I went to find Sky in the woods. Then we went to the pond. Doesn’t look like much, due to the drought.
![[Sky at top of the pond]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2026-02-05--sky-ponds/20260205_162507.jpg)
We went upstream on Redeye Creek to the first beaver pond. Near there, Sky also played circus dog. Continue reading
Tag Archives: beavers
Cat face, beaver pond 2020-06-16
Back in the 1930s, during the Great Depression, my father and grandfather paid off the mortgage on the farm through income from turpentine. This is a catface, where the bark was scraped off a pine tree so its sap would ooze out, to be caught in a metal cup nailed below on the tree.
![[Catface and beaver pond]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2020-06-16--catface-beaver-pond/20200616_132920.jpg)
The rest of the tree long ago was logged.
Behind the pine tree stump and the adjoining oak tree, you can see a beaver pond. Continue reading
Pond, Dogs, Sycamore 2018-10-04
Plop!
Sounds you don't want your smart phone to make: "Plop!" as it falls out of your pocket into the pond.
Now you might think it would be easy to find, since you can plainly see it fell straight down. Nope, I've rummaged through the bottom all around with fingers, then with a potato fork. Nothing. I blame it on the beavers, who I think are facebooking with it.
Here's the video:
Plop!
Video of John S. Quarterman by Gretchen Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 22 April 2012.
-jsq