Mono Monday challenge: Soft

I reckon this mono image only just qualifies for the challenge of 'soft' by the skin of its teeth, by virtue of the soft focus round the outside.  It was the nearest I could achieve today though.

Went to a Blipmeet at Claydon House with Chantler63, Black Tulip, hildasrose, Anniemay and Igor and were briefly joined by B4YUU who was unable to stay.  We went round the house which, while interesting, is frankly a little disappointing, and clearly needs a lot of money spending on it.  Photography was banned in the house but one or two of us had a bit of fun shielding the others from the guards guides while a surreptitious shot was taken!  My picture was taken in a little shop in the courtyard which contains an artists gallery; some of the doorways and windows around the courtyard are more interesting than the house itself, but as they weren't soft and really needed colour to bring them out they weren't appropriate for today.

Thanks once again to JDO for hosting the challenge.