The skies and trees were crow-infested today. I didn’t take any photos of them – I was too busy thinking about the Alfred Hitchcock movie “The Birds,” and wishing I’d never seen it.
How many days has it been since we have seen the sun? I trudged along under dull skies and later thought of Eustace, Jill and dear old Puddleglum when they ended up in the Deep Realm Underland and the warden there kept telling them “many sink down, but few return to the sunlit lands” (The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis). Sunlit lands, where are you? These are times that call for simple faith: Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. The sun is where it always has been, seen or unseen. It helps during these long passages of sunlessness to remember that.
I took a longish walk, the camera slung around my neck growing heavier with each step. Yesterday’s hoarfrost was gone and there were no poems swirling around in my head. In the end, the photo I took today that I liked the most was one I took through our kitchen window: a chickadee in flight. I love how the wings look.
I greet you from the un-sunlit lands.
I’ll probably delete this in the morning.
Lynniebeemuseoday 
Florida is called the sunshine state but it really should be Arizona. It’s one of the many reasons we love living here.
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How many hours will it take us to get there from here?
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Too many. We drove to SW Minnesota one time and have flown ever since!
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>> You wrote: >>”camera slung around my neck growing heavier with each step”
There are so many choices in camera straps! You do not need to suffer!
If you are using the Nikon-supplied strap, you can improve your ergonomics significantly.
Get a sling that goes over one shoulder. There are MANY kinds. They have pads. They allow quick adjustments.
The one I currently use is the Utility Strap Sling XL Quick Adjust by OP/TECH USA. It can be seen at https://www.optechusa.com/utility-strap-sling.html
Other popular straps can be seen at https://www.peakdesign.com/collections/straps and https://joby.com/us-en/ultrafit-sling-strap-jb01257-config/ … there are many more …
One thing you’ll have to decide once you fall down the rabbit hole, looking at camera straps, is whether you are comfortable with only one connector between the strap and your camera. Personally I need at least two.
Let’s have a chat sometime about camera straps.
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I really should look over the different possibilities. I have problems with my neck, so I feel it more keenly than perhaps your average person. My camera is not really very heavy. Thanks for the ideas!
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Nice Chickadee shot, by the way!
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