Back into the woods.

Today we got one sunny 76º F / 24º C day of respite after 4 nights in a deep freeze. Tomorrow we go back to near-freezing weather for a while – with rain on the horizon.

So I took an hour in the middle of my work day to pop into the forest next door. Only brought my Sony A7C II + Tamron 28-200 f/2.8-5.6 lens. (click to embiggen)

Ground-up view of a wildly twisted bit of tree trunk that doesn't resemble something that ever was a tree.
Sawed-off tree trunk sitting on the ground. Its flat cross section has a surprising number of outer lobes, not dissimilar to the shape of an amoeba or a cartoon flower.
A black dog on alert sniffs at the rear end of an armadillo.

I didn’t even bring Athena. But don’t worry about her – we spent the rest of the afternoon WFPatio.

POV shot sitting on a backyard couch with a large MacBook Pro. My medium-sized dog Athena is sunbathing with eyes closed at my feet.