{"id":10052,"date":"2026-04-26T11:04:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T15:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=10052"},"modified":"2026-04-26T11:13:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T15:13:29","slug":"almost-dry-pond-2026-04-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/almost-dry-pond-2026-04-25.html","title":{"rendered":"Almost dry pond 2026-04-25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nAfter chainsawing through late deadfall aftereffects of Hurricane Helene\r\n(trees weekend by that storm and blown down later),\r\nI took these pictures of the pond.\r\n<p>\r\nIt&#8217;s very low.\r\nWe&#8217;re in a drought, in case you haven&#8217;t heard.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Very low pond, 2026-04-25 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"VLP:Very-low-pond-20260425-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124424.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124424.jpg\"  alt=\"[Very low pond, 2026-04-25 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124424.html\">Very low pond, 2026-04-25 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s a video:\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/822238487605857\/\">\r\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/822238487605857\/<\/a>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/P4oOE9daMIU\">\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/P4oOE9daMIU<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P4oOE9daMIU?si=-mT8zVcyGdkThZi8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\nNo dogs this time.\r\nThey find chainsawing boring.\r\n<p>\r\nNo Gretchen, either.\r\nShe ran away to the frozen north.\r\nSomething about baseball and trains.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Looking upstream to the north, 2026-04-25 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"VLP:Looking-upstream-to-the-north-20260425-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124427.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124427.jpg\"  alt=\"[Looking upstream to the north, 2026-04-25 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124427.html\">Looking upstream to the north, 2026-04-25 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<H4><a name=\"HT\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/#HT\">HT<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Heron Tree, 2026-04-25 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"HT:Heron-Tree-20260425-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124050.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124050.jpg\"  alt=\"[Heron Tree, 2026-04-25 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124050.html\">Heron Tree, 2026-04-25 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Heron Tree and another cypress, 2026-04-25 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"HT:Heron-Tree-and-another-cypress-20260425-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124347.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124347.jpg\"  alt=\"[Heron Tree and another cypress, 2026-04-25 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124347.html\">Heron Tree and another cypress, 2026-04-25 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Top of heron tree, 2026-04-25 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"HT:Top-of-heron-tree-20260425-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124353.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124353.jpg\"  alt=\"[Top of heron tree, 2026-04-25 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124353.html\">Top of heron tree, 2026-04-25 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Middle of heron tree, 2026-04-25 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"HT:Middle-of-heron-tree-20260425-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124356.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124356.jpg\"  alt=\"[Middle of heron tree, 2026-04-25 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124356.html\">Middle of heron tree, 2026-04-25 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Lower branches of heron tree, 2026-04-25 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"HT:Lower-branches-of-heron-tree-20260425-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124359.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124359.jpg\"  alt=\"[Lower branches of heron tree, 2026-04-25 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124359.html\">Lower branches of heron tree, 2026-04-25 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Bottom of heron tree, 2026-04-25 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"HT:Bottom-of-heron-tree-20260425-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124401.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124401.jpg\"  alt=\"[Bottom of heron tree, 2026-04-25 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124401.html\">Bottom of heron tree, 2026-04-25 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<H4><a name=\"PHT\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/#PHT\">PHT<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Movie: Pond and heron tree (52M), 2026-04-25 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"PHT:Movie-Pond-and-heron-tree-52M-20260425-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124434.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124434.jpg\"  alt=\"[Movie: Pond and heron tree (52M), 2026-04-25 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124434.html\">Movie: Pond and heron tree (52M), 2026-04-25 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<H4><a name=\"BP\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/#BP\">BP<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Almost dry beaver pond, 2026-04-25 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"BP:Almost-dry-beaver-pond-20260425-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124031.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124031.jpg\"  alt=\"[Almost dry beaver pond, 2026-04-25 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-04-25--pond\/20260425_124031.html\">Almost dry beaver pond, 2026-04-25 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After chainsawing through late deadfall aftereffects of Hurricane Helene (trees weekend by that storm and blown down later), I took these pictures of the pond. It&#8217;s very low. We&#8217;re in a drought, in case you haven&#8217;t heard. Very low pond, 2026-04-25 &#8211;jsq for OPF Here&#8217;s a video: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/822238487605857\/ https:\/\/youtu.be\/P4oOE9daMIU No dogs this time. 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