Dogs like water more than fire.

Yellow Dog and camouflaged Brown Dog

And yes, Gretchen was putting out fires with a coffee cup and swamp water.

But she found something unexpected.

East brambles

Brambles still burning

Gretchen

Fire brigade

Swamp edge

Yellow Dog

In the swamp

Movie: Around the swamp (21M)

Blue

What’s that blue thing?

Boat

Mossy

New firebreak

Stopped the fire

Phoenix tree

Burning heart pine

Here’s a LAKE video playlist:

Swamp boat burn 2020-03-02
John S. Quarterman, Gretchen Quarterman, Brown Dog, Yellow Dog,
at the OPF cypress swamp, with fire, dogs, and a boat. Video by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia.

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