Mike Muriss
@lyingmonkey.bsky.social
A positive optimist. Today at least!
Loves nature and green space with the occasional burst of London to blow away the cobwebs. Wilfully Woke 😊
Loves nature and green space with the occasional burst of London to blow away the cobwebs. Wilfully Woke 😊
Something I missed in the long period without rain this year.
So lovely to see a rainbow over Cholesbury again..
So lovely to see a rainbow over Cholesbury again..
September 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Something I missed in the long period without rain this year.
So lovely to see a rainbow over Cholesbury again..
So lovely to see a rainbow over Cholesbury again..
Reposted by Mike Muriss
Did you know? The co-discoverer of black holes was an Australian woman, – Louise Webster. Each week for 5 weeks I’m giving away a signed copy of my pbk A CRACK IN EVERYTHING to a randomly chosen UK person re-posting this (5 of 5) blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro... @headofzeus.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Did you know? The co-discoverer of black holes was an Australian woman, – Louise Webster. Each week for 5 weeks I’m giving away a signed copy of my pbk A CRACK IN EVERYTHING to a randomly chosen UK person re-posting this (5 of 5) blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro... @headofzeus.bsky.social
Ologsfors Ironworks Sweden. Beautiful.
July 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Ologsfors Ironworks Sweden. Beautiful.
So lovely to see rain this morning!
July 19, 2025 at 7:51 AM
So lovely to see rain this morning!
Beautiful peacock butterflies in the garden today. Also small tortoiseshells and many others.
Planted a buddleia last year and Hey Presto! Love nature.
Planted a buddleia last year and Hey Presto! Love nature.
July 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Beautiful peacock butterflies in the garden today. Also small tortoiseshells and many others.
Planted a buddleia last year and Hey Presto! Love nature.
Planted a buddleia last year and Hey Presto! Love nature.
Beautiful moth in the garden today.
I think it is a Scarlett Tiger moth, but happy to be corrected.
I think it is a Scarlett Tiger moth, but happy to be corrected.
May 16, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Beautiful moth in the garden today.
I think it is a Scarlett Tiger moth, but happy to be corrected.
I think it is a Scarlett Tiger moth, but happy to be corrected.
After some much needed rain, there is some amazing dragon’s breath mist in the valley this evening.
May 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
After some much needed rain, there is some amazing dragon’s breath mist in the valley this evening.
A good while since I bought a Hawkwind album, but have just got the latest There is no Space for us double vinyl and I am loving it.
Proper Hawko 😊
Proper Hawko 😊
April 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A good while since I bought a Hawkwind album, but have just got the latest There is no Space for us double vinyl and I am loving it.
Proper Hawko 😊
Proper Hawko 😊
Beautiful sunrise over a frosty cricket field in Cholesbury this morning. Frost was gone by 7.00, but be careful of those delicate plants still.
April 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Beautiful sunrise over a frosty cricket field in Cholesbury this morning. Frost was gone by 7.00, but be careful of those delicate plants still.
Fact of the day.
Gary Oldman is two weeks younger than Gary Numan.
Happy Tuesday 😊
Gary Oldman is two weeks younger than Gary Numan.
Happy Tuesday 😊
April 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Fact of the day.
Gary Oldman is two weeks younger than Gary Numan.
Happy Tuesday 😊
Gary Oldman is two weeks younger than Gary Numan.
Happy Tuesday 😊
Just watched the penultimate episode of Severance on Apple TV followed by the first episode of Adolescence on Netflix.
So different, yet both absolutely superb television.
So different, yet both absolutely superb television.
March 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Just watched the penultimate episode of Severance on Apple TV followed by the first episode of Adolescence on Netflix.
So different, yet both absolutely superb television.
So different, yet both absolutely superb television.
After sitting outside in a sunny pub garden at the weekend it has suddenly got cold again.
Cats don’t mind though.
Cats don’t mind though.
March 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
After sitting outside in a sunny pub garden at the weekend it has suddenly got cold again.
Cats don’t mind though.
Cats don’t mind though.
Sometimes with all the political noise, I think the most important news stories are being pushed further and further down..
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation
Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Sometimes with all the political noise, I think the most important news stories are being pushed further and further down..
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The pond a year ago…
March 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The pond a year ago…
Really please with how our little pond stream looks after its first winter.
Still work to do, but considering it was a pile of rubble last year it is ok.
Birds love it 😊
Still work to do, but considering it was a pile of rubble last year it is ok.
Birds love it 😊
March 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Really please with how our little pond stream looks after its first winter.
Still work to do, but considering it was a pile of rubble last year it is ok.
Birds love it 😊
Still work to do, but considering it was a pile of rubble last year it is ok.
Birds love it 😊
As the weather is so beautiful today, we thought we would get a couple of chairs out of the shed to sit and enjoy the sun for a while.
The cats had other ideas…
The cats had other ideas…
March 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
As the weather is so beautiful today, we thought we would get a couple of chairs out of the shed to sit and enjoy the sun for a while.
The cats had other ideas…
The cats had other ideas…
Fed up with all the political madness.
Here’s a photo I took of some mushrooms last year in woodland near Penn, Buckinghamshire.
Here’s a photo I took of some mushrooms last year in woodland near Penn, Buckinghamshire.
February 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Fed up with all the political madness.
Here’s a photo I took of some mushrooms last year in woodland near Penn, Buckinghamshire.
Here’s a photo I took of some mushrooms last year in woodland near Penn, Buckinghamshire.
‘A good day to bury bad news’ is being used frighteningly effectively by Maga.
Create turmoil, make multiple controversial statements, announce many big policy changes at once so no one can keep up.
Then almost anything can be put in place while the outrage is diluted.
How do we fight this?
Create turmoil, make multiple controversial statements, announce many big policy changes at once so no one can keep up.
Then almost anything can be put in place while the outrage is diluted.
How do we fight this?
February 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
‘A good day to bury bad news’ is being used frighteningly effectively by Maga.
Create turmoil, make multiple controversial statements, announce many big policy changes at once so no one can keep up.
Then almost anything can be put in place while the outrage is diluted.
How do we fight this?
Create turmoil, make multiple controversial statements, announce many big policy changes at once so no one can keep up.
Then almost anything can be put in place while the outrage is diluted.
How do we fight this?
Waiting for cab to restaurant (pub)
Time for a couple of quick B52s.
Happy Valentines to my beautiful wife xx
#lovegettingoldergracefully
Time for a couple of quick B52s.
Happy Valentines to my beautiful wife xx
#lovegettingoldergracefully
February 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Waiting for cab to restaurant (pub)
Time for a couple of quick B52s.
Happy Valentines to my beautiful wife xx
#lovegettingoldergracefully
Time for a couple of quick B52s.
Happy Valentines to my beautiful wife xx
#lovegettingoldergracefully
Beautiful morning - ‘dragon’s breath’ mist clinging to the floor of the valley, fleetingly still until it is consumed by the first rays of the winter sun.
February 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Beautiful morning - ‘dragon’s breath’ mist clinging to the floor of the valley, fleetingly still until it is consumed by the first rays of the winter sun.
Won’t be long folks!
Can’t wait until Spring has sprung again 😊
Can’t wait until Spring has sprung again 😊
January 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Won’t be long folks!
Can’t wait until Spring has sprung again 😊
Can’t wait until Spring has sprung again 😊
Winter isn’t so bad when you’re a cat.
January 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Winter isn’t so bad when you’re a cat.
Mental health warning to fellow Blueskyers.
Try to avoid a quick curious look at what is going on in the old place.
I just did that.
Wow.
Try to avoid a quick curious look at what is going on in the old place.
I just did that.
Wow.
January 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Mental health warning to fellow Blueskyers.
Try to avoid a quick curious look at what is going on in the old place.
I just did that.
Wow.
Try to avoid a quick curious look at what is going on in the old place.
I just did that.
Wow.
Cholesbury hill fort in the snow last weekend.
Beautiful, peaceful and timeless.
Beautiful, peaceful and timeless.
January 8, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Cholesbury hill fort in the snow last weekend.
Beautiful, peaceful and timeless.
Beautiful, peaceful and timeless.