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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

“Dr. Joy Harden Bradford addresses some of the most challenging family dynamics many Black women face: caregiver guilt, setting boundaries with family, and healing family wounds that shape our present relationships.”

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How to Heal When Your Family Is Part of the Problem | Therapy for Black Girls | EP 463

YouTube video by Therapy for Black Girls

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

“Going no contact with parents is one of the most difficult decisions anyone can make, but sometimes it's necessary for your mental health and peace.” #BlackSkyWellness

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Cutting off Family: When It's Necessary & How to Heal | Therapy for Black Girls | EP 462

YouTube video by Therapy for Black Girls

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

“Perched on the edge of both Sapsucker Woods and its 10-acre pond, these feeders attract both forest species like chickadees and woodpeckers as well as some species that prefer open environments near water like Red-winged Blackbirds.”

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Pileated Woodpecker Visits The Cornell FeederWatch Cam | May 5, 2026

YouTube video by Cornell Lab Bird Cams

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

“This bird belongs to the flycatcher family, best known for their distinct feeding behavior of perching on branches before flying out to catch an insect in mid-air. This bird was seen hunting for insects in the foliage near the fruit feeder and showing off this unique feeding strategy.”

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Rusty-margined Flycatcher Becomes 94th Species On The Panama Fruit Feeder Cam | April 21, 2026

YouTube video by Cornell Lab Bird Cams

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

We are about to find out 😂

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Now you know, I cannot be trusted with that kind of responsibility…remember the lemon balm conversation. 🤭🤭🤭

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

🤭🤭🤭 I already had swamp milkweed but I planted some other kind of milkweed last summer. Your post has me wondering…what have I done?

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Lizzy @luvrunr.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

My dark purple beardless iris bloomed while I was away 😍

Dark purple iris bloom in front of a koi ping

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

“Crenshaw, a professor of law at UCLA and Columbia University and executive director of the African American Policy Forum, has just published a new book, "Backtalker: An American Memoir." #blackbooksky

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"Backtalker": Kimberlé Crenshaw on New Memoir, Voting Rights, Critical Race Theory & Clarence Thomas

YouTube video by Democracy Now!

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

“Renowned trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis has launched a new project, a kind of call and response for these times.” 🎺🎺🎺 #JazzCallForFreedom

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Why Wynton Marsalis thinks jazz is the perfect metaphor for democracy

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Planning to top off raised beds later this evening so I thought I’d share what I currently have on hand. •Black Kow Compost •Master Garden Organic Premium Raised Bed Mix •Mushroom Compost •Recycle Bin-Leaves & Small Twigs

User’s back garden with multiple plants, silver raised beds, and blue recycle bin filled with leaves and twigs.

•Black Kow Compost

•Master Garden Organic Premium Raised Bed Mix

•Mushroom Compost

Black Kow Compost

•Master Garden Organic Premium Raised Bed Mix

•Mushroom Compost

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

You’re welcome. When I visit my friends that live in Athens, AL I always bring some red clay back home with me. I get so giddy every time I see it.

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Zone 5B •Master Garden Organic Premium Raised Bed Mix •Back to the Roots Raised Bed Mix If these are not available, I’ll mix mushroom compost, coco coir, perlite, a wee bit of native soil-sandy, and worm castings.

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

•Allium •Bearded Iris •Row of Alliums among a variety of Sedums

Zoomed in image of purple Allium from user’s garden

Zoomed in image of purple Bearded Iris from user’s garden

Row of purple Alliums among a variety of sedums.

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Lizzy @luvrunr.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The beardless iris have bloomed 🙌🏽

Beardless iris bloom with petals that are purple with a yellow stripe in the middle

Purple beardless iris just starting to bloom

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

“Here, we catch one of those fleeting moments when the owlets gather with the female, peeking out from beneath her feathers after a morning feeding.”

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Fluffy Owlets Poke Their Heads Out From Under Mom On Barred Owl Cam | April 28, 2026

YouTube video by Cornell Lab Bird Cams

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Interesting… “The Brown-headed Cowbird is North America’s most common “brood parasite.” A female cowbird makes no nest of her own, but instead lays her eggs in the nests of other bird species, who then raise the young cowbirds.”

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Brown-headed Cowbird Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

The Brown-headed Cowbird is a stocky blackbird with a fascinating approach to raising its young. Females forgo building nests and instead put all their energy into producing eggs, sometimes more than ...

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A new visitor to the feeder. My phone identifies it as a Brown-headed Cowbird. 🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️ The other birds were annoyed that I was near the feeder, as it was dinner time. This bird was unbothered.

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The other day I spent time in my backyard pulling weeds. I definitely need to fill in all the bare spots with more ground covers, as the weeds are winning…for now.

User holding dandelion root with a variety of plants in the background.

Giant Allium with a bend in the stem. There are other flowers in the background that have not bloomed-geranium, variegated hosta, candy corn spirea, yarrow, and sedum.

Purple Allium surrounded by Ajuga and newly emerged daylilies and daffodils that are no longer blooming.

Giant purple Allium surrounded by a variety of flowers and a green bucket used for holding weeds.

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

“Jackie Earley performs "One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty Eight Winters," Saundra Sharp performs "Black Persuasion," Nikki Giovanni performs "Revolutionary Dreams," and Anna Horsford and Novella Nelson close with "Black Gold," a powerful meditation on Black womanhood by an unknown author.”

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Black Women Poets Perform on SOUL!

YouTube video by THIRTEEN

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

“Seven performers — poets, actresses, and singers — read their own and other Black women writers' works, which span themes of love, identity, motherhood, addiction, Black power, and the complicated ways Black women were seen and unseen by the world around them.”

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Black Women in Poetry | THIRTEEN

YouTube video by THIRTEEN

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

“The species seen here include the Snowy-bellied Hummingbird, the Violet-bellied Hummingbird, the Blue-chested Hummingbird, the White-necked Jacobin, and the Long-billed Hermit.”

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Dizzying Number Of Hummingbirds Visit Panama Hummingbird Feeder Cam | April 17, 2026

YouTube video by Cornell Lab Bird Cams

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

“Imole de, okunkun parada. Light comes, darkness hides.” —Yoruba Phrase “By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed.” —Ghanaian Proverb Chapters 14 & 15 in the Chronicles of Ori contains lessons upon lessons.

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

🎧🎧🎧 Audiobook Preview-Conjuring the Calabash: Empowering Women with Hoodoo Spells and Magick youtu.be/y2A-yxPmfQY?... Audiobook Preview-Hoodoo Saints and Root Warriors: Stories and Magick for Liberation youtu.be/fiHrjnMbBNI?...

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Conjuring the Calabash: Empowering Women with… by Mawiyah Kai El-Jamah Bomani · Audiobook preview

YouTube video by Google Play Books

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

“Bottles trees originated with the Kongo culture, the kingdom from which a significant number of enslaved Black Americans came.” —Dr. Imani Perry, Black in Blues 💙💙💙

Blue Bottle Tree with a Sankofa bird at the base.

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

It would be nice if Walgreens gave you a shot for every shot you get. My arm is feeling real tender… Pour it up, pour it up 💉💉💉🥃🥃🥃

Three Walgreens band-aids along with information for each vaccine given.

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Zone 5B Winters can be very hard in the Midwest.

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I like how the texture appears in this photo. 😍

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Oh my…decisions, decisions, decisions. 🤔

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

“Leah Penniman, farmer and Awo, will demonstrate the art of Black Earth listening and the practice of reciprocity. Participants will be invited to explore their own ancestral lineages’ spiritual engagement with the land.” 🌱

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Spirituality and Farming: Honoring the Sacred Virtual 3D

YouTube video by Soul Fire Farm

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BlackAFinSTEM @blackafinstem.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Happy Earth Day 🌍 from the Black AF In STEM Collective! Today, we celebrate the Earth and the resilience of those who, like migratory birds, have journeyed across lands, waters, and skies in search of freedom, belonging, and home.

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

“When we are still enough, we can hear the voice and lessons of the earth.” -Leah Penniman, Black Earth Wisdom 🌱 Happy Earth Day! #blackbooksky

User holding personal copy of Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Thanks! I was worried about them with the fluctuation in temperature-Zone 5B.

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LMJ @elleemmejaye.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

•Dianthus or Creeping Phlox 🤔🤔🤔 The habit is like a Creeping Phlox. •Giant Purple Allium •Row of Purple Bearded Irises I love to get up early and walk through my garden. I have no choice really as the King of Asgard (senior dog) has no regard for your time. 🦮🐾

My memory fails me but this dainty white and pink flower is either a Dianthus or Creeping Phlox. It definitely has the habit of Creeping Phlox with a dense mat/ground cover.

Giant Purple Allium on the verge of blooming.

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