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.](https://zekeweeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/7C206676-web2048-768x1024.jpg)
![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.](https://zekeweeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/7C206717-web2048-683x1024.jpg)
![A black dog on alert sniffs at the rear end of an armadillo.](https://zekeweeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/7C206704-web2048-1024x683.jpg)
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.](https://zekeweeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_0275-819x1024.jpeg)