Christina

@ttrueman.bsky.social I reserve this account for writing, art, no political but follow me at @socinvestigator.bsky.social which is mostly political & I'll follow back.

Cover of the novel The Wolf Tree by Laura McCluskey.

A first novel & a good read. I didn't particularly like the characters & one part of the mystery in the plot was easily guessed but for the most part the novel kept me turning pages wondering what this supposed suicide case in an isolated island community was really all about. A satisfying read.

Cover of Fearless and Free A Memoir Josephine Baker

Finished reading this recently. Got a clear & poignant picture of Baker's personality & some of her worldview. Incredible person & life.

It would have been helpful if the editor had interspersed context, background info or explanation at times.

"Fire Breather"
📸 Aaron Reed
#treephotography

Weevil in the wattle

#Photography #PhotographersUnited #Nature #PhotographersOfBluesky #macro #macrophotography #naturephotography #insectphotography #EastCoastKin #yellow #flowers #flowerphotography

Cover of book Encountering Dragonfly: Notes on the Practice of Re-enchantment by Brooke Williams

Anyone else read/reading this "imaginal ecology" book?

Combines a naturalist's knowledge of dragonflies with their spiritual, psychological, symbolic, mythic significance & personal meaning for the author.

Minimalist line drawing of a person in bed, reading.

Oh to be able to achieve so much with so little as this drawing by Frédéric Forest.

"Trees share resources to overcome environmental challenges."

Ecosystems work together to overcome difficult conditions, and most people do the same, given a chance.

But we're told selfishness is not only normal, but a good thing, because that's how those who crave and gain wealth and power are.

How to establish permanent wildflower plantings Grow wildflowers from seed or plug plants and avoid these common mistakes

If you're doing #nomowmay or #nomowsummer this year, please check out this lesson in my Wild Way garden design course to learn the common mistakes for starting wildflower meadows and how to start them off well for lots of flower power! www.wildway.info/p/how-to-est... (paid course)

A tree bents upwards from lower left to top left from a rock and above an inflow area of the Pacific Ocean ... rocks in medium distance, forest and mountains in the far distance ... everything is covered by yellow-orange light since it was photographed during the so-called golden hour about an hour before sunset

Wild Pacific Trail, #Ucluelet Vancouver Island, #Canada
#landscape #photography #landscapephotography #nature #seascape #goldenhour #sunset

Is this river alive? Robert Macfarlane on the lives, deaths and rights of our rivers As pollution levels hit record highs and fresh water becomes ‘the new oil’, is it time to radically reimagine our relationship to the natural world?

What follows if we imagine rivers as having lives, deaths––& even rights?
I wrote this essay about water & hope; imagining rivers “otherwise”; nature’s rights; grammars of animacy; & how our fate flows with that of rivers—& always has.
It’s from Is A River Alive?
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

The earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson #Poetry #Photography #Spring

My painting TIDAL WETLANDS

Common Loon heading off into the sunset, water sparkling gold around the loon.

'On Golden Pond' #birds #loons #birdphotography #sunset #photography

Dusk, Kootenay Lake. #canada #clouds

Fraud & waste! Where's Elon? 🤣

My painting TROUT WATER

Eroded red sandstone formations sit in canyons below a large flat bench of white sandstone dotted with scrub.

There is so much to see in Canyonlands National Park. Every time I visit, I find a new scene or composition. Here is a detailed shot of some of the many canyons below the White Rim.
#timothykeeneyphotography #landscapephotography #photography #utahphotography #utah #canyonlands #sandstone #nature

This week is the LAST week to subscribe and receive Orion’s 200th issue, Queer Nature! We might be a little biased, but this issue is a powerhouse—and it's all printed on 100% recycled paper.

Subscribe by April 27 to get yours 💚
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See how a Michigan town moved 9,100 books one by one to their new home Residents of a small Michigan community stood side by side to help a local bookstore move 9,100 books — one by one — from its former site to a new location about a block away.

Some ppl will do almost anything for books. 😊 In Chelsea, MI 300 ppl formed a human chain on the sidewalk and passed books hand-to hand to help a bookstore move to a new location.

apnews.com/article/book...

closeup of a yellow and black wasp on a yellow marigold bloom in a pot with brownish stone rock

Blooms bring the pollinators to our deck. Not sure what kind of wasp this is. Most here are black. Anyone know?

Still Start.

A calm, misty, autumn morning commences on the lake.

After my last somewhat 'busy, city shot' a little bit of serenity to commence the working week. Hope yours is a good one... 💫

#photography #nature #landscapephotography

Heron wading through pond in sun between overgrown greenery

Roebuck seen through branches with budding leaves

Bluebell in sun with others behind

Today’s poetry was in tadpoles herons deer and all the unfurling of spring.

Vivid orange-red flower spikes of B. ericifolia in local bushland on a sunny blue-sky afternoon.

It's time for the autumn lights!

This is Banksia ericifolia, once again bedazzling the south coast of NSW. 🌼
#FlowerReport #ozplants

A photo of a thin branching limb of a tree covered in white flowers, all against a bright blue sky.

Some flowers and blue skies for your day. I'm trying to remember to take a deep breath and look around for some beauty. There's a lot out there.

#BloomScrolling 🌿

Beautiful mural street painting in the Netherlands, by Jan Is De Man

This makes my heart sing ❤️📚

#BookSky

a dreamy forest with a light green canopy over a stream

Sue Charles (1959-USA)
“I work to express the long lines of landscape space, light and air connecting everything and the quiet profundity of nature. A good painting contains only the essentials and it stays with you like a hummable melody. I aim for that. “

"Waldeinsamkeit (Forest Loneliness)"

Hickory tree leaf budding out, unfolding. Red curly skirt beneath a bright, yellowish-green spray.

This morning, hickory tree leafing out.

During the Great Depression the 721 traditional publishers fell by half and sales declined by over 60%. The publishing industry was hammered. Pulp paperbacks emerged in 1930 with Pocket Books creating much cheaper books. #writingcommunity #booksky #depression #booksales