Jen King 📮🌻📝
@justjenking.bsky.social
Obituary writer, letter writer, swimmer, fan of cheese, banksias & black cockatoos. Former RN. Ageing with optimism.🌻
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Watching the replay of the Women’s Rugby World Cup. It makes me SO happy - the supporters, the little girls bursting with pride who are running in with each team captain, the opportunity… I’d have been a great rugby player, I’m sure of it, but I was at deportment classes… #womensrugby #1980s
September 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Watching the replay of the Women’s Rugby World Cup. It makes me SO happy - the supporters, the little girls bursting with pride who are running in with each team captain, the opportunity… I’d have been a great rugby player, I’m sure of it, but I was at deportment classes… #womensrugby #1980s
Am I too late for #postboxsaturday? More like mailboxes actually… in regional Queensland - and an echidna in our garden…
September 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Am I too late for #postboxsaturday? More like mailboxes actually… in regional Queensland - and an echidna in our garden…
I’ve been in Sydney doing something significant and in doing so, reminding myself what I love about being Australian: kookaburras, wattle, ferries, my friends, the light, the flora, the sparkling water… Even biting insects. I’m so lucky to have choices.
September 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I’ve been in Sydney doing something significant and in doing so, reminding myself what I love about being Australian: kookaburras, wattle, ferries, my friends, the light, the flora, the sparkling water… Even biting insects. I’m so lucky to have choices.
I’ve been off Bluesky for a while but have quite missed the goings on of @maffygirl.medsky.social and @an-leavy.bsky.social. And, of course, #postboxsaturday. So strange that social media has us developing relationships with total strangers who we’d love to meet one day…
September 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I’ve been off Bluesky for a while but have quite missed the goings on of @maffygirl.medsky.social and @an-leavy.bsky.social. And, of course, #postboxsaturday. So strange that social media has us developing relationships with total strangers who we’d love to meet one day…
Dipping my toe back into the pond that is Bluesky by sharing a photo of the first frog of the season, spotted tonight! I’m SO pleased we have this - and other reptiles from the week - in our garden. We’re so lucky.
September 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Dipping my toe back into the pond that is Bluesky by sharing a photo of the first frog of the season, spotted tonight! I’m SO pleased we have this - and other reptiles from the week - in our garden. We’re so lucky.
Even the subtitles can’t understand the commentary! We need your flatmate… I do, however, understand the scare. Ugh.
July 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Even the subtitles can’t understand the commentary! We need your flatmate… I do, however, understand the scare. Ugh.
Have just spent five days in Australia's capital, Canberra, and it has been exceptional. What a sensational city! There is so much to see and do here! We did a Women in Espionage tour today where I learned a lot (and channelled my inner Standish). #canberra
June 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Have just spent five days in Australia's capital, Canberra, and it has been exceptional. What a sensational city! There is so much to see and do here! We did a Women in Espionage tour today where I learned a lot (and channelled my inner Standish). #canberra
How did I miss seeing this structure among the ‘working man’s’ clubs, fabulous verandahs & Sturt desert peas when I was last in Broken Hill in 2023? A friend took it this week on her travels.
May 6, 2025 at 4:31 AM
How did I miss seeing this structure among the ‘working man’s’ clubs, fabulous verandahs & Sturt desert peas when I was last in Broken Hill in 2023? A friend took it this week on her travels.
Speaking of politics, I found this recently about my great-grandad. I believe it’s from a time when Republicans were not as they are currently (1908). Also, that page layout is, um, different?
May 5, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Speaking of politics, I found this recently about my great-grandad. I believe it’s from a time when Republicans were not as they are currently (1908). Also, that page layout is, um, different?
Here’s a #postboxsaturday contribution on behalf of my friend Jo. It’s at Runswick Bay, in Yorkshire, commemorating VE Day. Isn’t it fantastic?
May 3, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Here’s a #postboxsaturday contribution on behalf of my friend Jo. It’s at Runswick Bay, in Yorkshire, commemorating VE Day. Isn’t it fantastic?
For #postboxsaturday, a box from Rio de Janeiro, shared with me by a friend who is there on holidays. I very much love the letter-carrying dove. Thanks Jane! 
April 26, 2025 at 3:39 AM
For #postboxsaturday, a box from Rio de Janeiro, shared with me by a friend who is there on holidays. I very much love the letter-carrying dove. Thanks Jane! 
Oh Melbourne, stop! Dorothy, we’re not in Mullumbimby anymore…
March 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Oh Melbourne, stop! Dorothy, we’re not in Mullumbimby anymore…
Happy Saturday from here: Byron Bay. How fortunate I am to see this!
March 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Happy Saturday from here: Byron Bay. How fortunate I am to see this!
Just spent six days volunteering in the Incident Management Team of NSWSES in Mullumbimby and have learned SO much about emergency management & communications, teamwork & steep learning curves. I’m a bit tired. Also, please stop with the excessive rain! #cyclonealfred
March 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Just spent six days volunteering in the Incident Management Team of NSWSES in Mullumbimby and have learned SO much about emergency management & communications, teamwork & steep learning curves. I’m a bit tired. Also, please stop with the excessive rain! #cyclonealfred
I can’t get even begin to get my head around the psychological impact of what is happening in Lismore - and the Northern Rivers - right now. There are no words. #flooding
March 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I can’t get even begin to get my head around the psychological impact of what is happening in Lismore - and the Northern Rivers - right now. There are no words. #flooding
Happy 250th #postboxsaturday from Coogee (& Wylie’s Baths) earlier this week while in Sydney.
February 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Happy 250th #postboxsaturday from Coogee (& Wylie’s Baths) earlier this week while in Sydney.
Text messages one receives while on the phone to a really helpful Medibank representative. Went looking but couldn’t see the Python for myself!
January 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Text messages one receives while on the phone to a really helpful Medibank representative. Went looking but couldn’t see the Python for myself!
John, this was our letterbox this afternoon… 😂 no
January 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM
John, this was our letterbox this afternoon… 😂 no
Oops, I almost forgot #postboxsaturday! Here’s my offering of the local postie’s bike parked up in Alstonville, northern NSW. The postie was munching a pie for his lunch between mail drops
January 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Oops, I almost forgot #postboxsaturday! Here’s my offering of the local postie’s bike parked up in Alstonville, northern NSW. The postie was munching a pie for his lunch between mail drops
Anytime I see a snake story, I think of you @jdemet.bsky.social and know you’ll appreciate it too. This photo strikes terror - and awe - into my heart. The eastern brown is one of our deadliest snakes
australian.museum/learn/animal...
australian.museum/learn/animal...
January 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Anytime I see a snake story, I think of you @jdemet.bsky.social and know you’ll appreciate it too. This photo strikes terror - and awe - into my heart. The eastern brown is one of our deadliest snakes
australian.museum/learn/animal...
australian.museum/learn/animal...
Postie meets the postie. No fingers were bitten in the taking of this photograph!
January 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Postie meets the postie. No fingers were bitten in the taking of this photograph!
For those cold-hearted cynics who consider handwritten letters a pointless exercise…
Thanks to a British friend who shared this with me today.
Thanks to a British friend who shared this with me today.
January 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
For those cold-hearted cynics who consider handwritten letters a pointless exercise…
Thanks to a British friend who shared this with me today.
Thanks to a British friend who shared this with me today.
I painted the covers of some of my favourite books this year. There are many more but I was worn out after these… Trying not to let perfection destroy my creativity. Best of all, it was fun. #reading
December 31, 2024 at 9:12 AM
I painted the covers of some of my favourite books this year. There are many more but I was worn out after these… Trying not to let perfection destroy my creativity. Best of all, it was fun. #reading