Mono Downy

Honestly, my photo mojo was nowhere to be found today.  The birds weren't cooperating, the cats weren't cooperating, my little bouquet of miniature roses was drooping and I can't remember when I've blown as many highlights as I did today!  I had a moment of hope when I heard the welcome buzzing of ... a bee!  In February!  Unfortunately, I had the 300 lens and TC strapped on my camera and it's really not a great combo for catching a flighty bee.  I got one pretty bad shot before the bee vanished.  
So, my choices today were a chickadee or a downy woodpecker.  Don't think I've ever done a downy woodpecker in mono - although I'm not sure that it's much of a choice for a bird that is already black and white... sigh.  Anyway, there you have it - Mono Downy.

The first thing I read on the news this morning was about the shooting in Michigan.  It breaks my heart that innocent people lost their lives in another senseless case of gun violence.  I don't think this is what the authors of our Constitution had in mind when they gave Americans the "right to bear arms".  Anyway, don't want to turn my journal into a platform for debating gun control, my opinions on the matter are just that ... my opinions.

Be well, people.

Debbi