Author: Deb L Waters

I am an avid reader. I read mostly Amish fiction but also read other novels. I enjoy romance, mystery, and Christian devotionals. I enjoy hiking in the outdoors, especially in Greenways and State or National Parks. I love my grandson. He is my favorite subject, so I'll post about him and his antics.

2023 CBWC: Bigger than a Bread Box

Little Library 📚
Black and White
Original

Cee’s Black and White Challenge and Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Leannes Monochrome Madness

Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF75-300mm lens.

Settings: f/7.1 1/320s ISO500 210mm

Location: South Fork Trail and Blueway Access, McAdenville, North Carolina

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FOTD: HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA ‘HARVEST MOON’

HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA
’HARVEST MOON’
Common Name:
Witchhazel

This type of plants are DECIDUOUS SHRUBS. Their typical butter yellow autumn leaves fall leaving the flowers exposed on this later flowering selection with slightly larger flowers than the species.

These particular witch-hazels were located near the Lake Trail at Crowders Mountain State Park in Kings Mountain, North Carolina.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.

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WWE #180 – South Fork River

Warning Recommended Flow
Water Rippling
Turtles

Water Water Everywhere-#180

Jez’s WWE challenge

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Photos 1 & 4 – iPhone 14 Pro Max

Camera: Photos 2 & 3 – Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF75-300mm lens.

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CosPhoChal: Music on Film

Oasis Southern Gospel Music
The Revelators
Man playing Harp
in
Costa Maya, Mexico
Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson
was an American guitarist,
songwriter, and singer
of bluegrass, folks, country,
blues, and gospel music.
[ He was also my 4th maternal cousin]
William Watson
& His Banjo
[my maternal cousin]
Coleman,
my grandson

Cosmic Photo Challenge-Music on Film

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CFFC: Front of one Any Item

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

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FOTD: Gaillardia pulchella

Gaillardia pulchella
AKA: firewheel, Indian blanket, Indian blanketflower, or sundance
It is a North American species
of short-lived perennial
or annual flowering plants
in the sunflower family.
The common name, Indian Blanket,
may refer to the resemblance
of the inflorescence
to the brightly patterned blankets
made by Native Americans,
or to the ability of wild taxa
to blanket the ground with colonies.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Crowders Mountain State Park Visitors Center, Kings Mountain, North Carolina, USA

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Pull Up a Seat: 2023 – Week 25

… On a Bench
… On a Slide
… On the Ground

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2023-Week 25

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Altura Macro Wide-Angle Fisheye Lens for Canon EG-S18-55mm.

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SYW: 2023 June 26


Di’s questions for this week:

  1. What colour are you wearing today? Right now I am wearing a Green Til Valhalla 22 a Day shirt. It supports ending Veteran Suicide .
  2. Will you be cooking lunch today, having something cold, or going out to eat? Before I get into lunch, let me share our breakfast. Today’s breakfast ( Coleman’s 2nd meal) is homemade apple cinnamon “hoho” mini waffles. I make them using Bisquick, instant apple cinnamon oatmeal, 1 egg, unsweetened applesauce, oil, and cinnamon sugar. I bought a Christmas tree mini waffle iron at Christmas time which Coleman refers to as the “Hoho” maker. He wants “HoHo’s” every day. However, I don’t cook them everyday. I vary his meals. I said they were his 2nd breakfast because he always wakes up hungry & I’m not fully awake when he is. So, I fix him fresh fruit and/or cereal or dairy free yogurt before I cook his hot breakfast.
  3. Does hot weather drain your strength or agree with you? I adore warm weather. I prefer it to not be too hot, but definitely not cold. It is not the hot weather that is draining my strength but the humidity that comes along with it on some hot summer days. The heat and humidity is only bothersome when Coleman and I are out hiking in the woods or on a greenway ( which is usually still among the trees and near a river or a lake. At those times the perspiration from the humidity is consistently needing to be wiped away so I can see. However, that doesn’t prevent us from enjoying and completing our hikes.
  4. Do you have air conditioning in your property? Currently we have air conditioning. I have lived without air conditioning for most of my life. I actually ( and I know I might be unusual in this) prefer not to have air conditioning. In my line of thinking, air conditioners tend to circulate air borne pollutants and dust that aggravate my sinuses. That’s not to say I don’t enjoy cool air or cool weather. I love to feel a cool cross breeze throughout the home from open windows. The lovely scent of fresh air is calming to my senses.
The makings
for breakfast
The batter
in the
waffle iron
Coleman’s “HoHo”
Apple Cinnamon
Oatmeal Waffle
Out in the woods at South Fork Park
Coleman

“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”

Melody Beattie
Share Your World

Di’s SYW

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Macro Monday: Double Hemerocallis fulva #Kwanso”

Double Hemerocallis fulva “Kwanso”
Common Names: Orange Day-Lily,
Tawny Daylily, and Double Tiger Lily

My grandson and I spotted these spectacular flowers near the entrance to the Nature Trail at The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium located in Gastonia, North Carolina when we went there to go hiking this past week.

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: (c)Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm Lens.

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Weekend Sky #105 – 2023 June

… Over the
South Fork River
… Through
the
Trees
… Sky
View
Below
… Reflected
in the
River

Weekend Sky #105

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Monday Window: Coleman’s View through a Playscape Window

Ludwigs Monday Windows

Monday Portrait

Photo Credit : Deb L. Waters

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WWE: Ripples and Reflections

Jez’s WWE challenge

Johns Cellpic Sunday

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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RDP: Visiting the Greenway Horses +

Ragtag Daily Prompt-Horse

Silent Sunday

Photo Credit: ©Deb L. Waters

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2023 Daily Prompts: What Activities Do I lose Myself In?

What activities do you lose yourself in?

I lose myself in reading for at least thirty minutes everyday. Once a week or more I try to get out in nature and lose myself in the woods. Mind you I don’t actually get lost. I just enjoy communing with nature and enjoying the wonders of God’s amazingly beautiful creation. When I’m reading a book or hiking in the woods, I’m able to release any stress from the day or week & am able relax and thank God for the positives in my life thereby not focusing on negativity.

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NPC #17: Bees & Informative Signs

Nature’s Pollinators
More than just Bees
Lindsay Pettus Greenway
Lancaster, South Carolina
Clover, South Carolina
Mason Bees 🐝
McDowell Nature Center and Preserve
Charlotte, North Carolina
Xylocopa virginica,
sometimes referred to as
the Eastern Carpenter Bee 🐝
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Pollinator Habitat
Eastern Bumble Bee
McDowell Nature Center and Preserve
Charlotte, North Carolina
Eastern Carpenter Bee 🐝
Lake Haigler
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Town Hall Busy Bees
Fall Scarecrow Display
Fort Mill, South Carolina
My Granddaughter, Alona,
in a Bee 🐝 Outfit
April 15, 2014
Charlotte, North Carolina

Nature Photo Challenge #17: Bees

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2023 CMMC: Pick Your Topic from My (Cee’s) Photo

My entry for Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC), the topic is Pick Your Topic from My Photo below. This week Cee is combining it with Kammie’s, Oddball Challenge.

Surf board,
Drawn by my friend,
@normhere (Norm Daniels)
Surfboards,
Van Artwork
painted by my friend,
Norm Daniels
Surfboards, Truck, Sand, Beach, Summer Photographed by my friend Julee Vaughan
Summer, Seashells, Ocean waves, Blue
North Topsail Beach,
Onslow County, North Carolina
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Kammie’s, Oddball Challenge

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LAPC #254 : Spiritual Sites

Chapel/Meeting House
Andrew Jackson State Park
Lancaster, South Carolina
The Lake
@
Andrew Jackson State Park
Lancaster, South Carolina
View from
Fishing Pier
at
Andrew Jackson State Park
Lancaster, South Carolina
Brannon Family Cemetery
Bethune, Kershaw County, South Carolina
[Cemetery for my paternal ancestors]

Tina of Lens-Artists Photo Challenge

Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters

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Floral Friday: Helianthus schweinitzii

Helianthus schweinitzii
Common Name:
Schweinitz’s sunflower
It is a member
of the
sunflower family
(Asteraceae).

The Helianthus schweinitzii is a perennial wildflower endemic to the Piedmont physiographic province of North Carolina and South Carolina. It is one of the rarest species of sunflower in the United States. It is common along utility and highway rights-of-way in North Carolina and South Carolina. These particular Schweinitz’s sunflower are located along the Lake Trail at Crowders Mountain State Park.

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens

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Thursday Doors: Rustic Cabin

Staff Only
Can I
go inside?
No,
The Door 🚪
is locked .
A Glance
through the
Door 🚪

Thursday Doors

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Altura Macro Wide-Angle Lens for Canon EF-S18-55mm with Fisheye Attachment.

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CBWC: Lost or Left Behind

Sometimes People
Don’t Follow
the Rules
Leave No Trace
Discarded Box 📦
& Chain Link Fencing
Trash Left Behind
Forgotten Animal Crackers
Lost or Left Behind
Hiking 🥾 Stick

Cee’s Black and White Challenge

Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters

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MWM: Throwback Homes

1939 Home
on
Water Street
in
Coshocton, Ohio
1940 Home
[My Mom at 8 yrs old on Porch]
And
Vintage Horse 🐎 Trailer
Coshocton, Ohio
1940 Rental Home
[ My Mom & Her Brother, Jerry]
Ocean Beach, California
1941 Home
[My Mom & Jerry]
2912 E Street
San Diego, California

Throwback Thursday

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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Wordless Wednesday: Rubus cuneifolius

Rubus cuneifolius,
the sand blackberry

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Altura Macro Wide-Angle EF-S18-55mm lens for Canon

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RDP: JAUNT

For Coleman and me, The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium is just a short jaunt of a bus ride away. The bus stop is an even shorter jaunt away from our place than the Planetarium.

Bus Stop
Coleman

The following is what we saw at the Planetarium when we jaunted out for an amazing adventure.

Ragtag Daily Prompt-Jaunt

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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CFFC: Whole of one Any Item

Turtles Sculpture
Located at
The Schiele Museum Pond
Little Tyke Turtle
filled with Water,
Toys, & Coleman
Coleman on his
Radio Flyer
Big Wheel
Clarkia purpurea Calflora

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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SYW: 2023 June 19

Here are this week’s questions:

1. If you could reinvent yourself, how would you like to be? I’m not sure by how I would reinvent myself. If I reinvented myself I wouldn’t be where I am today or enjoying adventures with my grandson.


2. Would you like to be a pet in your household? No, I would not like to be a pet in my household. I would not like to make messes or rummage through the garbage like the dogs do here.


3. How many house moves have you had as an adult? As an adult I have moved to sixteen different houses or apartments in four different states. That does not count the times I have lived in a tent in various campgrounds.


4. What was your favourite home? Choosing a favorite home can be difficult. There are things about various homes I enjoyed & things I didn’t almost about each one. Like my first apartment with my husband. We went there very long but we were all together and spent the most time enjoying being a family.

“Everything we do should be a result of our gratitude for what God has done for us.”

-LAURYN HILL
Country Living
Gratitude
Share Your World

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SYW: 2023 June Week 2

Di at Pensitivity101 hosts Share Your World and here is a look into my responses.

  1.  Do you like to sunbathe on the beach or by a pool? No. I’m not saying a never enjoyed sun-bathing, but at my age I do not care to lay out in the hot sun.
  2.  Have you ever used a fake tan or a sun bed? No. I have never used any fake tanning lotion, spray, or other type of fake tanning. I also have never used a tanning or sun bed. what’s the point in subjecting the body to potentially harmful rays.
  3.  Have you joined or wanted to join a gym? I have joined a gym in my younger days but hadn’t until recently. I just last week joined a YMCA. I figured why not? It did not cost me anything. It is included with, my Medicare Advantage coverage.
  4.  Good health permitting, would you prefer to go hiking or take a walk in the woods? Why choose between hiking and a walk in the woods? As long as my health allows, I prefer to go hiking in the woods.

Share Your World

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Summer Views Around Gastonia

Playing in the Sand
Water 💦 Time in a Pool
Visiting a Lake
Summer Camp at the Y

Cosmic Photo Challenge-Summer Views

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Macro Monday: Trifolium pratense

Trifolium pratense,
red clover,
is a herbaceous species
of flowering plant
in the bean family Fabaceae,
native to Europe, Western Asia,
and northwest Africa,
but planted and naturalized
in many other regions.

Interesting Facts:

Red clover is a good pollen and nectar source for bumblebees.

Red clover’s flowers and leaves are edible, and can be added as garnishes to any dish. They can be ground into a flour.

The flowers often are used to make jelly and tisanes, and are used in essiac recipes. Their essential oil may be extracted and its unique scent used in aromatherapy.

It is widely grown as a fodder crop, valued for its nitrogen fixation, which increases soil fertility. For these reasons, it is used as a green manure crop.

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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FOWC: Balloons Adrift

These Hots Air Balloons Adrift over Plano, Texas and New Mexico were photographed by my brother approximately in 2002. These photos were among ones he gave to me along with old pictures of my mom’s and dad’s.

The last photo (Slide 7) I dedicate in memory of Barcardi Girl, Bren.

Fandango’s One Word Challenge:Adrift

Water Water Everywhere

Photo Credit: Larry D. Waters

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Monday Window: Seeing the World through Reflection

Reflected View
The Schiele Museum
Gastonia, North Carolina

Ludwigs Monday Windows

Photo Credit : Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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FOTD: Verbena rigida

Verbena rigida
Common Names:
Purple Verbena
Rigid Verbena
Sandpaper Verbena
Slender Vervain
Tuberous Vervain


Slender Vervain is a perennial that spreads by rhizomes and is native to South America. Is an annual north of zone 7 but needs winter protection in that zone. It has naturalized from southeastern North Carolina to Florida and is very tolerant of heat and drought.

These Verbena rigida are in the garden in front of The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium in Gastonia, North Carolina.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit :©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Monday Portrait: A Goat’s Greeting

Hello there!
A Goat &
our Shadows

Monday Portrait 

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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In memory of Bren: Flowers For a Beautiful Lady

Like many others I was saddened to hear of Bren’s passing. I couldn’t just pick one flower. Bren loved photographing flowers so much and she loved life. I didn’t know her very long, but still I called her my friend. She liked my posts, made encouraging comments, and I enjoyed participating in her challenges. She was always kind, compassionate, and supportive.

In Memory Of Bren Brashley

I hope you understand one flower was just not sufficient. It took me awhile to be able to write this post. The day I found out about Bren was the anniversary of my husband’s passing from Cancer. Even though the news made me feel sad inside, i know she’ll live on in are heart’s and memories forever.

Her images of flowers were exquisite and inspirational.

Debbies One Word Sunday: One

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm and Altura macro wide angle fisheye lens for Canon lenses.

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Weekend Sky: Flying High Amidst the Clouds

Except for a few clouds it was a beautiful day even though it was a bit humid. Coleman and I still loved being hiking outside in nature.

Weekend Sky #104

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Cell Pic Sunday: A Child’s View

Coleman
looking at
carving in the wood
Coleman looking
at the water
Crowders Mountain State Park


Johns Cellpic Sunday

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Forever Memories —- I miss my Dad!

My Dad, Nornal Hule Waters in Monochrome:

Nornal Hule Waters,
Forever in my Heart ♥️

My Dad in Color:

This last picture of my Dad with my mom , my brother & myself is the very last picture I have of him before he passed from Cancer. It was taken in 1994, he passed 12-31-1996.

Silent Sunday

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2023 Which Way Photo Challenge – Crowders Mountain

Coleman
trekking along the trails
at
Crowders Mountain State Park
Kings Mountain, North Carolina

It was a beautiful day for hiking until the rains came pouring down. Luckily Coleman and I completed our hike and were headed to the car before the rains began pounding down upon us.

Posting for Alive & Trekking’s Which Way Photo Challenge.

Photo Credit: (c) Deb L. Waters

Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Altura Wide-Angle Macro Lens with Fisheye Attachment for Canon.

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2023 CBWC: All Things Farm Related

Chickens 🐓
Pig 🐖
Farmall Tractor 🚜
Hay Stacks 🌾
Amish Horse Drawn Reaper-Binder 🐎
Throwback Photo
My mom with pony
in Coshocton, Ohio

Cee’s Black and White Challenge – All Things Farm Related

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome 

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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WWE: Water Abstract+ – Robinwood Lake

All photos taken of Robinwood Lake from the Warlick YMCA in Gastonia, North Carolina were shot with my iPhone 14 Pro Max.

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #178

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FOTD: A Child’s Gift

Leucanthemum vulgare,
commonly known as
oxeye daisy
Coleman’s
Floral Gift
to his Mom

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Floral Friday

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Altura Macro Lens for Canon EF-S18-55mm f/5.6 ISO 200 55mm 1/100s

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Thursday Doors: View Through a Bus Door

Thursday Doors

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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SYD: 2023 June

Simpson’s grasspink
(Calopogon tuberosus var. simpsonii)
Coleman
on a
Curved Tree
Duke Kimbrell Trail
Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
Belmont, North Carolina

Clare’s Share your Desktop; June 2023

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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Thursday Trios: Vintage Wooden Paddles

These Vintage Oars and Paddles are just a few of the ones on display at the Warlick YMCA located in Gastonia, North Carolina. These evoke the memories of summers on the lake canoeing and kayaking and having the most fabulous time of one’s life.

Thursday Trios

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max 

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Flag Day: June 14

Today in America we as a nation celebrate the United States Flag. Flag Day is also referred to as National Flag Day.

Elizabeth “Betsy” Ross is contributed with making the first American flag. In 1776 she was presented with a sketch of a flag which would feature 13 red and white stripes and 13 pointed stars. At this time she was asked if she could create a flag that would match the design on the sketch. Ross agreed with few minor changes, including arranging the 13 stars in a circle. On June 14, 1777, Congress officially adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag.

The First Official
Flag 🇺🇸 of the
United States of America

Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States which occurred on June 14, 1777 by a resolution adopted by the Second Continental Congress. It also marks the birthday of the U.S. Army which congress authorized as “the American Continental Army” on June 14, 1775.

Did you know there exists a proper etiquette that should be followed when choosing to fly The United States Flag?

  • Raise the flag briskly and lower it ceremoniously.
  • Never allow the flag to touch the ground or floor.
  • The flag should never be transported flat or horizontally, but always aloft.
  • Do not fly the flag in bad weather, unless you are 100% certain it is an all-weather flag.

In America today, many celebrate Flag Day with parades, essay contests, picnics, and ceremonies. Many of these activities are sponsored by Veterans groups, schools, and various groups. Some parades are organized and take place on the Saturday before Flag Day and usually held downtown in many cities across America. One such group that sponsors Flag Day celebrations is the National Flag Day foundation. Its goal is to preserve the traditions, pride, and respect that are due the nation’s symbol, Old Glory.

The above flags were taken across the United States in a few select states which I have had the opportunity to visit. These states include Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina.

Do you celebrate Flag Day? If you live outside of the United States of America, does your country have a flag day? How is Flag day celebrated where you live?

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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2023 CFFC: Half of one Any Item

Half of Pier

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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