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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 21h

Driving back home from dropping off venison for processing, I saw a Belted Kingfisher and a Great Blue Heron in one of my favorite roadside wetland areas. 🥰 I would have stopped to take photos but it's not the safest spot due to traffic if you're not prepared ahead of time.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

October is change. October is spirits. We walk the edge of its fields, knowing they wait for the first frost of the year to crack them and release their ghosts. - Katherine Gidding, Hookland artist, talking about her 1939 painting 'The Lip'

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It’s wild how messages line up when you’re meant to get them. For me, it’s hawks screaming close overhead back to back, followed by strangers out in public saying the exact words tied to what I’m chewing on. "Reality" really just turns the volume all the way up. #FolkWitchFriday #WitchSky #FolkWitch

A juvenile Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) soaring overhead against a clear blue sky, its broad wings and banded tail backlit by bright sunlight to reveal feathered flight patterns.

Creative Commons Source:
https://flic.kr/p/9zuWh9

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RaggaMog (Morri-Arty) @raggamog.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

She's walked the Blossom and bloom Of spring and summer, And the Burnished paths Of autumn, And now she comes Wearing the robes Of #Death, A vessel of wisdom, Healing flowing from Her scars, The wilderness Slumbering At her behest. #WildWalkPrompt #Writing #Poetry

An original artwork of a crow and a full moon with a wintry night sky. Created using acrylic paints on A3 board.

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Join in the conversation tomorrow! 💚

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I am a witch for all those near broken. I am a witch for those scraped raw by trying to climb high walls, cut by having to walk on glass scattered by hollow-hearted bastards. I am a witch for those needing transformation, bound to pain. For witches understand the bruised. - #EmilyCBanting #WitchSky

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Bloody kids of today. They aren't satisfied with manglewurzels or turnips for their Haggedy-Raggedy lanterns. Oh no, they want something non-traditional, something a bit different. Something a bit too bloody orange if you ask me. The spirits won't like it. – Sam Buckle, 1982 #VOH

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Poe knew the border of death was shadowy at best. Across Southern pine barrens & red clay crossroads, the unquiet dead linger as "restless walkers" - flesh & bone finishing old chores until forced to cross running water. Some never truly sleep. #WyrdWednesday #SouthernFolklore #WitchSky

Option 1: Direct & Atmospheric

A composite southern gothic image of a rural red dirt crossroads bordered by dense green pine woods. Standing in the center of the dusty lane is a pale, ghostly woman in a long flowing vintage gown with dark hair.

Creative photo illustration I made in Corel. Wiki commons of red-clay crossroad. Ghost image taken from "The Ghost at Point of Rocks", from the August 1907 edition of Scriber's Magazine (Vol XLII, no. 2), wiki commons as source.

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Close their eyes with silver coins, or they’ll come back walking. Coastal Southern tradition warns that an unkept wake draws the restless dead back down the dirt lane - not as mist, but as muddy feet returning to the hearth they left behind. #WyrdWednesday #WitchSky #SouthernFolklore #Folklore

A somber, slightly faded photograph showing the pale face of a deceased woman resting in a casket lined with fabric. Her eyes are closed, with a metallic silver coin resting on her left eyelid, partially covered by a sheer white shroud.

Creator/Photographer: Unknown

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Up at 2:00 AM, caught in an unexpected, quiet electric charge. Coffee in hand, entirely human, wondering at my place under the sky while the creative spark pulls at the thread. Basking in conversations with dear friends & family. Sending this spark out to all who need it! 🔥🕯️🔥 Swampy hugs!

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Idgie Heather @idgieheather.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sometimes when I try to listen For my inner voice Its just Quiet Not still Not tranquil Just empty A halt in the air Before you Fall down The ravine Maybe it's cause Im not still often enough I've forgotten To search for myself before I ask others to find me #poetry #shadowwork

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My two favorite proverbs - One is Yoruban: "Bit by bit we eat the head of the rat." The second comes from a spiritual teacher who now is a mighty ancestor: "Find your amusement. And when you cannot? Be amused you cannot." Today I am going bit by bit while finding my amusement. 💚

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RaggaMog (Morri-Arty) @raggamog.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Join the Witch and two ginger cats down a rabbit hole... When she started this week's blog she thought she knew what she was doing, but it's become apparent that she is clueless 😏. But there's freshly brewed tea and poetry. #Writing #Folklore #Poetry ko-fi.com/post/Modron-...

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Modron

The Witch and the Chihuahua published a post on Ko-fi

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Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This week’s Minoan Tarot cards help us find beauty in the world and lean into our personal power as we navigate these Interesting Times. lauraidaeja.substack.com/p/in-the-car... #Minoan #MinoanTarot #Tarot #TarotSky

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In the cards this week: dreaming and acting

We can find joy in the balance of the two

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Ghostly white against the dark bellies of cypress trunks, the Great Egret stands motionless at the water's edge. Old swamp lore viewed the white crane as a watchful sentinel stationed at the crossing between solid earth and bottomless mire. Pure patience in feather and bone. #SwampLifeSunday

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Like ancient bog bodies, swamp timber defies time. Submerged in cold, acidic peat water, heart cypress doesn't rot - tannins "pickle" the wood, turning fallen trunks into indestructible ghost logs that outlast generations. The mire keeps its relics intact, held safe from decay. #SwampLifeSunday

A massive, weathered sinker cypress log resting on a muddy, leaf-strewn bank alongside a calm swamp river reflecting bare trees and blue sky.

Creative Commons image. Long found in tannic river in Louisana, believed to be well over hundred years "sunk" in the river.

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Swamps and bogs don't just consume; they preserve. The muck holds ancient secrets, from prehistoric sacrifices to the perfectly preserved Tollund Man. The bog is a timeless threshold between the living and the dead. #SwampLifeSunday #Ancestors #Nature #WitchSky

A Great Egret stands poised at the edge of dark swamp water amid lush lily pads, framed by massive cypress trunks draped in Spanish moss and a weathered cypress knee.

English: Okefenokee Swamp Nov 2016
Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/134867242@N05/31415781391/

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Paul Robichaud 🪨🐐 @pjrobichaud.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

You can read my piece on riddles and enigmas in the new issue of Hellebore!

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

With my other head on:

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Most people have a devil and an angel on their shoulders. I just have a dragon – a fabulous firedrake – that lives in my bones. It's much more wonderful and its flame burns away bullshit like you wouldn't believe. – #EmilyCBanting

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Watched "The Secret Mall Apartment" today. I loved everything about this documentary, these people and artists. ❤️

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

You know... to organize Crafting and crafting supplies one must first make a complete mess. I dread this every time I have to do it. But, here I am again! 😂 It'll be worth it... that's what I keep telling myself. Right now I'm considering a match!

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RaggaMog (Morri-Arty) @raggamog.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In traditional folklore and witchcraft, a cat's habit of sitting on thresholds, windowsills, or doorways made them natural sentinels who monitored what entered or left a space. They are creatures of liminal spaces, the betwixt and between. #FolkWitchFriday #WitchSky #Cats

Helgi and Ragnar, my ginger boys, guarding the window.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We walk passed buildings that leak ghosts. We are window watched. We are scratched with shadows. A psychic toll is paid for our navigations in headache, in a pressing into the back of the neck. This is our phantom reality. – #DAKilroy #Ghosts

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Water nymph, mud crawler, aerial master, and lethal spark of fire - the dragonfly holds all four corners of the wild. They are my fierce allies in the swamp and across the threshold of dreams. A quiet perch on an outstretched finger seals our bond. #FolkWitchFriday #Animism #FolkWitch

A first-person view of my outstretched left forearm against green grass. A real, metallic blue dragonfly perches calmly atop an upright middle finger, directly aligning with an intricate blue tattoo below of a winged skeleton key with dragonfly wings and a witch-foot symbol.

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Down at the dirt line, toads are my quiet teachers. Pausing to commune with them roots me straight into the pulse of the Land - both here & the otherside. They aren't just garden visitors; they are sensitive barometers of soil, rain, & the unseen vitality here/there. #FolkWitchFriday #WitchSky

Fowler's Toad (Anaxyrus fowleri) visitor / teacher at my home.

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Otherworldly allies often step through dreams, carrying unmistakable signatures across the veil. Waking, I look to the sky: a hawk’s sudden cry, dusk owls, or a bluebird breaking pattern. When an animal insists on entering the conscious mind, I listen. #FolkWitchFriday #Animism #WitchSky

Photo taken at crossroads up from my home. Hawk & mockingbird having a moment. Strong augury.

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Working the swamp means knowing "The Landlord." When I asked for a deeper connection to Alligator, the waters answered with a found carcass. Cleaning the skull and working bone into poppets bridges the wild water to the bench. Flesh falls away; relationship remains. #FolkWitchFriday #WitchSky

American Alligator skull after being cleaned. Waiting to be reassembled in this photo.

American Alligator head, waiting to be processed, so reassembly and magical loading can happen as part of on going Craft with the Swamp.

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Familiars in folk practice are living guardians at the sill. My dog Rebel woke us to 30ft flames engulfing a neighbor’s house. Our dog Freckles sounded an urgent alarm that saved my son’s life. Familiars keep watch over the threshold and our blood. #FolkWitchFriday #WitchSky #FolKWitch

A dog seen from behind looking up to the clouds.
Etching by A. F. Le Bas after J. P. Desportes.

Wiki Commons Image

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Eolas Pellor @eolaspellor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Spooktober 1: Around 3:00 a.m. someone’s hand was knocking at my door. Where the rest of them was I am not sure, but the hand was there. And it seemed rather agitated.

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Join in the conversation tomorrow! 💚

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Not to piss on anyone’s chips, but Hookland won’t be doing any ‘31 days of spookiness’ malarkey. Halloween is not that big a thing in a county that does hauntings in a matchbox every day of the year. The gothic is not tinsel on this ghost soil, it’s a bone tattoo.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Re-introducing a Hookland childhood nightmare/beloved icon. Mr. Lookout – the ghost bear mascot of the Hookland Tourist Board's 'I-See! series of books'. The scarrer of many a child's imaginations as depicted by @tomsbrown.bsky.social. #MrLookout #Hookland

A ghost bear. A big, fat ghost bear. Wearing spectacles, holding what appears to be a bone wand. Trust me, it is one scary bear. The text says: Mr. Lookout

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For even the solitary witch never truly walks alone. She may be rarely seen at those guerrilla covens of extreme need, but she travels with the spirits of the land. Her constant companions are genii locorum – whispering, protecting and teaching as she navigate her way. – #EmilyCBanting #WitchSky

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Work continues dear Emily. 💚

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Who needs cryptids when the swamp bred Oscar? 🐊 A 1,000 lb, century old Okefenokee landlord who took buckshot & kept walking. I have fond memories of seeing Oscar! Today his preserved skeleton watches visitors - displaying the flagpole topper & dog collar he digested along the way. #WyrdWednesday

1970's photo showing the legendary Okefenokee Joe with Oscar the alligator. A vintage photograph of a massive, heavily armored alligator named Oscar crawling along a sunny dirt path in front of naturalist Okefenokee Joe, who stands watching him by a wooden bridge and swamp trees.

The complete, articulated bone skeleton of a giant alligator, Oscar, displayed inside a long glass showcase with an illuminated floor, positioned within a rustic visitor center.

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Georgia's "Nessie" is called Altamaha-ha. Said to be a quite large & long creature, Altamaha-ha has been seen in the Darien coastal region & elsewhere in McIntosh County. #WyrdWednesday #Georgia #Cryptid en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamah...

Artist rendering of what Altamaha-ha may look like, based on accounts.

ARTIST: Rick Spears
From the book: "Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures That May or May Not Exist" by: Kelly Milner Halls, Rick Spears, Roxyanne Young, Darby Creek Publishing, 2006"

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Laura Perry @templemom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's goldenrod season! We have several different kinds of this native wildflower on our property, to help out the pollinators at this time of year when other food sources are in decline. #wildflowers #NativeWildflowers #goldenrod

Closeup photo of a goldenrod bloom cluster. Tiny golden yellow blooms grow in a roughly cone-shaped cluster along the end of a stem that's leaning downward due to the weight of the flowers.

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Taion the Gnome @taionthegnome.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Moon dressed in shadow Cloud whisps slither over her A wood Moths delight #WitchSky

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Idgie Heather @idgieheather.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sometimes I wish I could see myself Trough your eyes Understand what you see What you Don't And maybe understand That the don'ts are ok If what's seen makes all the difference #poetry #poetrysky

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

From the introduction to the Hookland Tourist Board I=SEE STRANGE HOOKLAND book:

REMEMBER:

Don’t go out by yourself at night. Many things in this book are thought to be imaginary, but being out by yourself in the dark can still be dangerous – even if you don’t encounter the Danebury Grim.

If you see something that scares you, tell a parent or a trusted adult such as a teacher. In extreme cases where you can’t find an adult you can trust, you could even tell a police officer.

Don’t provoke Faeries of any type. You would not like people shouting your name, poking you in your bed with a stick or throwing stones in your bath, so don’t do it to Faeries. No-one likes ill-behaved children, least of all the Elves of Hookland.

Don’t signal for UFOs with torches. It is not only a waste of batteries, it can be misinterpreted by the emergency services. Besides, we can’t promise that all UFOs are friendly or interpret your signal as a positive message.

Show some respect for the graves of the dead. If you were buried in the ground you wouldn’t appreciate another child dancing on your grave or trying to dig it up would you?

Remember to take extra care when looking for things around water – both by the sea and along rivers and pools. Even if he is imaginary, the King-Under-the-Sea should be shown some deference and Stay Belows not encouraged to grab at you when dangling your legs or trailing your hands in cool, apparently calm water.

Imaginary things can’t hurt you unless you believe in them with all your heart and then they are really quite dangerous.

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Colette ~ Golden Web Mystery School @witchways.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've heard about Holy Basil for clarity and focus. Before I work with an herb, I like to start a relationship and see if it wants to work with me. So I grew it. Very forgiving plant. It even regrew after a hot spell appeared to kill it. Using in afternoon boost tea with Rosemary & Mint #WitchSky

Foliage seed heads and purple blooms of Holy Basil

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The turtle laughed. The lizards laughed. The snake laughed. The field mouse laughed, and Frog laughed.

The turtle, lizards, snake, field mouse, and Frog all laugh at Toad. Not very nice friends, are they?

From "A Swim"
In *Frog and Toad Are Friends*

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Linocut by contemporary printmaker Mariann Johansen-Ellis #WomensArt

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Paul Robichaud 🪨🐐 @pjrobichaud.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🎨 Robert Lawson, ‘Young Pan Piping’

Pan plays his pipes while an elf listens from behind a stone.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hookland is ghost country. Hookland is witch country. If you suspect some monstrous thing is lurking in your nightmares, you might just find it in that place of legends. – #CLNolan, Children’s Hour, BBC Regional Programme, 1936

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