. It is way too hot otherwise. #garden

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

I have many favorites, but the Carolina Chickadee is around all year and I never tire of watching them. #birds #naturephotography

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 30/08/2024

Three pics I took last night in low light show the amazing iridescence of a Ruby-Throated hummingbird. His neck looked red to my eye but the camera showed it can vary from black to orange depending on the angle of light. There is no color processing, only noise reduction. #naturephotography #birds

As the angle of light changes the throat starts to turn orange.

And here is is completely iridescent orange.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 29/08/2024

One of the mainstays in our house when it is fresh in our garden. Of course my wife is Italian, so that helps.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

My chipotle powder came out better than expected. Light but pleasant smoke and pretty decent lingering mouth heat. Mainly jalapeños, a few Fresnos and one serrano. 🌱#homecooking

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

When you are retired and have a garden, every day can be a new adventure. 🌱

Ingredients for salsa, bright red tomatoes, green limes and chopped pepper, two onions, garlic and yellow-orange scotch bonnet peppers.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 26/08/2024

Smoked some jalapeños and a few other hotter peppers today. I have them in the dehydrator now. Should have a nice batch of chipotle peppers soon. 🌱 #homecooking

Assorted smoked chili peppers from my garden. They range from dark to bright red and muted greens.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 24/08/2024

Bumper crop of jalapeños this year. Time to smoke and dry some so I’ll have chipotle peppers this winter. 🌱

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 21/08/2024

My most photogenic plant in my garden. Three types of habanero, the Red Caribbean being my favorite for salsa. 🌱

Three types of habanero, ranging in color from dark purple to red to orange with a lush green background.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

Immature Downey woodpecker freeloading at our thistle feeder. This new generation of woodpeckers doesn’t have the work ethic of the last. 😉 #naturephotography

Small immature black and white woodpecker feeding at a bird feeder.

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Tim Phipps @ducs2r.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

It’s always cool when your garden comes up with something unexpected. The San Marzano style tomatoes were expected. The Aji Amarillo peppers were not and were part of a ‘mystery’ pepper seed packet. Looks like Peruvian chicken with green sauce is on the menu. 🌱

Bright red oval tomatoes with a yellow Peruvian hot pepper on top.

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