Rock 'n Robin
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Lightning struck a tree near our next-door neighbor's house. It blew a lot of bark and small limbs off and traveled along a limb and struck a smaller tree or bush, setting it on fire. No open flame was visible, but it was smoking pretty well. Fire department came along and dealt with it somehow. Put a few pics up on Flickr.
This robin remained perched while I cracked the back door open and stuck the 100-400mm lens out. It's not a great shot, but I liked the composition. Light could have been better, but it's a bit cloudy today.
Did a little searching and found I'd bought this 14" M3 MBP back in February of 2024. I was mistaken about what I'd paid for it, conflating it with my, now sold, 2019 27" iMac. The M5 is coming in at about the same price (refurbished), although it has an additional performance and efficiency core, 8GB more RAM and (something I failed to notice at first) an additional USB-C port on the side with the SD card slot. So I'd say it's a pretty solid upgrade and value for the money. Whether or not I genuinely needed it is another question I'd rather not think about too much.
The M5 is supposed to arrive in the next few hours by UPS. The last time UPS delivered something to me, they delivered it to my neighbor's house. Let's see how many ways this can go wrong.
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