Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2023-Week 2
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters
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Pull Up a Seat: 2023 – Week 2 By the Dam
Category: Canon Photography
Every Which Way I Go Along a Trail ….
…. Coleman goes with me, either beside or in front leading the way.
the Path.
Access
of ability
Old Alike.
Over the weekend, Coleman and I enjoyed a beautiful sunshiny day hiking 🥾 along the Catawba River by the Fort Mill Dam. We’ve had a lot of rain lately and Coleman does not like to be cooped up in the home all day. It is always a joy to be able to take him out in nature where he can be free to run.
Which Way Challenge
Ragtag Daily Prompt – Travel
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Wordless Wednesday: A Ray of Sparkling Sunshine
Fort Mill Dam
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Monday Portrait: Chihuahua
we met
at the
fishing dock.
Monday Portrait is not hosted by anyone. It is for you to post a photo of any portrait you want. Creativity is up to you.
Photo Credit: Deb L.Waters
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Ragtag Daily Prompt: Friday – Limit
Limit is a point or level beyond which something does not or may not extend or pass.
Trail Limits:
the
Trail
Speed
Limit
10
No Horseback Riding
No Bicycling
Way
MOTOR
VEHICLES
Camping Area
Campers Only
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Sunshiny Skyline
above the
Catawba River
Fort Mill Dam
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters
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Silent Sunday: Here I Come …
Anne Springs Close Greenway.
Fort Mill, SC
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CFFC: Feathers – Birds, Birds, and more Birds …
Floral Friday: Albizia julibrissin
(Albizia julibrissin)
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters
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Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #159 – Amazing Reflections
On New Year’s Day (1st Day Hike), I took a hike with my grandson, Coleman from the Adventure Road Entrance of the Anne Springs Close Greenway. It is a tradition to hike on the first day of a New Year, at least amongst hikers.
First Day Hikes are part of a nationwide initiative led by America’s State Parks to encourage people to get outdoors. Kids and adults all across America participated in First Day Hikes, and enjoyed the beauty of a state park, a national park, a local park or greenway. First Day Hikes are free to participants each year.
Adventure Road
Close Greenway
South Carolina
Coleman and I actually did two hikes on the 1st day of 2023. These pictures are from our second 1st day hike.
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters
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RDP: Sunday, January 8, 2023 – Follow
Ragtag Daily Prompt for Sunday January 8th is FOLLOW. One of the things I think about when I hear the word follow is the song “I have Decided to Follow Jesus.” Following Jesus is something I try to dop on a daily basis, but I know I fail miserably at times. Most of us follow something or someone whether we realize it or not. Children follow their parents’ instructions; employees follow their employer’s rules and regulations, we all follow the laws of our governments, and when I go hiking with a group or just with my grandson, I follow the group leader or follow my grandson, Coleman.
the Way
This Sunday I had the opportunity to go on a short hike with my grandson and my granddaughter. It is a rare occasion when my granddaughter, Alona, is allowed to spend time with her mother or myself. Whenever possible I enjoy taking her out to the Greenway or to a State Park and spend time with her out in nature. Today, we took her to the Anne Springs Close Greenway to have her meet Forest, a foal at the Greenway Horse Stables.
On the trail by the stables, we followed Coleman, we followed Alona, and sometimes we followed their mom to know the direction we should go. Most of the time Coleman is the one who runs ahead and leads the way on the trails.
Wherever the paths my lead you, I trust you’ll follow the path with the least resistance and follow you heart whenever possible. May God guide your paths, may He bless you and keep you safe and fill your life with love and happiness.
Thank you for stopping by. I appreciate each and every one of y’all.
Photo Credit: Deb L Waters
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Monday Windows: Bus Windows
Close Greenway
Activity Bus
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters
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Pull Up a Seat: 2023 – Week 1 @Catawba Riverwalk
on a
Fallen Tree
Prairie Loop
Trail Post
in Memory of
Paula Annette Nalley
Taking a Break
on a Log 🪵
Photo Credit: Deb L Waters.
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Monday Portrait: Portrait with a Horse
a Horse
beside Alona
Photo Credit: Deb L Waters
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WHATSOEVER IS LOVELY CHALLENGE: 2023 – WEEK 1 – Reflection
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Kate’s Whatsoever Is Lovely Challenge.
Photo Credit: Deb L Waters.
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Silent Sunday: 2023 – Railroad Trestle ….
…. Over the Catawba River
Piedmont
Medical Center
Trailhead
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Last On The Card: December 2022
From the last week of December and the last week of the year 2022.
iPhone 13 Pro:
Canon Rebel EOS T3i:
Anne Springs Close Greenway
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Wordless Wednesday: 1st of 2023 – Catawba River
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Pull Up a Seat: 2022 Week 52
Pull Up a Seat ….
Tree Stump …
Stick out
your Tongue …
Look 👀
Around …
Smiling with
Glee.
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CBWC: Anything MadeFrom Wood 🪵 in SC
Train Set
Rocking Chair 🪑
Horse 🐎 Stables
Cee’s Black and White Challenge
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Silent Sunday: 01/01/2023 – Fisheye View
on the
Swinging Bridge
Swinging Bridge
God Bless. Happy New Year! Thank you for visiting. See y’all in 2023. I appreciate y’all.
Floral Friday: 12/30/2022
They grow everywhere around here.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
God Bless. Thank you for visiting. Enjoy your holiday celebrations. Happy New Year! I appreciate y’all.
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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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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God Bless. Wishing y’all a Happy & Blessed New Year!
Silent Sunday: December 25, 2022
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, SC
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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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New Lenses Trial: Macro/Fisheye
I bought myself a couple of new lenses for Christmas. Hey, I figured the only way I would receive any thing for Christmas was to buy want was on my wish list myself. Anyway, one of the new lenses I bought is a Altura .35X Fisheye HD lens attachment 58mm lens with Macro.
We only put up a Christmas tree yesterday and today after my daughter arrived home from work and ate her supper (Coleman & I already ate) we decided to wrap Christmas presents. Mind you, my grandson, Coleman is supposed to be sleeping. We almost get them all wrapped when he starts saying “eat, eat.” So, we stop wrapping and get him out of his room to come out and eat again. When he saw the wrapped presents, he thought “HO HO” (What he calls Santa) had already come and he thought he could open presents. We had a time trying to convince him that “HO HO” still needed to come and he had to eat and go back to bed.
Since we had most of the presents wrapped and sitting by the tree, I thought I might as well take a few pictures. Some are using the wide angle and others are using the Fisheye. This is the first time I’ve tried using a Fisheye lens. It will take me awhile to figure things out in using it.
Wide Angle Shots (First one is on Manual, I forgot to adjust the settings):
Fisheye Shots:
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Merry Christmas! Feliz Navidad! Happy Holidays to one and all! Enjoy and Blessings to y’all. I appreciate y’all.
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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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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Monday Windows: Looking Outward
looking
Outward
at the dog
Sitting by
a Window
Looking
at Me
Photos taken at Anne Springs Close Greenway Canteen in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
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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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CMMC: Violet or White Color – At the Gibson House
It’s been cold and rainy all week. On Wednesday, Coleman and I decided to try to beat the rain and ventured out to visit Forest at Anne Springs Close Greenway Horse Stables. It was sure cold 🥶 though. However, Coleman enjoyed his time visiting the horses. [Those pictures are saved for another post].
on the ground
at the
Gibson House
We spotted these Violet and White Flowers by the Gibson House on the way back to the car whilst trying not to get the camera wet. So naturally I had to capture them with a few snapshots. After all I did have my camera around my neck.
Posted as par Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC) and Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge.
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FOTD: Floral Friday #80
The weather this week has been cold and rainy, so this is a floral photo from mine and Coleman’s hike last week at Baxter Village Trailhead which is a part of the Carolina Thread Trail.
is a North American species
of shrubs in the family Asteraceae.
Camera Settings:
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i
f/5.6 1/250 163mm ISO250
Posted as part of Floral Friday and Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge.
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Pull Up A Seat: #47 – Baxter Village Trailhead
on Element
a Swing
of Coleman
on a Slide
he’s sitting on
Coleman
Pulls Up A Seat
wherever he chooses
in front of
Fort Mill Library
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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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Pull Up a Seat: Week 44 – Catawba Park
On Saturday, I had the opportunity to borrow my daughter’s car. So, Coleman and I took a drive to the Fort Mill Dam and then to Catawba Park. We walked around and enjoyed the scenery.
Pull Up a Seat on a Bench
Coleman
Pulled Up a Seat
long enough
Coleman does more running around in the playground area, it is hard to keep up with him. I do not run.
on a
Seesaw
Pull UP a Seat
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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Water Water Everywhere #151 – Seen While Hiking
Water at Anne Springs Close Greenway Dairy Barn Entrance, Steele Creek:
Water at the Fort Mill Dam:
Photo Credit: (c)2022@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere photo challenge.
God Bless. Take a Walk, a Hike, Enjoy Nature and observe the beauty all around. Thank You! I appreciate y’all.
Wordless Wednesday: November 8, 2022 – Brown Anole
Mid-Week Monochrome # 113 – Sites Along Seven Oaks Preserve Trail
Coleman, my grandson and my walking/hiking buddy hiked the Seven Oaks Preserve Trail on Tuesday afternoon. It was a warm sunny day unlike the past couple of days where it has been chilly, windy, and rainy.
Glistening on
Lake Wylie
Belmont, NC
along the ground
seen along
the trail
Lake Wylie
Seven Oaks Preserve Trail
Belmont, North Carolina
Coleman
brought home
from our hike
Whenever I have the opportunity to go out, it is almost always with my grandson, Coleman. He loves to hike. He doesn’t tend to walk much but run along the trail. I walk/hike and try my best to keep up with him. We always see different amazing and interesting things as we hike along the various trails.
Photo Credit: (c)2022@gfpacificbeeinrrospection.com
Posted as part of Bren’s Mid-week Monochrome Photography Challenge.
Posted as part of Becky’s Square Challenge – Walking Squares
God Bless. Thank you for observing my walks/hikes. I appreciate y’all.
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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Canon Shots at the Greenway
I have an older Canon Rebel T3i that I was using on Saturday when I went to the Greenway with my grandson, Coleman. My battery is weak, even though it was fully charged before leaving home, it did not last very long. So, it seems like it is time for a new battery (I cannot afford a new camera right now).
These pictures were taken after we came to Lake Frances after hiking at the beginning of Archers Loop at the Adventure Road entrance of the Anne Springs Close Greenway.
trying to use
my hiking stick
as a fishing pole.
God Bless. Thank you! I haven’t used the camera for a little while, it’s been packed away and I recently unpacked it. I hope you’ll enjoy the photos. I appreciate y’all.
All photos are my own. (c)2022@gfpacificbee
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