![\"[Sleet](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow\/20250122_021307.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\nSleet in the dark<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\nTo a cold sunrise.\r\n
\r\n\r\n \r\nYou could still see the particles in the morning.\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It came down as sleet all night. Sleet in the dark To a cold sunrise. Cold sunrise You could still see the particles in the morning.","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6,144],"tags":[24,3512,3,23,3471,1114,5,2,2760,456,3511,1560,2803,25],"class_list":["post-9618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-okra-paradise-farms","category-weather","tag-brown-dog","tag-cold","tag-georgia","tag-gretchen-quarterman","tag-hurricane-helene","tag-ice","tag-john-s-quarterman","tag-lowndes-county","tag-okra-paradise-farms","tag-rain","tag-sleet","tag-snow","tag-weather","tag-yellow-dog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Gj0O-2v8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9618"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9620,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9618\/revisions\/9620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"[Cold](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow\/20250122_080242.jpg\")
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Cold sunrise<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n![\"[Sleet](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow\/20250122_075347.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Sleet still discrete<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\nBY<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Snowy](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow\/20250122_074919.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Snowy swings<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n![\"[Fire](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow\/small\/20250122_075022.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Fire pit and hurricane deadfalls<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\nSY<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Maybe](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow\/20250122_075321.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Maybe should put a roof over this<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\nDW<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Frozen](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow\/20250122_075440.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Frozen dog bath<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n![\"[Mounded](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow\/small\/20250122_075545.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Mounded trash can<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\nSR<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Covered](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow\/small\/20250122_080247.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Covered spigot<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n![\"[Sunpath]\"](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow\/small\/20250122_080252.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Sunpath<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\nDW<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Driveway]\"](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow\/20250122_080748.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Driveway<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\nFG<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Front](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow\/20250122_080932.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Front gate<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\nQR<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Nobody](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow\/20250122_081245.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Nobody had been on Quarterman Road<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n![\"[No](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow\/small\/20250122_081254.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
No tracks<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n![\"[First](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow\/small\/20250122_081348.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
First other vehicle<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\nWD<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Two](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow\/small\/20250122_083847.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Two paths<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\nBiE<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Best](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow\/20250122_084112.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Best investment ever<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\nOR<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Back](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow\/20250122_084155.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Back driveway and old road<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\nSBS<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Swayback](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow\/20250122_084303.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Swayback shack<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\nND<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Next](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow\/20250123_074923.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
Next morning still frozen<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n