2024 Macro Monday: 01.08 — Ghost Crab

Ocypode quadrata

Ghost Crab
( Ocypode quadrata )

Macro Monday

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S10-18mm 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.

Haigler Loop’s Sunshiny Yellow Canada Goldenrod

Solidago canadensis
Common Name(s): Canada Goldenrod
Canadian Goldenrod

Six Word Saturday

Sunny Sunday

Silent Sunday

XingfuMama’s Whatever is Lovely Challenge: 2024-Week 1

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.

Location: Haigler Loop; Lake Haigler 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 FOTD: January 6 — Verbena

Verbena peruviana purple

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

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

Settings: f/6.3 • 1/320 • 250mm • ISO1250

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.

Floral Friday: 01.05.23 — Wood Spurge

Euphorbia Walberton’s Ruby Glow


Cee’s Flower of the Day

Floral Friday

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

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 very much.

2024 CWWC: Which ways with snow or the color white

I have not seen any snow recently or in the past year, so I am going to let y’all see some of the WHITE which I have seen along the various trails that Coleman and I have hiked in 2023.

First up is a hike with the Anne Springs Close Greenway Hiking Club where some of the hikers are wearing white. Everybody was not ready for the photo; I like to catch people unaware when I can. you may also notice the white in the Archers Loop sign and the white clouds in the sky. It was a beautiful, picturesque day.

Archers Loop
Adventure Road
Anne Springs Close Greenway Hiking Club
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

Next up is the white Riverwalk Bridge as seen from the Piedmont Medical Center Trail that we have hiked with the hiking club and on our own. Coleman loves to hike along the Catawba River whenever we get the opportunity.

Riverwalk Bridge
over the Catawba River
Riverwalk Trailhead
Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

Below is capturing a hike we were able to do with Coleman’s mom and sister. It is near one of the locations his mom works at sometimes. Here we are on the Baxter Village Trail, a part of the Carolina Thread Trail System.

Baxter Village Trail
Carolina Thread Trail
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
Baxter Village Trail
Carolina Thread Trail
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

This next trail is one Coleman and I hiked on our own. I parked at the Boulder Access Parking lot, and we found the entrance to the trail. We hiked approximately two and a half miles before we turned around and headed back to the car. The trail goes on for miles crossing from North Carolina into South Carolina. We were not prepared to go that distance on this hike.

Boulders Overlook
Boulder Access Area
Crowders Mountain State Park
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, USA

For another hike we stopped at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden to hike and enjoy the many marvelous flowers grown there. This is the covered walkway leading into the gardens. Notice the vines growing around the white pillars and Coleman trying to balance on the brick edging along the walkway.

Coleman
at
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
Belmont, North Carolina, USA

Lastly, I know you cannot see the trail, but I wanted to leave you with a beautiful white flower of Queen Anne’s Lace to enjoy.

Queen Anne’s Lace
(Daucas carota)
Lake Haigler Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

Cee’s Which Way Challenge-Which ways with snow or the color white

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

God Bless. Thank you for tagging along with us as we remembered our amazing hikes. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 CMMC: Close Up or Macro

Cabbage

1/250 • 194mm • ISO 160
Canon EF-S55-250mm lens
1/200 • 146mm • ISO 400
Canon EF-S55-250mm lens
1/100 • 55mm • ISO 200
Canon EF-S55-250mm lens

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Close Up or Macro

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

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

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

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

Wordless Wednesday: 01.03.24 — Orchids

Oncidopsis orchids

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Photo Credit: (c) 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

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

WWE: 2024 #1 — Near the Grist Mill

Water Abstract
Water Reflections
Water Ripples

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #123

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

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

Location: Grist Mill; 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.

Macro Monday: 01.01.24

Savoy Cabbage

Savoy Cabbage

Macro Monday

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

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 visiting The Farm and sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.

Monday Portrait: 01.01.24 —Squirrel Chasing

Squirrel Chasing
Squirrel Activity
The Schiele Museum of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

Monday Portrait

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

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

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

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. Have a happy and Blessed New Year! I appreciate y’all very much.

Last on the Card — December 2023

From My Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max:

Golden Hour Sunset

From My Canon EOS Rebel T3i:

Coleman Petting Goat
at The Holiday at The Farm
The Schiele Museum of Natural History;
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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.

2023 CMMC: December — Pick a Topic from my Photo

Cee’s Photo

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

Shapes, sign, green, lines

Turning Right past the farm you enter the Nature Trail. This directional sign points the way.

Poles, Signs, Green, Black,
shapes, bushes (and trees in background)

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.

2023 LAPC: Last Chance — Part II

2023 — A Year in Review — Second Chance/LastChance

July 2923:

Mimosa,
Shameplant or
Sensitive Plant (Mimosa pudica) flowers;
Gaston County Warlick Family YMCA;
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

August 2023:

Killdeer –
Charadrius vociferus;
Robinwood Lake;
Warlick Family YMCA;
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

September 2023:

Coleman;
Aquarium Exhibits;
The Schiele Museum of Natural History;
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

October 2023:

Coleman;
Horse Road Entrance;
Anne Springs Close Greenway;
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

November 2023:

Nyssa sylvatica,
commonly known as tupelo,
black tupelo, black gum or sour gum;
Lake Haigler; Lake Haigler Entrance;
Anne Springs Close Greenway;
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

December 2033:

Coleman;
Holiday at The Farm;
The Schiele Museum of Natural History;
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge—Last Chance

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

2023 LAPC: Last Chance — Part I

2023 — A Year in Review — Second Chance/LastChance

Posting a Year in Review is something I have never done or dreamed of doing before. It is, however, a chance to reflect on the past year and reflect on the choices I’ve made. Why was one picture chosen previously, but not this particular one? Isn’t this picture worthy of being shared as well? I have decided to divide this challenge into two parts. Part One will be covering the first six months of 2023 giving a second/last chance to a select chosen photo from each month. In Part Two, I will dedicate to the last six months (including this one) of 2023 breathing life into previously passed over photos.

January 2023:

Honoring All Veterans
Veterans Wall
Glencairn Gardens
Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

February 2023:

Coleman
Climbing the Bridge
South Fork River Park
4185 Mountainview St
Gastonia, North Carolina 28056

March 2023:

Coleman In
Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
Belmont, North Carolina, USA

April 2023:

Coleman
The Schiele Museum of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

May 2023:

Yellow Daylily
Gaston County

Warlick Family YMCA
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

June 2033:

A Greenway Horse
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge—Last Chance

God Bless. May your New Year be Blessed, Be Prosperous, and Full of Happiness. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all.

2023 RDP: Monday—SUCCULENT

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.

Phedimus kamtschaticus
Goldmoss stonecrop
Pacific Shadows Sempervivum
Hens & Chicks

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.

Christmas’ Pastime Memories

Memories from Christmas Pastimes ranging from 1956 – 2023 in no particular order or pattern.

Monday Portrait

Ragtag Daily Prompt – HOLIDAY

Photo Credit: ©️ Deb L. Waters

Created with Google Highlight Video Creator

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

A Radiately Beautiful Ray of Sunshine

Calendula arvensis (Yellow)
Field Marigold

Silent Sunday

Sunny Sunday

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

XingfuMama’s Whatever is Lovely Challenge: 2023 – Week 52

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

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

Floral Friday: 12.22.23 — Penny Yellow Pansy

Viola cornuta ‘Penny Yellow’

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Floral Friday

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF75-300mm lens

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

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

2023 CMMC: December —Alphabet two T’s

NarraganseTT turkey
TriceraTops replica
KiTTy Cat
Tiger 🐅 cat

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-December Alphabet two T’s

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

Cameras: 1 & 3) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 55-250mm lens; 2) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 10-18mm lens.

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

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

2023 Thursday Doors — Deadly Traps

Deadly Traps
Venus Fly Trap

Dan’s Thursday Doors

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 10-18mm 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.

A Trio of Christmas Trees at The Farm

Christmas Trees
in the Garden
Christmas Trees
by the Rabbits
Coleman by
Christmas Trees
near the Educational Arena

Thursday Trios

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

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

2023 CFFC: White

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.

Winter sock skating
on White “ice”
Black bird on
White “snow”
in an exhibit

Now, for a look around The Farm.

A mostly White Goat
White Lights
on
Christmas Trees
Nagoya White
Ornamental Kale Plant

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

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

2023 Share Your Desktop—December

On my iPhone:

I actually have a different wallpaper for three different focus pages:

Coleman Collage
Coleman on Engine 4
Gastonia Fire Department Station 4
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Terry Leon Wilson
1954-2018
Vietnam Veteran

On my Laptop:

Lake Haigler
Lake Haigler Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
Coleman
laying on the grass
after sliding down the “Slide”
Lake Haigler Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

Clare’s Share Your Desktop-December 2023

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

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

God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. Looking forward to seeing y’all’s desktops. I appreciate y’all.

2023 Floral Friday: 12.15 — Orchid

Orchid

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Floral Friday

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF75-300mm lens

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

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

2023 CFFC: From Sky to Sea the Blues Always Shine

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Blue

Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved

Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

2023 FOTD: Orchids

Orchid
Orchids

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️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

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

2023 WWE — Beautiful Reflections

Lake Haigler
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West side
of Lake Haigler
near Wild Azalea
South side
of
Lake Haigler
Between the Trees
on the Backside
of Lake Haigler

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #202

Photo Credit: (c)2023 Deb L. WatersAll Rights Reserved.

Cameras: 1-2) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 3-4) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 55-250mm lens.

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

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

Floral Friday: Narcissus tazetta

AKA: paperwhite, bunch-flowered narcissus,
bunch-flowered daffodil, Chinese sacred lily,
cream narcissus, joss flower,
and polyanthus narcissus

Narcissus tazetta ( bunched-flowered daffodil) is a perennial ornamental plant that grows from a bulb.

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Floral Friday

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

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

2023 Thursday Trios: Baa Baa Sheep

Thursday Trios

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.

Wordless Wednesday: Rhododendron ‘conlec’

Azalea Autumn Royalty

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

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-S75-300mm lens

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

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

2023 FOTD: 5 December – Viola x wittrockiana

Red Pansy

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.

2023 Macro Monday: Anolis carolinensis

Carolina Anole

Macro Monday

Photo Credit: ©️2021 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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

Location: Fort Mill Dam; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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

2033 Last on the Card: November

From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:

Coleman
wearing his new
Fireman’s Hat
from Station #4

From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:

Sheep in The Farm
at the Schiele Museum
of Natural History

Last on the Card

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.

2023 CMMC – November Alphabet “R” at the end of a word

Here is my entry for this week’s challenge:

First, Looking up to the sky above …

we spot a Helicopter

Next, a look at (almost Coleman’s) eye level …

a beautiful Flower

And finally, gazing beneath us …

We see beautiful
reflections in the
Water of Lake Haigler

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

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

Locations: 1) Gastonia, North Carolina; 2-3) 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.

2023 Thursday Trios: Goats at The Farm

Goats 🐐

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.

The Goats
can relax and
have fun now.
Goat 🐐 Life
at The Farm

Thursday Trios

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.

Edible Plants at The Farm

View from Below
View from Above
Side View

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

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

Water Reflections and Autumn Leaves

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

Water Water Everywhere #200

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.

2023 Macro Monday: Raindrops in the Garden

Purple Pansy

Macro Monday

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

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

2023 Monday Portrait: Look at me … Not the Others

Goat at
The Farm

Monday Portrait

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.

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

2023 OWS: Various Angles around the Grist Mill

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.

Spattering of Raindrops on a Pansy

Purple Pansy

Debbies Six Word Saturday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Whatsoever Is Lovely-Week 47

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

2023 LAPC #276 — Looking Downward & Looking Upward

Looking Down
upon the Water 💦
Looking Up
at a Ray of Sunshine
Peeking through the Clouds
Looking Downward
upon the Grist Mill
Looking Upward
through the Trees
to the Stormy Sky

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.

Floral Friday: 11.24 – Fallen Leaves

Maple Leaf
surrounded by
Bald Cypress
(Taxodium Distichum)

Floral Friday

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.

FOTD: 11.21 — Butterfly Nourishment

Gulf Fritillary
on a Zinnia

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.

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

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

2023 OWS: Back

A Hog at
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
J B Hunt Ad
on the Back of a
J B Hunt Tractor Trailer

on I-485
[My husband drove for J B Hunt at one time].
Backside of a
Little Library

Rankin Lake Park
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Backpack on
Coleman’s Backside

Lake Crandall;
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
Trifolium hybridum
Common Name:
Alsike Clover

Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

One Word Sunday Challenge-Back

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