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..
Ologsfors Ironworks Sweden. Beautiful.
July 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Ologsfors Ironworks Sweden. Beautiful.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Beautiful frosty winter morning today, with long-shadowed horses munching on the crispy grass. Part 2
January 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Beautiful frosty winter morning today, with long-shadowed horses munching on the crispy grass. Part 2
Beautiful frosty winter morning today, with long-shadowed horses munching on the crispy grass.
January 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Beautiful frosty winter morning today, with long-shadowed horses munching on the crispy grass.
Let the annual Sprout fest begin…
December 24, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Let the annual Sprout fest begin…
Happy Solstice!
To celebrate here is a Yule Log that my amazing daughter made today.
To celebrate here is a Yule Log that my amazing daughter made today.
December 21, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Happy Solstice!
To celebrate here is a Yule Log that my amazing daughter made today.
To celebrate here is a Yule Log that my amazing daughter made today.
Taken near Penn in Bucks a few weeks ago.
I don’t know why, but I love moss. There is something comforting about it.
I don’t know why, but I love moss. There is something comforting about it.
December 19, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Taken near Penn in Bucks a few weeks ago.
I don’t know why, but I love moss. There is something comforting about it.
I don’t know why, but I love moss. There is something comforting about it.
Cholesbury Hill fort on this beautiful misty morning.
December 17, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Cholesbury Hill fort on this beautiful misty morning.
Found this photo I took of a cow earlier this year. I am not sure whether it was small or far away…
December 10, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Found this photo I took of a cow earlier this year. I am not sure whether it was small or far away…
Cross cat just found her cat flap was locked so protested loudly.
I opened the door and she ran out.
Cross cat realised it was hammering down with rain and protested loudly.
Contented cat now sitting happily indoors under the Christmas tree.
I opened the door and she ran out.
Cross cat realised it was hammering down with rain and protested loudly.
Contented cat now sitting happily indoors under the Christmas tree.
December 4, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Cross cat just found her cat flap was locked so protested loudly.
I opened the door and she ran out.
Cross cat realised it was hammering down with rain and protested loudly.
Contented cat now sitting happily indoors under the Christmas tree.
I opened the door and she ran out.
Cross cat realised it was hammering down with rain and protested loudly.
Contented cat now sitting happily indoors under the Christmas tree.