The Swamp Wytch19h ago
Science says the lights are just igniting peat gas, but a wytch knows better. The swamp & its spirits are masters of illusion. Foxfire / Jack'O lanterns glow eerily, distorting the dark and vanishing into nowhere the moment you step closer.
#WyrdWednesday #Okefenokee #SwampLore #WitchSky
The Swamp Wytch3d ago
While its kin exist only as impressions in prehistoric stone, the Swamp Darner flies on. As the sole living member of its genus, it is a Sentinel left behind by an older world - a winged relic keeping watch over the swampy basins. #SwampLifeSunday #Okefenokee #Nature #Dragonfly
The Swamp Wytch3d ago
The Swamp Darner has been called a "Devil's Darning Needle." Folklore says they would sew up the mouths of wicked folk, liars & their ilk. Their long, tapered bodies evoke a sharp instrument weaving a silent boundary through the swamp. #SwampLifeSunday #Okefenokee #Nature #Dragonfly
The Swamp Wytch3d ago
Called a "Snake Doctor" in old regional tales, the Swamp Darner was believed to accompany serpents through the swamps, healing and warning them of danger. Watching the Swamp Darner on its winged patrol definitely evokes an ancient allegiance! #SwampLifeSunday #Okefenokee #Nature #Dragonfly
The Swamp WytchJun 7
The Golden-silk Orbweaver runs three silk production lines at once. Her anchor lines are stronger than high-grade steel and flex like Kevlar to absorb a full-speed cicada, while the inner spirals stay wet, sticky, and deadly. Magical architects! #SwampLifeSunday #Nature #WitchSky #Okefenokee
The WildJun 6

A look at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and its bid to become a UNESCO World Heritage site. #okefenokee

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31052026/icn-sunday-morning-okefenokee-unesco-recognition/

The Okefenokee’s Bid for International Recognition - Inside Climate News

Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and ICN contributor Ryan Krugman as they discuss the Okefenokee’s bid for recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Inside Climate News
The Swamp WytchMay 31
Spanish Moss is "The Veil" in my magical writings. It isn't a parasite - it's an air plant; absorbing only what the wind, fog, & bark from tree bring to it. The ultimate architecture for listening to unseen currents. What might it teach you? #SwampLifeSunday #Nature #Okefenokee #FolkWitch
Wisdom in SpaceMay 24

Mass intoxication first requires small, private capitulations. The force of the group substitutes for the weakness of the individual.
-- Alexander Karn (@xankarn)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AlexanderKarn #Cowardice #Propaganda

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

Wisdom in SpaceMay 22

It's difficult to get a man to understand something when his cash flow depends on his not understanding it.
-- Paul Krugman

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #PaulKrugman #Greed #SelfDeception

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

Nate ShivarMay 22

Prairie in the Okefenokee Swamp

I always imagined the Okefenokee Swamp to be mostly dark, green, cypress forest. It's not. It's mostly open "prairie" covered in a couple feet of water. It's beautiful, haunting, and full of life. But the lack of trees really gives a sense of how big the place is.

https://www.nateshivar.com/29506/prairie-in-the-okefenokee-swamp/