Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography
This blog is for my insights on life, the Bible, hiking adventures with my grandson and whatever is important to me
Cee’s Which Way Challenge- Any Type of Road, Path, Sign, Step, or Bridge
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with Altura (for Canon) Macro Fisheye Attachment.
Location: Sandbox; Playscape; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
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Hope y’all had a pleasant Leap Day. I know Coleman and I did. First day in a while with no rain, so it was a good day to venture outside and visit the Schiele Museum, one of Coleman’s favourite places.
Conveniently, it gave me an opportunity for capturing some interesting moments on this Leap/Last Day. Therefore, here are my last on the card shot for February.
From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:
Formosa Azalea
From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:
Rhododendron simsii
Last on the Card-February 2024
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
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Let’s talk turkey, nah let me show you more green. This time a close-up view of green plants in the Farm Garden at The Schiele Museum.
Here’s a look at my contributions for Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge of Close Up or Macro.
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Close Up or Macro
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm and Canon EF-S55-250mm lenses.
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
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Photo Credit:©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.
Location: Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden; Belmont, North Carolina, USA
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From My Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max:
From My Canon EOS Rebel T3i:
Last on the Card-December 2023
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. Looking forward to seeing y’all’s Last on the Card photos. I appreciate y’all very much.
Greetings, Christmas Day maybe over , but not necessarily the celebrations and we still have the new year a coming. Since we’ve been sick and not out much I’m choosing to make my selections from the last time I was able to get out ( this respiratory infection, RSV, doesn’t seem like it was to disappear.)
I’m taking you on a walk through The Farm ( one of Coleman’s favorite places) at The Schiele Museum of Natural History.
Entering The Farm …
Turning Right past the farm you enter the Nature Trail. This directional sign points the way.
Now let’s enter The Farm and have a look around…
Let’s take a look to see what we can find growing in the garden …
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-December Pick a Topic from my Photo
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️ 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250 mm lens. Also used Canon EF-S18-55mm lens on the directional signs (Second Photo.)
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
God Bless. Thank you for walking around The Farm with us. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all very much.
As we have been sick with a respiratory virus (not Covid)since Thanksgiving; we haven’t been out much due to rain and feeling under the weather. Therefore, I am pulling a few succulents I enjoy from my 2023 archives.
Ragtag Daily Prompt- Monday—Succulent
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️ Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: 1) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens; 3) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 55-250 mm lens.
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina , USA
God Bless. I trust y’all had a wonderful holiday. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: 1) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 55-250mm lens; 3) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens.
Location: Holiday at The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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White can be found all around us if we take the time to look around, especially so during winter.
First, let’s have a look at White in the museum.
Now, for a look around The Farm.
I’m sure y’all will be displaying many fascinating White photos which I’ll be looking forward to observing.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-White
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️ 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: 1) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 10-18mm lens; 2) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 3) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 55-250 mm lens; 4-5) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens
Location: Holiday at The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Narcissus tazetta ( bunched-flowered daffodil) is a perennial ornamental plant that grows from a bulb.
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens
Location: Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens; Belmont, North Carolina, USA
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Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: 1-3) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens along with Altura (for Canon) Macro Wide-Angle Fish-Eye attachment; 4) iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
God Bless. Thank you for visiting the Goats with us and for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all very much.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with Altura for Canon Macro Wide-Angle Fisheye lens attachment.
Location: 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.
From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:
From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. Looking forward to seeing y’all’s Last on the Card photos. I appreciate y’all very much.
The Goat in the middle of the trio was getting a shot and medicinal cream for his eczema. It took two to hold him during the process he wouldn’t buck, sometimes precautions are necessary.
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens along with Altura (for Canon) Macro Wide-Angle Fish-Eye attachment.
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
God Bless. Thank you for visiting the Goats with us and for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all very much.
These are Collard Green Plants grown at The Gardens in The Farm at The Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina. Many people in the South eat Collard Greens on a regular basis. Personally, I did not grow up as a child eating Collard Greens even though I was born in the South. My mom never fixed them. Now we ate plenty of Spinach and other types of greens just not Collards. What are your thoughts on eating Collard Greens?
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens and Altura (for Canon) Macro Wide-Angle Fisheye lens attachment.
Location: The Garden; The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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When Coleman and I took an early morning hike along the Nature Trail at The Schiele Museum of Natural History, just before Thanksgiving, I was amazed at the spectacular view of the tremendous number of leaves which had fallen on the ground and in the Pond. It was such an amazing sight I had to capture the moment with my camera. This slideshow is my entry for Dawn’s Festival of Leaves and Jez’s Water Water Everywhere.
Dawn’s Festival of Leaves Challenge
Photo Credit: (c)2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens and Altura (for Canon) Macro Wide-Angle Fisheye lens attachment.
Location: Nature Trail; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
God Bless. Thank you for visiting the Nature Trail and Pond with us. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all very much.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens
Location: The Farm Gardens; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
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Walking along the Schiele Museum’s Natural Trail we strolled along the pathway heading towards the Grist Mill …
Paying attention to the various angles on the different objects surrounding the Grist Mill …
Noticing the angles of the steps leading down to the water stream…
And for the first time we spotted the bird feeder … the angles on the shelf, the roof, and the angles formed by the trees.
Debbies One Word Sunday: Angle
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens and Altura (for Canon) Macro Wide-Angle Fisheye lens attachment.
Location: Grist Mill; 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 us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Debbies Six Word Saturday
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
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Lens-Artist Photo Challenge-Looking Up, and Looking Down
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #199
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: (1-2) iPhone 14 Pro Max Main Camera (3-4) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EG-S18-55mm lens with Altura (for Canon) Macro Wide-Angle Fisheye Attachment
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens
Location: Nature Trail; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Caolina, USA
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. Hope y’all had a terrific relaxing Thanksgiving! I appreciate y’all.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens
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Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever purchased (not your home or car).
The answer to this question would depend on one’s definition of personal. According to Merriam Webster, personal means of relating to, or constituting personal property; intended for private use or use by one person. Keeping this definition in mind, furniture would not apply to being the most expensive personal item which I have ever purchased since it is also used by other members of my family.
When I was in high school, I would state that the most expensive personal I purchased was my camera, a Minolta XG-7 35mm with a 50mm lens, a 2x converter, a telephoto lens, and a flash attachment. However, we are talking about the here and now and not in the past. At this present day and age, the most expensive personal item I have purchase would be my current camera of usage which I bought back in 2012. I purchased the Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens, the Canon EF-S 55-250mm lens and a Canon camera strap bundle from Costco. I have since added the Canon EF 75-300mm lens and an Altura for Canon macro wide-angle fisheye attachment.
My camera is certainly not the newest model out there (even though it was at the time I bought it), but it serves me well and I enjoy using it tremendously.
God Bless. Thank you for listening and for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.
Filling the frame and be anything from animals to flowers to in-ground layouts to people to whatever you can imagine.
First off, we come upon a black and white horse and his shadow …
Next up is a beautiful flower …
Below is a landscape design …
And last but certainly not least, people like Coleman can fill the frame.
Lens-Artists Challenge #275: Filling the Frame
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Canon EF-S18-55mm lens
Location: 1) Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA. 2) Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden; Belmont, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
XingfuMama’s Whatever is Lovely Challenge: 2023 – Week 41
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: 1,3-4) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2) 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 visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters… All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens. f/5.6 • 1/80 • 55mm • ISO500.
Location: Rooftop Garden; The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
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Debbie’s One Word Sunday Challenge-Barrier
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: 1) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with Altura Wide-Angle Fisheye Lens attachment.
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens and Altura Wide-Angle Fisheye lens attachment.
Location: 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.
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #191
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: (2)Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens. (1, 3-9) iPhone 14 Pro Max Telephoto.
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On My Laptop:
On My Phone:
Share Your Desktop – September
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
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Zinnias are subtropical and tropical upright annual flowering plants in the Asteraceae family which boast an abundance of daisy-like flowers. They are native to North and South America.
These and other Zinnias are grown in the Memorial Wildlife Garden contained within The Farm at The Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina. The Farm is located to the left as you enter the Nature Trail area outside the Museum walls.
Leanne’s Monochrome Madness – Trying Something Floral
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens and Altura Wide Angle Fish-Eye lens attachment.
Location: Memorial Wildlife Garden; The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts. Have a fantastic weekend. I appreciate y’all.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Standing Tall in the Garden
Peruvian zinnia is an annual, erect, wildflower in the Asteraceae family.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters…All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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For this week’s challenge I decided to share our Walks in a different format than normal. Hope y’all enjoy.
Cee’s Which Way Challenge – Any type of Walk
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with an Altura Wide Angle Fish-Eye attachment.
Location: Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.
I normally try to take photos as we go hiking in our neighborhood, along the various trails and sometimes we hike more than one trail in a given day. As always my hiking buddy is my (recently turned 4) grandson, Coleman. He loves spending time outdoors especially when he gets to go hiking in the woods, along the creeks, rivers, and lakes.
On this particular day we rode the transit bus from near our home to the Avon Catawba Creeks Greenway. We hiked the Greenway seeing many amazing sights along the way. We hiked the entire 2.7 mile paved greenway. The Avon Catawba Creeks Greenway connects Lineberger Park to Ferguson Park. The Catawba Creek Greenway portion runs through wooded and open creek areas between several residential areas and junctions at the Avon Creek Greenway. Combined, the Avon and Catawba Creeks Greenway is approximately 3 miles. We ventured over onto Robinwood Road from the Greenway and on down to the Gaston County Warlick Family YMCA to continue hiking some more after a bit of a rest and a snack while overlooking Robinwood Lake.
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge-Black & White and Monochrome
Leannes Monochrome Madness
Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time as we hiked along the Greenways to the Warlick YMCA. It was a pleasurable afternoon. We appreciate y’all and any thoughts you’d like to share.
On this day Coleman and I hiked from Avon Catawba Creeks Greenway to the Warlick Family YMCA approximately a 2.5 mile hike. Coleman enjoys hiking with me, he also loves to test out the fitness equipment and Pull Up a Seat wherever he chooses. It is good to sit and rest occasionally along the trail.
Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2023-Week 35
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts and joining our adventures. I appreciate y’all.
Sunday Stills-Hints Autumn
One Word Sunday-Orange
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters
Cameras: 1) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2-4 Canon EOS Rebel T3i
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I’m a little late for NPC #25, but I hope better late than not at all. This one was a challenge for me. I hope I’ve done it justice.
Nature Photo Challenge #25-Seedheads
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.
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The Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris deffinis) is a moth of the order Lepidoptera, family Sphingidae. It mimics a bumblebee in appearance. It is sometimes called a “Hummingbird Moth” due to its ability to dark quickly from flower to flower, and its ability to hover over nectar sources.
The Snowberry Clearwing is hovering from flower to flower, which are called Phlox Carolina ‘Gypsy Love’. The Phlox carolina ‘Gypsy Love’ have narrow, pointed foliage and pink flowers in early summer. The Carolina Phlox are native to the southeastern United States. They are an herbaceous perennial boasting broadly cylindrical clusters of lavender to pink or white flowers over a long season.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with Altura Fisheye Lens attachment.
Location: Out Front of The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.
Lens-Artists Challenge #262: Framing Your Photos
Photo Credit: 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel T3i and iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2023 Week 32
Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with Altura Wide-Angle Fish-Eye Attachment. f/5.6 • 1/80 • 55mm • ISO160
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History & Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina
God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.
XingfuMama’s One to Three Processing Challenge: August 2023
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EFS 18-55mm lens with Altura Fisheye Wide Angle Lens Attachment
All Effects were created on Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina.
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Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography 