Deb L Waters

2026 Thursday Doors: June 25

Bradley Motor Company

Your Friendly Ford Dealer

My dad, Nornal H. Waters, grew up in Great Falls, South Carolina. Before he joined the U.S. Navy he worked for this Ford Dealership in Great Falls. He also worked here again for a couple of years after he married my mom after his service was completed.

*Bradley Motor Company*
*Great Falls Ford Dealership*

These images were taken in 1963, by my dad, on a trip home to visit his parents and siblings. Our family had moved to San Diego, California in 1958 when I was 2. This was our first trip back to the Carolinas since moving to California. (I would have been seven (7) years old during this time period.)

*Bradley Motor Company*
*Your Friendly Ford Dealer*
*Great Falls, South Carolina*

Can you name the make and models of all these cars? I’m not sure that I am capable of naming them. For a small town, a population of approximately 2,875 residents, the dealership did a thriving business maintaining the needs of its residents.

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Dan’s Thursday Doors-2026.06.25

Throwback Thursday

Digitization done via Wolverine Digital Converter by Deb L. Waters in 2020.

Location: Bradley Motor Company; 721 Chester Avenue; Great Falls, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a funtastic rest of your week and weekend ahead. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with w. I appreciate y’all very much.

Monochrome Madness/Ragtag Daily Prompt Tuesday! (On the Trail)

Piedmont Medical Center Trail

This week’s Ragtag Daily Prompt of Trail fits perfectly into the activities which Coleman and I enjoy the most. This Trail is one we haven’t hiked in a while, but always enjoyed.

The Piedmont Medical Center Trail (a part of the Carolina Thread Trail system) runs adjacent to the Catawba River in Rock Hill/Fort Mill, South Carolina. The header image is of the Catawba River as seen from the Trail on the Rock Hill side.

The Trail on the Rock Hill side of the Catawba River is predominantly a smooth paved surface trail. The Trail on the Fort Mill side of the Catawba River is a natural surface trail. Coleman and I have hiked the Trails on both sides of the Catawba River. Coleman loves to be near the river, as well as in the river, whenever and wherever possible.

***Leanne’s Monochrome Madness***
**Ragtag Daily Prompt**
***Tuesday! Trail!***

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Leanne’s Monochrome Madness-2026.06.24

Ragtag Daily Prompt (RDP): Tuesday! Trail!

Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Location: Piedmont Medical Center Trail; Carolina Thread Trail; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take a Hike/Walk along a Trail. Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Wordless Wednesday — 2026 June 24

The Nitrolee Dam

*Aka Fishing Creek Hydroelectric Station*
*on the Catawba River*
*in Great Falls, South Carolina*

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Location: Nitrolee Dam; Catawba River; Great Falls, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a great rest of your week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

The #Flower Hour #36 — 2026 June 23

Viola sororia

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Terri’s The Flower Hour #36

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Take time to Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Smell the amazing fragrance of flowers. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2026 CFFC: Crayola Blue (in my world)

Dan from No Facilities hosts the Fun Foto Challenge at and this week he is asking for our The Crayola Box of 8 – Blue . I have gone into my recent and archive files to see what I could locate to best represent this week’s theme. I will also be sharing Blue Along Trails as part of Friday’s CWWC post (Stay tuned to more Blue and feel free to share your blue with Cee’s Which Way Challenge as well as Dan’s CFFC challenge this week.

Here are my entries …

*Coleman on Trail Warlick YMCA Gastonia, NC*

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Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)-Blue

God Bless. Enjoy your week. May it be filled with love, joy, laughter, and lots of fun. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Sunday Stills: Animal of the Month —Reptiles in the Carolinas

I’m joining Terri Webster Schrandt in her new Sunday Stills theme of Animal of the Month. This challenge will be for posting photos of an Animal, Bird, insect, reptile or other Creature of the Month. This month she also has a subtheme of Wild. I am focusing my images on Reptiles in the Wild areas of the Southeastern United States (mainly the Carolinas).

*Pond Slider*
*The Pond*
*The Schiele Museum of Natural History Gastonia, NC*

Terri’s Sunday Stills: Animal of the Month – Wild

God Bless. Have an adventurous week. Stay Cool. Enjoy the Outdoors. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Macro Monday – 2026 June 22

Hydrangea quercifolia

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Macro Monday (MM)

Terri’s The Flower Hour

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7 (2000D) with Canon EF-S55-250 mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: The Nature Trail; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a terrific week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Monday Portrait #18 — 2026 June 22

Coleman Greets a Horse

On a recent visit to the Anne Springs Close Greenway Coleman greets a Horse (with owner’s permission) with a gentle petting. Coleman loves to see the horses and pet them. However, it is always best (like we do) to ask the horse’s owner prior to petting a horse.

Coleman loves to see the horses and pet them. However, it is always best (like we do) to ask the horse’s owner prior to petting a horse.

*Coleman petting a Horse*
*at Anne Springs Close* Greenway

Monday Portrait-2026.06.22

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take a Hike/Walk. Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Monday Window – 2026 June 22

Kitty by a Window –
2 — AI creation by PR

Disneyland Monorail

Circa 1965

A Look back to 1965 through the window of my dad’s slides of a past adventure at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. One can look out the window while riding the Monorail around the park.

Have you ever had the opportunity to ride in a Monorail? The only one I remember riding in is this one at Disneyland.

Monday Window-2026.06.22

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm (Slide)

Digitized via Wolverine Digital Converter

Location: Disneyland; Anaheim, California, USA

God Bless. Have an adventurous week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Cell Pic Sunday: 2026 June 21

Catawba River
Catawba Indian Nation Greenway
Rock Hill, South Carolina

*Coleman*
*playing in the*
*Catawba River*
at the
Catawba *Indian Nation Greenway*
*Rock Hill, South Carolina*

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John’s Cell Pic Sunday-2026.06.21

Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Location: Catawba River; Catawba Indian Nation Greenway; Catawba Reservation; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a fabulous week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Silent Sunday: 2026 June 21

Plus XingfuMama’s Whatsoever Is Lovely

*Catawba River on the*
*Catawba Reservation*

*A Long Stretch*
*of the*
*Catawba River*
*at the*
*Catawba Reservation*

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Silent Sunday-2026.06.21

XingfuMama’s Whatsoever Is Lovely Week 25 – 2026.06.21

Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Location: Catawba River; Catawba Indian Reservation; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Enjoy your Lovely surroundings. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

One Word Sunday (#OWS) —2026 June 21 — Looong

Long Neck …

*Brachiosaurus at*
*The Schiele Museum*
of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina

Long River …

*Catawba River*
*Catawba Reservation*
*Rock Hill, South Carolina*

Long Road …

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Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Long (2026.06.21)

God Bless. Have a safe and funtastic weekend. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Garden Maintained by Master Gardener Volunteers

The Mexican Fire Bush (Hamelia patens) is grown as an annual in Gastonia, North Carolina. It is a vibrant, fast-growing tropical shrub known for its fiery orange-red tubular flowers. It is highly prized for attracting pollinators like hummingbirds and butterflies. It typically grows 2 to 4 feet tall in a single season. Sinc North Carolina winters are too cold for it to remain evergreen, the plant will experience dieback, but it serves as an exceptional summer filler for local gardens.

The gardens at The Schiele Museum of Natural History are supported and maintained by the Master Gardener Group of Gaston County. This is not your traditional private garden club, but instead it is an organization that is a specialized volunteer network extension of the NC State Extension Master Gardener Program. The certified Extension Master Gardener Volunteers manage and improve the specialized flora spaces at The Schiele Museum which include The Farm and Along the entrance and nature trail. The Garden in the Farm at The Schiele Museum showcases Piedmont-native agricultural crops and plant varieties.

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Six Word Saturday-2026.06.20

Terri’s Flower Hour #35

Remembering ….

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Bren’s Floral Friday

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7 (2000D) with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter Attachment.

Location: Entrance Gardens; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Take Care. Help those in need. Spread Love and Kindness all around you. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2026 Pull Up a Seat Week 25— At a Museum, Coleman Style #2

Coleman Style

At The Schiele Museum

of Natural History

In the Catawba Indian Village …

XingfuMama’s Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2026-Week 25

Camera: 1-2)Canon EOS Rebel T7 (2000D) with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment; 3-4) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: The Catawba Indian Village; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a fantastic weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way in Your Neighbourhood [06.19.2026]

Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). I trust everyone has had a good week and able to spend some time to take a walk or hike in the vast outdoors. This week’s theme for the Which Way Challenge is CWWC: Any Which Way in Your Neighbourhood 06.19.2026]. The Which Way can be Any Which Way you choose in your own neighbourhood as long as the Which Way is clearly discernible. As always signs are always welcome.

For further information regarding the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) feel free to check out the home page here.

Here are my entries …

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Thank you to those who have participated and supported the Which Ways Challenge. I appreciate y’all sharing your Which Ways with us.

For an idea of other’s Which Ways from this past week’s challenge, be sure to click on the following links below.

Brian’s Yellow in (yellow out)

Marina from In Primo Piano’s yellow

Cath’s Which Way… {Spotto for Walking}

Rich from Serendipity’s The Yellow Trail

Dawn’s Down a Country Road

Dan’s The Crayola Box of 8 – Green — CFFC

Deb’s Which Way Challenge-Any Which Way in Your Neighbourhood [06.19.2026]

The Flower Hour #35: Floral ~~ABCs~~ (Not) 2026.06.19)

Thursday Trios-2026.06.19

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Have an Adventure. Enjoy the Beauty all around you. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us.

***Note: Next Week’s theme will be CWWC: Any Which Way with Blue Along a Trail, Pathway, or Walkway [06.26.2026]

Ragtag Daily Prompt (RDP) Wednesday, 2026 June 18 — Congregating (of People & Geese)

Congregating of Family and Friends …

Congregating of Canada Geese …

*Anne Springs*
*Close Greenway*
*Fort Mill, SC*

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Ragtag Daily Prompt (RDP)-Congregating

God Bless. Appreciate Friends and Family. Congregate together whenever and wherever possible. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Ragtag Daily Prompt (RDP) Wednesday, 2026 June 17(on 18) — Bounc(er)

Not sure if the shortened video will play or not, so let’s take a look at a baby in a baby Bounc(er).

*A close-up of Sophia Ruthann*
*enjoying her Bounc(er)*

Sophia Ruthann (at 6 months)
Standing & Bouncing
while leaning on the lounge chair

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Ragtag Daily Prompt (RDP) Wednesday – Bounce

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Home Place; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful day and week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Monochrome Madness #62 2026 June 17

Jugs, Jugs, & More

(Inside & Out)

This week’s host for Monochrome Madness is Brian from Bushboys World. He has chosen a theme of Jugs for this week’s challenge. Jugs have been around for ages and made from varies materials like clay, glass, and even plastic. I much prefer sun-dried clay or glass-blown jugs to the more modern lightweight high-density polyethylene (plastic) jugs.

These are a few of the Jugs I have found in my archives to share with y’all.

Located in Fairies-Coltharp Cabin
Anne Springs Close Greenway
*Fort Mill, SC*

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Brian’s Monochrome Madness #62-Jugs

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness (MM)

Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm & EF-S18-55mm lenes; Apple iPhone 13 Pro; Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Locations: As stated above.

God Bless. Have a funtastic week ahead. May your week be filled with love, laughter, and happiness. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Anyone wishing to join in and participate, please go to the Monochrome Madness page to find out how.

Wordless Wednesday — 2026 June 17

“Quail’s Cozy Pot”

*A Cozy Flower Pot*
*Nest of Quail eggs*

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Location: Bullhead City, Arizona, USA

God Bless. What’s growing in your Flower pots? Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Numbers Game 2026.06.16 — #129 — #746

Judy from Life Lessons blog hosts a weekly photo challenge called The Numbers Game . This week’s number is 746. Her instructions for playing along are listed below …

To play along, go to your photos file and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find under that number and include a link to your blog in Judy’s  Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title.

Here are my contributions …

A Mixture of #746 for
Judy’s Numbers Game #129

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Judy’s Numbers Game #129-746

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Live life to the fullest. Make lasting memories. Take Care. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2026 CFFC: Crayola Green

Plus Going Green

for Sunday Stills

Monthly Color Challenge

Dan from No Facilities hosts the Fun Foto Challenge at and this week he is asking for our The Crayola Box of 8 – Green . I have gone into my recent files to see what I could locate to best represent this week’s theme. Thank you Dan for the link-up with CWWC with CFFC for a Which Way Challenge theme of Any Which Way with Yellow along a Trail, Path, or Road. There is still time to participate if you’re interested. I am linking this post with Terri’s Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge-(Ever)Green.

Here are my entries …

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Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC) – The Crayola Box of 8-Green

Terri’s Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge-(Ever)Green

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7 (2000D) with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: Anne Springs Close Greenway, Fort Mill, South Carolina; The Schiele Museum of Natural History, Gastonia, North Carolina; Daniel Stowe Conservancy, Trailhead Store Trail, Belmont, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Enjoy your week. May it be filled with love, joy, laughter, and lots of fun. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Monday Portrait #17 — 2026 June 15

Terry Leon Wilson

Forever in our Hearts

Eight years ago today we received a devastating phone call. A call that informed us of the passing, from this life, of Terry Leon Wilson. My daughter hadn’t seen her father since she was eight (8) years old, but that time span didn’t diminish the effects the news had on her (or myself).

He is one of the main reasons my daughter recently made a trip out west to Boulder City, Nevada. In the eight (8) years since his passing we hadn’t ever had the financial means to visit his grave. She met her Uncle Wayne (her dad’s only living brother) at the cemetery to be with her whilst she visited her dad’s gravesite.

The following are a few of the pictures she took while there …

Terry Leon Wilson
SP4 US Army
Vietnam
July 21, 1954 — June 15, 2018
Rest In Peace

Here are a few other photos from the cemetery …

***Southern Nevada Veterans***
***Memorial Cemetery***
***Boulder City, Nevada***

Now for a few from our time with him …

***Our Life with***
**Terry Leon Wilson**

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Monday Portrait-2026.06.15

Location: First Two Galleries – Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery; Boulder City, Nevada, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Macro Monday – 2026 June 15

Allium fistulosum

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Macro Monday (MM)

Terri’s The Flower Hour-2026.06.15

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7 (2000D) with Canon EF-S55-250 mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: The Garden; The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a terrific week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

One Word Sunday (#OWS) —2026 June 14 — Mural

Historic Landscape Mural

The Mural pictured below is of an historic landscape which is painted on the side of a shipping container. It is located right next to the nature park’s gardens and playground.

The Mural depicts a vintage steam train locomotive traveling along a railroad track chugging along beside a flowing woodland creek.

The Mural’s artwork serves as a historical callback to the early railroad lines that ran through the Piedmont region of Mecklenburg County, blending local transit history with the natural creek environments protected by the preserve.

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Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Mural

Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max

Location: McDowell Nature Center and Preserve; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors and Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thankful for the freedom to live and hike in God’s amazingly beautiful landscapes and forests. Thankful you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Silent Sunday: 2026 June 14

Flag Day

*Flags Flying*
*at the*
*Southern Nevada Veterans*
*Memorial Cemetery*

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Silent Sunday-2026.06.14

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Plus

Location: Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery; Boulder City, Nevada, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Cell Pic Sunday: 2026 June 14

Memories … of a Time Gone By

These images came up in my memories … a look back to 11 years ago in 2015. This was of a quality time I was able to spend with my eldest granddaughter, Alona. Sadly, that’s not possible nowadays due to conflicts between my daughter and her father, who prevents her spending any time with us.

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John’s Cell Pic Sunday-2026.06.14

Camera: Apple iPhone XR

Location: Dinosaurs Alive Exhibits; Carowinds; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Have an Adventure. Spend quality time with family and friends. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2026 Pull Up a Seat Week 24— At a Museum, Coleman Style #1

Coleman Style

at The Schiele Museum

of Natural History

*Coleman*
*Pulling Up a Seat*
*on a*
*Farmall Cub Tractor*

*Coleman*
*Pull Up a Seat*
*on a Tractor*

XingfuMama’s Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2026-Week 24

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7 (2000D) with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a fantastic weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

The Green Berets — “De Oppresso Liber.”

U.S. Army
Special Forces Chapter 51, Las Vegas, NV
Liberator
Defender
Healer
Teacher
Builder
Soldier
“The Green Berets”

This Green Beret Memorial Statue is located in the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City, Nevada. Thanks goes to my daughter for sharing this photo from her phone.

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Natalie’s Photographing Public Art Challenge

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Plus

Location: Southern Nevada Veterans
Memorial Cemetery; 1900 Buchanan Blvd,
Boulder City, NV 89005

God Bless. Take Care. Help those in need. Spread Love and Kindness all around you. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Thursday Trios: (on Friday) 2026.06.12

Trios of Bales

on Wagon Loop Trail

Coleman and I hiked along Wagon Loop a couple of weeks ago. Wagon Loop is one of 25 unique trails in Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

This trail follows part of Steele Creek and connects to Haigler Loop, Blue Star, Steele Creek, North Steele Creek, Ford Gap, Muscadine and Wild Azalea trails. You can access the trail behind the Williams Education Center or oﬀ Haigler Loop.

The distance for the complete Wagon Loop trail is 1.4 miles in length.It meanders through forested landscapes, creeks, and open fields (like this field of cut and rolled hay bales). It is often combined with Muscadine, Billy’s Walk, and the Lake Haigler Loop trail for a longer hiking experience.

As you meander along the Wagon Loop trail you’ll pass by several points of historical significance such as the Nation Ford Trail. The trails are well maintained, however, I would recommend you wear a good pair of hiking shoes. There are exposed tree roots and when the rains occur so does the mud along the trails.

*A Trio of Hay Bales*
*(Oops, plus one)*

There is a few to enter Anne Springs Close Greenway of $17 per adult, youth (ages 3-12) $8 (kids under 3 are free). The Greenway does offer memberships which I recommend if you live near the Fort Mill, South Carolina area. To find out more about the Greenway’s memberships click here.

Carol’s Thursday Trios-2026.06.12

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7 (2000D) with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: Wagon Loop; Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take a Walk/Hike. Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

What you Looking at?

Ragtag Daily Prompt

2026 June 12

Hirsute!

Ragtag Daily Prompt (#RDP)-Hirsute!

Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Greenville Zoo; Greenville, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a funtastic weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Which Way Challenge (CWWC) 2026: Any Which Way with Yellow along a Trail, Path, or Road

Cee’s Challenge
+ Terri’s The #Flower Hour

Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). I trust everyone has had a good week and able to spend some time to take a walk or hike in the vast outdoors. This week’s theme for the Which Way Challenge is CWWC: Any Which Way with Yellow along a Trail, Path, or Road. The Which Way can be any Trail, Path or Road as long as the Which Way is clearly discernible. As always signs are always welcome.

For this week’s Which Way Challenge I am linking with Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC) – The Crayola Box of 8 Yellow. Please feel free to connect with his post by clicking here.

For further information regarding the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) feel free to check out the home page here.

And as a Bonus I’m adding a few Yellow Flowers … For Cee’s Flower of the Day, Bren’s Floral Friday, & Terri’s The #Flower Hour.

Heliopsis helianthoides, aka
rough oxeye, smooth oxeye and false sunflower.

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Thank you to those who have participated and supported the Which Ways Challenge. I appreciate y’all sharing your Which Ways with us.

For an idea of other’s Which Ways from this past week’s challenge, be sure to click on the following links below.

Brian’s On the road

Dawn’s Which Way: Bent Tree in GW National Forest in Summer

Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery’s At The Sea

Deb’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC) 2026: Any Which Way with Yellow along a Trail, Path, or Road

Terri’s The Flower Hour #34

Cosmic Photo Challenge (#CosPhoChal)-What’s Flowering Where You Are?

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Bren’s Floral Friday

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take a Walk/Hike. Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

*** Note Next Week’s theme: CWWC: Any Which Way in Your Neighbourhood

Monochrome Madness #61 2026 June 11

The View From Underneath

Why go for the ordinary shot when you can capture the exceptional, unconventional, and unique beauty from a different and unusual perspective? I like to capture views from underneath bridges and/or trestles. The structural integrity and design in each bridge or trestle are unique and some with intricate characteristics and features.

*Looking at the*
*structural design*
*underneath a Footbridge in*
*Goat Island Park and Greenway,*
*Cramerton, North Carolina*

*The Beauty of the*
*Catawba River Flowing*
*underneath a Street Bridge*
*and the Structural Design,*
*Strength of Lines, and*
*the Sound Engineering System.*
*Founder’s Trail,*
*Fort Mill, South Carolina*

*Sound Structural Engineering Design*
*strengthens the supporting*
*interlocking network*
*increasing the lasting*
*Capabilities of the Trestle Bridge.*
*Founder’s Trail*
*Fort Mill, South Carolina*

The beauty of black and white/monochrome photography brings a unique perspective on how we see and experience the world around us. What will you photograph in monochrome this week?

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness (MM)

Cameras: 1) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; 2-3) Apple iPhone 13 Pro Ultra Wide

Locations: As stated above.

God Bless. Have a funtastic week ahead. May your week be filled with love, laughter, and happiness. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Anyone wishing to join in and participate, please go to the Monochrome Madness page to find out how.

2026 Thursday Doors: June 11

Obscure or Not

Sometimes when Coleman and I are out and about hiking or visiting a museum like The Schiele Museum of Natural History I will try to capture objects, like doors, the majority of people wouldn’t ordinarily think to capture with their cameras. These I’m sharing today are ones more obscure than others you might expect to see.

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Dan’s Thursday Doors-2026.06.11

Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment; Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Take Care. May your week by filled with love, laughter, and happiness. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

One-Liner Wednesday 2026 June 10

Sadness through

a Baby’s Eyes

*“Her Eyes Carry a Heavy,*
Quiet Confusion
Forced Into Arms
She Does Not Know,
Only to Return
With a Gaze That Begs
*For Reassurance*
That Her Safe World
Still Exists.”

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#1LinerWednesday

Linda’s One Liner Wednesday

God Bless. Love One Another. Have a funtastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Wordless Wednesday — 2026 June 10

Creating a Pollinator Garden

Wordless Wednesday-2026.06.10

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7 (2000D) with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: Pollinator Garden; Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Enjoy Nature’s beautiful creations. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

The #Flower Hour #34 — 2026 June 09

Fragaria virginiana

The Fragaria virginiana, is also known Scarlett Strawberry and Wild Strawberry. It is a flowering perennial that produces edible fruit. It spreads by runners making it an easy choice for use as groundcover. It can also be used as erosion control holding soil on slopes.

Wild Strawberries are native to North America, from Newfoundland and Alberta in Canada , south down Georgia, Tennessee, and Oklahoma as well as the states in between like North and South Carolina. The plant produces small white flowers in the Spring with tiny, highly flavorful red berries following in late spring and early summer. They are primarily pollinated by a diverse mix of native bees, hoverflies, and small butterflies.

*North Carolina’s native*
*Wild Strawberry*

These Scarlett Strawberries (Fragaria virginiana) are grown in the garden in The Farm at The Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina. The Garden also contains several bee hives providing the bees which pollinate many of the flowers grown here.

Terri’s The #Flower Hour #34-2026.06.09

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7 (2000D) with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: The Garden; The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Take time to Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Smell the amazing fragrance of flowers. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2026 CFFC: Crayola Yellow

Yellow Spotted

in the Neighbourhood

CFFC – The Crayola Box of 8

Dan from No Facilities hosts the Fun Foto Challenge at and this week he is asking for our The Crayola Box of 8 -Yellow. I have gone into my recent files to see what I could locate to best represent this week’s theme. I am also linking this Friday’s CWWC with Dan’s CFFC for a Which Way Challenge theme of Any Which Way with Yellow along a Trail, Path, or Road.

Here are my entries …

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge
Crayola Box of 8 – Yellow

Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC) – The Crayola Box of 8-Yellow

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Unity Community; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Enjoy your week. May it be filled with love, joy, laughter, and lots of fun. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Ragtag Daily Prompt (RDP) Sunday, 2026 June 07 — Twelve

Twelve Tribes of Israel

While on a trip to Abilene, Texas to visit my maternal aunt (my mother’s sister) I went walking around her neighbourhood. I started out walking to try to get my 10,000 steps in like when I worked. (I got tired of just sitting around in her small home, I guess you could say I was restless.) Turned out that to reach my 10,000 steps I had to walk several blocks and keep walking some more. Now you’re probably wondering what all this has to do with the prompt Twelve.

It took walking more than Twelve long blocks to achieve my goal. Anytime I go walking, especially in a new area, I try to be observant of my surroundings and snap pictures of anything I find interesting. On this the Twelfth day of my visit, I came across a building called The Discovery Center. It had a wall mural of a dinosaur with a caption above it “In the Beginning God.” This captured my attention, so I thought why not go inside and see what it was all about.

The Discovery Center in Abilene is a Creation Museum dedicated to teaching the Bible and is based on a Creationist viewpoint of the Beginning of the world. It was established in 2001, featuring exhibits on biblical artifacts, fossils, Jewish history, and the RMS Titanic, alongside an onsite bookstore. One of the rooms inside the Discovery Center is called the Israel Room. The room has several displays depicting the history of Israel. The image above depicts a banner displaying symbols representing the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Each panel includes a name in Hebrew and a corresponding emblem based on biblical descriptions and traditional blessings.

Ragtag Daily Prompt (RDP) Sunday-Twelve

Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max

Location: The Israel Room; The Discovery Center; Abilene, Texas, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful day and week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Monday Window – 2026 June 08

For this week I chose one of my maternal grandfather’s photos of his Ford Model T. After he passed, when I was only 12, my maternal grandmother gave me many of my grandfather’s picture post cards. The post cards were significant because the had pictures of family, his military service, the family cemetery, and of places they lived. Those post cards are apart of our family history and I’ll treasure them always.

*My maternal Grandfather’s*
*Ford Model T*

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Monday Window-2026.06.08

Location: My Maternal Grandparents home; Stoney Fork, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have an adventurous week filled with love and happiness. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Macro Monday – 2026 June 08

Xylocopa micans

on Cornus foemina

These Swamp Dogwood Flowers are located on the banks of Lake Haigler by the Hunter E. Martin Kayak Launch on Haigler Loop at Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

***Cornus foemina***,
aka ***Swamp Dogwood***
or ***Stiff Dogwood***

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Macro Monday (MM)

Terri’s The Flower Hour-2026.06.08

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7 (2000D) with Canon EF-S55-250 mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: Haigler Loop; at Hunter E. Martin Kayak Launch; Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a terrific week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Monday Portrait #17 — 2026 June 08

Patrick,

The Eastern Spiny

Softshell Turtle

Patrick is an Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle residing in an aquarium at The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium in Gastonia, North Carolina.

Spiny Softshell turtles are found in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. The state of North Carolina considers these species of turtles to be of Special Concern. Patrick, like other Spiny Softshell turtles, does not have a hard shell covered in scutes. He is covered in leathery skin instead.

Monday Portrait-2026.06.08

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

One Word Sunday (#OWS) —2026 June 07 — Swirl

Swirls in Nature

Whenever Coleman and I go hiking no matter where we go we can just about always discover swirls. Sometimes they can be swirly lines on bents (piers), or found naturally in nature, or sometimes they can be something simple as a child’s scribbles of swirls and squiggly lines.

Here are a few examples of Swirls we have discovered while hiking.

Swirly lines on a bridge bent
Avon and Catawba Creeks Greenway
Gastonia, North Carolina

Yes, Water ripples can be Swirls
The Pond; Nature Trail;
The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina

Now for the piece to resistance …

Swirls and Squiggles
made by Coleman
when he was 3.

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Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Swirl (2026.06.07)

God Bless. Have a terrific week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Silent Sunday: 2026 June 07

Baptisia alba

*It is native to central*
*and eastern North America*
*and is typically found in open*
*woodland areas prairies*
*with tall grasslands.*
*However, in this case the plant*
*is grown in the landscape*
*and garden areas of*
*The Schiele Museum of Natural History*
*in Gastonia, North Carolina.*

Silent Sunday-2026.06.07

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7 (2000D) with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: The Gardens; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Cell Pic Sunday: 2026 June 07

*Southern Nevada Veterans*
*Memorial Cemetery*

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John’s CellPic Sunday-2026.06.07

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Plus

Location: Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery; Boulder City, Nevada, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take a drive and/or a hike and see what nature has to offer. It’s a beautiful world just waiting to be explored. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Pure Blossom Shining Through the Gloom

The snowy petals whisper grace,
And leave a perfume in this place.
These luminous and trusting blooms,
Are shining through the solemn glooms.

A sacred blossom, pure and white,
Unfolds its heart to meet the light.
The elegant and silent trust,
Will bloom in beauty since it must.

This graceful flower shows devotion,
To stir the spirit like an ocean.
It rests beneath the moonlit skies,
Where quiet magic never dies.

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday-2026.06.06

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7 (2000D) with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: The Garden in The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. May your day be filled with love, peace, happiness and an abundance of laughter. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2026 Pull Up a Seat Week 23— in a Greenway #2

Coleman Style In

Anne Springs Close Greenway

XingfuMama’s Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2026-Week 23

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7 (2000D) with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. May you have a lovely week filled with love, joy, and laughter. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Floral Friday/The #Flower Hour — 2026 June 05

Monarda fistulosa

Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot) is also referred to as wild bee balm, Appalachian Bergamot, Eastern Bergamot. It is a hardy, perennial wildflower native to North America and is in the mint genus family. It has distinctive lavender-pink blossoms, aromatic foliage which has an exceptional ability to attract pollinators and historically has been used for medicinal purposes.

It serves as a pollinator magnet drawing an enormous amount of bumblebees, native bees, predatory wasps, and butterflies. [The Garden where these are planted also has a section of four beehives with plenty of bees to help pollinate the flowers grown therein.]

For those interested in expanding their palates, you might want to try tasting its edible leaves and flowers. They add a spicy, citrusy, oregano-like kick to salads, jellies, and meat dishes. Also may note that historically the leaves have been used, by indigenous peoples, to brew teas to treat colds, flus, and digestive issues.

Wild bergamot
(Monarda fistulosa)
**Terri’s The #Flower Hour**

Terri’s The Flower Hour #33

Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge-What’s Flowering Where You Are?

Also posting in remembrance of …

Bren’s Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7 (2000D) with Canon EF-S55-250 mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: The Garden; In The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Admire the Flowers and the beauty found in nature. Have a fantastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Which Way Challenge 2026 (CWWC): Any Which Way on an Interstate, Highway, or Paved Road

Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). I trust everyone has had a good week and able to spend some time to take a walk or hike in the vast outdoors. This week’s theme for the Which Way Challenge is CWWC: Any Which Way on an Interstate, Highway, or Paved Road. The Which Way can be any Interstate, Highway, or Paved Road as long as the Which Way is clearly discernible. As always signs are always welcome.

For further information regarding the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) feel free to check out the home page here.

My entries this week were captured by my daughter on her recent adventure out west and driving through four states. I’ve already shared some of her photos and I will share more regarding one of the main reasons she went later on in the month.

Here are my entries … These include the Interstates, Highways, and Paved Roads she drove as well as some sights of the countryside seen through the windshield.

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Thank you to those who have participated and supported the Which Ways Challenge. I appreciate y’all sharing your Which Ways with us.

For an idea of other’s Which Ways from this past week’s challenge, be sure to click on the following links below.

Brian’s Granite Lookout (a short hike)

Dawn’s Which Way: Bluebell Trail

Pepper’s Light and Shadows

Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery’s Nature Trails

Eliza’s The Boardwalk in the Dunes in Merlimont, France

Rich from Serendipity’s Trail Ways

Deb’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC)-Any Which Way on an Interstate, Highway, or Paved Road.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Plus

Locations: As Stated above with pictures.

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take a Walk/Hike. Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

***Note: Next Week’s CWWC: Any Which Way with Yellow along a Trail, Path, or Road [06.12.2026]

2026 Thursday Doors: June 04

Deep Gap Fire Department

The Deep Gap Fire Department provides fire protection and medical first response to Deep Gap, Rutherwood, Stoney Fork, and Cranberry Springs in Watauga & Ashe Counties in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. [This Fire Department services the areas where my ancestors lived and are buried. I have cousins whom still reside in the Deep Gap and Stoney Fork areas of Watauga County.]

The Fire Department was formed in 1964 as one of the first rural fire departments in Watauga County. The station has part-time paid firefighters staffing it between 8am -6pm Monday through Friday. It also has approximately 25 volunteer firefighters and EMT’s.

This current building was built in 1991 after outgrowing its previous station. The Bottom level consists of bay floor, admin offices and exercise room. The Top level is consists of a training room, Board of Directors meeting room, bunk room with bathrooms. Community Center, kitchen, Red Cross shelter, and Board of Elections polling station.

The main room used as a Community center is rented out by local groups for reunions and other such gatherings/events. My maternal relatives gather here every August for a reunion which is fun to attend when I am able.

Dan’s Thursday Doors-2026.06.04

God Bless. Have a funtastic weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2026 FOWC — A Harvest of Pumpkins

Fandango’s One-Word Challenge

The FOWC prompt for Tuesday is Pumpkin. Know I’m behind a couple of days, but still wanted to share these Pumpkins with y’all.

*Lake Haigler Entrance*
*Anne Springs Close Greenway*
*Fort Mill, SC*

*Autumn Festival*
*The Schiele Museum*
*of Natural History*
*Gastonia, NC*

Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC)-Pumpkin

Cameras: 1-2 &4)Apple iPhone 14 Pro Ma; 3) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens

Locations: As Stated above.

God Bless. May you have a Stable of Love, Friendship, and Joy. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

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Hydrangea quercifolia

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Coleman Greets a Horse

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Disneyland Monorail

Circa 1965

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Coleman Style

At The Schiele Museum

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Jugs, Jugs, & More

(Inside & Out)

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“Quail’s Cozy Pot”

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Plus Going Green

for Sunday Stills

Monthly Color Challenge

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Terry Leon Wilson

Forever in our Hearts

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Allium fistulosum

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Historic Landscape Mural

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Flag Day

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Coleman Style

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Trios of Bales

on Wagon Loop Trail

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Ragtag Daily Prompt

2026 June 12

Hirsute!

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The View From Underneath

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Sadness through

a Baby’s Eyes

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Creating a Pollinator Garden

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Fragaria virginiana

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Yellow Spotted

in the Neighbourhood

CFFC – The Crayola Box of 8

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Twelve Tribes of Israel

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Xylocopa micans

on Cornus foemina