{"id":9621,"date":"2025-01-25T19:39:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T00:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=9621"},"modified":"2025-01-25T19:39:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T00:39:58","slug":"frozen-cypress-swamp-with-dogs-2025-01-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/frozen-cypress-swamp-with-dogs-2025-01-23.html","title":{"rendered":"Frozen cypress swamp with dogs 2025-01-23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nCold enough the dogs did not want to go into the cypress swamp,\r\nafter the January 22, 2025, sleet and snow storm.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Gretchen pokes it with a stick as Blondie, River, and Sky stay high and dry\" name=\"NS:Gretchen-pokes-it-with-a-stick-as-Blondie-River-and-Sky-stay-high-and-dry\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-23--frozen-swamp-dogs\/20250123_131539.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-23--frozen-swamp-dogs\/20250123_131539.jpg\"  alt=\"[Gretchen pokes it with a stick as Blondie, River, and Sky stay high and dry]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-23--frozen-swamp-dogs\/20250123_131539.html\">Gretchen pokes it with a stick as Blondie, River, and Sky stay high and dry<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nHoneybun did not even come down to the frozen water&#8217;s edge.\r\nRiver, Sky, and Blondie stayed out of the water.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"The dogs went in earlier, but not very far\" name=\"NS:The-dogs-went-in-earlier-but-not-very-far\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-23--frozen-swamp-dogs\/20250123_131536.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-23--frozen-swamp-dogs\/20250123_131536.jpg\"  alt=\"[The dogs went in earlier, but not very far]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-23--frozen-swamp-dogs\/20250123_131536.html\">The dogs went in earlier, but not very far<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nSomewhat more thawed on the south side, but still pretty cold.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Blondie declines to go in on the south side\" name=\"SS:Blondie-declines-to-go-in-on-the-south-side\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-23--frozen-swamp-dogs\/20250123_132453.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-23--frozen-swamp-dogs\/20250123_132453.jpg\"  alt=\"[Blondie declines to go in on the south side]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-23--frozen-swamp-dogs\/20250123_132453.html\">Blondie declines to go in on the south side<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Mostly thawed around the edges\" name=\"SS:Mostly-thawed-around-the-edges\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-23--frozen-swamp-dogs\/20250123_132449.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-23--frozen-swamp-dogs\/20250123_132449.jpg\"  alt=\"[Mostly thawed around the edges]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-23--frozen-swamp-dogs\/20250123_132449.html\">Mostly thawed around the edges<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Still frozen out in the middle\" name=\"SS:Still-frozen-out-in-the-middle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-23--frozen-swamp-dogs\/20250123_132505.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-23--frozen-swamp-dogs\/20250123_132505.jpg\"  alt=\"[Still frozen out in the middle]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-01-23--frozen-swamp-dogs\/20250123_132505.html\">Still frozen out in the middle<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cold enough the dogs did not want to go into the cypress swamp, after the January 22, 2025, sleet and snow storm. 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