Hm, it’s a black spider Continue reading
What’s that on the fence post?
It moves fast:
Ocmulgee River, Telfair County, US 441
Driving south on US 441, we crossed the Ocmulgee River
entering Telfair County.
The river looked clean and was flowing, although clearly lower than it has been:
Those old bridge pilings has shells near them in the sand: Continue reading
Partridge pea
Bobwhite quail love to eat this native legume:
Pictures by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 September 2011.
I had to forage far to find this example of Chamaecrista fasciculata aka Cassia fasciculata! Oops, you didn’t see this, did you? Continue reading
Moon above growing pines
One day after a rain, and a few days before a full moon:
Pictures by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 8 September 2011.
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Oak moon
One day before the March full moon:
Moon mandala: Continue reading
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