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Runa Troy
@runatroy.bsky.social
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(She/They) Land-Tending Crone. Writer/Author/Editor/Consultant. Dream Worker. Mystical Mixologist. Harvest Creationist. Rune Caster. Vintage Hunter. Healing Vet. Food Nerd. Gen X.
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Komo Kulshan and the Sky put on quite the sunrise show today.

#OnTheCovenstead #WitchAlt #WitchSky #PNW #KomoKulshan #Sunrise
An orange glowing sunrise with the mountain Komo Kulshan against it A view of a snow-covered mountain against a orange sunrise
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Dinner sorted.

#OnTheCovenstead #GrowFood
A basket of greens next to a pair of acorn squash on a cutting board
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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That phở -real good.

Featuring homemade broth and #VillaWestwyk -grown scallions and herbs, sprinkled with a lot of good energy for pushing through the Big Dark.

#OnTheCovenstead #KitchenWitchery #WitchSky #FettingPastSAD #WitchAlt
A bowl of Vietnamese phở.
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Mushrooms here #OnTheCovenstead

#WitchSky #WitchAlt #mushrooms
A red and white mushroom 🍄 A collection of budding mushrooms A large brown mushroom which rabbits have nibbled A woman's hand for scale against a very big mushroom
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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#FridayFunny #WitchHumor #WitchSky #OnTheCovenstead
a floating ghostly figure in a pale purple dress within the stacks of shelves at a library reading a book. the words "me coming back as a ghost so I can just keep reading books I never got to" is above An old painting of a man and woman. The words "hey baby, what's your sign?" is above the man. Words across the woman's chest say, DO NOT ENTER A sign that reads "NEVER PISS OFF THE WITCH WHO COOKS YOUR MEALS! EVER...
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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After & Before. We might have a tea-thing #OnTheCovenstead
An organized tea cupboard featuring home-grown concoctions.
November 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Tea cabinet is revised & renewed, keeping in mind HOLA (Heat, Odor, Light, Air). Most everything featured in this photo was grown & processed here. Otherwise we get bulk from our local co-op & other tea artisans, the latter often gifts from kindred. #TeaWitch #WitchSky #OnTheCovenstead #KitchenWitch
A reorganized tea cabinet focusing on HOLA (Heat, Odor, Light, Air).
November 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Today's task involves solving the riddle of my tea cupboard. Because we look to teas for basically daily health benefits & tailoring them to the need du jour, the tea cupboard is a bit out of control. Note, I'm only dealing with the bottom shelf today. #WitchSky #MagicInYourCup #OnTheCovenstead
A kitchen cupboard with shelves of items to make tea, coffee, and cocoa.
November 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Not just you. Fairly typical example of the Land getting blood from me. ;)
A scraped up and slightly bloody leg
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Had to share some good moments. A game of peek-a-boo to cheer the convalescing crone. #WitchAlt
An interior skylight frames a full moon in the sky above does with wispy clouds
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Oldest selfie on my phone. Circa 2015.
A woman with a black headscarf and stepped sweater looks at the camera
November 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Getting an early start on my #SundayStack

One of the things I do to deal with the fall-back time change is stay up late reading. 🤪😘😉

#WitchAlt #Amreading #WitchSky #OccultSky
An image of the book take back the magic conversations with the unseen world by perdita Finn
November 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Rare Halloween roses here on the 49th parallel.
Sun light highlights yellow tea roses on an oak table
October 31, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Good morning, Witches! Look at this beauty! Komo Kulshan in the morning glow of sunrise.
#WitchAlt #WitchSky #OnTheCovenstead
The sunrise over the Cascade mountains
October 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Ancestor offering flowers from the Land. #OnTheCovenstead
A bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums, yarrow, and cerinthe in a crystal vase highlighted by the late afternoon sun
October 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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It's a haunting season, Witches. Twice in the last few days I swore this crow statue moved ever so slightly. An eye wink here, a ruffle there. What do you see? #WitchSky #WitchMadness #WitchAlt #SpookySeason
Atop a mantle sits a couple of plain candles and artwork bordering a skull plinth which has a sculpture of a crow on it.
October 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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What's it like inside your head?
October 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Look who was seeking refuge from coming storm on the Witch's broom. #WildFamiliars #OnTgeCovenstead #WitchSky #WitchAlt #WitchMadness
A praying mantis sits on a broom A close-up of a praying mantis on a broom
October 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Cloud scrying before the storm. Messages of volatility. Rain has begun & in 1 hr it's .23 inch accumulation already. By Saturday 4+ inches. But wait it gets better. Wind sustained at 25kn + w/ gusts to 45kn+. Y'all Cruisers be safe (small craft warning for the next week). #OnTheCovenstead #WitchSky
Whipped clouds in the sky Swirling clouds in the sky before a storm Weird clouds in the sky
October 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Our rainbow welcome garden is headed by a healthy maple tree. She's letting all the visitors to the Covenstead know that there is beauty in slowing down and resting. #OnTheCovenstead #WitchSky #WheelOfTheYear
A lone autumnal maple against fading grass and evergreen pines
October 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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#FridayFunny #WitchHumor #WitchSky #WitchAlt
The landscape of the prairie with a tornado funnel cloud touching down. Words to the side read: BE CAREFUL OUT THERE. IT'S 'DROP A HOUSE ON A WITCH' WEATHER, AND SOME OF YOU DON'T NEED TO TAKE ANY CHANCES. A DEMONIC FIGURE CARRIES A PERSON WHO LOOKS SURPRISED. THE PERSON IS LABELED, 'ME, AN INTROVERT' AND THE FIGURE 'RANDOM EXTROVERT THAT LIKED ME FOR NO REASON' MORTICIA ADDAMS KNITS IN A CHAIR. WORDS ABOVE HER SAY 'TWO PLACES YOU CAN STAY FOR FREE: WORDS BELOW HER READ, "1. IN YOUR LANE 2. OUT OF MY BUSINESS
October 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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I'm hosting the whole community for a party right here at home! The gates are open and I'm so excited to be around a crowd of people.
A sign that reads: You've been kidnapped - Your kidnappers allow you (sic) keep posting on social media to pretend everything is alright. What would you post that would alarm your followers, without the kidnappers knowing you're asking for help?
October 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Yesterday morning, Grand Witchling helped me pick all the tender fruits that were left in the polytunnel & kitchen garden. This morning it was 29 degrees at sunrise. Today we hope to quickly get some bushes and trees in the ground before the true winter cold hits. #OnTheCovenstead #WitchAlt
Four baskets of 'last harvest before the frost' featuring peppers, peas, and green beans.
October 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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This is all the music in that episode... True Blood Wiki ftw.
A list of songs in a tv show
October 15, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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As that Wheel of the Year turns, so shifts the rhythm of the Covenstead. It's not slower, just different. Tools get swapped out, tasks evolve, and the Land calls for new kinds of attention. What was once growth becomes about harvest, storage, and preparation. #WitchAlt #OnTheCovenstead 1/2
A mushroom (Ma'am on a Motorcycle) in grass next to a patch of feverfew
October 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM