2023 FOTD: 11.12 – Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora

Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora
is the botanical name
for the white-flowered form
of Digitalis purpurea– the foxglove.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

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

Location: Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden; Belmont, North Carolina, USA.

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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. 

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

2023 Thursday Doors: Artistic Doors #5

Hummingbirds, Windmill, & Flowers
Artistic Door
near the picnic tables
Flowers & a Butterfly
Along the path
towards the
children’s gardens
Who’s that
in the Birdbath
looking over
the Flowers?
Purple & Yellow Flowers
with Butterfly 🦋
on Light Blue Door

Thursday Doors

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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

God bless. Thank you for visiting. Stay tuned for Artistic Doors #6. 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

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2023 May 21: Pets and Playgrounds

Playground at
Gable Oaks Apartments
in Rock Hill, SC
Playground at
Gardner Park
Elementary School
Gastonia, NC
Playground at
Schiele Museum
Gastonia, NC
My grandson’s
preferred “playground”
out on a trail.
Persimmon Trail
Carolina Thread Trail
Belmont, North Carolina

Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge.

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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

CFFC: Catching People Unaware

This week Cee asks us to share photos of catching people unaware. These photos were taken from the Duke Kimbrell Trail of the Matthews-Belk South Fork River Corridor which is a part of the Carolina Thread Trail network of Greenways, trails, and blueways.

The people were enjoying a day on Lake Wylie with their families and friends. They were completely unaware that someone hiking along the was taking photos of their activities.

The young girls were enjoying Stand-up Paddle boarding on the waters of Lake Wylie as their family watched and gave any necessary advice and/or assistance.

As you can see one is having fun with stand-up paddle boarding and another chose to sit and kayak along through the water.

This activity may still be fairly new to them as it seemed they didn’t venture too far away their families Pontoon.

Coleman and I had fun to stopping along the trail to watch their activity. Coleman would probably have preferred to be in the water along with them.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Catching People Unaware

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

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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

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

Wordless Wednesday: 2023 May 17_’Dalmatian Purple’

View
from our
picnic table
Notice
the
Visitor
Shot on Canon
while Coleman snacked
Eastern Carpenter Bee on
Digitalis purpurea

‘Dalmatian Purple’ Foxglove
Earliest blooming of all Foxglove.

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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

God Bless. I hope you have a fun filled inspiring week. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. 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.

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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.

FOTD: Aphelandra sinclairiana

Commonly Called
Coral Aphelandra
Orange Shrimp Plant
Or
Panama Queen

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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

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

God Bless. Many blessings to you this Orthodox Holy Week. Thank you for visiting. I appreciate y’all.

Silent Sunday: Zantedeschia aethiopica

Commonly Known as
Calla Lily
And
Arum Lily

Silent Sunday

FOTD

WHATSOEVER IS LOVELY CHALLENGE-2023

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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

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

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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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Macro Monday: Anthuriums

Anthurium
the largest genus
of the arum family, Araceae.
General common names include anthurium, tailflower, flamingo flower, and laceleaf.

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Copyright: ©️2023@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com

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FOTD: Crassulaceae kalanchoe

Aka
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
Orange Kalanchoe
Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
Belmont, North Carolina

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Silent Sunday 

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Shot on Canon. Canon EOS Rebel T3i with a Canon 75-300 mm lens

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Thursday Doors_Old Tall Pine RR Door

Coleman looking
at the tracks
Tall Pine RR
TP
Wonder when
the Train
last ran
TP Door
Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
[The grass hides the RR track].

Dan’s Thursday Doors Challenge.

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Twice as Nice

Phalaenopsis – Moth Orchid – Double Spike
Orchid (Cymbidium)

Neoregelia carolinae,
the blushing bromeliad,
is a species

of flowering plant
in the genus Neoregelia.
Orchid Cambria
Odontoglossum ‘Francine’ Pink

Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Two

Cee‘s Flower of the Day Challenge

Floral Friday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i

Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm

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Pull Up a Seat: 2023 – Week 13

One can select a variety of seating of your choosing around the beautiful picturesque Gardens.

In Loving Momory
of
Maria Ann Smal
Enjoy the views
as you relax
in a Adirondack Chair
Or have a snack
or drink by one
of the patio tables
However,
it is not wise
to choose Coleman’s
choice of Seating.

Pull up a seat

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Down a Garden Path

Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
Belmont, North Carolina

Which Way Challenge

FOTD

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