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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 26/09/2026

Gardening is rewarding! We just transplanted the fall crops as the summer ones are dying off

Fall transplants of bok choi and lettuce in rows in the garden.

Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 26/09/2026

It’s #HaikuSaturday time (always better than Howdy Doody time)! The rush of morning slowed by tomato washing to the speed of breath

A sink full of tomatoes from the garden to be washed for processing (just 1/3 of what’s to be washed for the session)

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 23/09/2026

I have TWO books coming out in October! This very cool one, using my university training and the Spousal Unit’s working knowledge as a climatologist, is with MIT Kids Press 😍 Preorder now for your favorite little one at your favorite indie bookstore! #FlashFlood #science ⛈️ #AmWriting #kidlit

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 22/09/2026

I'm excited to share my new website look created by Winding Oak/@vpalmquist.bsky.social - teresarobeson.com

A screenshot of my website landing page at teresarobeson.com

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 22/09/2026

It’s a bumper apple crop year…and I find myself looking up “flyspeck,” as one does. We already made and canned a bunch of apple sauce and then we dehydrated some, too. #selfsufficiency #homegrown 🍎🍏

Apple slices spread out on dehydrator trays.

The spousal unit putting away the apple slices from the dehydrator tray into a freezer bag

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 22/09/2026

I am so very sorry. 😢 Not boops, but sending some snuggles your way...because I lost my mom to a blood cancer and I understand.

Graphite drawing of a cat and dog snuggling

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 19/09/2026

The dashing Mr. West makes an appearance in my biographical graphic novel, WHO SMASHED HOLLYWOOD BARRIERS WITH GUNG FU? BRUCE LEE ( @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social ) 😁

The cover of Who Smashed Hollywood Barriers with Gung Fu? Bruce Lee

Spreads 48-49 of Who Smashed Hollywood Barriers with Gung Fu? showing a fight scene inside the crossover episode with the Batman and Green Hornet television shows.

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 14/09/2026

I stumbled upon a swim goggles graveyard where, I can only presume, the Spousal Unit and Kid2 go to quietly pay their respects every so often 🤔 Seriously, how many pairs do 2 people really need?

A shelf full of swim goggles and only 2 people swim in our house.

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 12/09/2026

Make a band edible: Blondies is too easy...someone else must have thought of that first. Peach Boys? Pies For Fighting? Ooooh, and the Rolling Scones, which I had already sketched up a t-shirt for. 😁 teresarobeson.com/sketches

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 07/09/2026

Good one! open.substack.com/chat/posts/1...

A photo of man-child sitting at the White House desk that says: every time Trump asks a reporter, who are you with? Reporters need to answer, the United States of America. Who are you with, sir?!

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 07/09/2026

Speaking of the Spousal Unit’s good cooking…all the veggies are #homegrown and the bread is #homemade (by me). Deets on the veggies in the alt text.

A meal of tomato, onion, and Canadian bacon sandwich along with grilled beans, fried summer squash plus various peppers, and a corn-tomato-onion salad.

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 07/09/2026

What’s with all the #insects that seem like they want to come in? Are they wanting the Spousal Unit’s good cooking? Surely it can’t be wanting air conditioning. #cicada

A view of a dog day cicada from an hour kitchen. It clings to our sliding door screen looking like it wants to come in

The same dog day cicada from the outside where you can see the patterns clearly marked on its back

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 06/09/2026

Look who was knocking on the door…these spybots are looking more and more lifelike 😄 #PrayingMantis 🦗

A praying mantis was tapping on our front door window. Unfortunately, it looks to be a non-native species.

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 04/09/2026

Interestingly, Vancouverites (or at least me) sound like Marylanders 🤔

The “Your Dialect Map” for my after filling out a quiz at https://mydialect.us/quiz-standard.html It says my dialect most like someone from Maryland at 56% match. My responses are most similar to people from Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York City. And it’s the least like the ones from New Orleans, Houston, and Dallas. Not

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 03/09/2026

Turkey families are better than family members who are turkeys 😉 The Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is a magnificent flyer! 🪶 #birding

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 02/09/2026

This photo of old #HongKong makes me teary-eyed nostalgic. Damn, I miss my childhood when I didn’t have to worry about pretty much anything.

Screenshot of a photo by Peter Carew in the Hong Kong in the 60s Facebook group Showing Queens Rd., Central in the 1960s… A street scene with old cars and residential low rises

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 01/09/2026

Wonder if I should wait 2 years for the next check up…my clothes are tired of waiting too. Plus, I am starving now.

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 01/09/2026

Finally…the next level of waiting rooms…and naked this time

Interior waiting room at the doctor’s office

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 01/09/2026

People before and after me have come and gone. 🤨

Tis a small waiting room with just enough seats for 6 people.

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 31/08/2026

Ahh! I would love to travel with The Doctor! (This sits behind me at my standing desk.)

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 22/08/2026

This has been an above average week in terms of personal good news, and this has just added to it 😍 Here's to #herpetology 🐍 #nature

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 19/08/2026

Another gorgeous #nebula I didn’t have room to include in the book #CloudsInSpace…

Cover of the picture book Clouds in Space: Nebula, Stardust, and Us by me, Teresa Robeson, and illustrated by Diana Renžina

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 19/08/2026

It’s been whirlwind couple of days—the first canning session of the season for tomato sauce (yesterday) and pickled peppers (today)…annnnd publishing life related things 🤫 #selfsufficiency #gardening

10 quarts of canned tomato sauce from homegrown tomatoes.

6 pints of canned pickled peppers from homegrown peppers (Hungarian wax, shishito, pepperoncinis, jalapeños).

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 16/08/2026

Got my #author preview copy of #AnimalsOfTheChineseZodiac from @phaidonpress.bsky.social while I was on vacay. It is as stunning as I had imagined! 😍 Preorder at: www.phaidon.com/en-us/produc...

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 13/08/2026

Preeeeeety sure no one missed me while I was visiting family in 🇨🇦 without wifi but for those who did, I gift you a gull snacking at Deep Cove, British Columbia. You’re welcome! 🪶

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 30/07/2026

One of those okras is eligible to play in the NBA. #dinner

On a towel with a baking motif, rests a bunch of washed okra and Zephyr squash. One of the okra is 2 to 2 1/2 times the size of the other ones.

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 27/07/2026

Hooray! Super psyched that #Disgustology is on the 2025 Kansas NEA list!! 🥳🥳🥳 @annamariajung.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 26/07/2026

Our first #watermelon harvested…grown from saved seeds. @indianaclimate.bsky.social couldn’t remember what variety it was. Turns out to be yellow and has hints of vanilla 🤔

The Spousal Unit cuts open a watermelon from the garden. It’s elongated and about the size of a football.

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 25/07/2026

Time is linear, but within this pale orb, you can see the future. It’s been a while since I participated in #HaikuSaturday. What with deadlines and other writing/publishing-related work, I haven’t had the time or headspace do this.

The fluffy seed head of prickly, lettuce (genus Lactuca, species serriola), resembles a miniature dandelion seed head. This perfectly intact specimen called for having its photo taken.

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 24/07/2026

Your Friday afternoon moment of zen courtesy of a mallard momma and her babies. 🪶

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 18/07/2026

Fun thread! Thanks for allowing for self-promotion! I recommend this ode to my favorite Chinese holiday (Ching Ming) and also my upcoming book which is an ode to my third favorite Chinese holiday (New Year) 😄

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 14/07/2026

I looked so much like this grumpy hyrax’s twin that I might as well use it for my profile picture. My eyebrows are somewhat better trimmed though. #drawing #art

My hyrax drawing done with ink and a touch of watercolor is my doppelgänger.

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 10/07/2026

Found a 🔥 cartoon from back from trump 1.0 regime…

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 09/07/2026

Early copies of my next bk w/ MIT Kids Press are here! Got to use my meteorology knowledge from uni (w/ @indianaclimate.bsky.social to consult) to write this + others in the series. Elated to write the kind of bks I’d want for my kids. Preorder: www.candlewick.com/978153624345... #FlashFloods ⛈️

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 09/07/2026

Serenaded by the best as I work. Who needs Spotify or some snooty eclectic playlist? 😄🪶 #birds

A screen capture of the Merlin app identification of several birds outside my livingroom window: Chimney Swift, Northern Parula, Song Sparrow, White-eyed Vireo, Northern Cardinal, and Acadian Flycatcher

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 06/07/2026

It’s the Dalai Lama’s birthday! And if you don’t know much about him, find out about the pivotal moment that has led his to this point in his life in this gorgeously illustrated (by super talented Angela Poon) #GraphicNovel from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social 🪷

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 05/07/2026

Right outside the back of the house (you can see our heat pump unit)! Oh the sweetness of poults!! 😍😍 (And the wariness of momma) The weird black and green thing on the window pane was window cling that the kids made when they were as young as these poults 😄

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 03/07/2026

Starting Friday with 100 (ways to write) 福, which translates approximately to “good fortune; blessing; happiness.” It’s what I wish for all of us who aren’t maga.

The back of a calendar with 福 written in modern script on the front facing side and 99 more ways to write it stylistically on the reverse as shown.

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 02/07/2026

Woohoo! “Animals of the Chinese Zodiac,” published worldwide Oct 2026 by @phaidonpress.bsky.social , is now available for pre-order! This PB is fun for all ages and makes for a cool ice-breaker anytime. www.phaidon.com/en-us/produc... #AnimalsoftheChineseZodiac #PhaidonKids 🐁🐄🐅🐇🐉🐍🐎🐐🐒🐓🦮🐖

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 01/07/2026

The country is all kinds of fucked up, but I try to take joy in creating some #nature #art and making them a part of our everyday lives, like this tablecloth with my mouse-eared chickweed design. #wildflower #SurfacePatternDesign 🌱 #Spoonflower

A tablecloth with my own art of mouse-eared chickweed uploaded to my Spoonflower shop.

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 30/06/2026

This #LifeDrawing #sketch is a breakfast treat. We usually eat homemade bread, toasted, but occasionally we’ll make a trip to Costco and indulge in croissants. Spousal Unit likes it with Vegemite (yes, you read that right), and I like it with homemade marmalade. French people are appalled. 😂

A drawing of a croissant done with a Pentel EnerGel pen. The text says, “Costco croissants might not be patisserie quality, but they are still damn tasty after toasting. And at $.50 a pop, they’re also an incredible value.”

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 27/06/2026

A bluet for Bluesky! This pretty thing is my #lifesketch #drawing for 6/15 though I had to draw from a photo I took since they didn’t sit very long in one spot. Drawn with Pentel EnerGel pens.

A damselfly drawing with text that says “A number of these adorable damselflies were sarting around the Morton Arboretum. iNaturalist IDed them as Slender Bliets..and that is as true-t a name as you’ll find for an insect. “

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 25/06/2026

I just realized that for the past couple of months, I’m only interested in the QueryTracker newsletter for the gorgeous photography that Patrick McDonald puts at the end of the email. I don’t really want to query anymore but I do love me some nature photos! 😍

A photo of scattered northern lights taken at Beartooth Pass just outside of Yellowstone Park by Patrick McDonald, QueryTracker founder, and amateur photographer.

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 25/06/2026

Here’s another everyday object I have a great appreciation for—useful, stylish, and not flimsy plastic. #LifeSketch #drawing

A drawing of my clean canteen water bottle dated June 14, 2026. The text says “25 years ago-ish, I bought four matching (but different colors) stainless steel water bottles for the family. It was an excellent purchase.”

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 24/06/2026

Baked artisan flax seed #sourdough #bread before the weather reaches the temperature of Venus again.

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 24/06/2026

The unassuming window crank is the subject of today’s (or June 13th’s 😄) #LifeSketch #drawing. The #sketch and #rumination is done with a Pentel EnerGel pen.

A drawing of a window crank with text that says, “We built this house 27 years ago and installed Andersen windows—high end, double paned and a great R value, which I have completely forgotten the meaning of. They have served us really well mostly. There are these small openings under the handle covers, however, that let an insects, which is annoying.

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 24/06/2026

One more vid of the Mutual of Robeson’s Wild Kingdom show 😄

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 24/06/2026

“Feckin’ flies!” the irate buck yells.

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 24/06/2026

Outside our office window yesterday, @indianaclimate.bsky.social saw a couple of Eastern Phoebes picking pesky flies off of a buck. Reminds me of Oxpeckers eating parasites off of various ungulates! A video in the comments shows one of the giant flies. #mutualism #birding #birds 🪶

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