Category: 2025 Monochrome Monday

Monochrome Monday (MM)

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel 2000D with Canon EG-S55-250mm lens

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; 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 Monochrome Monday(MM): 29 September

Roche Harbor

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #280

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

Good Day! As I right this this evening it is trying to rain, we’ve seen the dark clouds rolling in, heard the thunder banging like drums overhead, but yet to see the rain. I am thankful for the lovely sunshine we enjoyed today.

It was such a beautiful day and we hadn’t been out and about for the past week with all our on again off again thunderstorms; therefore, it was an excellent day to wander down to the river for a bit of hiking and Coleman playtime in the sandy river banks. Coleman is fascinated by the rippling effects of the water when he throws wood into the river.

I decided to capture his water ripples in black and white thereby linking this post to Jez’s Water Water Everywhere, Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Repeat and Monochrome Monday.

*A Thrown piece of Wood*
*& it’s Rippling effects*

*Natural Water Ripples*
*(Not by Coleman)*

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Repeat

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #277

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take a hike/walk out in Nature. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Monday Portrait: 28 July

Coleman

… Sixth Birthday Portrait at Anne Springs Close Greenway

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Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

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

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.

Stupidity Hole ’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #356 – Quiet Hours

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion Camera

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

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

2025 Monochrome Monday(MM)/LAPC: 14 July

The Silence

of an

Afternoon Walk

On Sunday, Coleman and I took a detour on our walk home from church. We stopped by the local Goat Island Park and Greenway to get a short hike in and permit him to play for a little while before heading back home.

Instead of just using the main camera on my iPhone, I decided to use the fusion camera to do a bit of black and white photography.

*The Calmness of the*
*South Fork Catawba River*

On Early Sunday afternoons we experience the Silent peaceful serenity surrounding the River and Trails.

*Coleman*
*sensing silent reflections*
*in the*
*South Fork Catawba River*

While crossing the bridge over the river one can see the small white church we attended. All is calm and quiet as almost everyone has gone home.

Cramerton Independent

Presbyterian Church

*Silence surrounding*
*the White Church*

Weekly Prompts Color Challenge: Black & White

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #272

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion Camera

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

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

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

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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 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

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 Monochrome Monday: 19 May

Water 💧 Play 💦

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 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

Throwback Thursday

Location: Coshocton, Ohio, USA

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

2025 Monochrome Monday: 14 April (on 15)

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Telephoto Camera

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

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

2025 Monochrome Monday: 07 April

Unusual River Sighting

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #264

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura CPL & 4-Star 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.

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.)*