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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Made my own Tabasco for someone whose nickname is Rabbit. Four bottles from one plant. Bit more vibrant in color than the real stuff. I’m calling it a win!

Two chilli pepper bottles side by side on a table. Left hand one has a black label with the word Rabasco. Right hand one is a regular bottle of Tabasco from the store.

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

This guy has been hanging around the neighborhood.

Young male deer with antlers standing in a grass yard.

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

Village Coffee, with a definite Portland OR vibe. “No money left on premesis” 🫢 #coffee

Red glass door open with orange wall behind it covered with framed art. Coffee station against the wall.

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

This is the Tabasco pepper plant I’m growing on my front porch. It’s exceeded my wildest dreams.

A single large pepper plant with 100’s of peppers in various stages of color, from yellow to orange to red.

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026

Tomorrow will be the one year anniversary of losing Miss Jennie Marie. She was with us for over 20 years and we still think about her every day. Always in our hearts 💕 #Cats

A mostly white cat sitting on a pad on a table outside, with the sun making her glow on one side.

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026

Just finishing reading this sublime book by Chloe Dalton. There were passages that stopped me in my tracks—so evocative! Highly recommend. Did you know the word for a baby hare is “leveret”?

Photo of a book “Raising Hare” by Chloe Dalton. Pale cream background with a drawing of an adult hare.

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

What’s for dinner—Pesto to put on pasta, made with homegrown garlic and basil, with a homegrown sliced tomato. #gardening

Slices of a beefsteak style tomato on a clear glass plate

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

Today’s haul! Swiss chard (silver beet to you NZers), broccolini, broccoli, cherry tomatoes, shishito peppers, okra, cukes, and a couple of green beans.

Veggies laid out on a wooden table. The stems of the chard are red, yellow, and pale cream. A sage plant in a pot at the top right of the photo.

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026

Well aren’t these milkweed tussock moth larvae just wonderful!

A swarm of black and orange moth larvae congregating at the top of a small and rather defoliated milkweed.

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2026

New baby in the ‘hood—born yesterday.

Small spotted fawn is standing upright, trying to keep up with its mother in a grassy area with trees.

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

There is a giant Catalpa speciosa tree on my walk into work. It makes thousands of large, beautiful flowers and I love it. #trees

Mostly white flowers and large green leaves with sky and clouds in the background.

Lawn under the tree covered by fallen corollas.

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026

Waiting, waiting for the nighttime temps to be above 50! 6 kinds of tomatoes from seed, jalapeño, shisito, 2 kinds of cukes from seed, plus eggplant, basil and okra, all from seed.

Veggie plants in pots inside trays for easy bottom watering on a porch.

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2026

Scared up some sting rays and watched ospreys feeding chicks today. Pretty glorious day in Apalachicola Bay, just off St. George Island in the panhandle of Florida.

Front of a teal colored kayak on the water, which is glistening in the sunlight. Sandy beach with pine trees (and osprey nests) on the left. Blue sky.

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2026

Went fishing today off the coast of Kaikoura. Sea perch, blue cod, with mollymocks and albatross in attendance. Swells were huge, so I ended up feeding the fish 🤢. Kaikoura peninsula in the foreground, seaward Kaikouras in the back. My thumb at the top!

View from the rear of a fishing boat of ocean, the Kaikoura peninsula cliffs, and the Seaward Kaikouras in the back. Blue sky.

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/02/2026

@joncounts I was there about 2 hours, up a ‘secret’ track and the bellbird songs and sound of flying wood pigeons kept me entertained.

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/02/2026

@joncounts And Blue Duck Scenic Reserve north of Kaikoura. Protected since ~1920, with emergent matai, miro, kahikatea, rimu, and totara. I asked my friend how many bellbirds he thought the reserve had and he said “4 million, plus or minus 2 million.” All […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026

Southern Crested Grebes nesting in large numbers at Lake Alexandrina, a wildlife preserve (Mackenzie District, South Island, #NewZealand). These birds spend their whole lives on the water—they are not good at walking—so the nests are effectively at the very […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

SC Grebe in the water, showing off its slender neck and crest.

Parent in the water just got off the nest as the other settles in for a spell. The white eggs are visible.

Lovely white-feathered breast on SC Grebe on its nest.

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/10/2025

Planted the seeds for these super late, so I’m taking it as a win that I got these little beauties. #Gardening

A scattering of about 30 carrots on a white kitchen counter, including 20 or so that are a nice size.

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2025

Cape Hedo, northern most part of Okinawa,covered in Scaevola taccada (beach naupaka). The whole top 1/4 of the island is sparsely populated and beautiful.

A small mountain in the background of a volcanic landscape covered in a large-leaved, short plant.

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2025

Part of the Tokaido road. The cedar trees were planted in 1614 to provide shade for travelers. #Japan

A gravel trail with 400+ year-old cedar trees on either side.

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2025

I’m in the land of pickles, and loving it! #japan

Five gorgeous wooden containers holding various breakfast pickles.

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025

First time I’ve seen this type of caterpillar. Anyone know what this is? Seen in Bloomington, IN hanging out on this fallen leaf.

Creamy white caterpillar with extremely long hairs extending out from all over its body. Two black spots at one end.

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2025

@joncounts I love kowhai so much that my friends got together and bought me this print when I finished my PhD at Canterbury. I still love it. I haven’t been in NZ at the right time of year to see them in flower since 2019. #NewZealand

Framed print of a branch of a plant with compound leaves and tubular yellow flowers with bulbous green calyces.

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2025

Once again I planted perhaps too many cucumbers. Time for more pickles.

13 good-sized cucumbers on the kitchen counter

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2025

Today, international cat day, I am in mourning for Jennie Marie. We had to say goodbye yesterday and it is hard to breathe. She brought us joy and taught us so much about love and being present in the moment. She fell asleep in my hand when I picked her up at […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Front facing cat, with white fluff and a touch of grey by one eye. Her forehead and ears are in the light and front paws are in shadow.

The most beautiful mostly white cat ever, with the sun glowing through one ear and highlighting her neck.

A cat in bed on its back, with one foot curled and lots of belly fluff showing.

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Lynda Delph @lyndadelph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2023

Walkway along the top of the #Kaikoura peninsula, one of my happy places #NewZealand

Walking track with the ocean and mountains in view

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