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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Slush & ice plates this morning. Lots of fun pushing the plates around. Not so great for actual swimming though! Cold water swimming and Winter swimming what an adventure!

Neoprene-clad figure floating among frozen sea water

Smiling neoprene-clad person in slushy & frozen sea water

Neoprene-clad person making an exaggerated expression of shock. They are holding a thermometer that reads 28.4 which is the temperature of the water.

Person clad in colorful wool hat and poncho smiling with path through frozen sea water over their shoulder.

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Mister Stubbs! Too unafraid for his own good, though. Shooo, Mister Stubbs, shoo!

A young buck stands in greenery beside the road. He has the beginnings of antlers just starting to emerge, the right side antler is shorter than the left. Behind him is a stone wall, tree trunks, and bright green foliage.

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Afternoon frolic + treasure collected by my soft-mouthed doggie.

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Wet & windy all day — perfect day for a sourdough bake. I will never tire of the aroma. #bakesky

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

And now that #Duolingo is so buggy that I can’t complete lessons to advance I don’t know how many more days I’ll last on the app.

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Happy vernal equinox! Fantastic & playful first swim of spring. Sea-star sisters celebrate birthdays 🎉

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Kyre Adept, PhD @drkyre.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Wow, it's the Equinox... that snuck up on us!

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Last day of winter and a fabulous water day: long sparkle swim in morning followed by 1st outdoor shower of the season. Then put winter swimming to bed with a sunset dip. Tomorrow—vernal equinox & hellooooo spring swimming! 💚💚

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Absolutely *dreamy* swim this morning. 55 minutes of green-blue therapy in clear & glassy water. #oceanswimming #coldwaterswimming #morningswim #dailyswim

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I have never seen a pussywillow scene like this

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Kyre Adept, PhD @drkyre.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Now here is something we truly need:

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Rainbow sparkle swim this morning! Never seen this before! 🌈✨🌊❄️🏊‍♀️ #winterswimming #dailyswim #baystateofmind

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Kyre Adept, PhD @drkyre.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Even better (courtesy of the lovely Sandra Boynton):

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

When it’s too rough to swim at the beach we head to our scenic & sheltered harbor. Beautiful windless conditions, mild air temp, water 39 — great 1st swim of meteorological spring. 30-40 minutes! #coldwaterswimming

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

My treasured early & gigantic pussywillows. Grown from cuttings from a friend. They are a gorgeous silver and arrive in February when it’s still solidly winter.

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

On hunch that my beloved sourdough starter had lost its mojo, I pulled wet backup starter from fridge & dry backup from pantry and put all 3 on strengthening regime. Clearly there’s a winner (dry backup)! Finally seeing some progress. Yay! #sourdough #bakesky

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Absolute heaven today. All glide. No wind. Water 36.3, air about the same. Song sparrows trilling as I changed. #coldwaterswimming #seaswimming #morningswim #dailyswim #littlerhodey

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Noontime swim in much warmer water for a lovely change! Still windy from NW but plenty of warm sun!

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Frickin’ cold swim again this morning — but golly, I do love it! #coldwaterswimming #seaswimming #oceanswimming #newengland #baystate

Low sun making a golden path across calm gray water with rocks in distance.

Placid blue ocean caressing sand. Large rock in water with white and gray clouds radiating outward

Two swimmers in black wetsuits and neon colored tow floats in front of large rock with snow on it. The water is flat and blue-gray.

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Perfect conditions for as long as swim as possible. I did not want to get out. #winterswim #oceanswim #seaswim #newengland #littlerhodey

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Happy Valentine’s Day, beloveds! This morning’s swim was lovely! The wind was a bit of a thing, but rollers were sweet, sky was blue, sun was bright. Water 35.5. Over too quickly but too cold to linger! Jonesin’ for longer swim times! #winterswimming #oceanswimming #newengland #littlerhodey

Low golden sun reflecting off blue sea. Breaking swells with sunlit spindrift.

Same scene with higher sun, bluer water.

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Met one of my dear cousins visiting from Alaska for a winter tromp & got a magical morning skinnydip at an intimate crescent beach just north of Cape Cod. #winterswimming #seaswimming #morningswim #newengland #baystate #baystateofmind

Bare-shouldered white woman wearing hi-viz yellow swim cap doing side stroke in gently rippled water. She is smiling widely.

Snowy beach, flat sparkly water, hazy clouds with bottom half of the sun showing.

White snow on crescent beach with flat blue water

Selfie of two smiling white women, both are wearing maroon puffer jacket and purple hats. They are cousins.

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Glorious winter swim! Clarity of light, air, and water. Snow on dunes. Golden sun & opalescent blue sea. Water temp 35.6. Just heavenly!

Low early morning light on calm sea. Large rock off-shore coated with snow. Gray strip of cloud at horizon fading to blue sky above.

Recently risen golden sun over calm opalescent blue ocean

Selfie of smiling white woman wearing colorful knit shawl. She is standing on a raised deck with snow on deck behind her. Beyond covered deck is blue sea and snow covered rock in the water.

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Proper winter swim today: fresh snow, sweet swells, cold northeast wind blowing off-shore, ca-ca-cold fingers while changing. #winterswimmimg #seaswimmimg #oceanswimming #newengland #littlerhodey

White snow in foreground with green-grey ocean breaking gently on beach. Grey clouds complete the monochromatic winter beach scene

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

I love swimming to the symphony of the ever-shifting morning sky. 🌊🧜‍♀️🏊‍♀️🌅 #morningswim #seaswim #oceanswim #openwaterswim #littlerhodey

Two photos of morning sky at the beach showing changed position of the sun, color shift in sky.

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Couldn’t get out past the breakers today so swam in 16” of “champagne bubbles” #wildswim #oceanswim #dailyswim #sky #sea

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I don’t usually have a lot of discard but the starter I’ve been using for 3 years hasn’t been performing up to snuff. So time to fire up a couple of back-ups from when first made. Yummy discard crackers! Will make pizza dough next. 🥖 #bakesky #sourdough

5 mason jars in variety of sizes with beige goop in them and masking tape labels with black writing.

Light brown rectangular crackers with fork holes on white china plate.

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Hard going in strong wind made for post-swim giddiness.

Three smiling white women in ruffled gray-green water.

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Kyre Adept, PhD @drkyre.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

From the lovely and talented Sandra Boynton:

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Sourdough monkey/pull-apart bread — ended up making a double batch and not a single person complained. #sourdough #bakesky

Large cylindrical loaf of bite sized pieces of bread with a sticky caramelized filling in the interstices on green plate. Red Pomegranate arils sprinkled on top with sprig of leafy rosemary in the center hole.

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Sea swimming in 33.9F / 1C water is dangerous for the unacclimatized & inexperienced. Sending love & resilience to our fellow cold water swimmers in Ireland 🇮🇪💚🤍🧡🌊🏊‍♀️ #AlphabetChallenge#WeekDforDanger #StormEowyn

Golden sunrise with sun reflecting off of icy patches on sand at high tide mark. Wide flat ocean with two figures entering the sea and a third already swimming.

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Seems like maybe we 3 are the last left standing — or swimming as the case may be — on the daily. Lingering illness and slow-healing injuries have culled our ranks this year. Another very cold one but low wind. Thinking of our fellow cold water swimmers on the coast of Ireland today!

Large rock in calm sea. Sky at horizon fades from lavender to pink to yellow to pale blue. Crescent moon visible in top left corner

Orange sun appears half way above the horizon with flat sea and assorted rocks in foreground. Icy patches on sand at high tide line.

Selfie with two white women and one white man, all heavily bundled up, smiling with sea beyond.

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

For me, the colder the water (33.9F (1C) this morning at sunrise) the more serenity I experience. #coldwaterswimming #winterswimming #winterinnewengland #sunriseswim #dailyswim #tranquility

Ocean with large rock, flat water, lavender and pink sky and sea just before sunrise

Golden ocean with large rocks. A row of clouds that look like dorsal fins above cloud bank and sea.

Sunrise with icy beach in foreground, 2 swimmers entering the water, a third, already swimming, is just visible beyond.

Two female swimmers in black wetsuits stand together in calm sea, both with one arm around the other’s waist and one arm raised in a wave. Portion of large rock beyond them.

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Melinda Green @mellymelg.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Swam for 25 minutes and don’t think the firemen doing ice rescue practice on the pond even noticed me. #oceanswimming #coldwaterswimming #littlerhodey #newengland #newenglandwinter