Category: Canon Photography

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

Settings: f5.6 • 1/320 • 250mm • ISO125

Location: The 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 Silent Sunday: 03.10

Silent Sunday

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 9

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

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

God Bless. Take time for yourself, take a walk, smell the flowers and enjoy your week. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

Pardon Me, My Itch Needs Scratching

Sometimes Ya Gotta Do

What Ya Gotta Do

***Pardon My Scratching,***
***I just Gotta take***
***Care of My Itching***

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

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

God Bless. Rainy Day here. Hope you have sunshine ☀️ and are able to enjoy the outdoors. Have a wonderful blessed weekend. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

Textures in B & W: MM

Textures are everywhere, in everything if you look closely and really contemplate the esthetics of common everyday objects.

Ordinary objects of olden days …

Not overlooking what’s right beneath you …

Enjoying the variety in the outdoors …

And the many textures within new constructions in the neighbourhood.

Sarah’s Monochrome Madness #3-Textures

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm 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 so very much.

2024 CMMC: March — Close Up or Macro

These close-ups were all captured during mine & Coleman’s latest visit to (I was so worried you lay down. You don’t just – Apple iPhone’s Siri trying to type what was said to my grandson, oops) our local museum’s nature trail.

We started this visit with a walk through the Dinosaurs Exhibitions …

Then we moved on the Nature Trail and a walk around the Pond …

And ended our visit with a stroll through the Garden in The Farm …

***Great Mullein***
***Verbascum thapsus***

New life is slowly starting to arrive and in the next few weeks new growth will begin to emerge in abundance.

***Ranunculus acris***
***Common Buttercup***

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Close Up or Macro

Cee’s FOTD

Cameras: 1/2) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 3/4) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

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

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

2024 CFFC: Pairs

Good day everyone. Today it is supposed to rain again. It seems like it has been raining every other day lately. However, it is a pleasure to get out and about in the beautiful outdoors whenever the weather is warm and sunny.

Here are my entries for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week showing Pairs.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Pairs

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

2024 FOTD: 03.06 —

Prunus cerasoides

The **Wild Himalayan Cherry**
or **Sour Cherry**
is a species of
deciduous cherry tree
in the family Rosaceae.

Cameras: Top (1/2) iPhone 14 Pro Max; Bottom (3) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

Location: Nature Trail; 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 Macro Monday: 03.04

Fioretto Cauliflower

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

Settings: f/5.6 • 1/200 • 123mm • ISO100

Location: The 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 #8

***Mustard Plants***
***In the Garden***
***In the Farm***
***The Schiele Museum of Natural History***

Think About It Tuesday

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

2024 Monday Portrait: 03.03.24

Welcome to The Farm

***Goats Welcoming***
**Us to The Farm**

Monday Portrait-03.04.24

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

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

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

Windows Under Construction #5

Continuing the Observation of

Windows Under Construction

The construction of the new school is coming along nicely now that spring is on the way. You can observe the different sizes and shapes of the windows taking shape in the school buildings.

Ludwig’s Monday Window

Cameras: 1) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2-4) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

Location: Shot from Parking Lot; 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.

2024 RDP: Friday—March

Stand Up, Get Moving— We’re Marching into Spring

Split Cupped Collar Daffodils (Narcissus’Valdrome’)

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Friday – March

Cee’s Which Way Challenge- Any Type of Road, Path, Sign, Step, or Bridge

Silent Sunday

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge 2024 Week 8

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens

Location: Garden in 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 CWWC: February— Any Type of Road, Path, Sign, Step, or Bridge

Round Two

On the Way to & At the Museum

Heading to the Bus Stop …

Arriving at the Museum …

Along the Nature Trail …

Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm and Canon EF-S55-250mm lenses.

Location: From Bus Stop on Stoneybrook Avenue; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

Sandbox Road Construction Engineered by Coleman

Cee’s Which Way Challenge- Any Type of Road, Path, Sign, Step, or Bridge

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.

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

2024 Last on the Card — February 29

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

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Pick a Topic from my Photo

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

2024 CosPhoChal: Wide Open Spaces

— In Monochrome —

Cosmic Photo Challenge-Wide Open Spaces

Cameras: 1 & 3) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

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

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

2024 OWS: Shadow

Shadows can be seen everywhere, at least when the sun is shining brightly. Shadows materialize along walkways, piers, and trails as well as anywhere imaginable.

Here are my entries for Debbie’s OWS Challenge this week which calls for us to show our SHADOW.

***Shadows of Bushes, Trees, & Coleman Warlick Family YMCA***

***Shadows of the Fencing & Coleman***
***Warlick Family YMCA***

***Shadows of Trees***
***The Schiele Museum of Natural History***

***Shadows of Trees, Coleman, & Myself***
***Anne Springs Close Greenway***

***Shadows along the Pier***
***& in the Lake***
***Anne Springs Close Greenway***

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Shadow

Cameras: 1-4) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 5) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

Locations: Various sites in North and South Carolina, USA

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

2024 CWWC: Roads with any sign

On the Road or on the Trail Signs let us know where we are, where we are headed, and Which Way not to travel.

My entries for this week’s CWWC …

Cee’s Which Way Challenge- Roads with any sign

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

2024 CMMC: Pick a Topic from my Photo

My entries for Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge this week were all taken at Goat Island Park & Greenway along the South Fork River Trail, a part of the Carolina Thread Trail System one year ago in February 2023.

***Yellow, Green, Brown,***
***Pair, Two***

Yellow, Green, Brown, Two, Pair,
Two people playing
Disc Golf in the Park

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

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

God Bless. Thank you for visiting the Greenway and sharing your time and thoughts with us.

2024 Wordless Wednesday: 02.21

FOTD

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm 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.

2024 Macro Monday: 02.19 — Liking What You See?

***The Eye Sees All***
***Greenway Horse’s Eye***

Macro Monday

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

Settings: f/5.6 • 1/125s • 200mm • ISO3200

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

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

Lovingly Amazing Views of Robinwood Lake

Sparkles ✨, Sun ☀️Rays,

and Refreshing Reflections

I bought a Sedremm Compatible with 58mm Star Filter set containing 4 Points, 6 Points, and 8 Points for my Christmas present to myself.

On this week’s visit to the Warlick YMCA I tried out using the 8 Point Star Filter attached the my Canon EF-S55-250mm lens on my Canon EOS Rebel T3i. I think some of the shots came out pretty cool looking, mind you I am only barely learning to use the Star filters.

Whatsoever Is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 6

Water, Water, Everywhere

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

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

2024 CMMC: February —

Walnut Brown Color

***Anolis carolinensis***
**Carolina anole**

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Walnut Brown Color

Thursday Doors-02.15.24

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

2024 CFFC: Weathered Wood

With the weather somewhat improving and a bit warmer (still not warm enough – jacket weather), Coleman and I are able to venture out on the trails for some delightful hiking. The trails are pretty muddy due to all the strong rainstorms we’ve been experiencing. Some of the trails are blocked off as closed for maintenance due to the damage occurring from the storms.

However, we managed to observe some amazingly beautiful sights ( not posted here.) Since we always hike in the woods, we (I) were able to capture a variety of weathered wood for this week’s challenge of Cee’s CFFC.

***Weathered Wood***
***Inside a Tree Trunk***

***Weathered Log***
***Floating in***
***Robinwood Lake***

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Weathered Wood

Cameras: 1-2) iPhone 14 Pro Max – Telephoto Camera; 3-4) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens

Location: Green Trail/Quartz Loop; Warlick Family YMCA; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.

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

2024 Share Your Desktop—February

On My Laptop:

Click on each photo
for an enlarged image view

On My iPhone 14 Pro Max:

Photos appear on
my Personal, Hiking,
and Reading Focuses

Naturally, my desktop wallpapers include my beloved Coleman, my favourite subject, my heart, my love.

Share Your Desktop-February 2024

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

Windows Under Construction #4

School Construction — Slow Progress

The construction on the new school next to The Schiele Museum is making extremely slow progress. However, I think with spring being on the way the construction progress may increase as the weather starts to improve.

Ludwig’s Monday Window

Cameras: 1) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2-4) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

Location: Shot from Parking Lot; 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.

2024 Monday Portrait: 02.12

A Highland Cow

(bos taurus taurus)

***Maybe You’d Like***
***a Frontal Snapshot?***

***Or Perhaps***
***I Should Come***
***a Little Closer?***

Let’s Make a Deal,
I’ll Give You One More Shot …
This is My Final Pose!

Monday Portrait

Camera: 1) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; 2-5) iPhone 14 Pro Max – Ultra wide Camera

Location: Greenway 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.

2024: Pull Up a Seat —

Coleman Style

***… on a “Horse”***
***Giddy Up Coleman***

One never knows where Coleman will decide to Pull Up a Seat for a spell. The first two are of places he chose to Pull Up a Seat at the Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia and the third one is of his selection in the Greenway.

XingfuMamas Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge: Week 6

Camera: 1 & 3) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; 2) iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

Lovely Day Spent Hiking —ASCG Stables

Coleman Loves the Greenway

Hiking the Greenway

Cee’s Which Way Challenge-Dirt Roads or Dirt Pathways or trails

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 5

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i

Location: Greenway Stables Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway (ASCG); Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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

2024 CWWC: Dirt Roads or Dirt Pathways or trails

Hiking Trails in the Carolinas

Cee’s Which Way Challenge-Dirt Roads or Dirt Pathways or trails

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i

Locations: 1-3) The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina; 4-8) Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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

2024 Thursday Doors – At the Grist Mill in Monochrome

Thursday Doors-02.08.24

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

Location: Nature Trail; 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.

Schiele Museum Goats X Three

***Go Ahead and Relax***
***I’m Gonna Find Me Something To Eat***

***But First I Gotta***
***Take Care Of This Itch***

Thursday Trios

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 55-250mm lens.

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

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

2024 CMMC: Close Up or Macro

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.

***Brassica oleracea***
***Wild Cabbage***

***Verbascum thapsus***
***Common Mullein***

Sedum Coccinea
AKA Stonecrop
***or Dragon’s Blood***

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Close Up or Macro

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.

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

2024 Wordless Wednesday—02.07.24_Museum Spillway

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Jez’s Water water Everywhere #208

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 55-250mm lens.

Location: Nature Trail; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

Black Bears + on Display

Bears in the Museum

***The Kermode bear,***
***sometimes called the spirit bear***
***(Ursus americanus kermodei),***
***is a subspecies of***
***the American black bear.***

Coleman
Exploring the
American Black Bear
Ursus americanus

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #1: The Letter B

MWM

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 55-250mm lens

Location: North American Exhibits; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Floral Friday: Mother of Millions

***Mother of Millions***
***(Kalanchoe laetivirens)***

Floral Friday

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

Location: 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.

2024 Last on the Card — January

Last on my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:

***Grist Mill***
***Gastonia, North Carolina***

Last on my iPhone 14 Pro Max:

Last on the Card

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

2024 FOTD: 01.30.24__Narcissus ‘Delibes

***Large-Cupped Daffodil***
***(Narcissus ‘Delibes’)***

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

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

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

In Need of Tender Loving Care

Burial Place
for
Asa and Irene (Watson) Watson
[Not an error… Watson married Watson.]

Gragg Cemetery
Sands, Watauga County, North Carolina

The Gragg Cemetery is one of several burial sites for my maternal paternal (my mother’s father’s) ancestors. Asa and Irene Watson are my second great aunt and uncle on my mother father’s side of the family. I have not been to visit the cemetery since before the shut down in 2020. This photo was taken when I visited the Watauga County, North Carolina area back in March of 2012. I have been limited recently in my transportation resources, but I hope to visit the area soon (probably not until spring … I do not want to drive in snowy conditions.)

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

2024 FOTD: Verbesina alternifolia

***Yellow Wingstem***
***Yellow Ironweed***
**(Verbesina alternifolia)**

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

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

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

2024 WWE #204 — Cormorant Gathering

We’ve had a lot of rain off and on lately, so I thought I would do a little wishful thinking and dreaming of spending time at the Catawba River near the Fort Mill Dam with Coleman. Therefore I created a video compilation of a previous time we enjoyed exploring trails along the Catawba River and the Fort Mill Dam.

Double-crested Cormorants
(Phalacrocorax auritus)

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #204

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 55-250mm lens.

Location: Catawba River; Fort Mill Dam; 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 Floral Friday: Mother of Millions

Floral Friday

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

Location: 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.

2024 FOTD: 01.11 — Appalachian Spring Dogwood

Appalachian Spring Dogwood
Cornus florida ‘Appalachian Spring’

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

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

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

2024 FOTD: Nectar for Two

***1) Delta Flower Scarab***
***(Trigonopeltastes delta)***

***2) Papilio troilus,***
***the spicebush swallowtail***

Both the Delta Flower Scarab and the Black Swallowtail butterfly enjoy feasting on the nectar of the Cephalanthus occidentalis, also known as the Buttonbush; Button Bush.