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Gail P Lynch - Whippet Good
@gailplynch.bsky.social
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Clouds, trees, birds, bees, beach walking, Whippets, Disc Golf (Flying Discs).
Living on the traditional lands of the Boon Wurrung / Bunurong people - Always Was, Always Will Be.
Curious, searching, neurodiverse.
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Bush Heritage Australia are purchasing Avocet Nature Refuge in Queensland! This is one of only two sites where Bridled Nailtail Wallabies still live wild. We're raising $1.4M to help us manage this remnant Brigalow reserve. Can you help us with a donation?

secure.bushheritage.org.au/donations
Bridled Nailtail Wallaby. Photo: Grassland Films. Bush Heritage Australia are purchasing the 1,207-hectare Avocet Nature Refuge! We're raising $1.4 million to help us manage this reserve and others just like it around the country. Donate NOW and your gift will be doubled! Avocet Nature Refuge is one of only two sites where Bridled Nailtail Wallabies still live wild in Queensland. Once thought extinct, the species was rediscovered in central Queensland decades after vanishing from sight. Today, only some 1,500 of these beautiful wallabies remain in the wild. Buying Avocet Nature Refuge also gives us a real chance to learn more and strengthen Koala populations in the region. Koala in a tree. Photo: Grassland Films. Bush Heritage Australia are purchasing the 1,207-hectare Avocet Nature Refuge! We're raising $1.4 million to help us manage this reserve and others just like it around the country. Donate NOW and your gift will be doubled! Avocet Nature Refuge is one of only two sites where Bridled Nailtail Wallabies still live wild in Queensland. Once thought extinct, the species was rediscovered in central Queensland decades after vanishing from sight. Today, only some 1,500 of these beautiful wallabies remain in the wild. Buying Avocet Nature Refuge also gives us a real chance to learn more and strengthen Koala populations in the region.
November 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
gailplynch.bsky.social
@shaynecalliss.bsky.social Your fab video yesterday prompted me to take this & send to you.The first spike from these two bushes took 18 years to arrive & to date I have had another 3 from both grasses.Then last month 3 spikes arose from the one grass-lots of joy from me & the insects & birds.
Four Xanthorrea (Australian native Grass tree) spikes in a bushy garden and against a blue sky. Three of the spikes have flowered - tiny little flowers which overall look like snow on the spikes. The fourth spike is behind the three flowering ones and is from another bush. It flowered last year and is now brown. Close up many bees & other insects are harvesting the pollen.
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
gailplynch.bsky.social
Heads up @brittlestar.com
Need some of your star power. ❤️
thejuicemedia.com the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 10d
Friends, can I ask a favour.

Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy

1/🧵
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
gailplynch.bsky.social
We missed the rain yesterday, but didn’t even venture out today. Rain & wind all day.
#Whippets
#Hounds
#Beach
#plusoneCammie
A woman (me - in a white cap & carrying a pack) & 3 dogs are standing on a corner of the beach next to a high wooden fence. Overhead is a dark foreboding sky & Luna Whippet is looking up to the sky as am I - are we going to get rained on?To my left stands Bodhi Whippet & behind us is Cammie, a King Charles Cavalier cross. Cammie walks with us & others on a roster basis as her mum is unwell.
November 8, 2025 at 6:55 AM
gailplynch.bsky.social
Who is here? Is it my dad come to pick me up from my holiday says Scooter. Is that Terry who gives us almost the required amount of cuddles & scritches, say Bodhi & Luna?
#Whippets
#Dogs
#Hounds
#Whoishere
Three Whippets with their ears up (the ears look like the Flying Nun’s wimple) facing away from the camera and looking out a large window. The one on the left (Scooter) is a cafe latte creamy colour, and is sitting on a dog bed on the floor. On the right a Whippet (Bodhi) is sitting on a messy bed (mine), straight and tall, and the Whippet behind him (Luna) is standing. Out past the window a white car can just be seen.
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
gailplynch.bsky.social
WesternPort Bay.
#Whippets
#WesternPortBay
#Beachwalking
November 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
gailplynch.bsky.social
This one for both the Grambos @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social & @glengrambo.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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@rebeccagrambo.bsky.social - did you see this?
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · 20d
#WorldLemurDay :
The Craft Art Winner in the Lemur Conservation Foundation's World Lemur Festival Juried Art Contest is “A diverse taxon” by Amrei Pfaff of Göttingen, Germany.
“On 30 squares, 27 different species from all 15 genera of #lemur are represented.”
www.lemurreserve.org/world-lemur-...
“This crochet artwork highlights the diversity of lemurs,” Amrei said. “On 30 squares, 27 different species from all 15 genera of lemur are represented. Additionally, this project showcases the sexual dichromatism present within the Eulemur taxon by including the male and female phenotype of three Eulemur species.”
October 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM
gailplynch.bsky.social
A Whippet tree
#Whippets
#hounds
3 Whippets peeking their heads through the opening in between two car seats. Their heads are in too if each other in a vertical stack.
October 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
gailplynch.bsky.social
For all the cat lovers out there, check out the posts from @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social and as they said “look at this absolute unit “ - what do you think @themerl.bsky.social ?
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · 24d
Resharing for #NationalBlackCatDay 🐈‍⬛
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · Aug 9
For #InternationalCatDay check out this absolute unit:
Richard H. Recchia (American, 1885 – 1983)
Persian Cat, 1931
Bronze, black patina, lost wax cast
49.53 x 26.03 x 30.48 cm (19 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 12 in.)
MFA Boston 1984.746: collections.mfa.org/objects/4148...
#CatsInArt #CHONK
October 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
gailplynch.bsky.social
Iconically Australian - a superb photo - so much in it.
donegan.bsky.social John Donegan @donegan.bsky.social · 27d
13 years ago today, the RFS downgraded the threat level of the devastating week-long Blue Mountains Bushfires.
The Warrimoo Crew, defending the Norman Lindsay Gallery at Faulconbridge, blew off steam in a most spontaneous Australian way.
Firefighters in yellow uniforms play cricket with milk crates and a rubbish bin for wickets against a backdrop of burnt trees and a smoke filled sky. ©️ John Donegan.
October 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
gailplynch.bsky.social
Another stunning photo.
neilcam57.bsky.social Neil Cameron @neilcam57.bsky.social · 26d
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #sunlit and this Willet (Tringa semipalmata) in the sunset on a metallic gold Rio del Mar Beach, #California from years ago is 1 of my favourite images I've ever taken.

#birds #photography #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography
A golden/brown bird with a long thin bill walks on long yellow legs across a seemingly metallic gold beach
October 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
gailplynch.bsky.social
Fabuloso! 👏🏼
silverdory.bsky.social Glen Ryan @silverdory.bsky.social · 27d
First flying duck (Caleana major - large duck orchid) of the spring near Genoa, East Gippsland, VIC. Only a few scattered plants out in flower here but quite a few more of these very distinctive orchids in bud nearby - despite the recent dry conditions. #orchids #inthefield #ozplants
First flying duck (Caleana major - large duck orchid) of the spring near Genoa, East Gippsland, VIC.
October 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
gailplynch.bsky.social
Stunning, thanks WA Orchids - your photos are wonderful.
wa-orchids.bsky.social WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · Oct 21
Have you ever seen gold on a flower before?

This is the flower of the carnivorous plant Drosera calycina, which has striking deep red petals and sepals that glitter like gold in the afternoon sunlight.
#ozflora #fierceflora #Droseraceae #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #nature
A stem with two flowers and one bud. The flowers have four deep red petals, contrasting bright yellow pollen, and sepals that appear golden in the sunlight
October 21, 2025 at 6:53 AM
gailplynch.bsky.social
This is great - 👍🏽
ianfarquhar.bsky.social Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · Oct 17
If you hit an Australian passport with UV-A light, the stamp pages change from day to night.

One of them has a nighttime thunderstorm.

It’s really super pretty.
October 18, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social
Paul Jouve (France, 1878-1973)
Perroquet, c.1935
Oil on mounted paper w/ oval support, H 93 x W 65 cm
www.pauljouve.com/oeuvres/pein...
🆔 Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)
#BirdsInArt #Parrot
Oval portrait of a scarlet macaw in side profile on a perch with hanging tassels against an abstract multicolor background
October 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
gailplynch.bsky.social
Serenely beautiful
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · Oct 16
@everyheron.bsky.social 👀
ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · Oct 16
In Japanese culture, the egret is a symbol of tranquillity and enlightenment.

These charming egrets were designed by potter Miyagawa Hanzan in Japan in the early 20th century.

See them on display in Gallery 36 on Level 2.

🪿🪿 Figure of two egrets, 1910–1925, Miyagawa Hanzan (1859–1940). EA2014.60
October 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
gailplynch.bsky.social
Yesterday Luna ate part of her meaty beef bone & whilst I ducked inside to get something (very quickly) she buried it. Hmmm, after eating all of today’s bone - I didn’t move this time - she turned up with yesterday’s bone & proceeded to spend 10 minutes finding the right place.
October 15, 2025 at 6:35 AM
gailplynch.bsky.social
“Nothing but blue sky can I see.”
Blue sky
October 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
gailplynch.bsky.social
Whippets are a bit like cats at times. Spent 15 minutes inside / outside house looking for my 14.5 year young Bodhi. 🐾🥰 😛
#whippets
#hounds
#dogsinwashingbasket
Bodhi the cream and tan Whippet, curled up asleep in a cloth washing basket. The basket is sitting on top of a couch. Whippet cat 😛🐾❤️
October 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
gailplynch.bsky.social
Bodhi & Luna - urging me to get up - walk, walk, walk!!
#whippets
#hounds
October 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
gailplynch.bsky.social
Ok which one is your favourite?
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · Oct 8
#WorldOctopusDay 🐙:
2 amazing #octopus tsubas (sword guards) @ the Met - which is your favorite?
#CephalopodAwarenessDays
1-2 tsuba w/ octopus design, Japan, late 18th c. www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
3-4 tsuba w/ octopus design, Japan, c. 1615–1868 www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#JapaneseArt
tsuba (sword guard) with octopus design, Japan, late 18th century, iron and copper, obverse tsuba (sword guard) with octopus design, Japan, late 18th century, iron and copper, reverse tsuba (sword guard) with octopus design, Japan, c. 1615–1868, copper alloy (sentoku), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, and gold, obverse tsuba (sword guard) with octopus design, Japan, c. 1615–1868, copper alloy (sentoku), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, and gold, reverse
October 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
gailplynch.bsky.social
A meditation. ❤️
October 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
gailplynch.bsky.social
This is special 👏🏼❤️
cherylp14.bsky.social Cheryl @cherylp14.bsky.social · Oct 3
Noongar white-tailed black cockatoos refer to Carnaby's cockatoos (Ngolyenok/Ngoolarks), an endangered species endemic to southwest Western Australia gathering at Coogee.
October 3, 2025 at 4:41 AM
gailplynch.bsky.social
Anyone in Adelaide?
October 2, 2025 at 6:16 AM