Dr Russ King 🌳📚
@russwrites
Nature freak, bohemian and foodie living in Wiltshire, UK. Currently writing a funny trilogy combining sustainability, mythology and feminism. My author page on Amazon Trying to wean myself off dad jokes and talking to crows
Passing time in my happy place. Have a fledgling robin whose breast is getting redder by the day for company, not to mention hundreds of spiders who have moved into the stack of wood. 🌳🕷️🐦⬛ #nature #mindfulness
Morning Jules. My current view is not quite forest Friday but it does have trees in it!
Hotel room with a view. Nice to see some grass that is green and not brown and crispy. #cricket
I almost forgot to post this on #thicktrunktuesday A great example of a gorgeous tree that is too big to photograph without losing the concept of its size.
Put food out for the wildlife in this heatwave summer they said. I put peanuts out for the badgers and they reward us with this. I bet this doesn't happen to Monty Don...
Probably not too much of a controversial claim, but it's worth letting artichokes flower because they look much better than they taste! As a side note, badgers will dig up young artichoke plants night-on-night until we give up on them. I've no idea what is so tasty lurking beneath the plants.
I think 'Lucifer' is my favourite flower in the garden. The flowers are so intensely red they gleam in the sunshine, but also seem to shine bright in twilight.
Typical - someone takes a nice photo of me and I get busted for having a beer in the sun when I'm on a (self-prescribed) exclusion diet. 🤣
Happy New Year everyone! I was pleased to see the sun go down on 2025 but, as always, it's important to remember the good things that happened as we look to 2026. Let's make it a good one!
Happy winter solstice! May beneficial spiritual vibes head your way as the days start to become longer. (Illuminated festive dinosaurs are strictly optional) #wintersolstice
Such a beautiful light this morning! Winter can be dazzling when it is not raining. I've finally taken a photo worthy of @msjulesb.bsky.social 's team! 🤣
I have something to crow about!Second draft of book 1 of my new trilogy is done. Just need to completely rewrite book 2 and update book 3 now! I am loving incorporating understated back stories for the stars of book 3 in books 1 and 2. #booksky #writingcommunity
Our cat Ninja sometimes pretends to be something else. I'm just not sure what it is. For some reason it seems to be important that he closes one eye...
Catching some sun and autumn leaves before the upcoming wind and rain start to spoil the party. #trees #wednesday
The end of an era. I've had this chair for about 20 years. I've spent a significant amount of my life in it, writing over a million words and communicating with fascinating people around the world (it's seen a fair few photos of other people's cats too...).
Where has this book been all my life?! A circular epic where levels of detail are added with each pass. Characters so real that I miss them desperately. And how the fuck have I fallen in love with a mule called Achilles? #BookSky
Me in middle age trying to fit in with normal people at a hotel breakfast by drinking coffee. Still can't work out why people are so obsessed with hot drinks!
#FirstBirdOfMyDay is a huge swan ambling into the garden. It should be a delight but it seems very unhappy. It's found it's reflection in a pane of glass and doesn't seem to want to leave it. I hope it hasn't just lost it's mate. It's also the biggest swan I remember seeing.
It's an awful photo but I'm all dressed up to paint fences etc in the garden but this kingfisher has just arrived. Nothing is getting painted!
Our crab apple tree has suddenly started leaning to the right. There has been no grumbling about net zero or EVs yet. I presume that only happens when it reaches the far right.
Two separate visits from our local badgers. Anyone have any idea what food they are after? It's been filled with shop-bought compost and they don't appear to be eating the bulbs. Our garden soil has far more worms and little beasties than this compost. 🌿
Either one of our squirrels thinks we're due a really cold winter, or she hasn't been reading the books that claim squirrels give birth in the spring...
The writer subconscious working in different ways for two people at the same time 🙂 @joannechocolat.bsky.social @jenniegauthor.bsky.social