Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography
This blog is for my insights on life, the Bible, hiking adventures with my grandson and whatever is important to me
In The Beginning God …
Photo Credit:©️2020 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Location: Discovery Center Creation Museum; Abilene, Texas, USA
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Perennial Garden
Andrew Jackson State Park
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This week Cee is allowing us to post any type of road, path, step, bridge or sign. I have chosen to post some paths, steps, dirt trails, and wooden paths and bridges along the Lake Nature Trail at Andrew Jackson State Park. I took these photos when was camping there the summer after my mom passed. It was a relaxing, peaceful, meditative experience of communing with nature.
Cee’s Which Way Challenge-10.10.2024
Photo Credit:©️2019 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone XR and iPhone 11 Pro Max
Location: Nature Trail; Andrew Jackson State Park; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
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Doyce Eileen (Watson) Waters
October 11, 1931 — January 18, 2019
Five years ago I received an expected yet saddening phone call from my brother. I was working when I received the call that my mother had passed.
My mom and I were not close after I became an adult and was on my own. I was felt she favored my brother and his family. I harbored ill feelings for the longest time towards my mother. I guess you could say I was jealous of the close relationship I felt she had with my brother and his family. I felt she spent much more time with his family and only gave me and my family a few minutes of her time. To me it seemed she cared more about them and even my dad’s sister’s family more than she cared about me.
Regardless of how I felt about her as an adult, she was still my mother. She is here any longer, I can’t let her know how I felt. I was never open with her about my thoughts and feelings. Sometimes I wish I had felt like I could have been open with her and closer. You can never get back the time lost with loved ones. Regrets can never be taken back once loved ones are no longer with us. I still think about my mom, especially on her birthday.
CHERISH EVERY MOMENT AND EVERY PERSON IN YOUR LIFE, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE THE LAST TIME YOU SEE SOMEONE.
quoteslife101.net
Cherish Your Loved Ones
Cherish your family each and every day Life is unbelievably unpredictable Enjoy the people in your life, Invest in forgiveness Stop wasting precious time And be thankful for what you have Cherish your loved ones. You never know when God will call them home.
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Heart Full of Love
In Memory of My Mom
10/11/1931 — 01/18/2019
“A heart full of love and compassion is the main source of inner strength, willpower, happiness, and mental tranquility”
~ Dalai Lama
A wee bit of heaven drifted down from above, a handful of happiness, a heart full of love.
Helen Steiner Rice
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Green in the Garden
Green by the Lake
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge
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This is my Fifteenth & Final installment of my combination of Thursday Doors & Monday Window featuring Antique Automobiles.
My dad loved cars shows, history, and anything to do with FORD. He started working for a FORD dealership while in high school in Great Falls, South Carolina. He worked there until he joined the United States Navy in 1948. After leaving the Navy, he again went to work for a FORD dealership. This time he worked of Pearson Ford in San Diego, California and continued working for FORD until he retired.
This week I’ll be showing three Antique Automobiles from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Haynes Automobile Company, better known as Haynes, was an American automotive manufacturer that was established in 1905. The company produced a range of cars that included open and closed top offerings such as the Light Six and Light Twelve. Haynes was operational until 1924, when the company declared bankruptcy, before being entirely dissolved in 1925.
The Oakland Motor Car Company located out of Pontiac, Michigan was an American automobile manufacturer and a division of General Motors. The company was named for Oakland County, Michigan where it was based.The first Oakland used a vertical two-cylinder engine that rotated counterclockwise. The Oakland’s were first produced in 1908 with a production of 278 vehicles. General Motors acquired the rights to the Oakland just one year later in 1909. GM continued production of the Oakland automobiles until 1931.
The American Locomotive Company (ALCO) was found in 1901. The company was successful in manufacturing locomotives which included massive steam trains that traversed America. Having succeeded in producing locomotives, the company began to build automobiles in 1905. They boasted that their vehicles were so well built that each one took 19 months to complete. In 1909 and 1910, ALCO won the Vanderbilt Cup, and it competed in the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in 1911.
This car is one of 12 surviving Alcos and one of still fewer propelled by a 487 cubic-inch four-cylinder engine with dual-chain drive to the rear wheels. It resided at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum from 1961 through 2011, when it was purchased by its current owner.
Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2024-Week 40
Photo Credit:©️1985 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm
Location: Indianapolis Motor Speedway; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Fairly modern is relative to one’s own personal experience or opinion of what they consider modern. Modern can be often used as referring to the 19th century. It could also refer to a contemporary and up-to-date home having the latest technological innovations. A modern home exudes a lived-in warmth; using natural materials such as wood, leather and/or stone in functional, minimalist designs and shapes.
Having said all that, bear in mind these are my personal thoughts on what I consider a modern home or apartment to be. They are also all places I have regarded as home at one time or another.
A tent home can be a modern home, especially if it your choice to live in whether for a weekend, a week, or even months as I have done from time to time.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge- Fairly modern homes and apartments
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Here are my entries for Leanne’s Monochrome Madness Challenge of showing Flowers in the Garden in monochrome.
Leanne’s Monochrome Madness-Flowers out in the garden
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Photo Credit:©️2020 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 11 Pro Max
Location: Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
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Plant a Tree
Let it Grow
Into the Trees
We Love to Go
― Munia Khan
“Trees exhale for us so that we can inhale them to stay alive. Can we ever forget that? Let us love trees with every breath we take until we perish.”
“When one plants a tree they plant themselves. Every root is an anchor, over which one rests with grateful interests, and becomes sufficiently calm to feel the joy of living.”
— John Muir
I feel right at home when I am walking through the forest of trees whether I am alone or out hiking with my grandson. Being in the woods has a calming effect on me. It is relaxing and uplifting at the same time; a time of reflection and communing with God, the Creator of all things on Earth and in Heaven. The Autumn hues of the leaves are beautiful and mesmerizing. Autumn is a great time for observing the changes in nature. I love to be out in the forest amongst the trees all year round. It is so much better than being cooped up in doors. Enjoy the views of the trees and nature I and my grandson love to roam and wander through on a regular period.
— Paolo Coelho
“In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.”
“Together we can preserve the forest, securing this immense treasure for the future of all these our children.”
— Chico Mendes
Terri’s Sunday Stills-Leaves and Trees
All Quotes from One Tree Planted.
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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 my 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.
This week’s number is 163. My 163 photos happen to come from a few trips I have taken and a few lakes I’ve visited over the years.
From our trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Blue Ridge Mountains:
From my trip to Cozumel, Mexico:
From New Braunfels, Texas:
From Lakes we enjoy visiting:
Photo Credit: ©️2017-2022 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
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What is your favorite hobby or pastime?
I would have to say my favourite hobby/pastime is Reading. Lately I’ve been reading three books 📚 at once. I read Amish Fiction, Inspirational Fiction, Romance Fiction, and Mysteries. I am currently reading an Amish mystery, and two other mystery novels. I am reading one in my Kindle app, one in my iBooks, and one in my Glose app. My current reading streak is 280 days in a row, 52 weeks in a row. I read each novel for a minimum of 25-30 minutes per day.
Reading helps me to relax and unwind from any stress or anxiety in my day. My other favourite pastime is hiking, but that is a story/post for another day. Reading is something I can do while my grandson watches his favourite show or plays with his toys. Sometimes he interrupts my reading, but that is alright; I will always make time for whatever he needs.
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— Autumn Orange
Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – Mainly Orange
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Create – Renew – Restore
Pray for all those affected by Hurricane Helene.
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Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Cracker Barrel; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Three Red Firetrucks +
Photo Credit: 2019 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone XR
Location: Walmart Parking Lot; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
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God Bless America
Photo Credit:©️2019 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone XR
Location: Walmart Parking Lot; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
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Phoebis philea on Canna indica
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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When I think about Wall I don’t think about any ordinary wall. I think about the Vietnam Veterans Walls I have been fortunate to visit. When I have visited Vietnam Veterans Walls, I think about the sacrifices that men and women have made to ensure our freedoms. I think about the tremendous ultimate sacrifices made by too many. I think about the lifetime suffering our Vietnam Veterans endured due to the effects Agent Orange that were forced upon our soldiers during their service to the United States of America.
The above depicts the Veterans Wall in the Veterans Garden at Glencairn Gardens in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The Veterans Garden was created by the City of Rock Hill in partnership with the American Legion Post 34 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2889. It honors women and men from the past, present, and future who served in the United States armed forces.
I look back with Nostalgic whenever I reflect on the time I traveled to Jacksonville, North Carolina visiting sons. The time spent with my eldest sightseeing various sites in the area including the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Lejeune Memorial Gardens.
It is dedicated to all men and women who served during the Vietnam War. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial stands as a recognition for the nearly ten million Veterans of the five branches of the Armed Forces who served active duty during the Vietnam era. This memorial remembers the 303,704 service members who were wounded in Vietnam, the many POW/MIAs who are still unaccounted for, and the 58,229 men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
Upon entering the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, you’ll encounter an entry wall with medallions and flags representing all branches of the military, a walkway and bridge with French design, and a glass wall etched with names of those MIA, POW or dead.
One Wall I truly Want to visit one day is the Memorial Wall which is apart of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D. C.. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a U.S. National memorial in Washington D. C.. It honors service members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War. The two-acre site is dominated by two black granite walls engraved with the names of those service members who died or remain missing as a result of their service in Vietnam and South East Asia during the war.
The United States fully entered the Vietnam War on March 8, 1965 when 3,500 United States Marines came ashore at Da Nang as the first wave of U.S. combat troops into South Vietnam. The U. S. had already been in Vietnam with 25,000 U.S. military advisers at that time period. The United States involvement in the War lasted until the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. The last combat units left Vietnam in 1973. However, it took years to bring home those who had died during the conflict and those who were held in prison camps (POW’s) or listed as Missing in Action (MIA).
Why is the Vietnam War Memorial Wall so important to me? Even though I did not loose family in Vietnam, I did have family members who served during the Vietnam War (Conflict). My brother enlisted in the United States Air Force in January 1973. My husband and both his brothers served during this time period. I have many friends who were drafted or enlisted in the early 1970’s. My husband & many of my friends were on the ground during the height of the conflict in Vietnam Nam. Quite a number have or are still affected by the results of the spraying of Agent Orange over the area. Many have had lasting PTSD, as others in other wars have also suffered. Our Vietnam Veterans were not given a welcome home as in previous wars or actually any welcome home except from their families. This was a war very real and personal in my growing up years and one I will always remember. If anyone reads this who served during the Vietnam Nam War era, Welcome Home!
Ragtag Daily Prompt-Nostalgia!
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Cee is back and allowing us to post any type of road, path, step, bridge or sign this week for her Which Way Challenge. This week I have mixed it up with a little new with a little from my favourite place from my archives. Hope you enjoy!
Cee’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC)
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What is most commonly referred to as the Carolina Gull is the Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla). Laughing Gulls can be typically observed swirling over beaches like Springmaid and Myrtle Beach in South Carolina. Laughing Gulls provide sights and sounds evocative of summer on the East Coast. Large numbers of these Gulls at beaches, docks, and parking lots, where they wait for handouts or fill the air with their raucous calls.
In the Northeast, Laughing Gulls are summer visitors. However, in the Southeast and along the Gulf of Mexico they can be spotted year round along the coasts.
Some interesting cool facts about Laughing Gulls are:
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Boone, North Carolina
Comparing the Doc Watson “Man of the People” Statue from 2016 to 2024. The first photo was taken when I was in Boone, North Carolina for a family reunion. [Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson is my fourth cousin].
The Statue was dedicated on June 24, 2011. It commemorates the Grammy Award-winning artist and Watauga County (Deep Gap) native Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson. The depiction of “Doc” Watson sitting on a bench playing a model of his favorite guitar, customized Gallagher was created
Alexander M. Hallmark, a local Blowing Rock, NC, Sculptor. The inscription on the statue reads Doc Watson / “Just one of the People.”
The bronze statue of Doc Watson is located at the Northeast corner of North Depot and West King streets in downtown Boone, North Carolina.
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May Your Roots Grow Deep
“A tree with strong roots can withstand the most violent storm, but the tree can’t grow roots just as the storm appears on the horizon.”
~ Dalai Lama.
“When The Roots Are Deep There Is No Reason To Fear The Wind”
~ African proverb.
“A tree with strong roots laughs at storms.”
~ Malay Proverb
“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.”
~Amelia Earhart, aviation pioneer, author.
“ Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.”
Colossians 2:7
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Close-Ups Around the Greenway
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Close Up or Macro
Photo Credit:©️2022 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: 1-2) iPhone 13 Pro; 3-4) Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Location: Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
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This is my Fourteenth installment of my combination of Thursday Doors & Monday Window featuring Antique Automobiles.
My dad loved cars shows, history, and anything to do with FORD. He started working for a FORD dealership while in high school in Great Falls, South Carolina. He worked there until he joined the United States Navy in 1948. After leaving the Navy, he again went to work for a FORD dealership. This time he worked of Pearson Ford in San Diego, California and continued working for FORD until he retired.
This week I’ll be showing five Automobiles from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2024-Week 39
Photo Credit:©️1985 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm
Location: Indianapolis Motor Speedway; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Remembering Past Home,
Relatives, the 60’s.
Here are this week’s questions:
1. Did your parental home have a ‘parlour’ or front room reserved only for when you had visitors?
The home I live in beginning in junior high did have a front room, however, visitors were always welcomed into the family room for visits. The front room was just a passageway to the dining room or family room.
2. Did you ever go to stay with relatives during the school holidays?
I often stayed with my maternal grandparents when school was out. I would ride the city bus with my grandmother to go to church or shopping. Sometimes when we were at the house we would snap beans getting them ready to cook. Times with my maternal grandmother were good times I’ll always remember and treasure.
3. Did relatives (cousins, grandparents) come to stay with your family in the holidays?
Relatives never stayed at our house growing up. We usually always gathered at my maternal grandparents home for Sunday dinners, Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners and for extended family gatherings.
4. What do you remember from the 1960s.
What I remember from the sixties is the carefree life, the playing outside till the street lights came on, the skateboards we made ourselves using old shoe skates, riding my bicycle all over the neighbourhood without a helmet (never knew we needed one back then) and the ease of walking the streets never being afraid of anything or anyone.
I remember the music, the cabinet television (only one in the home) with having to go to it to change a channel, its signing off at midnight (they didn’t use to plays shows all night long).
I remember a lot about the sixties, it was a great time to be a kid. The joys we found in the simplest things. Things are so simple anymore, life changes and we adapt.
Gratitude:
“Life is one big, continuous circle of giving and receiving energy. Be thankful for who and what’s in your life, instead of complaining about what you don’t have. If you focus on gratitude, you’ll start to attract prosperity and abundance.”
consciousreminder.com
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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 my 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.
This prompt will repeat each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog in comments below. Below are my contributions to the album:
I am choosing to post photos of volunteers helping across Western North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Appreciate Prayers for every affected person, family, animal in the areas impacted.
You might not think about this being Weird, Wild, or Oddballs, however, I think it is in an amazing way. Weird in that this is not something you see or experience every day. Wild to see all the Numerous Volunteers leaving their homes to come and help communities, towns, cities, families in tremendous need. Oddballs in that I never imagined the Pack Mule Teams, helicopter pilots, and many others coming together for a single mission.
All of this unity coming together to restore, rescue, and rebuild to lovely to see. This is the very essence of Whatsoever Is Lovely.
Thank you Cajun Navy! Thank you Mike Tobber and crew with Cajun Navy! Thank you National Guard! Thank you Garrett Mitchell and Volunteer Helicopter Pilots! Thank you Linemen! Thank you Search and Rescue Teams! Thank you Mountain Mule Packer Ranch! Thank you to all Volunteers for helping those affected by Hurricane Helene. I appreciate all you’ve accomplished and will continue to do to support the community and families impacted by the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene.
Sunday Stills-A World of Weird, Wild, and Oddballs
Whatsoever Is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 39
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God Bless. Click on each for enlarged viewing. Thank you for praying & sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Brian from Bushboy world would like us to show the last photo on our SD card or smartphone for September 30th or whenever your last photo was taken. No editing. Explanations are not necessary. Create a pingback to Brian’s post. Use tags The Last Photo and #LastOnTheCard.
Here are mine. Mine are mostly of Coleman plus one from my dad’s camera. If desired, you may click on each image for enhanced clarity.
From my Dad’s Minolta XG-7:
From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:
From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:
Brian’s Last on the Card-September 2024
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This week Debbie’s theme for One Word Sunday is Silver and Gold. I didn’t find much in the way of Silver, but I have a little gold.
“But Peter said, ‘Silver and gold have I none; but what I have, that give I thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.’” — Acts 3:6 American Standard Version(ASV)
Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Silver and Gold
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Old Buildings Houses, School, & Church:
Old Sheds:
Old Barns:
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Old Buildings
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Rejoice in the Lord Always
Pray for all those affected by Hurricane Helene.
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #239
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Guggisberg Cheese Factory
Guggisberg Cheese Factory is located in the heart of Ohio’s Amish Country. My daughter and I had the privilege to visit Guggisberg Cheese Factory April of 2012 while visiting maternal cousins.
Alfred Guggisberg came to America, in 1947, from Switzerland to pursue his dream of cheesemaking. When he arrived in the United States, he settled in Holmes County, Ohio. He began by creating Baby Swiss cheese, known for its smaller holes and milder flavor. Now world-famous and a household name, Baby Swiss is a true product of Ohio’s Amish Country.
Guggisberg Cheese, especially their Baby Swiss, is a favourite of cheese lover’s everywhere. [I am not fond of cold cheese, but I love all the cheeses made by The Guggisberg Cheese Factory including the goat cheeses.] One sample of any Guggisberg Cheese and you’ll understand why they’re award-winning quality. Guggisberg Cheese has been the winner of the Ohio Grand Champion Cheesemaker title numerous times and their Baby Swiss is recognized as the “best cheese in the country.”
When visiting the Guggisberg Cheese Factory, besides sampling their cheese products, you may watch firsthand how Guggisberg Cheese is made and understand how it has become world famous. They have over 60 varieties of cheese to choose from. It was our good fortune to discover that the cheeses Guggisberg Cheese manufactures have always been and always will be lactose-free. This is possible by their process of converting lactose to lactic acid, and their special cultures which utilize or consume the lactose during the cheese-making process. [My daughter is lactose intolerant so this which a wonderful discovery.]
Here is a list of cheeses which are safe for the lactose-intolerant:
• Premium Swiss
• Baby Swiss
• Amish Butter Cheese
• Lacerne
• Vintage Select
• Emmental
Guggisberg Cheese offers other products other than cheese such as Trail Bologna, Beef Jerky, Pepperoni Sticks, Summer Sausage, and fruit preserves for cheese.
If you ever have the opportunity to visit Ohio’s Amish Country, I would highly recommend stopping by and paying a visit to the Guggisberg Cheese Factory.
Photo Credit:©️2012 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
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Dahlia coccinea
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Pray for Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina & Tennessee as they try to recovery from Hurricane Helene. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
7 Riverbanks 🦒 Giraffes 🦒
This week I am combining Monday Portrait with Becky’s Squares-#Seven for September. I am posting Seven (7) Giraffes from 7 years ago in 2017.
Photo Credit:©️2017 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 7 Plus
Location: Riverbanks Zoo & Garden; Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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I am so very thankful, incredibly grateful, and unbelievably blessed. Hurricane Helene has passed by causing tremendous havoc and damage to surrounding areas within two hours or less from our current location. It saddens me to see the many online postings of the damage and destruction caused by Hurricane Helene.
Even though Hurricane Helene was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone while it continued moving northward after landing in Florida, the National Hurricane Center called it’s effects as “catastrophic, historic flooding.” The “catastrophic historic flooding coverage occurred over parts of the southern Appalachians. The flooding within my surrounding communities is devastating affecting many friends and families across the areas.
It saddens me to hear about the deaths and injuries caused by Hurricane Helene. Last count I read was approximately 44 deaths have been reported across the Southeast as a result of this storm. In my opinion, even one death is too many. I do know that God is in control and everything is going to be fine.
We were just a small group of the greater than 3.8 million Americans which had the unfortunate experience of dealing without power for several hours all across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Illinois.
Our local dams are overflowing, many streets have been flooded, others have collapsed leaving thousands stranded and unable to return to their homes or jobs until alternative routes can be provided or roads can become assessable once again.
I am very thankful our immediate area had minimal flooding and damage. I am incredibly grateful we were not without power for more than ten hours yesterday. I am unbelievably and abundantly blessed to have a Heavenly Father who watches over us and understands our needs, our anxieties, and our sorrows before we even acknowledge them ourselves.
I am sharing photos from public websites showing the flooding and damage to surrounding areas within a short distance from us.
Asheville, North Carolina
Chimney Rock, North Carolina
Boone and Blowing Rock, North Carolina
“I have a lot to be thankful for. I am healthy, happy, and I am loved.”
~ Reba McEntire
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Winter In Germany
Photo Credit:©️1979 Nornal H. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm
Location: Germany, Europe
God Bless. Enjoy winter scenery, but not the cold. How’s your weather? I’m thankful Hurricane Helene has passed and won’t do anymore damage in our area. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
For this the last week of September and I light of the Effects of Hurricane Helene, I have chosen to choose a theme of Any Paved Roads where I am focusing on Paved Roads in Germany. I am challenging everyone to participate in this week’s Which Way Challenge by sharing your Paved Roads.
In the Winter of December 1978/January 1979 my parents flew over to Germany to visit my brother & his family. [My brother was stationed there for a few years while serving in the United States Air Force.]
Shown above are just a few of the Paved Roads my parents rode on while visiting with my brother in Germany. What kind of Paved Roads will you find to share with us? I hope y’all will share your Which Ways with us. Looking forward to Cee taking the Which Way Challenge back on in October.
Thank you for visiting and sharing my parents memories with me. They enjoyed their time in Germany, however, I do not recall seeing their slide photos before I began digitizing my Dad’s slides.
Photo Credit: ©️1979 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm
Location: Germany
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In the Winter of December 1978/January 1979 my parents flew over to Germany to visit my brother & his family. [My brother was stationed there for a few years while serving in the United States Air Force.]
I previously posted their visit to Heidelberg Palace/Castle; you can view that post my clicking here and here to view the statues on Heidelberg Castle.
Thank you for visiting and sharing my parents memories with me. They enjoyed their time in Germany, however, I do not recall seeing their slide photos before I began digitizing my Dad’s slides.
Monochrome Madness #17 – Bridges
Photo Credit: ©️1979 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm
Location: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe
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Photo Credit: ©️2022 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 13 Pro Wide Camera
Location: Lake Haigler; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
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Dinosaurs at
The Schiele Museum
How lovely to have the prompt of dinosaur. My grandson, Coleman, loves Dinosaurs. We’ve been fortunate this past year to live within a relatively short distance from the local Schiele Museum of Natural History. The most popular exhibits at The Schiele Museum are the Dinosaur exhibits. They are definitely Coleman’s favourites. Every year the Museum has a special Dinosaur Day. On Dinosaur Day, the museum has special activities and events for everyone to enjoy (especially the children) and participate.
Since Coleman loves Dinosaurs so much; we got him a dinosaur backpack, lunchbox, and matching bottle to use for school. We couldn’t forget to add dinosaur shirts, socks, and shoes. He loves all his dinosaur items, even his toy dinosaurs.
Ragtag Daily Prompt_Wednesday-Dinosaur
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thank God for Coleman and Dinosaurs. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Bee Happy
Enjoy the Delightful Scents
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.
This is my Thirteenth installment of my combination of Thursday Doors & Monday Window featuring Antique Automobiles.
My dad loved cars shows, history, and anything to do with FORD. He started working for a FORD dealership while in high school in Great Falls, South Carolina. He worked there until he joined the United States Navy in 1948. After leaving the Navy, he again went to work for a FORD dealership. This time he worked of Pearson Ford in San Diego, California and continued working for FORD until he retired.
This week we are continuing with Antique Automobiles from the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation with four Antique Automobiles from 1903 – 1952. Displaying the Antique Automobiles from most recent to oldest.
An interesting fact about this 1940 Chrysler Crown Imperial is that it was an Official Parade Car which carried VIPs through New York City for almost 20 years.
It carried more than a hundred dignitaries including politicians, military leaders, diplomats. They rode in the car in ticker-tape parades through Manhattan’s famed “Canyon of Heroes.” Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ralph Bunche, Winston Churchill and A. Philip Randolph were just some of the parade car’s many distinguished passengers.
This 1903 Packard Model F is known as “Old Pacific.” In 1903 it became the second car to cross the United States.
Hope you enjoyed seeing the Antique Automobiles from the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. Next week I’ll be showing Automobiles from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana. Till next time, stay safe. Stay Strong. Stay Enthusiastic and Stay Positive.
Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2024-Week 39
Photo Credit:©️1985 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm
Location: Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation; Dearborn, Michigan, USA
God Bless. Thank you for visiting the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation with us. Thank sharing your time and thoughts with us. Have a wonderful weekend. I appreciate y’all very much.
For Tina’s Lens-Artist Challenge this week I chose to show a recent neighbourhood belonging to a friend which we meandered around to check out the area. Our friend’s neighbourhood is in southern Lancaster County in South Carolina.
We enjoyed our stroll through the neighbourhood; hope you enjoyed sharing our walk.
Tina’s Lens-Artists Challenge #317 – Walking the Neighbourhood
Xingfumama’s Pull Up A Seat challenge
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Springdale, Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
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Posting for Becky’s Squares-Seven for September Challenge and Bird of the Week LXXXII
1(or 2) + 1 + 2 + 2 (or 3) = 7 (or 7)
While visiting the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia, South Carolina we were able to observe the King Penguins. King Penguins have a mobile nest – right on top of their feet! Who would have guessed? The female will lay one egg and both parents will take turns incubating the egg by balancing it on top of their feet under a warm fold of skin.
King Penguin nest sites are on sub-antarctic islands surrounding Antarctica. They spend long stretches of time at sea. [Except those found in zoos like the Riverbanks Zoo.) They eat fish, krill, crustaceans, and squid.
Riverbanks Zoo supports penguins of all species by encouraging sustainable seafood consumption through Seafood Watch. Riverbanks’ Satch Krantz Conservation Fund and Field Conservation Associates have also supported sustainable guano harvest in Peru and chick bolstering and rehabilitation in South Africa.
Photo Credit:©️2017 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 7 Plus
Location: Riverbanks Zoo & Garden; Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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Sunflower
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Judy’s The Numbers Game #40 is this week and this week’s number is 161. 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 my 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.
This week in lieu of trying to find 161 in my photos, I have chosen a theme (instead of a single word) of A Bird’s Eye View. These were all taken by my dad from an airplane ✈️ in 1979 while flying back to San Diego from Germany.
Photo Credit: ©️1979 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm
Location: Across the Skies from Germany to San Diego, California
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. Hope you enjoy the memories. I appreciate y’all very much.
Here are entries for this week’s CFFC:
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC) – Piles or Stacks
Photo Credit: ©2019-2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: 1 & 3) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2, 4-5) Canon EOS Rebel T3i; 6) iPhone XR
Locations: 1-5) Gastonia, North Carolina; 6) Babyland General Hospital; Cleveland, Georgia, USA
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Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography 