Canon EFS 18-55mm lens – Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography

2025 November #Shadows #25

A Fisheye View

*Human & Tree Shadowing*
*with Alona, Coleman, & Trisha (& myself)*

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

Settings: f/9 • 1/80s • 24mm • ISO100

Location: Baxter Village Trail; Baxter Village; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Grateful for all of y’all for following, commenting, liking, and sharing your photos and stories with us. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Looking Back to Autumn Leaves

LAPC #368 —

Lens-Artists Challenge

# 106: Autumn Plus

Festival of Leaves Week #3

This week John from Journeys with Johnbo is hosting the Lens-Artist Photo Challenge. He has come up with the “Looking Back” theme of Autumn. With mainly the Northern Hemisphere being in the Autumnal Season and the Leaves are changing colours, it seems appropriate that we show off our Fall/Autumn colours. I am linking up with Dawn’s Festival of Leaves, which I feel is definitely appropriate due to the Autumn Colours of Leaves being displayed. You can find out more about Dawn’s Festival of Leaves challenge here.

Here are my entries for these challenges …

Click on each image to enlarge.

John’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #368-Autumn

Dawn’s Festival of Leaves 2025-Week #3

Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel T3i and Apple 14 Pro Max

Locations: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina and Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina

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

2025 LAPC #361- LOOKING BACK TO #20: 2023 DOORS

Looking Back

to Past

Artistic Doors

Sofia Alves is the host for this week’s Lens-Artist Challenge. The basis for her theme this week is Looking Back to the past #20-Doors and Doorways hosted by Tina.

I have chosen to Look Back to past doors I’ve photographed in 2023 at the Daniel Stowe Conservancy. These are Artistic Doors painted by various local artists displayed with the Stowe Gardens.

Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden;
Belmont, North Carolina

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #361-Looking Back to #20-Doors

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm and EF75-300mm lenses

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

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

2025 CFFC: 21 July — Perspective_Alongside

Dan from No Facilities is the host for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge and this week he has chosen the theme of Perspective: Alongside .

Here are my contribution entries …

*Cruise Ships*
*by the Dock*
Cozumel, Mexico

Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #273

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

2025 #SimplyRED #19

Becky’s Squares

Viola × wittrockiana

Becky’s Squares-SimplyRED #19

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

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

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

God Bless. Missing Cee. Stop and admire the Flowers. Capture their Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Wordless Wednesday: 21 May

Up, Down, Across,

Back and Forth

Hide and Seek

Coleman’s Way

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

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

Location: C.B. Huss Recreation Complex; 219 Tenth Street; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 OWS: 19 May — Conveniently Convenience

On most hiking trails which Coleman and I there are there are sporadically placed benches Conveniently placed for hiker’s Convenience to rest, relax, and rejuvenate to continue one’s hiking adventure.

Here are a few benches Conveniently placed for hiker’s Convenience …

Anne Springs
Close Greenway
Fort Mill, SC

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Convenience

Jude’s Bench Challenge Anniversary-19 May

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 20

God Bless. Have a wonderfully fun-filled week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Silent Sunday: 18 May

Hanging Around

Coleman
C.B. Huss Recreation
Center Playground

Silent Sunday:18 May 2025

Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Hang

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with (1-3) Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; (4) Canon EF-S18-55mm lens

Location: C.B. Huss Recreation Center Playground; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 #CosPhoChal: Pick a colour

—- Pick Green

Dale is hosting this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge and she wants us to feature primarily one colour this week with her prompt of Pick a Colour. My pick is Green, Coleman’s favourite colour.

*Mostly Green in the Garen*
*Daniel Stowe Conservancy*
*(Botanical Garden )*

*Canada Goose*
*nearly hidden by the Green Foliage*
*across the Green tinted River.*

*Coleman*
*in Green Camo*
*Camouflaged by the*
*Green Tree Leaves*

*Lush Green yard*
*with Coleman playing*
*in his Green Turtle*

Cosmic Photo Challenge-Pick a Colour

Cameras: 1) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens

Locations: In Belmont & Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): March Week 3 — Any Which Way with Shades of Green

Good Day my friends and fellow bloggers. I trust y’all are well. This being the week of St Patrick’s Day, I thought I would have us show our Which Ways with Any Shade of Green in them. Posting your Which Way for this CWWC challenge could be one photo or multiple photos depending on what you desire to post. I look forward to seeing all your Which Ways with Shades of Green . Remember signs are always welcome in your Which Way Challenge posts.

Here are my entries for this week’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way with Shades of Green:

*Pathway at*
*Texas Welcome Center*
*I-20 near Waskom, Texas*

*Pathway at*
Glencairn Garden
*Rock Hill, South Carolina*

*Coleman behind Prairie Loop Sign*
*Prairie Loop, Anne Springs Close Greenway*
*Fort Mill, South Carolina*

*Nature Trail*
*at Warlick YMCA*
*Gastonia, North Carolina*

Nicotiana tabacum
Cultivated Tobacco by Pathway at
Schiele Museum of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina

Deb’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC): March Week 3 — Any Which Way with Shades of Green

Cameras: 1-2) Apple iPhone XR; 3-4) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens and Canon EF-S75-300mm lens; 5) Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

God Bless. Here’s hoping y’all will share your Which Ways this week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Goat Island Playground in Monochrome

Last weekend was a fairly warm sunny day, therefore, Coleman and I walked over to Goat Island Park and Greenway for him to run around a play outdoors awhile. He enjoys going to Greenways to hike and play.

While Coleman was playing a snapped a few shots of the various sections of the Playground using a couple of different lenses and attachments. I used Google monochrome filters to alter the images into black and white.

*Canon EF-S18-55mm with Altura Wide-Angle Fish-eye lens*

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina , USA

God Bless. Get outside and enjoy the beauty in nature. Have a funtastic weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 OWS: February 16 — Cross

Southern Cross of Honor

At the End of Life a Cross Signifies a life of service and dedication … The Southern Cross of Honor is placed on the graves of Confederate Veterans who served honourably during the American Civil War. For further information about the Southern Cross of Honor click here.

This Southern Cross of Honor is placed on my paternal 2X Great Grandfather’s grave. My 2X Great Grandfather John Thomas Waters ( Gravemarker reads THO’S WATERS) served honourably during the Civil War as a soldier of the Lucas Guards, a South Carolina unit of the Confederate Army.

[This is a part of my ancestral history and is not up for discussion. Like most soldiers regardless of who what unit or side of any war they served in, he and his comrades believed in what they were fighting for during their time period in history.]

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Cross

Fandango’s One-Word Challenge-End

Throwback Thursday

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

Location: Brannon Family Cemetery; Bethune, South Carolina, USA

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

2025 Cee’s FOTD: February 12

Rose ‘Livin La Vida’ PP

(Rosa hybrid)

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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

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

God Bless. There’s a Time for Rain, a Time for Sunshine, and a Time to Stop and Smell the Roses. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Floral Macro Monday: 02.11

Antirrhinum majus

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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

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

God Bless. Breathe. Stop and Smell the Flowers. Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Public Art in a Perennial Garden/FOTD

@Daniel Stowe

Botanical Gardens

*Coleman discovering the Perennial Garden*

Washington Matan Development
Opal Stone
Donated By
Villam and Laura Moore

PPAC (Photographing Public Art Challenge)

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens.

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

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

2025 The Numbers Game #58

Judy from Life Lessons Blog hosts The Numbers Game Challenge and invites us all to play along with her. This week’s number is 179.

To play along, go to your photos file and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and post a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title.This prompt will repeat each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog in comments below. Here are my contributions to the album.

Here are my 179 photo selections for this week’s Numbers Game.

Judy’s Numbers Game #58-179

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Becky’s GeometricJanuary

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

2025 Cee’s Weekend FOTD: January 11

Camellia japonica

Cee’s Weekend FOTD

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

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

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

2024 Weekend FOTD: 12.28/29

Wood Spurge

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Cee’s Weekend FOTD

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 with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Silent Sunday: 12.15

South Fork Catawba River

Silent Sunday

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #249

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55 mm lens and Altura for Canon UV & ND4 Filter attachments plus Altura Wide-Angle Fisheye lens.

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Thursday Doors: 12.12

One House Door and One Business Door decorated for Christmas. We are slowly decorating for Christmas. The hanging on the first door was made in the early 1970’s in San Diego, California.

Dan’s Thursday Doors

Cameras: 1) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens and Altura lenses for Canon, Altura NP & UV Filter attachments, & Altura Wide Angle Fisheye Lens; 2) iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Silent Sunday: December 8

Holiday Train

*Casa Vieja Mexican Food’s*
*(from Belmont, North Carolina)*

*Entry in*
*Cramerton’s*
*Christmas Parade.*

Silent Sunday

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55 mm lens and Altura NP & UV Filter attachments for Canon plus Altura Wide Angle Fisheye Lens.

Location: Christmas Parade Route; Downtown Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Weekend Sky: 12.08

Downtown Cramerton

*Looking towards to*
*Goat Island Bridge*

*Fisheye View of*
*Cramerton’s Parade Route*

Hammad’s Weekend Sky

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Downtown Parade Route; Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

Who Invited Mr.Grinch to the Parade?

This week has been a week for Christmas Parades in our area. Have you been to a Christmas Parade yet this year? Coleman and I have actually been to two different Christmas Parades this week. One was in the neighbouring town of Belmont and the other one was in our Town of Cramerton.

To our amazement, one of the first people was saw as we approached the Parade site yesterday was Mr. Grinch all decked out for the Christmas Parade.

Who do you think kicked off the Parade? Well, what’d you know, it was Mr. Grinch himself. Mr. Grinch made his appearance throughout the Parade in one manner or another. We never knew when or how he would appear. It didn’t matter how or when, people enjoyed seeing Mr. Grinch and the entire Parade. You may click on each photo for enlarged viewing.

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Downtown; Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Numbers Game #34-155/LAPC/MM — What’s in a Garden?

Welcome to “The Numbers Game #34”.Today’s number is 155. To play along, go to your photos file and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find under that number and include a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title.

This week I am combining Judy’s Numbers Game with Leanne’s Monochrome Madness and Leya’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge . I am choosing to use the Word Garden for this week’s challenges.

Glencairn Gardens

Glencairn Gardens is ideal for a Spring stroll through the gardens of blooming azaleas, pansies, wisteria, and periwinkle. When visiting the Gardens be sure to meander through the Veterans Garden which pays tribute to Veterans of all branches of service. Also, during Spring, you be able to enjoy the blossoms of Viburnum, Pink and white Dogwoods, Redbuds, peonies, magnolia trees, and flowering Yoshino and Kwanzan cherry trees.

There is beauty to be seen no matter when one decides to visit Glencairn Gardens. Summertime brings on the colourful bright blooms of crape myrtles, daylilies and hundreds of other annuals.

The trails through the Gardens pass by several fountains, ponds, as well as the vast variety of flowering plants and trees. we enjoy strolling pass the Fountains, especially when they are flowing during the springtime. We always stop by the Veterans Garden when we go visit and remember our family members who have served in our Armed Forces.

Glencairn Gardens began in 1928 as a backyard garden by David and Hazel Bigger who lived in the h9use that serves as the park’s welcome center. It was the inspiration for Rock Hill’s annual Come-See-Me Festival which is a festival celebrating music, frogs, and fun. The Bigger’s gifted this Gardens to the City of Rock Hill through a deed in 1958. The peak blooming season is from the end of March to the middle of April. The Veterans Garden was created with the partnership with The American Legion Post 34 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2889. It h9onors women and men from the past, present, and future who served in the United States armed forces.

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #311 – What’s in a Garden?

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Judy’s Numbers Game #34 — 155

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Cameras: Apple iPhone XR and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300 mm and Canon EF-S18-55mm lenses.

Location: Glencairn Gardens; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

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

2024 Last On the Card — July

Brian from Bushboy.blog asks us to post our last photo on our SD card or phone on the last day of the month. No editing. Explanations not necessary. Create a Pingback or leave a link in comments to Brian’s blog. Use the tags The Last Photo and #LastOnTheCard. Your last photo doesn’t have to be on the very last day of the month if you didn’t take any photos on that day. Maybe it was earlier in the month when the last photo was taken.

From My iPhone:

**Coleman**
**in his new**
**Grave Digger shirt**

From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:

***Patterson Pond***
***Anne Springs Close Greenway***
***Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA***

From My Dad’s Slides taken with his Minolta XG-7 35 mm Via My Wolverine Digital Converter:

San Diego Wild Animal Park
San Diego, California, USA

Brian’s Last On the Card

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

2024 Share Your Desktop: June 15

Clare at Clare’s Cosmos hosts the Share Your Desktop Challenge. She invites us all to share our desktops; whether that be from our desktops, laptops, tablets, or smartphones it does not matter. Join in the challenge and let us all see what you look at every day.

Here are my desktops, wallpapers, wall savers, from my Laptop and my iPhone:

From my HP Laptop:

Laptop Wallpaper:

***My Grandson, Coleman***
***Anne Springs Close Greenway***

Laptop Desktop:

***Patterson Pond***
***Anne Springs Close Greenway***

From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:

Reading Focus:

***Alpaca***
***Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm***
***Anne Springs Close Greenway***

Television Focus:

***Horse Drinking Water***
***Greenway Stables Entrance***
***Anne Springs Close Greenway***

Personal Focus:

***Coleman with the Horses***
***Greenway Stables***
***Anne Springs Close Greenway***

Hiking Focus:

***Coleman Hiking***
***Dogwood Trail***
***Anne Springs Close Greenway***

Share Your Desktop-June 2024

Cameras: Laptops) Canon EOS Rebel T3i; iPhone) iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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

2024 FOTD: 05.29

Calopogon tuberosus

Simpson’s grass pink and it is in the Orchid family (Orchidaceae) grasspink (Calopogon tuberosus var. simpsonii).

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

Becky’s #SquareRenew

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

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

God Bless. Take time to renew your body, mind, and spirit. Like the Garden we also need to renew ourselves to further our growth. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

Numbers Game #23 — 144

Day Trippin’ with Coleman …

… At the YMCA

… At the Schiele Museum of Natural History

… At Anne Springs Close Greenway

Be sure to click on each photo for a larger view. Have a fabulous day!

Judy’s Numbers Game #23-144

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm, Canon EF-S55-250mm, and Canon EF 75-300mm lenses.

Locations: 1)Warlick Family YMCA; 2-5) The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina; 6-11) Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort South Carolina, USA

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

Judy’s Numbers Game #22 — 143 (My #2)

***Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm***
***Sign at Entrance***

***Patterson Pond***
**on the pathway**
***to the Farm Animals***

***Canada Goose***
***Swimming in***
***Patterson Pond***

***Canada Geese***
**Flying away**
**from the Pond**

***A Horse***
***by the***
***Greenway Stables***

***Spotting a Couple***
**of Horses**
***in the Pasture***

It just happened by chance that all my “143” photos were taken at Anne Springs Close Greenway. My grandson and I love moving forward along the trails and pathways enjoying a relaxing time surrounded by nature and the reconstructed Children’s Farm.

Judy’s Numbers Game #22

Becky’s Square Challenge-Renew/Moving Forward/Reconstruct/Burgeoning

Cameras: 1-2) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with 1) Canon EF75-300mm and 2) Canon EF-S18-55mm lenses; 3-6) iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Greenway Farm and Stables Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA.

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

Squared “142” Numbers Game #21

This is my first time participating in Judy’s Number Game. My entry is being combined with Becky’s Squares Challenge

Getting out in nature always helps to renew my mind, refresh my spirit, and rejuvenate my soul. This view is from the side porch of the Gibson House.

On Sunday, Coleman and I drove into Fort Mill to visit the newly renewed and reconstructed Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm at the Anne Springs Close Greenway. The newly reconstructed children’s farm is accessible through the Greenway Stables Entrance. We are moving forward ( I know you can’t see our movements, but you can imagine them) to visit the Farm animals (chickens, rabbits, alpacas, and cattle.)

After visiting the farm animals, Coleman and I went back to the car to grab our snacks and put my backpack in it as my camera battery had died. So then I continued taking photos with my iPhone as we proceeded to Move Forward through the horse stables on towards the trails for a bit of hiking. We hiked along on the Dogwood Trail, made a loop onto Peach Loop to watch out over Lake Haigler before heading back to the car and home.

While gazing out over Lake Haigler, I reminisced for a short while remembering a time of apple picking, fresh apple cider, and fresh bread with a dollop of fresh homemade apple butter in Julian, California.

Now that I have your mouth watering for the delicious delightful aroma of fresh homemade apple delicacies, I trust you’ll have a wonderful rest of your weekend and a blissful weekend.

Judy’s Numbers Game Challenge – 142

Becky’s #SquareRenew – Renew-Reconstruct-Moving Forward

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300 mm and Canon EF-S18-55mm lenses.

Location: 1-3) Greenway Stables Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA; 4) Julian, California, USA

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

Words for Thought #17

Autumn-olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)
AKA Silverberry, Russian-olive

Think About It Tuesday

Cee’s FOTD

Becky’s #SquaresRenew

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens

Location: Gaston County Warlick Family YMCA; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 FOTD: 05.02

Dianthus chinensis x barbatus

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens and Altura UV filter attachment.

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

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

Words for Thought #16

Think About It Tuesday

Cee’s FOTD

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

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

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

2024 WWE #218

Some Murky, Some Reflections, Ripples, & Splashes

For Jez’s Water Water Everywhere this week I’m posting a variety of photos taken of Robinwood Lake.

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #218

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens and Altura UV & NP Filter attachments.

Location: Robinwood Lake; Warlick Family YMCA; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 CFFC: Things that are Rough

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Things that are Rough

Cameras: 1) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens; 2) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens; 3) iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: 1-2) Warlick Family YMCA; Gastonia, North Carolina; 3) Patio; Gastonia, North Carolina

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

2024 Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Flow & WWE #218

Flowing Downstream

Here is my compilation for this week’s Weekly Prompt’s Weekend Challenge. I’m also applying it to Jez’s Water Water Everywhere Challenge.

These are just a few of the ways we see water flowing as we walk through the neighbourhood or as we hike among the trees in and around the Carolinas.

***Small Spillway in***
***Gastonia, North Carolina***

***Anne Springs Close Greenway Spillway***
***Fort Mill, South Carolina***

***Spillway***
***The Schiele Museum’s Nature Trail Gastonia, North Carolina***

***Fort Mill Dam***
***Fort Mill, South Carolina***

Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Flow

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #218

Cameras: 1-3) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 4) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.

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

2024 Macro Monday: 04.22

Rhododendron japonicum

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Location: The 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 me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 CMMC/CWWC: Any Latte Way

We managed to have a beautiful clear day yesterday (almost), so Coleman and I rode the bus to the Y for some fresh air and a bit of hiking.

All aboard, we’re on our way.

Before we begin our hike, it’s Coleman swing time. If we waited till later the school kids would have taken over and he couldn’t have been able to play.

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Next, Coleman cools down with a snack as I gaze out over the lake.

Now for our hiking, Coleman leads the Way. I constantly have to instruct him to slow down. He hikes much faster than I’m able to hike.

Through the woods along the bank of the lake we traverse. Across the dam and deeper into the woods. Upward, downward, and around and around we go.

Coleman spots the Fitness Challenge area off the Yellow Trail and climbs aboard for some fun before continuing our hike and back up to the Y.

Tired from our hike we’re gonna Leaf it all behind, and venture to the bus stop and head home.

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-April Latte Color

Cee’s Which Way Challenge-Any Way

Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with Altura UV & NP filter and also Altura Wide-Angle Fisheye attachments.

Location: Gaston County Warlick Family YMCA; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors and Enjoy Our Beautiful Earth. Thank you for traversing the trail with us. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Wordless Wednesday: 04.17.24

Amazingly Wonderful Beautiful View of Robinwood Lake

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with Altura UV and NP Filter attachments plus Altura Photo 58MM 0.35x Fisheye Canon Wide Angle Lens (w/Macro Portion).

Location: Robinwood Lake; Robinwood Lake Dam; Warlick Family YMCA; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 FOTD: March 27

Eruca sativa

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55lens and Altura UV filter.

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

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. Have a fabulous rest of your week. I appreciate y’all very much.

A Trio of Daffodils to Bring You a Ray of Sunshine

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Thursday Trios

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

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

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Enjoy the beauty all around you. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.