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.

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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. 

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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

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FOTD: Antirrhinum majus

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

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Down a Garden Path

Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
Belmont, North Carolina

Which Way Challenge

FOTD

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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

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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

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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

Copyright: ©️2023@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com … All Rights Reserved.

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LAPC #235: Shadows and Reflections in Monochrome

Trees & Human Shadows
on the Trail
Reflections & Shadows
in & Along the Creek
Shadows on Land &
Reflections in the Water
Shadows:
Coleman & Alona combined shadow
Shadows of Trees

Lens-Artist challenge

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome #122

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Shot on Canon Rebel T3i Lens: Canon 18-55mm; Altura Super Macro with Altura Fisheye

Copyright: ©️2023@gfpacificbeeinteospection.com … All Rights Reserved.

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Whatsoever Is Lovely Challenge: 2023 – WEEK 6_February 5th

This weekend was a rare time spending with my granddaughter, my grandson, and my daughter all on a hiking trail. My daughter does not have her daughter all the time and she does not usually like to go hiking like my grandson and I do. So, being able to be outdoors in nature with all three of them was a lovely experience full of joy.

My grandson loves to climb. It was fun to watch his half-sister follow his lead in climbing up on top of the tunnel. My daughter’s heart was beating so fast, their actions scared her. It is a normal occurrence for me to watch my grandson climb when we are out in nature. If something can be climbed, he’ll climb it.

Whatsoever is lovely blog challenge

Whatsoever Is Lovely

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Color My World Challenge: Forest Green

Green plants
and
Trees along
Baxter Village Trailhead
Coleman
in Green shirt
observing
Rosmarinus officinalis Arp
(Rosemary)

Color My World’s Forest Green challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon Rebel T3i Lens: Canon18-55mm with Altura Super Macro Lens plus Altura Fisheye Lens

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CMMC: Macro or Close-Up_Japanese Camellia

Camellia japonica
‘Moire Variegata’
Japanese camellia
Japanese camellia
Japanese camellia

These were take at Glencairn Gardens in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Most of the plants and flowers are not in bloom. It appeared as if the had been trimmed way down for winter. Best time to visit the Gardens is in the springtime.

The next entry isn’t a flower and is added just for kicks. The photo was taken with my iPhone by my three year old grandson. All other photos were taken by me with my Canon Rebel EOS T3i.

Coleman’s foot & sippy cup

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

CMMC

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Macro Monday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Copyright: ©️2023@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com

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Wordless Wednesday: A Ray of Sparkling Sunshine

Catawba River
Fort Mill Dam

Wordless Wednesday

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Silent Sunday: 01/01/2023 – Fisheye View

Coleman
on the
Swinging Bridge
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Swinging Bridge

Silent Sunday

God Bless. Happy New Year! Thank you for visiting. See y’all in 2023. I appreciate y’all.