Canopy Roads of South Georgia

What's that on the fence post?

It moves fast:

Hm, it's a black spider

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:

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?

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.

-jsq

Oak moon

One day before the March full moon:

Moon mandala:

Little dogs in typical poses

Sit!

You're getting too much attention:

Longleaf moon

Late afternoon, two days before the March full moon:

Same tree, full length, for scale:

Scorpion in chair

So I was going to sit in this chair.

Picture by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 September 2011.

-jsq

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.

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 2x6" pine, each 18" long, three vertical and three horizontal, screwed together, and set inside the doorposts. Here's a closeup: