2033 Last on the Card: November

From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:

Coleman
wearing his new
Fireman’s Hat
from Station #4

From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:

Sheep in The Farm
at the Schiele Museum
of Natural History

Last on the Card

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. Looking forward to seeing y’all’s Last on the Card photos. I appreciate y’all very much.

2023 Thursday Trios: Goats at The Farm

Goats 🐐

The Goat in the middle of the trio was getting a shot and medicinal cream for his eczema. It took two to hold him during the process he wouldn’t buck, sometimes precautions are necessary.

The Goats
can relax and
have fun now.
Goat 🐐 Life
at The Farm

Thursday Trios

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens along with Altura (for Canon) Macro Wide-Angle Fish-Eye attachment.

Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.

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

2023 Macro Monday: Raindrops in the Garden

Purple Pansy

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

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

Location: The Farm Gardens; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2023 Monday Portrait: Look at me … Not the Others

Goat at
The Farm

Monday Portrait

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

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

Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.

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

2023 OWS: Various Angles around the Grist Mill

Walking along the Schiele Museum’s Natural Trail we strolled along the pathway heading towards the Grist Mill …

Paying attention to the various angles on the different objects surrounding the Grist Mill …

Noticing the angles of the steps leading down to the water stream…

And for the first time we spotted the bird feeder … the angles on the shelf, the roof, and the angles formed by the trees.

Debbies One Word Sunday: Angle

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens and Altura (for Canon) Macro Wide-Angle Fisheye lens attachment.

Location: Grist Mill; Nature Trail; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.

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

Spattering of Raindrops on a Pansy

Purple Pansy

Debbies Six Word Saturday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Whatsoever Is Lovely-Week 47

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

2023 LAPC #276 — Looking Downward & Looking Upward

Looking Down
upon the Water 💦
Looking Up
at a Ray of Sunshine
Peeking through the Clouds
Looking Downward
upon the Grist Mill
Looking Upward
through the Trees
to the Stormy Sky

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge-Looking Up, and Looking Down

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #199

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

Camera: (1-2) iPhone 14 Pro Max Main Camera (3-4) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EG-S18-55mm lens with Altura (for Canon) Macro Wide-Angle Fisheye Attachment

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

2023 Daily Prompts: November 12

Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever purchased (not your home or car).

The answer to this question would depend on one’s definition of personal. According to Merriam Webster, personal means of relating to, or constituting personal property; intended for private use or use by one person. Keeping this definition in mind, furniture would not apply to being the most expensive personal item which I have ever purchased since it is also used by other members of my family.

When I was in high school, I would state that the most expensive personal I purchased was my camera, a Minolta XG-7 35mm with a 50mm lens, a 2x converter, a telephoto lens, and a flash attachment. However, we are talking about the here and now and not in the past. At this present day and age, the most expensive personal item I have purchase would be my current camera of usage which I bought back in 2012. I purchased the Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens, the Canon EF-S 55-250mm lens and a Canon camera strap bundle from Costco. I have since added the Canon EF 75-300mm lens and an Altura for Canon macro wide-angle fisheye attachment.

My camera is certainly not the newest model out there (even though it was at the time I bought it), but it serves me well and I enjoy using it tremendously.

Daily Prompt – 2117

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

2023 Macro Monday: October 9

Phedimus kamtschaticus

Common Names: Kamschatka Sedum
Orange Stonecrop
Stonecrop

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens. f/5.6 • 1/80 • 55mm • ISO500.

Location: Rooftop Garden; The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.

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

2023 OWS: Barrier (Fences)

Pool surrounded
by fencing for safety
Pigs in fenced off area
Visitors can view but not touch

Debbie’s One Word Sunday Challenge-Barrier

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

Cameras: 1) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with Altura Wide-Angle Fisheye Lens attachment.

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

2023 LAPC #269: Living On the Edge

… of the Pond
… of a Flower Petal
LAPC #269: On the Edge

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens and Altura Wide-Angle Fisheye lens attachment.

Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.

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

2023 SYD: 15 September

On My Laptop:

On My Phone:

Share Your Desktop – September

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

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

2023 Floral Monochrome Madness: Zinnia peruviana

Zinnia peruviana

Zinnias are subtropical and tropical upright annual flowering plants in the Asteraceae family which boast an abundance of daisy-like flowers. They are native to North and South America.

Original Peruvian Zinnias

These and other Zinnias are grown in the Memorial Wildlife Garden contained within The Farm at The Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina. The Farm is located to the left as you enter the Nature Trail area outside the Museum walls.

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness – Trying Something Floral

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens and Altura Wide Angle Fish-Eye lens attachment.

Location: Memorial Wildlife Garden; The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.

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

2023 FOTD: Gossypium hirsutum

Gossypium hirsutum
Common Name(s):
Mexican Cotton
Upland Cotton

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

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

Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2023 FOTD: Zinnia Peruviana

Standing Tall in the Garden

Zinnia peruviana
Aka Peruvian zinnia;
Redstar zinnia; Wild Zinnia;
Zinnia

Peruvian zinnia is an annual, erect, wildflower in the Asteraceae family.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

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

Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. Have a wonderful day. I appreciate y’all.

Monday Portrait: Lucky

Lucky
The Farm
Schiele Museum of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina

Monday Portrait

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

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

Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2023 CWWC: September – Any type of Walk

For this week’s challenge I decided to share our Walks in a different format than normal. Hope y’all enjoy.

Video showing our latest walk
The Schiele Museum of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina

Cee’s Which Way Challenge – Any type of Walk

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

Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with an Altura Wide Angle Fish-Eye attachment.

Location: Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

LAPC: Black & White and Monochrome

I normally try to take photos as we go hiking in our neighborhood, along the various trails and sometimes we hike more than one trail in a given day. As always my hiking buddy is my (recently turned 4) grandson, Coleman. He loves spending time outdoors especially when he gets to go hiking in the woods, along the creeks, rivers, and lakes.

On this particular day we rode the transit bus from near our home to the Avon Catawba Creeks Greenway. We hiked the Greenway seeing many amazing sights along the way. We hiked the entire 2.7 mile paved greenway. The Avon Catawba Creeks Greenway connects Lineberger Park to Ferguson Park. The Catawba Creek Greenway portion runs through wooded and open creek areas between several residential areas and junctions at the Avon Creek Greenway. Combined, the Avon and Catawba Creeks Greenway is approximately 3 miles. We ventured over onto Robinwood Road from the Greenway and on down to the Gaston County Warlick Family YMCA to continue hiking some more after a bit of a rest and a snack while overlooking Robinwood Lake.

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge-Black & White and Monochrome

Leannes Monochrome Madness

Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time as we hiked along the Greenways to the Warlick YMCA. It was a pleasurable afternoon. We appreciate y’all and any thoughts you’d like to share.

2023 Pull up a Seat: Week 35_September

On this day Coleman and I hiked from Avon Catawba Creeks Greenway to the Warlick Family YMCA approximately a 2.5 mile hike. Coleman enjoys hiking with me, he also loves to test out the fitness equipment and Pull Up a Seat wherever he chooses. It is good to sit and rest occasionally along the trail.

Coleman at an Outdoor Table
Warlick Family YMCA
Coleman
Resting before
getting on a bus
to go home

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2023-Week 35

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

Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts and joining our adventures. I appreciate y’all.

CWWC (Cee’s Which Way Challenge): Any type of Road

Welcome Cee and thanks for taking on the Which Way Challenge. I appreciate you and am looking forward to all you have to bring to challenge us on our Which Way Challenge adventures.

I’ve held off posting a which way challenge knowing you were taking over. Most of my “roads” are trails Coleman and I hike. I hope you’ll enjoy coming along on our Which Way hiking adventures.

I know only the first photo has an actual road in it, however, Coleman and I mostly travel on dirt pathways. We walk most everywhere, sometimes riding the bus to get to a location where we plan to hike. Hopefully next time I’ll be able to be more in tune with the theme.

Cee’s Which Way Challenge – Any Type of Road

Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens

Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina

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

2023 NPC #25: Seedheads (I think)

Dandelion
Echinacea purpurea
(purple coneflower)
seed heads
‘Lochinch’ Butterfly bush
Buddleia ‘Lochinch’
Kudzu Seedhead/ Seed Pods

I’m a little late for NPC #25, but I hope better late than not at all. This one was a challenge for me. I hope I’ve done it justice.

Nature Photo Challenge #25-Seedheads

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.

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

Floral Friday: 2023 August 25 – Snowberry Clearwing hovering over Carolina Phlox

The Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris deffinis) is a moth of the order Lepidoptera, family Sphingidae. It mimics a bumblebee in appearance. It is sometimes called a “Hummingbird Moth” due to its ability to dark quickly from flower to flower, and its ability to hover over nectar sources.

The Snowberry Clearwing is hovering from flower to flower, which are called Phlox Carolina ‘Gypsy Love’. The Phlox carolina ‘Gypsy Love’ have narrow, pointed foliage and pink flowers in early summer. The Carolina Phlox are native to the southeastern United States. They are an herbaceous perennial boasting broadly cylindrical clusters of lavender to pink or white flowers over a long season.

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with Altura Fisheye Lens attachment.

Location: Out Front of The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

Silent Sunday: Zinnia

Silent Sunday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Sunny Sunday

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2023 Week 32

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with Altura Wide-Angle Fish-Eye Attachment. f/5.6 • 1/80 • 55mm • ISO160

Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History & Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina

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

Thursday Doors: One Door Three Effects

Antique Farmhouse Doors
Original
Same Farmhouse Doors
Toy Camera Effect
Cool Tone
Grainy Black and White Effect
Contrast Strong

Thursday Doors

XingfuMama’s One to Three Processing Challenge: August 2023

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EFS 18-55mm lens with Altura Fisheye Wide Angle Lens Attachment

All Effects were created on Canon EOS Rebel T3i

Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina.

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

2023 CPC: Around the Garden

I do not have my own personal garden where I currently reside. There are various Gardens close by where I am able to visit occasionally with my grandson. The following are a few examples of what can be seen at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens in Belmont, North Carolina.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Around the garden.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. WatersAll Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i

Location: Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens Belmont, North Carolina

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

LAPC #255: Misadventures to Adventures

The Misadventures to our Adventures began on Late Sunday morning, 2023 June 25th. Deciding not to use to much of my daughter’s gas (No car of my own), I chose to take my grandson to the South Fork Trail and Blueway Access to do some hiking. However, when we arrived, we encountered the Danger Trail Closed signs preventing us from hiking the South Fork Trail.

Upon seeing the Danger Trail Closed signs, we climb back into the car, and I search for where to go next to try to accomplish our hike for the day. I looked up the Carolina Thread Trail and it was closed for the day as well. The next stop on our Misadventure to Adventures was the McDonald Field at the Pharr Family YMCA. There didn’t appear to be a trail that we could hike at that location just a short Fit-Trail. Therefore, we decided to get back in the car and figure out where to try next.

After a short drive Coleman and I arrive at our fourth destination of the day, The South Fork River Park. This location looked more promising. So once again we climb out of the car, load ourselves with our backpacks (mine with camera equipment, his with snacks) and proceed to locate the trailhead. We found the trailhead with no problems and proceeded to hike on the natural surface trail which was approximately 1.25-mile loop trail and also included 800 feet of river frontage. The day was hot and humid; however, I believe Coleman enjoyed his time hiking by the riverfront.

Coleman enjoyed hiking by the river. He probably would have liked it better if I had allowed him to get in the river, but we were not prepared for that adventure. Even though this was a wonderful adventure, our day was not over yet.

On our way back to the car, Coleman heard some noise and thought we should investigate what was making the bleat or baaing sound. Located just across the road from the parking lot was a farm with several goats. I was not sure at first how close to allow Coleman to get to the goats. Turns out the farmer was out in the yard and heard Coleman approaching the gated area. The farmer was friendly and gave permission for him to pet the goats. He liked that idea but was a little shy about doing so.

This turned out to be a pleasant day even though it started out with a few mishaps. Once back in the car, the afternoon was still bright and calling for more adventure. I drove us to another park for more hiking and adventure. I will leave those tells for another day.

Lens-Artists #255: Telling a Story

God Bless. Thank you for partaking in our misadventures to adventuring. I appreciate y’all.

FOTD: HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA ‘HARVEST MOON’

HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA
’HARVEST MOON’
Common Name:
Witchhazel

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

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

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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

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

Pull Up a Seat: 2023 – Week 25

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

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2023-Week 25

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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

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

Macro Monday: Double Hemerocallis fulva #Kwanso”

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

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

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: (c)Deb L. Waters

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

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

Thursday Doors: Rustic Cabin

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

Thursday Doors

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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

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

In memory of Bren: Flowers For a Beautiful Lady

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

In Memory Of Bren Brashley

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

Her images of flowers were exquisite and inspirational.

Debbies One Word Sunday: One

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me in remembrance of Our friend, Bren. I appreciate y’all.

2023 Which Way Photo Challenge – Crowders Mountain

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

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

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

Photo Credit: (c) Deb L. Waters

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

God bless. Thank you for sharing in our hiking adventures. I appreciate y’all.

2023 RDP: Label

Bench Label
Park Bench with Label
Crowders Mountain State Park
Kings Mountain, North Carolina

Ragtag Daily Prompt- label

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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

Settings: f/9 ISO100 53mm 1/200s

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

Weekend Sky #104: 2023 Sunday June 11 @ Crowders Mountain

The Weekend Sky changed throughout the day as my Grandson, Coleman, and I were hiking 🥾. By the time we were finishing our hike around the Lake at Crowders Mountain State Park; the gray clouds started rolling across the sky and later the rains 🌧️ began pouring down upon us.

Weekend Sky #104

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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

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

2023 Thursday Doors: Artistic Doors #6

Frog 🐸 in the Garden
Hot Air Balloon 🎈
above the Trees
Sunflower 🌻 Garden

Thursday Doors

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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

God bless. Thank you for visiting & sharing in my artistic doors. I appreciate y’all.

FOTD: 2023 June_Rubus idaeus ‘Caroline’

Caroline Raspberry Bush
Rubus idaeus ‘Caroline’

Rubus idaeus ‘Caroline’ (Everbearing Raspberry) is a fall-fruit big cultivar producing high yields of large, highly flavored, red raspberries which are perfect for eating or preserves.

Raspberry plants can fruit on different types of canes, and these are categorized into primocane and floricane. Both primocane (first year) fruiting and floricane (second year) fruiting raspberries have both primocanes and floricanes growing from the plant after the first year.

Primocane fruiting raspberries, commonly called Everbearing raspberries, produce flowers and fruit on first year canes. Primocane varieties will produce a moderate crop in June and a much larger crop from late August until frost.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with a Canon EF-S18-55mm lens f/8 1/160 55mm ISO100

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

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

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

FOTD: Simpson’s grasspink

(Calopogon tuberosus var. simpsonii)
This gorgeous wildflower is called grass pink

and it is in the Orchid family (Orchidaceae).
The genus name “Calopogon” is Greek
and means “beautiful beard.”
It refers to the hairlike structures
on the upper petal.
It has a bulb-like corm
that resembles a tuber,
hence the name “tuberosus.”
The slender grass-like leaves
give rise to the name “grass pink.”
It is a stunning wildflower.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens with Altura Wide Angle Fisheye Lens.

God Bless. Thank you for visiting. I appreciate y’all.

Floral Friday: Yellow Bearded Iris

Bearded Iris
Califora Pleasant Peasant
(Reblooming) Bud

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Floral Friday

WHATSOEVER IS LOVELY CHALLENGE-2023 WEEK 20

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm Super Macro and Altura for Canon Wide-Angle Fisheye Lenses

God Bless. Thank you for visiting. I appreciate y’all.

Thursday Trios: 2023 May Seating

Selection to Pull Up a Seat:

Three Chairs
at
Daniel Stowe
Botanical Gardens
Trio
of
Benches
and
Three Goats
not fit for
Pulling Up a Seat
at
The Schiele Museum

And Just Because:

Three Slices
of
Banana French Toast
to Wet
Your Appetite

Thursday Trios

XingfuMama’s Pull Up a Seat Photo Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L Waters

Cameras:

First Photo – Canon EOS Rebel T3I with CanonEF-S 18-55mm with Altura Fisheye Wide-angle Lens for Canon

Second – Last Photo — iPhone 14 Pro Max

God Bless. Thank you for sharing a seat & your time. I appreciate y’all.

Thursday Doors: Artistic Doors Take Two

Coleman
trying to open
the door 🚪
Now to try
from the
Other Side
Why won’t
it Open?
I give up …
Let’s go
hiking 🥾.

These Artistic Doors 🚪 are all painted by local artisans. They are displayed in various locations throughout and around the Gardens at Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens in Belmont, North Carolina. For the next few weeks I’m going to post different Artistic Doors for Thursday Doors.

Thursday Doors

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T3i with Altura Wide-Angle Macro Fisheye Lens for Canon EF-S 18-55mm.

God Bless. Thank you for visiting. I appreciate y’all.

Wordless Wednesday: Spinning at The Children’s Gardens

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm with Altura Wide-Angle Fisheye Lens for Canon

God Bless. Thank you for spinning around to my blog. I appreciate y’all.

Sunday Sprinkler Splashing Smashing Stupendous Funtime

Coleman and I took a 4.3 mile long hike along from the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens Persimmon Trail connecting to the Carolina Thread Trail on Duke Kimbrell Trail and ending with connecting to Worrells Walk back up to the Gardens.

After the long hike Coleman deserved some . Sprinkler Smashing Stupendous Funtime. Here is a video of showing the Sprinkler Fun he enjoyed.

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Altura Fisheye Macro Lens for Canon.

Debbies One Word Sunday: Busy

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for sharing in Coleman’s Sprinkler Funtime. I appreciate y’all.

CMMC: Pick Your Topic from My Photo – 2023 April

Landscape, Outdoors, Bird Houses,
Grey, Green, Yellow,
Cloudy, Trees,
Building, landscaped,
green, bird HOUSES, outdoors
Grey Cloudy Sky,
Building, Grass, Tree, Outdoors
Landscaped Covered Walkway,
Trees, Green, Yellow, Grey, Outdoors
Grey, Green, Yellow,
Landscaped Garden,
Flowers, Grass, Trees,
Outdoors, Spring, Cloudy
Building, Landscaping,
Grey, Green, Grass, Trees,
Pathway (Sidewalk)
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

All photos were taken at Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i

Lenses: Canon EF 18-55mm, Canon EF 74-300mm, Altura Macro Fisheye Lens for Canon

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time in the Gardens with me. I appreciate y’all.

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC): 2023 April – Close Up or Macro

Viburnum: Old Fashion Snowball
Viburnum Opulus Roseum
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Alura Fisheye Macro Lens for Canon

Also posting as part of Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Wordless Wednesday

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

WWE: Fountains at the Gardens

Fountains
around
The Gardens
(Fisheye View)
Display
Various
Heights
and
Styles
For
All
to
View
And Enjoy
at
Daniel Stowe
Botanical Gardens

One Word Sunday: Water

Water Water Everywhere

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i

Lenses: Altura Fisheye Lens for Canon and Canon EF 75-300mm

God Bless. Thank you for visiting. Have a refreshingly wonderful day. I appreciate y’all.

Down a Garden Path

Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
Belmont, North Carolina

Which Way Challenge

FOTD

God Bless. Thank you for walking the path with me. I appreciate y’all.

Share Your Desktop: 2023 March

Coleman and Alona
Goat Island Park and Greenway
Cramerton, North Carolina

Clare’s Share Your Desktop

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with an Altura Fisheye Lens

God Bless. Thank you for visiting. I appreciate y’all.

Monday Windows: 2023 Coleman’s View

Coleman watching
the raindrops falling
Coleman’s view
What’s so fascinating?

Ludwig’s Monday Windows

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

God Bless. Thank you for visiting. I appreciate y’all.

One Word Sunday Challenge: Through

Views looking THROUGH a tunnel.

Viewing the light
THROUGH the tunnel
beyond my
daughter & grandchildren.
My daughter & granddaughter
before they go
THROUGH
the tunnel.
Looking Through
the tunnel
through a
Fisheye Lens
What do I see
looking THROUGH
the tunnel?
I see my daughter
& granddaughter
THROUGH
a Fisheye Lens

Travel With Intent blog, One Word Sunday Challenge.

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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God Bless. Thank you for viewing through my tunnels. I appreciate y’all.