They grow everywhere around here.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
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Floral Friday: 12/30/2022
They grow everywhere around here.
Category: Anne Springs Close Greenway
They grow everywhere around here.
CMMC – December 2022 Alphabet Letters V or W at the beginning of a word
Here’s my entries for Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge.
Wednesday morning Ho Ho Waffles 🧇.
Waffles
Coleman Wanders
across a Wooden Bridge
into the Woods 🪵.
the Water 💦
in the Creek.
at the Dairy Barn
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Wordless Wednesday: Spillway After the Rain
Linking up with Sandee @ Comedy-Plus WordlessWednesday
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Monday Portrait: Last for 2022
Photo was taken at the Anne Springs Close Greenway Horse Stables Entrance. The Greenway has many different types of farm animals besides the many, many horses.
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CMMC: Pick Your Topic from My Photo – December 2022
From my archives: Disney Frozen on Ice
of
Fake Animal
on Ice
The above photos were taken at a performance of Disney’s Frozen on Ice at the Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina back on April 16, 2016.
Christmas 🎄Tree
2022
We just barely got a tree this year. This is Coleman’s first HoHo (Christmas) Tree. He was so delighted that he finally has a HoHo Tree.
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, SC
Another Throwback from my Archives.
taken July 4, 2012
in Lancaster, South Carolina
Midweek Madness
Challenge
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CBWC: Shadows & Reflections – 2022
Shadows captured January 2022:
of my daughter
and grandson
Reflections Depicted at Andrew Jackson State Park:
Reflected
in the Lake
Reflections Recorded at Lake Haigler:
Reflections
in Lake Haigler
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Shadows of a 2022 Christmas Tree:
& His First
Christmas Tree
Displaying Shadows
on the Wall
Cee’s Black and White Challenge – Shadows and Reflections
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Pull Up a Seat: Seating Around the Greenway
My selections this time come from the trails around Wagon and Haigler Loops as well as by the Canteen at Anne Springs Close Greenway.
Pull Up a Seat Along Wagon Loop:
on stone blocks
a short distance
Coleman relaxes
on a bench.
Pull Up a Seat beside Lake Haigler:
Bruce T. Rush Pavilion:
at one of eight picnic tables
within the Rush Pavilion.
The Bruce T. Rush Pavilion is located at the Lake Haigler Entrance of the Anne Springs Close Greenway. It is an open-air shelter, available for rental, which features a hardwood ceiling with a stone fireplace. It overlooks the beautiful Lake Haigler. It is an ideal area for company picnics, birthday parties, receptions, and small intimate wedding ceremonies.
In Front of the Canteen:
in one of
several rockers
out in front
of the Gateway Canteen.
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Which Way Shall We Go? This Way or That Way… Left, or Right?
My grandson, Coleman and I loved to venture out into nature and roam through the trees whenever the weather permits. It has been raining a lot here lately, so we haven’t been out much. Only twice this week. Coleman loves to go hiking at the Anne Springs Close Greenway which is only a few miles from where we currently live. The Greenway has five different entrances, and we choose a different entrance to begin our hiking each time we go.
From the Horse Stables Entrance: Should we go to the Left or to the Right?
to the Left
onward to
See the
Farm Animals
Next, we switched to the Lake Haigler Entrance for some hiking near Lake Haigler.
Posted as part of Which Way Photo Challenge
by alive and trekking
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Midweek Monochrome: # 119 – A Relaxing Hike through the Greenway
Show
Ring
hiking along
the trail
Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
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LAPC # 229 : Perfect Patterns
Patterns
Aligned
Boards
Patterns
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Thursday Doors: Lake Haigler Doors
Lending
Library
Nature
Center
Close Greenway
Gateway Canteen
Thursday Doors
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Ragtag Daily Prompt: Morass
According to the Oxford Dictionary Morass means an area of muddy or boggy ground.
Here’s my photo of a muddy area on the Wagon Loop at Anne Springs Close Greenway. So muddy the horses left their shoe impressions.
prints
And according to Webster Thesaurus.com synonyms include: chaos, quagmire, tangle, and snarl to name a few.
So here’s my pick for a tangled mixed up mess.
mixed up
lumber🪵
at the
Stables
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Monday Portrait: Close-up with a Horse
got
my
Eye
on
You
Posted as part of Monday Portrait.
Cee’s Black and White Challenge (CBWC) – Close Ups
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Silent Sunday: December 18, 2022 – Reflections
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
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Share Your Desktop: Horsing Around – December 2022
My Screensaver:
….to
see you.
My Wallpaper:
Enjoying
a Run
Posted as part of Share your Desktop, hosted by Clare from Clare’s Cosmos.
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Triple the Perception Makes Quite an Impression
Hung in Front
of Three Rockers
Laid Anterior to
Three Windows
enjoying
a run
of
Stable
Doors
Running
So Full
of Energy
On a blustery
cold wintery
rainy morning.
Mama Cormier’s Thursday Trios.
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Thursday Trios #63 – Along the Trails
Archery Range
Anne Springs
Close Greenway
Shooting Range
ASCG
Fort Mill, SC
of
Hikers
Which Trail
shall we
take?
in
Three Stalls
of Horses
Grazing
in the Field
on the Shore
at
Andrew Jackson
State Park
of Geese
AJSP
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Posted as part of Mama Cormier blog ‘s challenge Thursday Trios.
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RDP: Tree Roots Along the Creek
along the
Anne Springs Close
Greenway Spillway
Ragtag Daily Prompt (RDP) Saturday Challenge
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Monday Portrait: Neigh
Monday Portrait Walking Squares
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CBWC: Long Items – Multiple Seating
Transportation Museum
Train 🚊
Public School Bus
North Carolina
Transportation Museum
Long Bench for
Multiple Seating
North Carolina
Transportation Museum
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Cee’s Black and White Challenge
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Bren’s Floral Friday Challenge: 11/25/2022
Purple Cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus
Posted as part of Bren’s Floral Friday Challenge.
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CBWC: Long Items – Multiple Seating
Transportation Museum
Train 🚊
Public School Bus
North Carolina
Transportation Museum
Long Bench for
Multiple Seating
North Carolina
Transportation Museum
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Cee’s Black and White Challenge
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Wordless Wednesday: Kayaks
Silent Sunday: November 20, 2022
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, SC
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Ways to Move Up and Down: CBWC – In the Greenway
For this week’s Cee’s Black and White Challenge (CBWC) we are asked to post black and white photos of traveling/ movement displaying Up and Down. My Up and Down were taken along Lake Haigler Loop at Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
for moving down
into the Kayaks.
on top
of the stairs
one may sit
on a bench
and enjoy
the beautiful views
of Lake Haigler
Down stream
into the Spillway
want to
climb Up
this hill?
hiking up
the hill
taking the Stairs
upward to the
top of the hill
ahead down
to the bridge?
Posted as part of Becky’s Walking Squares #14.
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Monday Windows: November 15, 2022
Dairy Barn
Window
Posted as part of Monday Windows Photography Challenge mondaywindow.wordpress.com
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Water Water Everywhere #151 – Seen While Hiking
Water at Anne Springs Close Greenway Dairy Barn Entrance, Steele Creek:
Water at the Fort Mill Dam:
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Jez’s Water Water Everywhere photo challenge.
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Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge: Week 43 – 2022
overlooking
Steele Creek
sitting
in the
Doorway
Outside an
Historic Cabin
sitting
on a ledge
overlooking the
Fort Mill Dam
Photo Credit: (c)2022@gfpacificbeeinrrospection.com
Posted as part of Xingfumama’s Pull Up a Seat Photo Challenge.
Posted as part of Becky’s Square Challenge – Walking Squares
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Monday Portrait – November 7, 2022
Donkey Greets Coleman as we walk the trails at the Anne Springs Close Greenway from the Dairy Barn Entrance. The afternoon turned a little bit windy with the skies cloudy, but it was still a beautiful day for a walk/hike.
Dairy Barn Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
The Donkey came up close to greet Coleman. Coleman loves to see the animals at the Greenway, Horses, Cows, Donkeys, even goats and hogs.
gets a
close-up view
of a donkey
Photo Credit: (c)2022@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com
Posted as part of Brian’s from Bushboys World photo challenge Monday Portrait.
Posted as part of Becky’s Square Challenge Walking Squares.
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Water, Water, Everywhere #148: Along the Trail and under the Trestle
Along the Trail one can find Water, Water, Everywhere
Through the
Trees
Water
in the
Lake
Rippling with
Leaves
Falling Through
the Air
and
into the
Water
Water, Water, Everywhere Under the Trestle
Reflected
in the
Water
Coleman
Alongside
the Water
Under the
Trestle
Downstream
through the
Rocks
Posted as part of Jez’s Water, Water, Everywhere Photo Challenge,
Posted as part of Becky’s Squares Challenge – Walking Squares.
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Silent Sunday: November 6, 2022 – Soaring High Above the Trees
Photo Credit: (c)2022@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com
Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T3i
Settings:
Top Photo: ƒ/7.1 1/400 250mm ISO100
Bottom Photo: ƒ/7.1 1/400 229mm ISO100
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FOTD: October 31, 2022
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Cell Pic Sunday: October 30, 2022
Lake Haigler Geese
(c)2022@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com
Posted as part of John’s CellPic Sunday Challenge.
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Sunday Smile
Posted as part of Debbie’s Travel With Intent blog’s One Word Sunday Challenge.
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Cellpic Sunday: Autumn Reflections
in
Lake Haigler
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Posted for John’s Cellpic Sunday Photo Challenge.
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Silent Sunday: 10/23 – A Horse and Her Foal, Forest
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FOTD: October 20 – Petunia
My grandson loves to pick flowers 🌺. I try to get him not to pick them but I do not succeed.
in
Coleman’s
Hand
Posted as part of Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge.
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Cell Pic Sunday: October 9, 2022
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Posted as part of John’s Cell Pic Sunday Challenge.
Silent Sunday: 10/09 – Painted Rocks
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Silent Sunday
FOTD: October 7, 2022 – Pink Garden Cosmos
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge entries:
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Wordless Wednesday: 10/05 – ASCG Spillway
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Monday Portrait: 10/03/2022 – Horse
at
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Dairy Barn Entrance
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Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
The Anne Springs Close Greenway’s Comporium Amphitheater was the location for a concert by the Charlotte Symphony Strings Orchestra on Sunday, September 25, 2022. The tribute concert honored Anne Springs Close, founder and matriarch of the Greenway. The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra was conducted by Christopher James Lees, the Resident Conductor.
Normally, it is extremely expensive to attend a concert performed by the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, however, this particular concert in honor of Anne Springs Close held at the Anne Springs Close Greenway was absolutely free. It was suggested that people attending the concert bring canned or boxed food items to be donated to You Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina or a gently used book to fill the Little Library located behind the Greenway Gateway.
waiting
for the
Orchestra
to begin
This concert was a rare opportunity for me to expose my three year old grandson, Coleman, to fine classical music. He seemed to enjoy the music and behaved rather well in the outdoor setting for the concert. He clapped every time the orchestra completed a piece.
enjoying a snack
while waiting
for the concert 🎶
The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is the largest and most active professional performing arts organization in the Central Carolinas. The Charlotte Symphony plays approximately 100 performances each season and employs 100 professional musicians. The Orchestra’s principal home is the Belk Theater of the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. It also serves as the resident orchestra for Opera Carolina and Charlotte Ballet.
getting ready
the
Charlotte
Symphony
Orchestra
The Orchestra played a mix light classical from 3-4pm. The classical music included:
- Hoe Down from “Rodeo”, Copland
- Andante Festivo, Opus 117a – Sibeliu
- String Quartet No. 2 “Company” – Glass
- Elegiac Melodies, Opus 34 (II. Last Spring) – Grieg
- With Malice Toward None (from Lincoln) – Williams
- Danse Negre, Op. 35, No 4 – Coleridge-Taylor / arr. Daniel Bukin
- Ashokan Farewell – Ungar / arr. Bob Cerulli
- St. Paul’s Suite for String Orchestra (I. Gigue)– Holst
Some of the music was soft and easy flowing while others were upbeat and moving. Guess which ones Coleman preferred? He preferred the more upbeat pieces including Divertimenti K. 138 (Mvt. I) by Mozart.
Christopher James Lees
Conducting the
Symphony Orchestra
If you ever get the opportunity to go hear a symphony orchestra perform, I would highly recommend you going. This was an amazing opportunity I had to share with my grandson, Coleman. Truly blessed. Thank you Charlotte Symphony Orchestra fir a delightful performance. Thank you Anne Springs Close Greenway for hosting the Orchestra for our pleasurable enjoyment.
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Happy Fall Y’all: Autumn Hues
leaves 🍁
in the
water
Leaf 🍁
standing
proud
display of
Autumn Colors
of the
Leaves 🍁
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Silent Sunday: 9/25
Gaggle
Of
Geese
Lake
Haigler
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