This root of a fallen tree reminds me of some kind of creature. It looks almost zombie like. So a zombie creature :-).

At a mega car cruise yesterday, at least 500 cars there but this got most of the attention....WHY??? Edited to add that the actual count of vehicles at this cruise was 1003.

My PA town hosted the International Station Wagon Club this week. Participants from as far as California. This one was actually manufactured here.

Record high temperatures in recent years. Causing record high evaporation from bodies of water. That cause their own storms of increasing intensity. Including newly developed lightning that sets more fires. Burning thousands of square miles of forest, increasing almost every year, including parts or all of a number of towns, even cities. Every tree that used to take in carbon dioxide and produce oxygen ... ... now using oxygen to produce carbon dioxide. Mother nature telling heedless humans who think they can live as they please without major consequences ... "As creatures, you need to learn from me, but you don't make all the rules, and when you mess with me, sometimes you do it at your peril!!". Mankind - becoming an endangered species - largely by their own hands! ole (learning participant) joyful