Get to know Queen’s Island and McIntosh County, GA

Arising from the imagination of A.L. Hartmann, Granny’s Place books share the wonderful stories situated in the coastal marshes of McIntosh County, Georgia.

Get to know all Characters

Granny’s Place Books are full of funny, eclectic critters and characters. Get to know all of them here.

Critters

Animals and all the amazing creatures we see in our world impact our ability to grasp the magnitude of the imagination of God.

Remember, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth…and then (on the fourth day) God said, “Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.” God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves…and God saw that it was good. …(on the fifth day) God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind; and it was so. God made the beasts of the earth…and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good. God blessed them saying, “Be fruitful and multiply…”.”

Animals and their Homes

The Barn Owls (Tyto alba)

• Hoot Gipson
• Rosa Gipson

The Canines (Canis lupus familiaris)

• Squeaks (Dachshund)

The Chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus)

• Dolly
• Purdy
• Loretta
• Miss Charlotte

The Felines (Felis catus)

• San Quentin
• Hoppy/Happy (Granny’s sister, Judy’s cat)

The Opossums (Didelphimorphia – A marsupial endemic to the Americas, which can have a 15-17 year lifespan)

• Mallard Pyle
• Patsy Pyle

The Grey Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis)

• Dame Lois Bamberg (was the ruling dominate female at Frogmore Farm for over 15 years)
• Louis the 5th Bamberg (Dame Lois’ mate)
• Imogene Bamberg (Louis the 5th’s mother)
• Mavis, eldest daughter of Dame Lois and Lewis the 5th (Frogmore Farm Sweden Live Oak is her home)
• Carl Jr, (Mavis’ mate)
• Margaret Anne (Frogmore Farm Norway Live Oak is her home)
• Mabel (Frogmore Farm Denmark Live Oak is her home)

The Raccoons (Procyon lotor)

• Book Two

Insects and their Homes

The Flats Family (American cockroach Periplaneta americana)

• Earl Flats (current cockroach family leader; quite the lazy schemer)
• Mary Catherine (Earl’s wife)
• Their kids – Lester, Slim, Sammy, Spence, Cameron, Toby Dean, Boo Boo
• Rusty and Beuna (former cockroach family leaders till the bug bombs were set off by Barney)

The Carter Family (Black Carpenter Ant Camponotus pennsylvanicus)

• Their home is inside the ancient, rusty wringer washing machine which sits on the patio slab outside of Granny’s bedroom sliding glass doors. The old machine is covered in honeysuckle vines and has the most amazing aroma in mid-June when the honeysuckle vines are in full bloom.
• Madam Di Angelo Carter
• Buck Carter

The Thompson Family (Isoptera)

Termites who settle in where ever they’re least wanted…especially the barn, which gets leveled by Barney’s bug-bombs going off in the presence of Barney’s lit camping lantern

• Prince Philippe (original termite settler, with claims of French descent from Dijon, France)
• Queen Isabella (Philippe’s Queen)

Folks

• Granny Lee Stotts, owner of Frogmore Farm.
• Hubert Columbus Stotts, (Granny’s much beloved, departed husband)
• Barney Lee (Granny’s baby brother, a former shrimper who now lives with Granny and helps her take care of the farm. Barney also has a job as a gate keeper at the local landfill.)
• Stanley Stotts (Granny’s oldest son, an Attorney who lives in Savannah, GA)
• Marten Stotts (Granny’s youngest son, who died in the war)
• Hubert Stotts Jr (Granny’s middle son, lives in Detroit, MI and builds cars)
• Miss Louise Spire, last remaining resident of the Spire Farm, which is between Frogmore Farm and the main road. Miss Louise is Granny’s closest neighbor and dearest friend. The Spire Farm is famous for the pecan groves which supply much of the delicacies found at a store up by the I-95 interstate ramp.
• Asa Lee, original Frogmore Farm settler back in the early 1700s
• Julia Anne Bodine Lee, his Huguenot wife
• Samuel Lee, Granny’s departed father and former owner of Frogmore Farm
• Margie Lee, Granny’s departed mother
• Judy Lee, Granny’s departed baby sister

Location and Farm Setting

The Golden Isles of the Southeastern coast of Georgia capture the imagination of everyone who happens upon their unique beauty. Small towns like Ashantilly, Ridgeville, and Brunswick, along with all the smaller communities nestled in their little peninsula and insular estuaries are prospects few forget. Once you’ve strolled the coastlines and streets of the tiny beach communities; once you’ve seen the unspoiled landscapes and watched the panorama of wildlife as the sun sets, you realize you’ve ventured into a small part of the goodness of God in the land of the living. Ashantilly and the Southeastern Georgia Coast

Trees

• Old Magnolia – outside of Granny’s bedroom – handy ladder to the roof, and it is used by all the critters who climb, especially the Pyles (the opossums who live at Frogmore Farm)
• Sweden – Live Oak closest to the front of the house (current home of Mavis, the grey squirrel)
• Denmark – Live Oak up by the road on the right side of the path to Granny’s house (current home of Mabel)
• Norway – Live Oak up by the road on the left side of the path to Granny’s house (current home of messy Margaret Anne)