Moon mandala: Continue reading
Oak moon
One day before the March full moon:
Yearly Archives: 2011
Little dogs in typical poses
Sit!
You’re getting too much attention: Continue reading
Longleaf moon
Late afternoon, two days before the March full moon:
Same tree, full length, for scale: Continue reading
Scorpion in chair
So I was going to sit in this chair.
Picture by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 September 2011.
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Harmless snake in the grass, 7 September 2011
It’s in the middle of this picture:
Here’s a video.
Video by Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 September 2011.
You can see its tail move. Continue reading
Dirt igloo door (sweet potato curing mound)
The
slideshow of the building of the dirt igloo for the sweet potatoes
ended before the adding of the door.
So here’s the door, in place, with reference yellow dog:
Pictures of sweet potato curing teepee
by John S. Quarterman, 8 September 2011,
Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia.
Yellow Dog was busy tracking something, so didn’t stay to pose.
The door is on the north side. It’s six pieces of 2×6″ pine, each 18″ long, three vertical and three horizontal, screwed together, and set inside the doorposts. Here’s a closeup: Continue reading
Banking sweet potatoes
Why would we want a doorway to a dirt pile?
Terry Davis and John S. Quarterman banking sweet potatoes at
Okra Paradise Farms.
Pictures by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 25 August 2011.
Watch the slideshow and see:
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Snake on a hoe
How I get the snake in the box:
I pick it up on a hoe. Most snakes it’s more like raking them into the box with the hoe, but this one’s playing dead: Continue reading
Peppers yellow, green, and red
Ready to make pepper jelly.
Picture by Gretchen Quarterman,
Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 August 2011.
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Caw!
Crow on a longleaf candle:
Update 10:00 23 August 2011: Gretchen says that’s not a crow; it’s a smaller bird; some sort of flycatcher.
Update 10:00 23 August 2011: Gretchen says that’s not a crow; it’s a smaller bird; some sort of flycatcher.
You lookin’ at me? Continue reading