Category: 2025 Monochrome Madness

Stupidity Hole’s Monochrome Madness-The Space Between

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

Location: Greenway Stables, Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm, and Dogwood Trail; Greenway Stables and Farm Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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

Observing What’s in the Space Between

This week’s host for Monochrome Madness is Stupidity Hole with a theme of The Space Between. Looking forward to exploring the various interpretations on The Space Between.

Monochrome Madness

Here are a few I came up with for this week’s challenge …

*The Road Between*
*leading to Hearst Castle*

*The Boy (Coleman) Between*
*the Railings on the Bridge*
*at Anne Springs Close Greenway*

*The Feathers Between*
*Coleman’s Fingers*

*The South Fork Catawba River*
**Between** the Grounds
*of Goat Island*

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Leanne’s Monochrome Madness-2025.12.13

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Peering Out Across the Pier

Monochrome Madness

*Can you see where*
*Coleman is standing?*

*Lake Norman*
*Cornelius, North Carolina*

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness-2025.12.03

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Lake Norman; Pier at Ramsey Creek Park; Ramsey Creek Park; Cornelius, North Carolina, USA

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2025 Monochrome Madness #48 — Leaves and Petals

Dawn from The Day After is hosting this week’s Monochrome Madness; she has chosen a theme of Leaves and Petals. A few of the leaves are from here in Cramerton and the rest are from an outing we took on Thanksgiving Day to do a little bit of hiking.

Dawn’s Monochrome Madness-Leaves and Petals

Dawn’s Festival of Leaves #10

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #48-Leaves and/or Petals

Terri’s The #Flower Hour

Also posting for …

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Bren’s Floral Friday

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: 1-3) Cramerton, North Carolina; 4-8) Cornelius/Lake Norman, North Carolina, USA

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2025 Monochrome Madness — 21 November

A Day

in the

Life of Coleman

Reflecting on a typical afternoon with Coleman if he had his chance to choose how it would go.

From beginning near the railroad tracks …

*Corner across from*
*the Railroad Tracks*

… Who needs school …

Let’s go meandering through Goat Island …

Can you see me? …

Better now? …

How am I doing about blending into my environment?

Shall we continue meandering?

The South Fork River is beautiful and has amazing reflections in the afternoons.

AI sometimes can remix an image pretty well. At other times you might wonder how it came up with its remix interpretation.

*AI remix of Coleman*
*on a dirt Trail.*

Camera: 1) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max; 2-7) Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; 8-9) Google Lens AI

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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2025 Monochrome Madness — 06 November

Shades of Yellow

Ranunculus acris
Meadow Buttercup
*The Schiele Museum of*
*Natural History Garden*

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2025 Monochrome Madness — 30 October

This week Elke from Pictures Imperfect Blog is the host for Monochrome Madness. She has selected a theme of Farm Animals for our Monochrome Photo Challenge.

“There’s nothing better than watching your cows enjoy the life you gave them.”
Falling Sun Ranch

Cows in the Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm at Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina. This is a wonderful place to visit with children of all ages.

“Pigs are not a symbol of dirt, laziness or clumsiness, but a mirror to view our relationship with nature.”
Yi-Fu Tuan

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

*Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm*
*Anne Springs Close Greenway*
*Fort Mill, South Carolina*

“Alpacas represent all that
is good in this world.”
~ National Alpaca Association

Young Alpacas in the Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm at Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

“To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that
of a human being.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi
tryst

“Most of us are here to make the world happier and better. Even the goats.”
Lisa Kaplin

“There’s something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.”
~ Winston Churchill

*Working Horses*
*on an Amish Farm*
*in Millersburg, Ohio*

Horses in the pasture at Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

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To learn more about Monochrome Madness check out Leanne’s Monochrome Madness page here.

Elke’s Monochrome Madness-Farm Animals

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2025 Monochrome Madness — 22 October

This week is a no theme week for Monochrome Madness, so I thought I’d share some from Standing on the Corner. Shots taken while waiting on the school bus watching the Train rolling slowly down the track. It was going slow … slower … slowly creeping to a stop not having enough power to complete its journey.

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Leanne’s Monochrome Madness-2025.22.10

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: Standing on the Corner; Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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2025 Monochrome Madness #45 —- Ceramics

Early American Pottery

Brian from Bushboys World is this week’s host for Monochrome Madness he has given us a wide range of options to explore and choose from to select our own interpretations for his theme of Ceramics.

Here are my entries for this week’s challenge …

A glimpse into depicting Early American Pottery in the Graham Cabin at Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

Let’s look next at a display of Native American Indian Pottery in the Catawba Cultural Center at the Catawba Reservation in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

And now for discovering Early Native American Catawba Indian Pottery inside and outside The Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina.

Brian’s Monochrome Madness-Ceramics

Cameras: 1) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; 2) Apple iPhone 13 Pro; 3-5) Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Locations: As stated above.

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2025 Thursday Trios: 09 October

Chugging Along

Five days a week as I wait at the bus stop before (with Coleman) school and after school (waiting for Coleman), I watch the Norfolk Southern Trains chug chug chugging up and down the railroad tracks. Coleman loves to watch the trains (he would love to ride in one one day). Sometimes when I am waiting for him to arrive back at the bus stop in the afternoon I’ll capture the Norfolk Southern Trains chug chugging along with my smartphone. Then he’ll watch the train later in the afternoon.

Here is a trio gallery of the Norfolk Southern Trains as they zoom past me standing on the corner.

Click on image to enlarge.

Thursday Trios

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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Monochrome Madness — In the Water (Leaves and Reflections

Walking through Goat Island Park and Greenway was/is a fantastic way to unwind and reflect on the goodnesses I have been blessed with throughout my life and in the environment I currently dwell. God is so good, He’s so good to me. His artistic creations and colour palette are displayed in all the different places we meander through here on earth. The changing colour scheme with every season keeps me in awe of his mighty power to make all things new and beautiful in His time.

This season of change from Summer to Autumn the colours have become more subdued and neutral bringing out the amazing shades of brown, tan, red, and orange. Today, however, I am picturing signs of Autumn as seen through a black and white colour palette.

***Autumn***
***Seen through a***
**Black & White Lens**

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #281

Camera: Canon EOS 2000D

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Capture the beautiful Autumn colours. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Monochrome Castle Ruins in Germany

These ruin images were captured by my dad when he and my mom visited my brother stationed in Germany while serving in the United States Air Force. These are various perspectives of the Heidelberg Castle Ruins they saw during their visit.

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #44-Ruins

Sarah’s Monochrome Madness-Seen in Black and White

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm camera

Location: Heidelberg Castle; Heidelberg, Germany

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2025 Monochrome Madness (MM) — Symmetry

Dawn from The Day After hosts this week’s Monochrome Madness. She has chosen a theme of symmetry. Symmetry refers to an objects balance and harmonious proportions, having its parts similar corresponding to one another. The image below I think is my favourite symmetrical photo I have and even though I have others I’m saving them for another time.

Dawn’s Monochrome Madness-Symmetry

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #43-Symmetry

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2025 Monochrome Madness (MM) — Pets (of Family, Friends, Strangers, & Strays)

Elke from pictures imperfect blog is the host for this week’s Monochrome Madness. She has chosen a theme of Pets. I personally do not have any Pets. Most of the places I have lived over the years have not allowed for Pets. My family did have a few different dogs over the years. Unfortunately I do not have any photos of them. The one I remember the most was a Chihuahua Dachshund, that I would walk around our neighborhood.

Now to show you an array of Pets owned by family members, neighbours, strangers, or stray animals.

Click on images to enlarge.

Elke’s Monochrome Madness

Location: North & South Carolina, USA

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2025 Monochrome Madness (MM) #41 — Movement

Monochrome Movement

at the Concert

This week Leanne is hosting the Monochrome Madness challenge. She has chosen a theme of Movement to spark our interest and inspire our creativity.

Here are my selections for the challenge …

We arrive at the Town’s concert early not just to obtain our choice seats, but also to allow Coleman to run around with friends and burn off excess excitement and energy prior to the start of the concert events.

*Coleman Rolling*
*on the Grass*
*SS 1/800s*

Coleman enjoys rolling down the slight hill in our Centennial Center Park.

*Coleman hopping*
*on One Foot*
*SS 1/320s*

He was challenging a friend to hop on one foot and she was trying to show him how to do cartwheels. They had a fun time playing together last Friday evening.

Before long it was time for the Rick Hubbard’s Kazoobie Kazoo Kids Show. Rick was an outstanding guest musician entertaining the audience and involving the kids in attendance in his show. Here he is playing both a banjo and a Kazoo while entertaining everyone in attendance.

Rick Hubbard
Kazoobie Kazoo
Kids Show
*SS 1/320s*

The second event for the evening was a Concert by the Caleb Davis Band. Prior to any show the band warms up making sure their sound system is working properly and their instruments are properly tuned and ready for the show.

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #41-Movement

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV filter attachment.

Location: Centennial Center; Downtown Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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Hi-ho, Hi-Ho … Off to School He Goes …

Monochrome Madness

Hi-ho, hi-ho, It’s off to school He goes.

Hi-ho, hi-ho, It’s off to the Bus-stop He goes.

Hi-ho, hi-ho, It’s off for the First day He goes.

Hi-ho, hi-ho, Waiting at the Bus-stop We Wait.

Hi-ho, hi-ho, And at the Bus-stop We Wait.

Hi-ho, hi-ho, We Wait and Wait …

Hi-ho, hi-ho, We Wait; Oh it’s coming … Bye Grandma.

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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2025 Monochrome Madness (MM) — Scenes from a Playground

Schroering Forest Playground

Anne Springs Close Greenway

Good Day! This being an off week for Monochrome Madness I am doing my own thing, not following with Sand patterns or fence posts like Leanne or Brian. Hope you will not tire of seeing my grandson, Coleman.

Today I am continuing the Coleman’s adventures in the Greenway from his birthday adventures. After cooling off in the Spillway, it was drying off time which (for Coleman) meant playtime in Schroering Forest Playground.

The Schroering Forest Playground is nestled amongst trees a short distance from the Domtar Forest Porch (featured here) where we relaxed sipping cool refreshing water.

*Climbing Structure*
*for ages 5 and Up*

The climbing structure is Coleman’s favourite area to play in the Schroering Forest Playground. He has always loved to climb and is not afraid to climb anything (even though, I think his mom is sceptical). She’s probably worried he’ll fall, however, I’m not worried he climbs anything and everything anytime anywhere.

The Schroering Forest Playground was constructed in the Lake Haigler Entrance to Anne Springs Close Greenway in 2024. The intention of this unique playground is to reteach children how to play in the woods.

*A mom (aka Coleman’s mom)*
*watching her son*
*enjoying the Playground.*

The playscape and structures are specially crafted to help activate sensory skills, foster creativity and problem-solving through free play, reduce stress, increase physical activity, develop confidence in the outdoors, improve cognitive abilities and facilitate outdoor learning. Key features of the Schroering Forest Playground include a central climbing structure for older children and a corresponding structure for younger guests.

I’ve been taking Coleman to play in the woods and interact with nature since he could walk. He prefers being outdoors and in the woods over being in the house any day. He enjoys hiking all the trails in Anne Springs Close Greenway and if he can combine hiking with playing all the better as far as he is concerned.

[Click on each image for enlarged viewing.]

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

2025 Monochrome Monday(MM)/Monday Portrait

Scavenger in the Park

While walking around Goat Island Park and Greenway Coleman spotted something in the trash can that definitely wasn’t trash.

This Eastern Gray Squirrel was scavenging through the trash to see what he could find that might possibly look appetizing.

Sarah from Travel with Me’s Monochrome Madness -Starting with an H

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion Camera

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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2025 Monochrome Madness (MM) #38 – Starting with an H

H’s in ASCG

H’s were not hard for me to locate for this week’s MM challenge. Why was it so easy? We just recently took Coleman to visit the Horses at Anne Springs Close Greenway. He loves to visit and spend time loving on the Horses.

H is for Horses, Horse Stables and Hay …

Naturally, where you find Horses you’re sure to find plenty of Hay and Hay bales when you visit the Greenway Stables.

H is for Hay and Hay Bales …

Round Hay Bales
at Anne Springs Close Greenway

Now for a visit to one of the other four entrances to the Greenway. What’s a visit to the Lake Haigler entrance without a hike down to gaze over Lake Haigler.

H is for Lake Haigler …

Lake Haigler
Anne Springs Close Greenway

However, to visit all of Lake Haigler you’ll need to go on a Hike on Haigler Loop.

**Haigler** Loop
*Anne Springs Close Greenway*

Cameras: 1-4) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max; 5-8) Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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2025 Greenway in Black & White

“What the human eye sees is an illusion of what is real. The black and white image transforms illusions into another reality.”
~ Ruth Bernhard

Click on each image for enhanced, enlarged viewing.

Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge-Black and White

Monochrome Madness

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Greenway Farm and Stables Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have Fun. Enjoy Nature’s beauty in the great outdoors. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Monochrome Madness (MM) — Modes of Transportation

I missed last week’s Monochrome Madness episode of Modes of Transportation , therefore, I thought I would use that as my theme for this week’s free week and display various Modes of Transportation .

Here are my entries for the MM Challenge …

Dawn’s Monochrome Madness-Modes of Transportation

Terri’s Sunday Stills-Paths and #Trails in the Great Outdoors

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2025 Sunday Stills: B/W Pathways in the Great Outdoors

This week’s theme for Terri’s Sunday Stills Photography Challenge is Paths and #Trails in the Great Outdoors. This week’s theme is difficult except in deciding which photos to select for the challenge. Coleman and I go hiking along trails and pathways at least once a week, most times several days out of a week.

For this week’s challenge I have chosen to select images from our latest adventure hiking from The Trailhead Store in black and white.

***Coleman***
***hiking ahead of me***
***along the Pathway***
***around the Big Pond***

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #36 – Naturally monochrome

Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV & CPL filter attachments; Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Pathway around the Big Pond; From The Trailhead Store; The Village at Stowe; Daniel Stowe Conservancy; Belmont, North Carolina, USA

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2025 Monochrome Madness (MM) — Naturally or Almost

This week’s host Elke from pictures imperfect blog is asking us to select images that are naturally monochrome. I searched my photos and think I came up with a few that might work for this week’s challenge.

*DSBG Dog Park Entrance*
*Daniel Stowe Conservancy*
*Belmont, NC*

*Garden Metal Wind Spinner*
*The Farmhouse Garden Center*
*The Daniel Stowe Conservancy*
*Belmont, NC*

Airplane Overhead
in Grey Cloudy Skies
Riverside Park and Greenway
Cramerton, NC

*South Fork Catawba River*
*Riverside Park and Greenway*
*Cramerton, NC*

Mostly Monochrome
Adirondack Bird Feeder
The Farmhouse Garden Center
*Daniel Stowe Conservancy*
*Belmont, NC*

Elke’s Monochrome Madness-Naturally Monochrome

Cameras: 1) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max; 2-5) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV & CPL filter attachments.

Locations: 1-2 & 5) The Farmhouse Garden Center, Daniel Stowe Conservancy, Belmont, North Carolina, USA; 3-4) Riverside Park and Greenway, Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Monochrome Madness (MM) — Sites Near Bridges along The Catawba River

Even though this is a free week, I followed Leanne and Brian in posting Bridges for this week’s Monochrome Madness.

***Catawba River***
***Piedmont Medical Center Trail***
***Rock Hill, South Carolina***

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #269

Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro

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

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

2025 Monochrome Monday: 02 June

B/W By the River

While Coleman was enjoying playing in the sand near the South Fork Catawba River, I changed the setting my iPhone to Muted B & W for some shots and Stage Light Mono for taking Portraits of Coleman at play. Enjoy watching Coleman in his element.

Coleman
South Fork Catawba River
Riverside Park and Greenway

Monochrome Madness

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #35-Woods, Rainforests, and Bushland

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: The Big Sand Pit; By the South Fork Catawba River; Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have Fun. Enjoy Nature’s beauty in the great outdoors. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 MM #35 — Through the Woods

Monochrome Madness

Leanne Cole has chosen the theme of Woods, Rainforests, and Bushland for this week’s Monochrome Madness Challenge. For Coleman and I, every time we go hiking we are hiking through the woods along one trail or another. These are from our hike on Saturday at Riverside Park and Greenway.

There is a dirt trail a few feet away from the main fishing pier which Coleman loves to hike. A few yards down the trail is a large sand area close to the South Fork Catawba River. It has been raining quite a bit here lately, so the trail was muddy but still doable.

Here you can see Coleman hiking along the muddy dirt trail through the Woods pulling his Little Tike Dump Truck/Excavator. He enjoys playing the sand and this trail and sand pit is conveniently close to our home.

**Coleman Hiking**
**through the Woods**
**beside the**
**South Fork Catawba River**

Cameras: 1-2) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura CPL & UV Lens attachments; 3-6) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion Camera

Location: Dirt Trail; Beside the South Fork Catawba River; Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Monochrome Monday: 19 May

Water 💧 Play 💦

Brian’s Monochrome Madness #34 (Street-lights by day or at night)

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion & Ultra WideCamera

Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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2025 Monochrome Madness (MM) #34 — Street Lights Early Evening

An early evening walk through downtown is about the latest I can manage, I try to be home before dark (I don’t see well at night).

These are my entries …

*Center Street*
*Downtown*
*Town of Cramerton*

*Center Street*
*approaching*
*Eighth Avenue*

*Corner of*
*North Main Street*
*and Eighth Avenue*

All taken at 5:20pm this evening – Friday, 16 May.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

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

2025 MM: Mirror, Mirror Reflections

Margaret from From Pyrenees to Pennines is the host for this week’s Monochrome Madness . She has chosen to select Mirror as the theme for Leanne’s Monochrome Madness.

Here are my contributions for this Monochrome Madness Challenge.

Mirror and reflections in the Mirror at the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The Water in the South Fork Catawba River
Reflecting the Landscape like Nature’s Mirror.

Building Windows sometimes reflect their surroundings like Mirrors Reflecting back at you.

*Coleman*
*walking past a window*
*reflecting what it sees*
similar to a **Mirror.**

Margaret’s Monochrome Madness-Mirror

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2025 Monochrome Monday Portrait: 28 April

Farm Portraits

Brother & Sister

and a Pony

Marvin Houston And Doyce Eileen Watson

These images were taken in 1934 in Coshocton, Ohio. They are of my mom when she was about two and a half (2 1/2) years of age and her older brother. When my mom was a young child she lived on a farm and as you can see from the bottom photo they had a pony cart they could ride in. My mom rode, my uncle (her brother) held the reins to drive the pony cart.

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 17

Location: Coshocton, Ohio, USA

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2025 Monochrome Madness (MM) #32: Springtime in the Carolinas

Host this week for Monochrome Madness is Dawn from The Day After. She has chosen a theme of Everything Spring.

Springtime in the Carolinas entails anything and everything from Spring sports like T-Ball for Coleman, to Kayaking through the Catawba River, to simply rolling in the grass at an outdoor concert, to the beauty of Spring flowers. And who can’t forget about the Spring festivities surrounding the Easter Egg Scramble. Let us not forget what this Holiday Season is all about. It is not about the Easter eggs hunts, even though the children enjoy them, it’s about the Crucifixion of Jesus and his Resurrection. We celebrate that “He is Risen!”.

“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”
— Anne Frank

Dawn’s Monochrome Madness-Everything Spring

Spring Festival 2025

Cee’s Flower of the Day

To check out the guidelines for Monochrome Madness and/or upcoming themes check out Leanne’s Monochrome Madness page here.

Cameras: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i

Location: Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. May God bless you at Easter and keep you all year through. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Monochrome Madness (MM): 10 April

Cramerton Concert

The last Friday of the month from March through September the Town of Cramerton holds a Concert Event in the Park. The Concerts will feature artists (singers, bands, musicians) from different genres each month. With a different Genre each Concert the Town hopes to please the musical interests of practically every member of the community.

March’s Concert’s main feature was a band entitled Small Town Sunday. Small Town Sunday performed a mixture of Country music, Christian music, and Christian Country music. The group featured a trio of singers; Matt Branch, Holly Branch and Stephen Robertson plus a drummer, a keyboard musician, and guitarist. The music was fantastic, Coleman and I really enjoyed their music. A couple of song titles they performed are “THE DAYS HE CAN BELIEVE” (written in honor of Matt Branch’s father) and “That’s What I Love About Sunday.”

Here are a few photos I captured during the concert from my iPhone in Black and White.

*Matt & Holly Branch and Stephen Robertson*

To find out more about the musical band, Small Town Sunday click here.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: The Graham & Gayle Bell Pavilion; Centennial Center; Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 MM #31 — Downtown Cramerton at Night-Time

Centennial Center

I’m not usually out at early evening or night time. I have trouble seeing in the dark so Coleman and I are usually always back home before it turns dark. This past Friday, The Town of Cramerton was having a Concert in Centennial Center Park. The Concert did not start until six in the evening, which is still light due to the time change to Daylight Saving Time.

I wanted Coleman to experience the Concert in the park, so we went. We arrived early and found a suitable spot to lay our blanket and sit in the grassy area.

While waiting for the Concert to begin, I snapped shots of the area both with my camera and my iPhone. I shot all these using my iPhone’s fusion camera and captured the area in black and white. Other Special Events will take place the last Friday of each month through the end of Summer. I’ll think about us attending those events when the time comes nearer.

Here are some of what I captured Friday evening.

Ritva’s Monochrome Madness #31-Night Time

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Centennial Center; Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Wordless Wednesday: 02 April

The Graham & Gayle Bell Pavilion

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: The Graham & Gayle Bell Pavilion; The Centennial Center; Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Monochrome Monday

Discarded & Unused

It is interesting sometimes what Coleman and I run across while hiking. Things like posts with no apparent rhyme or reason (even if there is one), a discarded trash can (all the Greenway Trash cans are large with a Goat on them & are accompanied by a recycling bin), or a board discarded and tossed into the river. I’ve been teaching Coleman to LEAVE NO TRACE, so he notices when things have been left behind and discarded without thought of keeping the environment safe and clean.

These are examples of what we found discarded and left behind this week.

*Post with no sign*
*or reason for being there*
*(it probably had a sign at one time).*

*Discarded trash can,*
*don’t know why someone*
*would even bring one*
*to the Greenway*
*except for maybe fishing.*

*Discarded board tossed into the river.*
*( We need to keep our rivers safe from contamination.)*

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV & CPL Filter attachments.

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 MM#30 — Three Cropped Versions of One Image

Leanne is this week’s host for the Monochrome Madness challenge. She has chosen a theme of showing One image cropped in three different ways (1 image cropped 3 ways).

Here are my original image and cropped versions from my original.

*Cropped & angled to focus on the black cow*

*Cropped to the left to focus on the horses*

Monochrome Madness #30 – 1 image cropped 3 ways

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

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

Goat Island Playground in Monochrome

Last weekend was a fairly warm sunny day, therefore, Coleman and I walked over to Goat Island Park and Greenway for him to run around a play outdoors awhile. He enjoys going to Greenways to hike and play.

While Coleman was playing a snapped a few shots of the various sections of the Playground using a couple of different lenses and attachments. I used Google monochrome filters to alter the images into black and white.

*Canon EF-S18-55mm with Altura Wide-Angle Fish-eye lens*

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina , USA

God Bless. Get outside and enjoy the beauty in nature. Have a funtastic weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Monochrome Madness #29 – Chair or Chairs

Chairs are Everywhere

The host this week for Monochrome Madness is Brian from bushboy.blog. Brian has chosen a theme of Chair or Chairs for this week’s challenge. Let’s play along and discover what Chairs we can find.

Everywhere Coleman and I go there’s always someplace Coleman can find to Pull Up a Seat …

We might find a Chair to Pull Up a Seat at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden …

Or we might find a Chair to relax in The Center …

We could locate a table and Chairs to Pull Up a Seat and enjoy a refreshing drink and snack before continuing on a hike …

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

Then there’s a chance we could spot a couple of Chairs on display in an office setting at a museum …

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

Coleman and I enjoy Pulling Up a Seat in a camping Chair at a State Park after a long hike around the lake …

*Andrew Jackson State Park*
*Lancaster, South Carolina*

But a fond memory of a place of comfort was the opportunity to Pull Up a Seat on my paternal grandparents front porch.

*My dad and Paternal Grandfather*
*Great Falls, South Carolina*

Now over to y’all to show us some Chairs by clicking here.

Brian’s Monochrome Madness #29-Chair/Chairs

XingfuMama’s Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 9

Cameras: 1-4) Canon EOS Rebel T3i; 5) Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max; 6) Minolta XG-7 35mm (my dad’s).

God Bless. Pull Up a Seat for a spell. Enjoy the peace and comfort of a day’s journeys ending. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Last on the Card — February

Brian from bushboy.blog is the host for the #LastontheCard challenge. His rules are simple to follow. As per Brian, Your last photo doesn’t have to be on the very last day of the month if you didn’t take any photos on that day. Maybe it was earlier in the month when the last photo was taken.

Brian’s rules are simple:
1. Post the last photo on your SD card or last photo on your phone for the 31st or whenever your last photo was taken.
2. No editing – who cares if it is out of focus, not framed as you would like or the subject matter didn’t cooperate.
3. You don’t have to have any explanations, just the photo will do
4. Create a Pingback to this post or link in the comments
5. Use the tags The Last Photo and #LastOnTheCard

Here are my Last photos for February 2025 …

From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:

*Coleman*
*at the*
*South Fork Catawba River*
*via the Rocky Branch Trail*
*Cramerton/Belmont, North Carolina*

From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:

South Fork Catawba River
Via Riverside Park and Greenway
Cramerton, North Carolina

Brian’s The Last on the Card-February 2025

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

Cameras: 1) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max; 2) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV filter for Canon.

Location: Belmont/Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

Random NC Monochrome Pix

This being a non-theme week, I have decided to post a random variety of Monochrome images. I am linking to Leanne’s Monochrome Madness here.

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Thursday Doors

https://videopress.com/v/fBIE5Nc6?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true

God Bless. Black & White or Colour; the World is a beautiful convas for artistic expression. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Seeking Hands — Helping Hands

… Loving Hands

While I focused a few of my images specifically on the Hands, others I chose to capture the whole experience of Coleman using and/or displaying his Hands.

Here are my entries for week’s Monochrome Madness hosted by the Blog Stupidity Hole.

Undelible (indelible) Bond of Love

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #28 -Hands

Stupidity Hole’s Monochrome Madness-Hands

God Bless. Take Care of Yourself and Each Other. Help one another. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Up in the Air in Monochrome

Above the Trees

I’m learning to use the Fusion camera’s Monochrome features in my new iPhone 16 Pro Max. While Coleman was playing out back on one of our rare warm winter days, I looked up into the sky and saw a small group of black birds flying through the air. I pointed my iPhone towards the sky in hopes of capturing shots of the birds as they flew overhead of us. Cease the Moments. Enjoy the World around you. Capture the Memories each day.

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness-February 12, 2025

Skywatch Friday-February 14

Weekend Sky #144– February 14

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: Backyard; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Monochrome Monday Portrait

My Friend, My Buddy-boy,

My Grandson, My Heart ❤️,

Coleman

I have recently upgraded my smartphone from the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max to the Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max. It has features which the iPhone 14 Pro Max did not have.

The Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max has in addition to the main camera, ultra-wide camera, and the telephoto camera it also has a Fusion camera. The Fusion camera has ten (10) different modes to choose from ranging from standard to Dramatic to Mute or Stark Black and White with several different options in between. In the Fusion Square you can slide between lighter or darker and control the amount of light desired for an image.

This Fusion Camera feature is all new and different to me. I have only had my Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max since last Monday and have not figured out all its new “bells and whistles” (new upgraded features). Today it was in the high 70’s here, warm enough to allow Coleman to play outside. Instead of going on a hike like we’d normally do, I decided to let him try out his T-ball set up. He will be playing T-Ball through our local Recreational Center and figured it wouldn’t hurt to let him try to practice hitting a ball.

The first eight (8) of these photos were taken using the Apple iPhone 16 Pro Mac’s Fusion camera with the Mute Black and White setting. The last seven (7) were taken using its Stark Black and White settings.

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Sunday – Friend

Monochrome Madness

Cosmic Photo Challenge: Black and White

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Backyard; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 CPC: Black and White w/Coleman +

The Cosmic Photo Challenge prompt for this week is Black and White. Looking through this past week’s photos from Coleman and my visit to Goat Island Park and Greenway, I found few that I think would work for this challenge.

Here is what I have chosen for this week’s CPC prompt.

*Tunnel with Car passing through under the Train.*

Now to show some of what I took today of Coleman using my new iPhone 16 Pro Max.

Coleman at the AT&T store
patiently waiting for us to go.

Cosmic Photo Challenge

Cameras: 1-5) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 6-8) iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: 1-5) Cramerton, North Carolina; 6-8) AT&T Store, Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Thursday Doors + GeometricJanuary

1941 Home

San Diego, California

Lots of Lines, Ovals, Rectangles, Squares & more within the home structure and surrounding landscape.

*My maternal grandparents home in 1941 with my mom & her younger brother.*

Dan’s Thursday Doors

Becky’s GeometricJanuary