Cold enough the dogs did not want to go into the cypress swamp, after the January 22, 2025, sleet and snow storm.
![[Gretchen pokes it with a stick as Blondie, River, and Sky stay high and dry]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-01-23--frozen-swamp-dogs/20250123_131539.jpg)
Gretchen pokes it with a stick as Blondie, River, and Sky stay high and dry
Honeybun did not even come down to the frozen water’s edge. River, Sky, and Blondie stayed out of the water. Continue reading
It came down as sleet all night.
To a cold sunrise.
You could still see the particles in the morning. Continue reading
After half an hour bushwhacking to get to the pond for the first time since Hurricane Helene, on New Years Day the dogs and I discovered something in a pine tree.
![[Something in that tree, says Honeybun]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-01-01--pond-rescue-dogs-gretchen-flatboat/20250101_151410.jpg)
Something in that tree, says Honeybun
She said she meant to be there. Continue reading
That pine deadfall in the back driveway was in the way, so I removed it the next day.
These other logs also I recently dragged out of there with tractor and logging chain. Continue reading
Update 2025-01-18: Removed: pine deadfall in back driveway 2025-01-14.
Could this be a problem?
I’ll get to it either today or tomorrow, so when something else falls on the front driveway we’ll have a way out the back. Continue reading
Every path through my woods looks like this. Hurricane Helene was ten times worse than Idalia for south Georgia and north Florida. Forestry is Georgia’s top industry, and it is hurting bad, along with pecan trees and other agriculture.
![[Fallen oak and pine trees after Hurricane Helene]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2024-12-07--fields-firebreak/20241207_171626.jpg)
Fallen oak and pine trees after Hurricane Helene
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There was still too much cast iron getting musty in drawers, so we added two more racks.
![[More cast iron hangers for grilling]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2024-12-14--more-cast-iron-hangers/20241214_132850.jpg)
More cast iron hangers for grilling
These are mostly grilling items, near the back door, leading to the grill on the back porch and the fire pit.
Some items moved from the hall hangers, allowing those to get more organized. Continue reading
Gretchen and her granddaughter Elleanor tried rolling an oak limb out of the way.
Suddenly, as by magic, it’s done! Continue reading
Oops. That oak tree insisted on going south when I cut it down. It made a big dent in the tractor shed roof.
It broke off the end of one roof truss. But the main truss and the plate it is sitting on are undamaged. So it’s fixable, and not so bad meanwhile. Continue reading
![[Sleet in the dark]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow/20250122_021307.jpg)
![[Cold sunrise]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow/20250122_080242.jpg)
![[Removed]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-01-14--pine-deadfall-back-driveway-removed/20250114_133242.jpg)
![[Honeybun and deadfall]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-01-13--pine-deadfall-back-driveway/20250113_150419.jpg)
![[Rolling the oak log]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2024-11-26--rolling-oak-limb/20241126_082742-0.jpg)
![[Roof damage]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2024-11-27--oak-roof-damage/20241127_112048.jpg)
![[Red sky at morning]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2024-11-29--red-sky-morning/20241129_070149.jpg)