Category Archives: Dogs

Snake in the wiregrass

Yes, Brown Dog and Yellow Dog found another hog-nosed snake. Hiding:



John S. Quarterman, Gretchen Quarterman, Brown Dog, Yellow Dog, Lowndes County, Georgia, 10 March 2012.
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms.

Boxed:

 

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Snake in the oak leaves

Yellow Dog and Brown Dog pointing:


Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms.

Can you see it there, between the wiregrass and the oak log?

 

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Sneaky Yellow Dog Sneaky Yellow Dog

What’s that yellow dog up to?


Pictures of Gretchen Quarterman and Yellow Dog at Okra Paradise Farms
by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 6 February 2012.

Not digging, she hopes? We just planted potatoes there! Here’s a slideshow: 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