suzy allen
@giftofbirdsong.bsky.social
hobbit, herbalist & haunted homesteader living near the swamps and marshes by the Chesapeake Bay
https://giftofbirdsong.substack.com/
https://giftofbirdsong.substack.com/
June 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Flower arrangement for last night's full moon in Sagittarius featuring Jupiter in cancer... red hot pokers remind me of ♐ arrows #astrology #astroherbalism #plantmagic
June 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Flower arrangement for last night's full moon in Sagittarius featuring Jupiter in cancer... red hot pokers remind me of ♐ arrows #astrology #astroherbalism #plantmagic
June 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The elderflower hedge is nearing full bloom here. Rumored to either attract or repel devils, witches, and/or fairies, it certainly attracts fireflies, flies, wasps, and other pollinators with its sweetly fragrant moonface flower heads. #bloomscrolling #naturejournal #herbalism
June 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The elderflower hedge is nearing full bloom here. Rumored to either attract or repel devils, witches, and/or fairies, it certainly attracts fireflies, flies, wasps, and other pollinators with its sweetly fragrant moonface flower heads. #bloomscrolling #naturejournal #herbalism
Last novel I finished reading is still in mind. A labyrinth is a powerful symbol and I think this story found me at the right time while I reaclimate to life outside the labyrinth I got lost in for years. Beauty is both horror and comfort to isolation. I'm in a Piranesi moment #booksky #piranesi
May 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Kitchen is full of strawberries and milky oat tincture. May smells like fresh berries and cut grass. It's busy here now. Harvest has a short window of time per plant. It's a rhythm to remember the flow of it all as season changes so quickly. Noticing is key. 🌱 #gardenjournal #homesteading
May 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Kitchen is full of strawberries and milky oat tincture. May smells like fresh berries and cut grass. It's busy here now. Harvest has a short window of time per plant. It's a rhythm to remember the flow of it all as season changes so quickly. Noticing is key. 🌱 #gardenjournal #homesteading
Passionflower is popping up and waving hello in the sunny edges here. Maypop, passionleaf, (Passiflora incarnata), is a wild and wonderful herbaceous vine with mesmerizing flowers which become delicious fruits. The aerial parts, particularly the tendrils, are a potent herbal ally for relaxation. 🌱
May 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Passionflower is popping up and waving hello in the sunny edges here. Maypop, passionleaf, (Passiflora incarnata), is a wild and wonderful herbaceous vine with mesmerizing flowers which become delicious fruits. The aerial parts, particularly the tendrils, are a potent herbal ally for relaxation. 🌱
Spotted a lovely Eastern box turtle friend. 'Tis turtle season
May 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Spotted a lovely Eastern box turtle friend. 'Tis turtle season
The rhododendrons are blooming #bloomscrolling
May 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The rhododendrons are blooming #bloomscrolling
First strawberries of the season! I picked some early to finish ripening away from hungry chicken beaks. 🌱 #gardening
May 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
First strawberries of the season! I picked some early to finish ripening away from hungry chicken beaks. 🌱 #gardening
Chippy la Rue, the chicken, standing on an old milk pail beside the blooming snowball bush. She likes to perch there in the evenings during golden hour. #chickensofbluesky #bloomscrolling 🌱
April 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Chippy la Rue, the chicken, standing on an old milk pail beside the blooming snowball bush. She likes to perch there in the evenings during golden hour. #chickensofbluesky #bloomscrolling 🌱
A very pretty clump of fleabane. It's a weedy flower and not ideal for this pasture restoration... but even weeds can be quite pretty. 🌱 #bloomscrolling
April 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A very pretty clump of fleabane. It's a weedy flower and not ideal for this pasture restoration... but even weeds can be quite pretty. 🌱 #bloomscrolling
Got some new peepers this morning! I ordered these last week, a variety pack of brown egg layers. They all look like the same breed to me so I'll just wait and see how they feather out. 10 red chicks! ♥ #chickensofbluesky
April 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Got some new peepers this morning! I ordered these last week, a variety pack of brown egg layers. They all look like the same breed to me so I'll just wait and see how they feather out. 10 red chicks! ♥ #chickensofbluesky
They breached the back deck... #chickensofbluesky
April 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
They breached the back deck... #chickensofbluesky
Free range hens do as they please. I call this hen Long Legs... listening to the bees in the peach flowers, chickens scratching for bugs in the garden, and reading Tales from Earthsea after a day of mowing pasture... Magic in the mundane moments is nice #permaculture #homesteading #gardens #LeGuin 🌱
March 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Free range hens do as they please. I call this hen Long Legs... listening to the bees in the peach flowers, chickens scratching for bugs in the garden, and reading Tales from Earthsea after a day of mowing pasture... Magic in the mundane moments is nice #permaculture #homesteading #gardens #LeGuin 🌱
Henbit and deadnettle in the orchard alley here, beautiful carpet of weeds left for the bees
#magentamonday #bloomscrolling #naturalgardening 🌱🐝
#magentamonday #bloomscrolling #naturalgardening 🌱🐝
March 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Henbit and deadnettle in the orchard alley here, beautiful carpet of weeds left for the bees
#magentamonday #bloomscrolling #naturalgardening 🌱🐝
#magentamonday #bloomscrolling #naturalgardening 🌱🐝
Rogue daffodil in my vegetable plot, haven't the heart to yank it out. #sundayyellow #bloomscrolling #gardening 🌱
March 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Rogue daffodil in my vegetable plot, haven't the heart to yank it out. #sundayyellow #bloomscrolling #gardening 🌱
Hand pollinating a Meyer lemon tree aka pretending to be a bee for a moment 🌱🍋
#Bloomscrolling #gardening
#Bloomscrolling #gardening
March 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Hand pollinating a Meyer lemon tree aka pretending to be a bee for a moment 🌱🍋
#Bloomscrolling #gardening
#Bloomscrolling #gardening
Sunset from last evening from behind the tulip poplar branch. The best skies are seen before the trees leaf out, when they're still bare.
March 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Sunset from last evening from behind the tulip poplar branch. The best skies are seen before the trees leaf out, when they're still bare.
Fruits, fruit trees, the burden of abundance, would you like a tree? Last week's #naturejournal 🌱
February 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Fruits, fruit trees, the burden of abundance, would you like a tree? Last week's #naturejournal 🌱
"a wrong that cannot be repaired must be transcended" This is the single most powerful "fantasy" novel I've ever read and it's about a woman sheltering an abused child against an evil world. Read this. 📚 #booksky
February 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"a wrong that cannot be repaired must be transcended" This is the single most powerful "fantasy" novel I've ever read and it's about a woman sheltering an abused child against an evil world. Read this. 📚 #booksky
Weekly nature journal post. I fought a bad depression spell and pondered the vitality of connection in a week of cold, isolation, and no internet access. Oh and some snowbirds.
January 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Weekly nature journal post. I fought a bad depression spell and pondered the vitality of connection in a week of cold, isolation, and no internet access. Oh and some snowbirds.
Nature journal entry from last week's notes and photos.
January 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Nature journal entry from last week's notes and photos.
I published the first nature journal entry on my substack! I'm publishing a public journal of my photos, musings, and nature/homestead activities for the week.
January 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I published the first nature journal entry on my substack! I'm publishing a public journal of my photos, musings, and nature/homestead activities for the week.
Started a new blog project for 2025, nature journals and storytelling about homesteading and spirituality, find it on my Substack
January 17, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Started a new blog project for 2025, nature journals and storytelling about homesteading and spirituality, find it on my Substack