Category: 2024 Monochrome Madness

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Hammad’s Weekend Sky

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2024 MM: Children’s Concert/Karaoke

Monochrome Madness-Music

Margaret from From Pyrenees to Pennines is hosting the Monochrome Madness Challenge this week. She has chosen a theme of Music. Looking forward to seeing what everyone decides to post regarding this theme. Luckily, Coleman and I attended a Children’s Concert last week in downtown Cramerton’s Confluence. Some words to think about before I add my photos …

“Music speaks what cannot be expressed. It soothes the mind and gives it rest. It heals the heart and makes it whole. It flows from heaven to heal the soul.”
~ K.C. Lynn, Resisting Temptation (Men of Honor, #3

When I first decided to take Coleman to the Children’s concert last Saturday, I thought it was going to be a concert especially designed to appeal to children. I did not expect it to be a children’s karaoke show. Most of the children were hesitant to participate; a few banged on the drums and one brave girl sang a couple of songs for the audience while her proud grandfather filmed her singing. Coleman did enjoy listening to the music, however, he enjoyed playing in the playground at Goat Island Park and Greenway better.

Margaret’s Monochrome Madness- Music

Sue’s Monochrome Madness-Music

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Confluence; Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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Local Scenes in Black & White

Always trying for a few interesting shots as I walk up and wait for the bus to arrive bringing Coleman back from school. On this day i decided to use the monochrome feature on my iPhone to see what I could capture in Black and White around the neighbourhood. Looking up the road I spotted a train coming down the tracks, later I took a photo of the tracks from below looking upward; trying different angles and viewpoints than my normal viewpoint.

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Near the Railroad Tracks; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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2024 Thursday Trios: 11.21 — In Monochrome

Pulling Up a Seat

Downtown Cramerton

Carol’s Thursday Trios

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2024-Week 47

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Downtown Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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2024 Monochrome Madness: ‘Leading Lines’ in Nature

*Looking* 👀 *Towards*
*Robinwood Lake*
*Warlick Family YMCA*

*Coleman on*
*Exercise Equipment*
*Green Trail Warlick Family YMCA*

*Bridge at*
*Goat Island Park and Greenway*

*Panorama of Fishing Pier*
*Goat Island Greenway*

*Carolina Thread Trail*
*Riverside Park and Greenway*

Sarah’s, from Travel with Me, Monochrome Madness

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2024 Monochrome Madness: Up in the Trees

What do you see when you look up into the Trees? Do you just see the leaves and branches? Or do you perhaps see a variety of birds singing their songs. This week we not only have spotted a few birds perched in the trees, but also squirrels fretting to and fro from branch to branch and tree to tree. Here is what we’ve managed to see and capture in monochrome.

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness: 11.08

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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2024 Monochrome Monday: 10.28

Squaring in Monochrome for C & B

#Square flower

Becky’s Squares

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Stables Entrances; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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Monochrome Which Way in the Greenway

Cee’s Which Way My Which Way

I’ve been missing Cee’s posts this week. I pray she is doing alright. This week I am again posting a Which Way My Way showing Which Ways in Monochrome. My grandson, Coleman and I had the privilege of hiking in our favorite Greenway on Tuesday. I only had my smartphone with me; I chose to take some of our adventures in monochrome and silvertone via my smartphone features. I hope you’ll enjoy them.

***Coleman Enjoying Lake Haigler***
***Anne Springs Close Greenway***
***Fort Mill, South Carolina***

I hope y’all will share your Which Ways with us. I am linking to Cee’s Which Way Challenge and Leanne’s Monochrome Madness.

Cee’s Which Way Challenge-10.24.2024

Which Way My Way

Aletta’s, from nowathome, Monochrome Madness

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

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2024 Monochrome Madness #19: 10.17 — Steps and Stairs

This week Aletta from nowathome blog is hosting this week’s Monochrome Madness challenge. She has chosen a theme of Steps and Stairs. Feel free to join in on the fun and post your monochrome photos of Steps and/or Stairs.

Here are my selections for Aletta’s Monochrome Madness Challenge.

*Schiele Museum Nature Trail*
*Gastonia, North Carolina*

*Crowders Mountain State Park*
*Kings Mountain, North Carolina*

*Lake Haigler Loop*
*Anne Springs Close Greenway*
*Fort Mill, South Carolina*

*Gibson House*
*Greenway Stables Entrance*
*Anne Springs Close Greenway*
*Fort Mill, South Carolina*

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness-Flowers out in the garden

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Monochrome in the Garden Floral

Here are my entries for Leanne’s Monochrome Madness Challenge of showing Flowers in the Garden in monochrome.

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Throwback Scenic Views Around Heidelberg, Germany

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.

*Germany, Heidelberg,*
*Neckar valley,*
*view of the castle*

The Karl Theodor Bridge
(Karl-Theodor-Brücke),
*commonly known as the*
*Old Bridge (Alte Brücke)*

*Old lock on the Neckar,*
*Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg,*
*Germany, Europe*

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.

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Monochrome Madness #17 – Bridges

Monochrome Madness

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm

Location: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe

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Monochrome Cell Pic Sunday/Monday Portrait

John’s Cell Pic Sunday

Becky’s Squares

Monday Portrait

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness-A Few Favorite Monochromatic Moments

Hammad’s Weekend Sky

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gardner Park Elementary; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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From Ground, to Water, to Perched, to Inspiring Inspiration

Birds in Monochrome

Elke’s, from elastic, Monochrome Madness-Birds

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #16

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A Few of My Favorites in Monochrome — 08.29

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Floral Macro Monochrome Monday: 08.26 — Liriope muscari

Liriope muscari is commonly referred to as big blue lilyturf, lilyturf, border grass, and monkey grass. It has grass-like evergreen foliage and lilac-purple flowers which produce single-seeded berries on a spike in the fall.

It is late summer here, however, these Big Blue Lilyturf can be spotted around all over the city in landscape manicured gardens. They are one of the few plants in bloom right now besides the varieties of Crape Myrtle.

Being an easy plant to grow, landscapers tend to use the Liriope muscari as groundcover for borders along sidewalks, trails, driveways, shrubbery, and trees. It is one of the most popular groundcovers in the southeastern United States.

Macro Monday

Brian’s Monochrome Madness–Found(on the beach)

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Amazing Beach Finds for Monochrome Madness

West Coast — East Coast Finds

The majority of beaches are more than three hours away from where we live except for around the lakes. It has been awhile since I’ve been to any beaches, so I combed through my archives to see what I could sea.

Here are my findings from out along the WEST Coast and Pacific Northwest Coast.

Moving back to the East Coast, we can Sea these beautiful and interesting beach finds.

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #15-At the Beach

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

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2024 Numbers Game #34-155/LAPC/MM — What’s in a Garden?

Welcome to “The Numbers Game #34”.Today’s number is 155. 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 I am combining Judy’s Numbers Game with Leanne’s Monochrome Madness and Leya’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge . I am choosing to use the Word Garden for this week’s challenges.

Glencairn Gardens

Glencairn Gardens is ideal for a Spring stroll through the gardens of blooming azaleas, pansies, wisteria, and periwinkle. When visiting the Gardens be sure to meander through the Veterans Garden which pays tribute to Veterans of all branches of service. Also, during Spring, you be able to enjoy the blossoms of Viburnum, Pink and white Dogwoods, Redbuds, peonies, magnolia trees, and flowering Yoshino and Kwanzan cherry trees.

There is beauty to be seen no matter when one decides to visit Glencairn Gardens. Summertime brings on the colourful bright blooms of crape myrtles, daylilies and hundreds of other annuals.

The trails through the Gardens pass by several fountains, ponds, as well as the vast variety of flowering plants and trees. we enjoy strolling pass the Fountains, especially when they are flowing during the springtime. We always stop by the Veterans Garden when we go visit and remember our family members who have served in our Armed Forces.

Glencairn Gardens began in 1928 as a backyard garden by David and Hazel Bigger who lived in the h9use that serves as the park’s welcome center. It was the inspiration for Rock Hill’s annual Come-See-Me Festival which is a festival celebrating music, frogs, and fun. The Bigger’s gifted this Gardens to the City of Rock Hill through a deed in 1958. The peak blooming season is from the end of March to the middle of April. The Veterans Garden was created with the partnership with The American Legion Post 34 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2889. It h9onors women and men from the past, present, and future who served in the United States armed forces.

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #311 – What’s in a Garden?

Judy’s Numbers Game #34 — 155

Cameras: Apple iPhone XR and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300 mm and Canon EF-S18-55mm lenses.

Location: Glencairn Gardens; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

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2024 Monochrome Madness: #14 — Shadows & Silhouettes

Dawn from The Day After is this week’s host for Monochrome Madness with her chosen theme of Shadows and Silhouettes . I decided to display my shadows in two different monochrome aspects to see which aspect the shadows are represented better.

These photos were all taken at Hume Lake Christian Camps located in Hume, California. They were taken by my dad using his Minolta XG-7 35 mm camera. For enlarged viewing click on each image.

Dawn‘s Monochrome Madness

Leanne’s MM

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm

Locations: Hume Lake Christian Camps; Hume, Fresno County, California, USA

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2024 Monochrome Madness #Turtle Sunbathing

***Turtle*** 🐢
***San Diego Wild Animal Park***

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm

Converter : Wolverine Digital Converter

Location: San Diego Wild Animal Park; Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA

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2024 Monochrome Madness #13 — Trees

This week’s Monochrome Madness theme was selected & hosted by Sarah from Travel with Me; she has selected Trees as the theme for this week.

Trees are almost everywhere we go regardless of whether we are in the city, the country, near the beach, or in the mountains. I love spending time in the forests and especially when the forest is in the mountains.

Looking back over my dad’s old slides as I have been doing these past few weeks, I have been enjoying the memories, or seeing what my parents enjoyed doing back in years past. The trees here are from their time in the Sequoia National Forest.

***Sequoia National Forest***
***Tulare County, California***

Monochrome Madness hosted by Sara

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm

Converter : Wolverine Digital Converter

Location: Sequoia National Park, California, USA

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2024 Thursday Trios: 07.18

Young Alpacas

These three Alpacas can be visited at the Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm at the Horse Road Entrance to the Anne Springs Close Greenway. The Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm offers a unique blend of education and exploration for visitors of all ages.

Integrating the former petting zoo and adding a pastoral habitat, observation areas for various animals, a half-mile loop trail, gathering lawn, educational garden, and open-air learning center, the Children’s Farm aims to provide daily interpretation and demonstrations on a variety of topics in an immersive learning environment.

Tours of the Children’s Farm are self-guided. On Saturdays and Sundays Animal Care Volunteers may possibly be on site during specified times. If interested, please check the Greenway’s website prior to visiting for further details.

Carol’s Thursday Trios

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Monochrome Madness #12 — Sculptures

This week PR from the blog Flights of the Soul is hosting Monochrome Madness with the theme of Sculptures. Let’s see y’all’s monochrome sculptures and don’t forget to link to Flights of the Soul’s blog.

My selections for this week’s challenge were captured on film in 1978 in Solvang, California many years ago.

This Statue is a milestone marker indicating the distance from Solvang to Copenhagen, Denmark, a mere 11270 kilometers apart.

The Bronze Statue of Hans Christian Andersen is located in Hans Christian Andersen Park in Solvang, California. This Park is a tribute to the renowned Danish author, Hans Christian Andersen and was founded in 1970.

Presented
To The
Community Of Solvang
By
Friends Of Denmark
Sponsored By The
Solvang Chapter Of
***Rebuild National Park Society***
***1976***

Solvang is known as the “Danish Capital of America” with its strong Danish heritage and European-inspired culture. It was founded in 1911. It wasn’t incorporated as a city until May 1, 1985.

Besides the Statue of Hans Christian Andersen there is a museum dedicated to him you might be interested in visiting. The monument of Hans Christian Andersen Denmark’s renowned Fairy Tale Writer was created by Henry Luckow Nielsen of Copenhagen, Denmark.

PR’s Monochrome Madness

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm

Location: Solvang, California, USA

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Long Forgotten Christian-themed Amusement Park

Heritage USA

In Monochrome

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness is a non-themed week; my own theme this week is surrounded by photos I’ve recently digitized about Heritage USA. To make viewing easier, I have made a slideshow of the monochrome photos in the beginning and ending with the original photos from my dad’s slides.

Heritage USA was a Christian -themed amusement park opened in 1978 by televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, founders of The PTL Club. At its peak, it was the third-largest park in the USA behind Disney World and Disney Land, with almost 6 million visitors annually.

In the late 1980’s, Heritage USA was rocked by two debilitating scandals all while they were in the middle of a massive expansion. The organization had its tax-exempt status revoked after Jim Bakker was indicted on various federal fraud charges. Later he was accused of sexual improprieties with an encounter with a church secretary.

To add to the problems Heritage USA was experiencing, the park was heavily damaged by Hurricane Hugo in 1989, it shut down for good shortly after.

In this present day and age, only a few remnants of the park are still visible. The abandoned 21-story Heritage USA Hotel stands as an eerie and empty shell looming over the suburban landscape. The Upper Room Chapel was purchased sometime after the park’s closing and is maintained as a prayer room for a local ministry. The Heritage Grand Hotel is now the Heritage International Ministries Conference Center.

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Location: Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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Rectangular Monochrome Monday Windows

This is Great Falls Elementary School (formerly called Mebane Grammar School.) This is the school my dad attended when he was growing up in Great Falls, South Carolina.

***Monochrome Rectangular Windows + Bricks, Doors*** & ***Sign***

Lens-Artists Challenge #305-Rectangles

Ludwig’s Monday Window

Location: Mebane Grammar School; aka Great Falls Elementary School; Great Falls, South Carolina, USA

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Slow Streaming Over Stones

Upper Waterfalls

Stone Mountain State Park

Leanne’s hosting Monochrome Madness with the theme of Waterfalls this week. To join the challenge just post photos of waterfalls on your blog and tag Monochrome Madness or leave a pingback to Leanne’s Monochrome Madness post.

My eldest son and I took a drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway back in the Fall of 2017 as a way to celebrate his birthday. During our drive we stopped at several overlooks prior to stopping at Stone Mountain State Park in North Carolina. At Stone Mountain State Park there is the Upper and Lower Waterfalls you may hike towards.

We hiked along Stone Mountain Loop Trail to view the Upper Waterfalls. I took several photos along the route as we watched the Waterfall cascading down over Stone Mountain.

Enjoy the view, however, I would prefer you not to YAWN during the viewing. I would hope it would not bore you but rather enable you to dawn a smile instead.

Can you just visualize the water streaming down over the stones?

The Waterfall slowly increases its strength and speed as it continuously cascades down the Mountain.

Monochrome Madness-Waterfalls moving

RDP Wednesday-YAWN

Jez’s Water water Everywhere #224

Camera: iPhone 7 Plus

Location: Stone Mountain State Park; Roaring Gap, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thank you for viewing the Waterfalls at Stone Mountain State Park with us. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Monochrome Madness #10: People

Throwback to 1974/5

Aboard the Queen Mary

I have been reminiscing about the good old days as I go thru processing my dad’s old slides into a digital format. These are from 1974 and 1975 when we toured the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California.

Here I am looking out over the ships railing into the parking lot waiting for everyone to climb aboard.

Other people are milling about conversing with one another as they wait for the tour to proceed.

Let’s take a gander over yonder at the Pacific Ocean . Isn’t it amazing how vast and beautiful the views are watching the ripples in the ocean waters.

Hey look, there’s a father and son looking out over towards Long Beach.

What do you know? Seems somebody took a photo of my mom and dad.

Are you ready? The tour is over and people are waiting for us to disembark.

Thank you for joining us on our tour of the Queen Mary.

Monochrome Madness #10-People

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm

Location: Aboard the Queen Mary; Long Beach, California, USA

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Breaching the Waters of Time

Seven Seas Marine Life Park

Breaching the Waters of Time, we drift back to 1972 when my family stopped for some time of relaxing entertainment at the Seven Seas Marine Life Park in Arlington, Texas.

Seven Seas Marine Life Park was a marine mammal park, and animal theme park built and owned by the city of Arlington, Texas, United States. It opened in 1972, and closed in 1976. The 35-acre (14 ha) site was located in north Arlington off Interstate 30 near Six Flags Over Texas and adjacent to Arlington Stadium. The facility housed killer whale Nootka from 1972 to 1975.

Pictured here is the Killer Whale Stadium at Seven Seas Marine Life Park. If you look closely you might can see the two trainers and Orchin, the Seven Seas Mascot standing on the platform stage area within the stadium. The castle themed backdrop is visible behind the platform.

The theme park had seven (7) sections:

Arctic Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Indian Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Sea of Cortez
Sea of Japan
South Seas

Newtka (also spelled Nootka) the killer whale: A 6,000-pound (2,700 kg) and 18-foot (5.5 m) female orca that resided in the park’s largest animal performance stadium. Other animals that were housed and performed at the park were: Jannie, Rodney, Debbie are three of the twelve bottle-nosed dolphins which performed in the Dolphin Show; Pancho the Elephant Seal; Over fourteen (14) California sea lions for the Sea-lion circus; and Several Rockhopper Penguins and one Magellanic Penguin for the Penguin Troop Performance. Seven Seas Marine Life Park also had a few rides and Pearl Diving.

The city council of Arlington voted to close the park in 1976 because it did not generate enough revenue to both pay its operating expenses and pay off the bonded indebtedness.

The property is now the site of the Arlington Sheraton Hotel and has several buildings on the property that date back to the park.

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness-Blast from the Past

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #222

Ragtag Daily Prompt-Rise

Location: Seven Seas Marine Life Park; Arlington, Texas, USA

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2024 Monochrome Madness #9: 05.28 — Stone/s

A Tale of Two Stones

Stone Mountain State Park (NC)

***Stone Mountain***
***Stone Mountain State Park***
***Roaring Gap, North Carolina***

Stone Mountain State Park is located in Alleghany and Wilkes counties 60 miles northwest of Winston-Salem. Within the Park lies a 600-foot granite dome which has been designated as a National Natural Landmark, and the historic Hutchinson Homestead, a restored mid-19th-century farm situated at the mountain base.

***Lower Falls***
***Stone Mountain State Park***
***Roaring Gap, North Carolina***

Stone Mountain State Park offers nearly all types of outdoor activity to experience a high country landscape adorned with beautiful waterfalls, winding creeks, and bountiful trout streams. A portion of the Mountains-to-Sea State Trail runs through the park near the backcountry campsites.

Stone Mountain Park (GA)

***At the bottom of the trail leading up to the mountain is an American flag and four Confederate flags for all to see.***

Stone Mountain Park is Georgia’s most visited attraction. Its more than three thousand two hundred (3,200) makes the park a unique destination for guests and families to experience and enjoy an exciting variety of attractions, entertainment, and recreational activities.

***At the center of the park is the largest confederate symbol in the country: a nine story etched carving of Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson, and Robert E. Lee.***

Stone Mountain in Georgia is a quartz monzonite dome monadnock ( an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain) and is the location of Stone Mountain Park. It is located approximately sixteen (16) miles east of Atlanta, Georgia. The Park is owned by the state of Georgia. It is most famous for its artwork on the north face. An enormous relief sculpture carved on the stone itself depicting Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson, three (3) of the Confederate Leaders.

In comparing the two Stone Mountains one can realize that Stone Mountain, Georgia is larger and is not engaged in a series of ridges like its cousin in North Carolina. The one in Georgia is bordered by an actual city named Stone Mountain. It is also a fully developed park with a wide range of attractions to enjoy. The North Carolina Stone Mountain is a more traditional state park, with limited hours and access. Both Stone Mountains have a variety of hiking trails. The Georgia one has a Summit Skyride for easier access to the top. In North Carolina one would hike the Stone Mountain Loop Trail to access an area with breathtaking views of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

I visited Stone Mountain Park in Georgia with my family and extended family during the summer of 1972. I do not recall everything we did at the park, however, viewing & reconstructing my dad’s old slides does help to enable some of those memories. In October of 2017, my eldest son & I visited Stone Mountain State Park in Roaring Gap, North Carolina. One of his wishes that year was to drive the majority of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Stone Mountain State Park was just one of many places we visited on that trip.

Please I encourage everyone to be polite and I desire no controversy over this post or regarding Stone Mountain Park itself.

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #9-Stone/s

Becky’s #SquareRenew-Reconstruct

God Bless. Thank you for visiting the two (2) Stone Mountains with me. Thank you for joining me in viewing my memories of my dad’s reconstructed slides of our visit to Georgia. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

Monochrome Monday Madness in Flowers

Caltha palustris
AKA Ranunculaceae, Kingcup

Chester Thornless Blackberry
Rubus ‘Chester’

Becky’s #SquareRenew

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

Pull Up a Seat: 2024 Week 21

Zion National Park

In Monochrome

Resting up before the big hike climbing to the top, the Summit of Lost Peak.

Pull Up a Seat …

on the Summit of Lost Peak

Wow, we made it the Summit. It took all our energy and determination, but we did it. Look at the views, they are so amazingly beautiful. It was worth the strenuous hike to see the spectacular view.

Pull Up A Seat Photo Challenge – Week 21

Becky’s #SquareRenew-Moving Forward

Location: Zion National Park; near Springdale, Utah, USA

God Bless. Thank you for Moving Forward hiking up to the Summit of Lost Peak with us. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Monday Portrait: 05.20

Close Up with an Alpaca

***You wanna See Me?***
**Here I Am.**
**Do you Like What you See?**

This is one of several Alpacas 🦙 in the Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm. As you might can tell, he is not afraid of getting close to visitors. He would welcome your visit if you were ever in his neighborhood.

Monday Portrait

John’s Cellpic Sunday

Becky’s #SquareRenew

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

Contrasting B/W and Colorful Windows Squared

Hotel del Coronado

Good Day! Be sure to click on each photo for larger viewing.

The Hotel Del Coronado has been a living legend for more than One Hundred Thirty (130) years. It has proudly hosted U.S. Presidents, movie stars, celebrities, and royalty as well as many beach loving guests (tourists and locals) for many many decades of generations throughout history.

With Non-Squared

B/W & Color Windows

The Hotel del Coronado was built in 1888 after much dreaming, planning, and inspiration of its founders Elisha Babcock and Hampton Story. Babcock and Story enlisted a local San Diego developer, Alonzo Horton to help them survey Coronado beach in 1886. The natural beauty of Coronado inspired the founders to buy the island and build the magnificent hotel.

Babcock and Story created the Coronado Beach Company and then proceeded to establish several enterprises to support and develop the Coronado Community. Those enterprises included a ferry company, a water company, a railroad company, and an electrical power plant.

Construction began on the hotel in 1887 with approximately 250 men working the construction crew. It was built entirely wood using many different types from across the United States. The lumber used included Douglas Fir for framing, California Redwood for its exterior siding; hemlock and cedar was also made available for use. The Hotel’s lobby featured Illinois White Oak while the Crown Room ceiling was done with Oregon’s Sugar Pine. Each type of lumber was selected for their unique qualities to enhance the hotel’s beauty and ensure its longevity.

Coronado Island and The Hotel del Coronado are wonderful places to visit. The beautiful landscape, the beautiful ocean views, the stunning elegance of the hotel are sites to behold and experience. I have to admit I have never stayed in the hotel (too rich for my blood), however I have visited and walked along the beach with friends. A truly wonderful experience for sure and for certain.

Monochrome Madness-Windows

Ludwig’s Monday Window

Location: Hotel del Coronado; Coronado, California, USA

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2024 Monochrome Monday Portrait: 05.13

Don’t Fence Me In

Roy Rogers and Trigger

The photo was taken at the Movieland Wax Museum in Buena Park, California back in 1966 by my dad when we visited. These are wax figures of Roy Rogers and Trigger. The sign in front of the display (not pictured here) states CO. REPUBLIC 1945; “DON’T FENCE ME IN”; ROY ROGERS; DIR. ENGLISH; PROD. DONALD H. BROWN; SCENE N. 20; TAKE NO; EXT: STABLE.

The photos have been reconstructed by digitizing them via Wolverine digital converter to create a renewed version for save keeping for future generations.

Monday Portrait:24.05.13

Becky’s Squares-Renew-Reconstruct

Location: Movieland Wax Museum; Buena Park, California

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

2024 Sunday Stills: Groups in Monochrome

Groups Moving Forward

It’s been raining quite a bit here with thunderstorms today as well as off and on all week. Therefore, I decided to comb through my arch to see what I could come up with to (hopefully) satisfy the themes. I’m combining Sunday Stills, Becky’s Squares-Moving Forward, Throwback Thursday, and Leanne’s Monochrome Madness (couldn’t find the theme for this one.)

The last two photos were taken by my dad on his 35mm camera. I’m not sure what brand of camera he used in the mid-60’s. These last two photos were taken in Disneyland in May of 1966.

***Duckling Paddling Forward***
***Behind their Hen***

***Ferry Boat with Cars***
***Moving Forward***
***Through the Water***

***The Ugly Bugs***
***Marching Forward with***
***Spectators Watching***

***Nutcracker Marching Band***
***Marching Forward***
***Along the Parade Route***

Sunday Stills-Groups

Becky’s Squares-Moving Forward

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-April Alphabet_a CK or CH in a word

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

2024 CMMC: April —Alphabet a CK or CH in a word in Monochrome

My CK and CH seen while Coleman and I walked around the neighbourhood.

***Coleman***
***wearing a Backpack***
***walking to the Dump Truck***
***in Monochrome***

***Monochrome Close-up***
***of the Door***
***on a Dump Truck***

Dan’s Thursday Doors