Category: #AnimaloftheMonth

OWS/WWE/Sunday Stills – 2026.07.26

Sunday Stills
#Animal of the Month
#Reflections
Water Reflections of a Fallow Deer

For this Sunday I am combining Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Water with Terri’s Sunday Stills-#Animal of the Month and her Sunday Stills-Reflections. The #Animal of the Month for me is the Fallow Deer.

Coleman and I were able to observe Fallow Deer at the Lazy 5 Ranch home to over 600 Exotic Animals from more than 6 continents. The Lazy 5 Ranch could be compared to a small Safari Zoological Park. At the Lazy 5 Ranch you can either drive your own vehicle through on a Safari tour of the Ranch or opt to take a Wagon Ride (which we did). With the Wagon Ride, there is a driver guiding the horses pulling the Wagon giving al overall commentary of the Ranch, informing us about the various animals we were seeing, and as well as giving a bit of history on how the Ranch came to be in existence.

Here we spot a Fallow Deer in a pond of #Water where looking closely you can see the deer’s Reflections in the #Water.

Fallow Deer’s
Reflections in the Water

Click on each image to enlarge.

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Water

Terri’s Sunday Stills-#Animal of the Month

Terri’s Sunday Stills-Reflections

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere (#WWE)

Photo Credit:©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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

Location: Lazy 5 Ranch; Mooresville, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Admire all of God’s creatures great and small. Enjoy nature’s beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

Sunday Stills: Animal of the Month —Reptiles in the Carolinas

Animal of the Month

I’m joining Terri Webster Schrandt in her new Sunday Stills theme of Animal of the Month. This challenge will be for posting photos of an Animal, Bird, insect, reptile or other Creature of the Month. This month she also has a subtheme of Wild. I am focusing my images on Reptiles in the Wild areas of the Southeastern United States (mainly the Carolinas).

Pond Slider
The Pond
The Schiele Museum of Natural History Gastonia, NC
Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle Brunswick, Georgia
Pond Sliders
South Fork
Catawba River
Goat Island Park
and Greenway Cramerton, NC
Red-eared Slider South Fork
Catawba River
Goat Island Park
and Greenway Cramerton, NC
Red-eared Slider South Fork
Catawba River
Goat Island Park
and Greenway Cramerton, NC
Common Box Turtle Rocky Branch Trail Cramerton, NC
Pond Sliders
Lake Haigler
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, SC
Pond Sliders, Red-eared Slider,
Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtles,
and Common Box Turtle

Terri’s Sunday Stills: Animal of the Month – Wild

Photo Credit:©️2024-2025 Deb L. Waters (Spiny Softshell by Trisha L. Wilson) … All Rights Reserved.

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