FOWC: Trails Devoid of Hikers

Fandango’s One Word Challenge: Devoid

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

God Bless. Thank you for visiting the trails with me. I appreciate y’all.

2023 May CMMC: Iris, Ice, Independent or Index Finger.

Ice on trees
Tall Bearded Iris ‘Earl of Essex’ (Iris)
Marantha Siberian Iris
Iris pseudacorus,
AKA the yellow flag,
yellow iris, or water flag
Coleman Pointing with his Left Index Finger

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.

2023 Thursday Trios: Trio of Horses

This week’s selections come from the Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina. These were taken when I took my grandson, Coleman to visit the horses he so enjoys visiting. Most of the horses were in or near the stables. You can see in slide three, the horses do love to run around in the pasture.

Thursday Trios

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max 

God Bless. Thank you for visiting the trio’s of horses with Coleman and myself. I appreciate y’all.

2023 CFFC: Colorful Monochromes

Green:

Mostly Yellow:

Mostly Blue:

Mostly Reddish:

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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LAPC #251: Buildings and Other Structures

Barn at
Greenway Stables Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Gazebo at
Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
Belmont, North Carolina
Fort Mill Dam
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Old School in
Watauga County, North Carolina
[This is an old school my
maternal grandfather &
ancestors attended.]
Elizabeth Freese Elementary School
San Diego, California
[This is the elementary school
I attended from Kindergarten
through sixth grade.]
2912 E Street House
San Diego, California
[This is the home
where I often visited

my maternal grandparents]

Annd of Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #251

Throwback Thursday

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2023 Thursday Doors: Artistic Doors #5

Hummingbirds, Windmill, & Flowers
Artistic Door
near the picnic tables
Flowers & a Butterfly
Along the path
towards the
children’s gardens
Who’s that
in the Birdbath
looking over
the Flowers?
Purple & Yellow Flowers
with Butterfly 🦋
on Light Blue Door

Thursday Doors

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens. 

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2023 Wordless Wednesday: May 31st_Loving Hugs

Coleman
Loving
Hugs

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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FOTD: Antirrhinum majus

Antirrhinum majus,
Costa Rose II
pink snapdragon flowers
Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
Belmont, North Carolina

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S-18-55mm lens f/5.6 • 1/250 • 55mm • ISO100

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2023 Monday Window: Transportation Museum

Coleman
inside the
North Carolina Transportation Museum
NC Transportation Museum
Spencer, North Carolina

The N.C. Transportation Museum is a historic site, once home to Southern Railway’s largest steam locomotive repair facility in the southeast, and a museum featuring all types of transportation history – railroading, automotive, aviation, and more.

Ludwigs Monday Windows

Photo Credit : Deb L. Waters

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NPC #14: Your Haven of Peace

The place I consider my Haven of Peace would be around the lake at Andrew Jackson State Park. Whenever I feel stressed and need a breath of fresh air and communion with nature, AJ State Park has been my go to place for years. It used to be a short distance from where I lived, not so much now.

Nowadays,my circumstances have changed. I do not have ready access to a vehicle anymore, so I can not just jump in a car and go to AJ like I used to.

What I do lately is to go out to a park, a greenway, or any place out in nature where I can be amongst the trees, creeks, rivers, or lakes. I often (when I have transportation) go hiking with my grandson. He loves being out in the woods with me. It is so peaceful. We enjoy gazing out upon the water wherever we might wander. When we are out in the woods the trails we hike are more likely than not next to or parallel to a lake or river.

When near a lake or river we stop, relax, and breath it all in and let the stress or worries flow out of us. The waters emanate a soothing, calming affect which is extremely peaceful.

These are all photos taken around the lake at Andrew Jackson State Park, my Haven of Peace.

Nature Photo Challenge #14: Your haven of peace

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #178

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

God Bless. Thank you for visiting my Haven of Peace. I appreciate y’all.

RDP Saturday: Tea

Tantalizing and refreshing leaves

Emitting aromas which are

Agreeable and pleasurable to my taste buds.

Freshly brewed hot Tea

Tea is a refreshing drink that can be fixed many different ways. It can be made hot or cold depending on one’s preference. Various flavors can be added to it to soothe and calm one’s senses or just for the enjoyment of added flavor. Most of the time I prefer to drink ice cold tea. I usually drink black tea, but occasionally drink flavored white or green teas. When I drink flavored teas, my go to flavors are a combination of peach and mango. Even though a good percentage of people will brew hot tea to make ice tea, I have always used Lipton unsweetened instant tea. It is quick an easy to fix and can be used for hot or cold and flavors can be easily added however you desire.

Ragtag Daily Prompt – Saturday: Tea

God Bless. Thank you for sharing in my Tea Time. I appreciate y’all.

Macro Monday: Salsa Red Coneflower

Echinacea Balsomsed

Echinacea Sombrero Salsa Red displays single rows of drooping, deep orange-red ray petals around a sombrero-shaped, orange-brown cone. The lightly fragrant flowers attract butterflies! They provide long lasting color in the garden.

Echinacea Sombrero
Salsa Red
Coneflower

These are reded daisy-like flowers with dark cones and are produced on strong, well branched stems. Echinacea is well known for its large, daisy-like flowers. It is a bold, sturdy perennial sporting flowers with a large cone-shaped center, hence its common name of Coneflower.

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Settings: f/2.2 1/381 2.22mm ISO40

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RDP: Driven

Driven is having a compulsive or urgent quality; highly motivated and energetic. Do you have a Driven personality? What is the force behind being driven?

Not everyone has a driven personality. I currently do not myself. People with driven personalities are ambitious, persistent, and have a strong desire to succeed. They put in a tremendous amount of work in order to achieve their goals. You might wonder what traits appear in someone with a driven personality. Let me make a list for you containing some of these traits:

  • Workaholic
  • Persistent
  • Tenacious
  • Willing to try almost anything
  • Needs to be in control of their environment including the people in it
  • Projects power
  • Admires success

There are many different things which can be the driving factor for a successful person. What a person is driven by is affected by what they value. Below is a list of some of the things which successful people value and are driven by to succeed.

  • Hunger – hungry to do more, to do better, and to always push boundaries.
  • Thinking outside the boxthey gave the urge to do something different, to carve their own path, regardless of the risks.
  • Their need to evolve, constantly – Evolve in their ideas, thoughts, and goals.
  • Their need to make a change in society – Always try to do things to help people. Always trying to make a difference not being concerned whether it is bug or small.
  • Money – It might not be what drives every successful person, however, it is important. It gives a person the freedom to do whatever they want without being accountable to anyone.
  • Freedom – Freedom lies in the mind, open to the thoughts of other people. Being free to new ideas and concepts.
  • Passion – it is important to be passionate about life and all you do.
  • Knowledge – To be successful, one always needs to be learning from people, from books, and from your own mistakes. One should never stop learning.

Don’t be addicted to money. Work to learn. don’t work for money. Work for knowledge.

Robert Kiyosaki
/ http://www.geckoandfly.com

Ragtag Daily Prompt-Driven

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2023 CosPhoChal: I’ll See You In The Trees

I’ll
See
You
in
The
Trees
Even
if
You
Do
Not
Always
See
Me
In
The
Trees.

Avon and Catawba Creeks Greenway

Cosmic Photo Challenge: I’ll see you in the trees.

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

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Monday Portrait: Howdy NEIGHbor

Greetings
from a
Greenway Horse
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina

Monday Portrait

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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Sunday Stills: Everything Water

Water
Seen
in
Avon
Creek
And
In
Catawba
Creek
Along
the
Avon and Catawba Creeks Greenway
Apart of the
Carolina Thread Trail

Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge.

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #177

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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OWS: Shadow(s) in Nature

Tree shadows
Tree,
Bridge,
&
Coleman shadows
Trees,
sign,
&
Coleman shadows
Bridge,
Railing,
Trees,
Coleman,
&
my shadows
Railings
&
benches
shadows
Bridge
&
Trees
Shadows
Me
&
my
shadow

Debbies One Word Sunday: Shadow

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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2023 May: A Relaxing View

Canada Geese
Relaxing
in the Pond
At the
Horse Stables Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina

Silent Sunday

John’s Cellpic Sunday

Kate’s Whatsoever Is Lovely Challenge.

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Daily Prompt: 2023 May 26

What personal belongings do you hold most dear?

There are only a few of my personal belongings that I hold dear. The following are the personal belongings I consider myself to hold most dear to my heart.

  • A Five shelf light cherry stained shelf unit. You might wonder why I would hold a piece of furniture dear to me. The reason that I hold it dear to me is that my father made it specifically for me. It made it where the shelves are adjustable so I can readjust the space in between each shelf as I deemed necessary. I’ve had books on it, knickknacks, like bird statutes, and later bears (both figurines & stuffed).
  • A Singer sewing machine from the late 1960’s and its cabinet. This sewing machine is the one I learned to sew on when I was in Junior High School. I used it to sew all the sewing projects from my home economics class and still use it occasionally to this day.
  • Two Minolta XG-7 35 mm cameras. One is mine and one was my dad’s. The Minolta 35 mm camera was my first 35 mm camera. I bought mine when I was in high school. My dad and I took a photography class through adult education at a local high school. We learned how to develop film & had several projects in the class using black and white film.
  • The one (actually several) other thing(s) that I hold dear is/are a number of photo albums which contain slides that my dad took throughout our lives. They hold precious memories of vacations and other activities and events we did as a family.

These are things I will not get rid of in my lifetime. My children do not hold these same belongings dear to them. Hence, after I’m gone they will probably toss them out like rubbish. For them these belongings do not hold any special significance or memory like they do for me.

What personal belongings do you hold most dear? I’d be interested to see what y’all hold dear to your heart.

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.

FOTD: Canna indica

Commonly
known as
Indian Shot

It is also known by African Arrowroot, Arrowroot, Canna, Edible Canna, and Wild Canna Lily among a few other names.

The rhizomes of cannas are rich in starch, and have many uses in agriculture. All of the plant material has commercial value, rhizomes for starch (consumption by humans and livestock), stems and foliage for animal fodder, young shoots as a vegetable, and young seeds as an addition to tortillas.

Other interesting uses include the hard black seeds of the Arrowroot having been used in the 19th century as bullets when ammunition was limited. The seeds are also used for making jewelry and musical instruments such as rattles.

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2023 CMMC: May — Alphabet any word with an “I”.

AnolIs carolInensIs
Aka AmerIcan Chameleon
(Green Anole LIzard)
They are closely related to Iguanas.
GraffItI Art
under the BrIDge
SmIley Face
FootprInt
In the Tree
Coleman
sIttIng on the FIrepIt
at
Anne SprIngs Close Greenway

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2023 Daily Prompts: Collections

Do you have any collections?

Beginning as a teenager I had a stamp collection which included United States and World stamps. Collecting stamps and placing them in the stamp album is something my dad and I did together. We would go to coin and stamp shows and look for ones we might like to add to our collections. Those are fond memories. I still have my stamp collection. I was given my dad’s stamp collection after my mom passed. It is one of several things I treasure, not for what it is but of the memories made with my dad.

Besides looking at stamps to our collections, I would look for postcards that I might like to add to my postcard collection. Whenever we would go any where whether it was a coin and stamp show, a museum, or on a trip across country I would purchase postcards to add to my collection. Some of the postcards I would use to send to friends and others I would add to the album where I stored my postcards. I have two photo albums that hold my collection of postcards. They remind me of places I’ve visited. Some of them are special in a different way, they are ones that used to belong to my maternal grandfather. What makes them special? The pictures on those postcards are of some of my maternal ancestors. Others tell the story of my maternal grandfather’s time in the military during World War I. They are special because they help tell the history of my ancestors. I will always treasure them.

Currently, I do not collect anything except for memories. Since I’ve grown older, I find the memories I make with friends and family (especially my grandson, Coleman) are more precious and valuable than any tangible item I could ever collect.

God Bless. Thank you for listening and sharing in my memories. I appreciate y’all.

2023 CBWC: Patterns in Nature

Found in Plants, Flowers, & Trees:

Found in & Around Animals:

Cee’s Black and White Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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CFFC: Farm Animals at the Greenway

Pig
Goat
American Brahman
American breed of indicine cattle


The Brahman is an American breed of zebuine-taurine hybrid beef cattle. Zebuine (Asian humped) cattle were present in the United States from 1849, when a single bull of Indian origin was imported from the United Kingdom to South Carolina. Cross-breeding of these with local taurine cows was the first step in the creation of the Brahman breed.

Donkey
Horses and Canada Geese

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

God Bless. Thank you for visiting the Farm Animals with me. I appreciate y’all.

Floral Friday: 2023 May 26_Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea
(Eastern purple coneflower)

Echinacea purpurea is recognisable by its purple cone-shaped flowers. It is native to eastern North America and present to some extent in the wild in much of the eastern, southeastern and midwest United States. It is often known as the purple coneflower.

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Horse Stables Entrance, Anne Springs Close Greenway

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A Glance Under the Bridge

In Silvertone
Another Silvertone setting
In Monochrome
In Noir

Coleman & I went hiking along the Avon and Catawba Creeks Greenway and spotted the sand and water underneath the bridge. He loves looking at the water and sand fascinates him. He would have loved to go down and play in it.

While he was watching the movement of the water, I decided to play around the the different black and white settings on my iPhone. The above photos are the results.

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

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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2023 Thursday Doors: Artistic Doors #4

Artistic Door
Inside
Daniel Stowe
Botanical Gardens
Artwork Seen
Along the Path
in the Gardens
And Down a
Different Path
one Finds
Interesting Artwork
within the Gardens

Thursday Doors

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens. 

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Horsing Around X 3

Grazing
and
Resting
Ready
to
Roam
In Monochrome

Thursday Trios

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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New Path for Adventuring: Highland Rail Trail

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

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SYW: 2023 May

This is my entry for Di at Pensitivity101 hosts Share Your World and here is my response for the week.

  1. Growing up, were you closer to your mother or father, or was it a balance of both depending on the circumstances? Growing up I was always closer to my dad. It was never a balance and when he passed away in 1996 apart of me was lost. What little there was between my mom and I became nonexistent sad to say.
  2. What was your favourite toy as a child, and do you still have it? I’m not sure that I had a favourite toy growing up, however, I do have a red and white stuffed monkey with a banana in one hand that I have had since I was about five years of age.
  3. Did you have any secrets? I don’t really have any secrets, but that doesn’t mean that I tell anybody and everyone about my life history. My life story is mine to tell when and if I choose.
  4. What did you want to be when you grew up, and are you anywhere close? I’m not sure if I remember what I wanted to be when I was in grade school. It might have been a teacher since I played school occasionally. The closest I came to being a teacher was being a substitute teacher for many years. In high school I thought I wanted to be a nurse and took a nurses aide class my senior year. In college I never did very well with the science classes especially anatomy and physiology. The closest I ever came to being a nurse was working as a nurses aide for a couple of years. After I got married, I became a teacher, nurse maid and many other things to my family. My oldest son has/had dyslexia and the school didn’t think it was something they Neto work with; therefore I taught him at home until he went to middle school. In my perspective, a mother (or parent) performs many diversified roles throughout their child/children’s life’s.
Gratitude
Gratitude
It’s not happiness that
brings us gratitude.
It’s gratitude that brings
us happiness.

Share Your World

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Wordless Wednesday: 24 May 2023 ___ Louisiana Blue Star

Amsonia Species,
Louisiana Blue Star
(Amsonia ludoviciana)

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Lens-Artists Challenge #250– Skyscapes or Cloudscapes

Skyscape/Cloudscapes
over
Carowinds
Charlotte, North Carolina
(taken with an iPhone X in May 2018)
Skyscape/Cloudscapes
over
Port of Galveston

Galveston, Texas
(taken with an iPhone 11 Pro Max in February 2020)
Skyscape/Cloudscapes
South Carolina Welcome Center
Fair Play, South Carolina
Looking at Lake Hartwell State Park landing

(Taken with an iPhone 11 Pro Max in April 2020)
Skyscape/Cloudscapes
Dairy Barn
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
(Taken with an iPhone 13 Pro in December 2022)
Skyscape/Cloudscapes
Horse Road Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
(Taken with an iPhone 14 Pro Max on May 22, 2023)
Today’s Cloudscapes
from our Backyard
Gastonia, North Carolina
(Taken with an iPhone 14 Pro Max)

Amy of Lens-Artists Photo Challenge.

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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RDP Sunday: Nap

Natural and necessary

Antidote to Acquire and

Promote improved Performance

Naps are beneficial and not just for children. Naps can be a way to refresh and recharge mid-day. They can give you the boosted energy you need to meet the demands of your afternoon and evening. They can help to improve your mood, mental awareness, and added energy levels. They help in reducing daytime sleepiness, also boosts your learning and performance. For children, they can improve their behavior and emotional self-regulation, as well as aid their memory and language learning.

My grandson, Coleman

Coleman doesn’t like or want to take naps if you suggest or tell him to take one. That being said, when he is worn out he will nap basically anywhere. Sometimes I just wish he would nap sooner so he would listen and follow instructions better, instead of falling asleep when he’s supposed to be eating.

Naps are not for everyone, but if you feel like you need to take a nap do not feel guilty about taking one. Remember naps are beneficial to the mind as well as the body.

Ragtag Daily Prompt

Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters

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2023 May: Whatsoever Is Lovely — Week 21

Catawba River –
Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies
Landsford Canal State Park
Catawba, South Carolina
Spider Lilies
Landsford Canal
Catawba, South Carolina

WHATSOEVER IS LOVELY CHALLENGE-2023 WEEK 17

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Photo Credit: ©️Mischelle Oyko (Shared with me from friend in hiking club)

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2023 May 21: Pets and Playgrounds

Playground at
Gable Oaks Apartments
in Rock Hill, SC
Playground at
Gardner Park
Elementary School
Gastonia, NC
Playground at
Schiele Museum
Gastonia, NC
My grandson’s
preferred “playground”
out on a trail.
Persimmon Trail
Carolina Thread Trail
Belmont, North Carolina

Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge.

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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Weekend Sky: 2023 May 20-21

Saturday Evening:

Fireworks 🎆
Red Rose Festival
Lancaster, South Carolina
(Photo Credit: Shirley Hunter)

Sunday Afternoon:

Beautiful Skyline
to Watch
the
Northern Mockingbird
Flit about
the Sky Above
Weekend Sky

Hammad Rais’s Weekend Sky

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2023 OWS: RED Knockouts

Floribunda Garden
Rose Bush

Cherry Red
Knockout
Rosebuds
Red Knockout
Rose Bud

Debbies One Word Sunday: Red

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit:©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max 24mm f1.78

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Macro Monday: 2023 May 22 —Daylily

Daylily
(Hemerocallis ‘Buttered Popcorn’)

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Coleman’s Profile: 2023 May 19

Coleman

Monday Portrait

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max Main Camera —- 24mm f1.78

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2023 Monday Window: City Transit Windows

Gastonia Transit Windows
from the Inside Out

Monday Window

Photo Credit : Deb L. Waters

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Track to Many Imperceivable New Adventures

Six Word Saturday

Silent Sunday

John’s Cellpic Sunday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Weekend Challenge: The Door

The Door
to
Gastonia Transit Station
Reflections
in
The Door
Gastonia Transit Station

Weekly Prompt’s blog

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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RDP: Disappearing Coleman

Now you see him
Slowly
slowly
Slipping
out
Of
Sight
Until
He
Disappears
Magically
Vanishing
Away

Ragtag Daily Prompt Saturday: Vanish

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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CMMC: Pick Your Topic from My Photo – Oddball Challenge

Oddball, Green
Oddball, Grass, Green
Oddball Laundry
Oddball Storage, White,

Cee’s Midweek Madness ChallengePick Your Topic from My Photo

Kammie’s, Oddball Challenge

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NPC #13: Butterflies

All of the butterfly 🦋 photos I’ve captured so far were all taken within the grounds of Anne Springs Close Greenway. First photos are of Eastern Tiger Swallowtails shot with an iPhone 13 Pro.

Eastern tiger swallowtail
(Papilio glaucus)
Male Eastern Tiger
Swallowtail Butterfly
Male tiger swallowtails

Male tiger swallowtails are bright yellow with black tiger stripes on the tops of their wings. You can sometimes find groups of male swallowtail butterflies gathered on the ground around mud puddles or other damp spots. This is a behavior called puddling. The butterflies are sucking minerals and other substances out of the damp ground. (This behavior can be seen quite often at the spillway at Anne Springs Close Greenway.)

Eastern tiger swallowtail

Other butterflies found within Anne Springs Close Greenway:

Asterocampa celtis,
the hackberry emperor,
is a North American butterfly
that belongs to the
brushfooted butterfly family,
Nymphalidae.
It gets its name from
the hackberry tree.
[Camera: iPhone 11 Pro Max]
Red-spotted Purple –
Limenitis arthemis
Limenitis is a genus of

brush-footed butterflies,
commonly called the admirals.
[Camera: iPhone 11 Pro Max]

Nature Photo Challenge– Butterflies

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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