2025 Flower of the Day: 17.09

Zinnia elegans

Zinnia elegans

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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

2025 CFFC: September 16 — Hobb(y)ies — Take Two

This week Dan of No Facilities, the host for the Fun Foto Challenge has chosen to continue with the theme of hobby/hobbies for us to continue show images of our hobbies we enjoy doing. This theme gives us a wide range of ideas about what we would like to post.

Last week I shared my hobbies of photography and hiking. I was glad to see some of Dan’s hiking adventures in his post this week. This week I’m displaying images of two different types of hobbies I enjoy.

The first one is my favourite, that of reading. I don’t normally have photos of my reading or of what I’m reading, however, I did find a few in my archives that should demonstrate sufficiently.

The second on here is one I enjoy, but haven’t had much time for lately. It is one that requires a vast amount of time on the computer or out and about in family history libraries, cemeteries, reunions, or genealogical conferences. Have you guessed yet what this hobby might be? If you guessed Genealogy you would be absolutely correct. I love researching and finding out more and more about my ancestors and our family history.

Dan’s Fun Foto (CFFC)-Photos of Your Hobby Part 2

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Photo Credit:©️2021-2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

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

Hope to see y’all on Friday with the Which Way Challenge (CWWC)The theme for this week will be … Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way with Tunnels and/or Underpasses (Ways under Bridges or Trestles).

2025 Sunday Stills: 14 September

Monthly Monthly Color Challenge

Vibrant Yellow

and Orange Hues

When I originally looked at the theme for September’s Monthly Color Challenge, I read Ocher, saffron (yellow hues), plus burnt orange so I went searching for more neutral shades of yellow. Today, when I checked Terri’s post it shows Vibrant Yellow and Orange Hues which is quite the contrast. Therefore, I might have chosen a mixture of both colour palettes.

Yellowish Florals …

Common Eastern Bumblebee
on Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia,
aka Wingstem
Dahlia ‘Ms Kennedy’
Yellow Roses
Marigold

Orangey Florals …

Orange Day-Lily
Orange Zinnia

Non Floral Yellows and Orange

Terri’s Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge

Terri’s Sunday Stills

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Photo Credit:©️2022-2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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

2025 Floral Friday/FOTD: 12 September

Late Summer Blossom

Zinnia

Bren’s Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Photo Credit: ©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

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

2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC) – Any Which Way Capturing People Unaware

Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). This week I have chosen Any Which Way Capturing People Unaware for this week’s theme. The Which Way can be any path, sidewalk, trail, or road as long as the Which Way is clearly discernible. For further information regarding the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) feel free to check out the home page here.

Here are my Which Ways entries:

Click on each image to enlarge.

Thank you to those who have participated and supported the Which Ways Challenge. I appreciate y’all sharing your Which Ways with us. 

For an idea of other’s Which Ways from this past week’s challenge, be sure to click on the following links below.

Brian’s Going up

TGeriatri’x’’s Which Way With Steps And Ladder

Dawn’s Which Way: Steps Inside and Outside the Library

Suzette’s For Deb’s —CWWC Which Way Challenge

Next week theme will be … Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way with Tunnels and/or Underpasses (Ways under Bridges or Trestles)

Photo Challenge:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

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

2025 Flower of the Day (FOTD): 11 September

Zinnia elegans

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

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

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

2025 CFFC: September 09 — Hobby Photos

This week Dan of No Facilities, the host for the Fun Foto Challenge has selected a unique theme. He had chosen to ask us to show images of our hobbies. This theme gives us a wide range of ideas about what we would like to post.

I have chosen to combine two of my hobbies for this challenge. The selections are using my Hobby of Photography with my Hobby of Hiking. All of my photos I’m including are of my Hiking with Coleman (I know you won’t see me, but I’m in every picture as I’m the photographer).

Here are my contributions …

Dan’s Fun Foto (CFFC)-Photos of Your Hobby

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Photo Credit:©️2021-2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

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

Hope to see y’all on Friday with the Which Way Challenge (CWWC)The theme for this week will be … Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way Capturing People Unaware.

Floral Macro Monday: 09.09.2025

Verbesina alternifolia

Common Eastern Bumblebee
on Wingstem
Common Eastern Bumblebee
on Wingstem
aka Yellow Ironweed

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Macro Monday (MM)

Macro Monday 

Cee’s/Chris’ FOTD

Cee’s FOTD

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters 

Camera:Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: River Link Greenway Trail; Goat Island Park and Greenway; 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 Flower of the Day: 06 September

Creeping Cauticola Sedum

Sedums are large flowering plants in the Crassulaceae family, known as Stonecrops. They a leaf succulents found primarily in the Northern Hemisphere, but also extend into the Southern Hemisphere in Africa and South America.

Aka Stonecrops, Succulents

These Sedum Stonecrops are grown in a rectangular container planter outside of Confluence in downtown Cramerton, North Carolina.

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Photo Credit: 2025 Deb L Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Outside Confluence; Downtown Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Floral Friday: 05.09

Mailbox Flower Planter

Be careful not to knock over the Flowers

Bren’s Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Photo Credit: ©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which With with Stairs, Steps, and/or Ladders

Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). This week I have chosen Any Which With with Stairs, Steps, and/or Ladders for this week’s theme. The Which Way can be any path, sidewalk, trail, or road as long as the Which Way is clearly discernible. For further information regarding the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) feel free to check out the home page here.

Here are my Which Ways entries:

Let’s Start with looking at some Stairs

Stairs leading to the Tracks
Cramerton, NC
Coleman on the Stairs
leading to the Swinging Bridge
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, SC

Next, shall we check out some Steps …

Steps to the
St. Simons Island Lighthouse
Saint Simons Island, Georgia
As always Signs are always welcome.
My daughter’s Sign of climbing
all 129 Steps of the Lighthouse.
Coleman behind the
Caution Steps Sign
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, SC
Downward Steps
along a trail at
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, SC
Coleman near bottom of
Steps leading to
the Disc Golf Trail
Goat Island Park and Greenway
Cramerton, NC

Finally, we’ll discover a couple of Which Ways with Ladders …

Ladders on a stand at
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, SC
Coleman climbing
a deer stand Ladder
Lake Wylie, SC

Thank you to those who have participated and supported the Which Ways Challenge. I appreciate y’all sharing your Which Ways with us. 

For an idea of other’s Which Ways from this past week’s challenge, be sure to click on the following links below.

Dawn’s Wedding Crossing

Brian’s Busy people (work or play)

Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery’s One Against Many

Deb’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC)-Any Which With with Stairs, Steps, and/or Ladders

Next week we’ll be looking to Capture People Unaware in our Which Ways.

Photo Challenge:©️2021-2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

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

2025 Thursday Trios: 04 September

Hydrangea paniculata

Hydrangea paniculata
Hydrangea paniculata’Limelight’

For more information about Thursday Trios check out Mama Cormier’s page by clicking here

Thursday Trios 

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Remembering Bren

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Goat Island Entrance; Downtown Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA 

God Bless. Enjoy the rest of your week and have a marvelous weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 CFFC: September 02 — Time of Day_Night

A Stop

on a

Weary Trip

Nighttime is not a time when I venture out anywhere, my vision no longer allows me to see clearly to drive or walk any distance. Hence, I ventured back through time in my archives to a time when I was out at night (after dark).

The images I have chosen are from one extremely weary day back in January of 2019. It was a sad and weary time for traveling. These were taken at the Mississippi Welcome Center where my daughter and I stopped to rest and stretch our legs before heading back home from our trip to Plano, Texas.

Mississippi Welcome Sign
Mississippi River Bridge
We crossed from
Louisiana into Mississippi
Civil War Canon
and Confederate Flag
at the Mississippi
Welcome Center (2019)
Mississippi Welcome Center
I-20 (2019)

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Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)-Night

Photo Credit:©️2019 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone XR

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

Hope to see y’all on Friday with the Which Way Challenge (CWWC)The theme for this week will be … Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which With Stairs, Steps, and/or Ladders.

2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Which ways on a cloudy or stormy day

Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). This week I have chosen Which ways on a cloudy or stormy day for this week’s theme. The Which Way can be any path, sidewalk, trail, or road as long as the Which Way is clearly discernible. For further information regarding the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) feel free to check out the home page here.

Here are my Which Ways entries:

Whether traveling by car or hiking on foot there are times we run across storms and/or clouds in our pathways/roadways. These are a few examples of what we have endured in our adventures.

US 321
Blowing Rock, NC
October 9, 2017

US 321
Blowing Rock, NC
October 9, 2017

NC State Hwy 74
Charlotte, NC

September 16, 2024

W. Wilkinson Blvd
Cramerton, NC
September 26, 2024

Thank you to those who have participated and supported the Which Ways Challenge. I appreciate y’all sharing your Which Ways with us. 

For an idea of other’s Which Ways from this past week’s challenge, be sure to click on the following links below.

TGeriatrix’s From Spain to Portugal

Brian’s Arrows (point the way)

Dawn’s Which Way: Down Dunlap Creek

Pepper’s Off to an Adventure

Sandy’s A Path Through Luscious Color

Deb’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC)-Which ways on a cloudy or stormy day

Ragtag Daily Prompt (RDP): Wednesday-Downpour

Photo Credit:©️2017-2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Apple iPhones 7 Plus; 14 Pro Max; and 16 Pro Max

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take a Hike/Walk. Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Note: Next week we will be looking at Any Which Ways with People.

2025 Flower of the Day: 22.08

Helleborus orientalis

Helleborus orientalis
Aka Lenten rose

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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

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

Location: Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden (now called Daniel Stowe Conservancy); Belmont, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 CFFC: August 19th — Time of Day_Evening

Dan from No Facilities is the host for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge. He is doing an amazing job guiding us with his theme prompts keeping this challenge alive. His theme for this week is Time of Day-Evening.

The selections I chose were all taken at a recent town concert from early evening to mid-evening in Cramerton, North Carolina. The Town held a Back to School Kids Show and Concert. I discussed the Kids Show in my Six Word Saturday post you can check out by clicking here. For this CFFC post I’m mainly sharing scenes from the Evening’s Concert featuring the Caleb Davis Band.

The Caleb Davis with the Caleb Davis Band has an impressive musical background and training. According to his Facebook profile Caleb plays a wide range of musical genres and toured as a sideman with numerous Country, Gospel, and R&B acts. Around 2009 he formed the Caleb Davis Band with his long-time friend Justin Morehead. They have been working to form their own signature sound and groove.

Coleman and I only managed to stay for the beginning portion of the Concert featuring the Caleb Davis Band. Even though their background information states that they play a wide range of genres, the music we heard the band playing lean more towards the heavy metal genre style of music. That style of music is definitely not what I consider my favourite genre of music. It was so loud and blaring Coleman was covering his ears, it was extremely difficult to listen. After leaving the concert, the volume was so loud we could still hear it from our house several blocks away. Their musical style may be fine for some who like that type of music, however, we will not be listening to it again.

Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)-Evening

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV filter attachment.

Location: Centennial Center; Downtown Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Enjoy the rest of your week. Hope to see y’all on Friday with the Which Way Challenge (CWWC). We will be discovering Which ways on a cloudy or stormy day for this Friday’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC). Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Flower of the Day: 19 August

Lagerstroemia speciosa

Queen’s crepe-myrtle
Lagerstroemia speciosa,
aka Pride of India

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Take time to admire Nature’s Beauty. Smell the flowers. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Floral Macro Monday: 18.08.2025

Hibiscus moscheutos

Swamp rose mallow

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Macro Monday (MM)

Macro Monday 

Cee’s/Chris’ FOTD

Cee’s FOTD

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters 

Camera:Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; 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 Flower of the Day: 08.16

Sunflower

Sunflower

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

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

2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Your Choice

Cee’s Which Way Challenge
CWWC
Cee’s Which Way Challenge

Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). This week I have chosen Any Which Way (Your Choice) for this week’s theme. The Which Way can be any path, sidewalk, trail, or road as long as the Which Way is clearly discernible. For further information regarding the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) feel free to check out the home page here.

Here are my Which Ways entries:

Thank you to those who have participated and supported the Which Ways Challenge. I appreciate y’all sharing your Which Ways with us. 

For an idea of other’s Which Ways from this past week’s challenge, be sure to click on the following links below.

Brian from Bushboys World’s Shadows (show the way)

TGeriatrix from Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery’s Which Way with shadows

Judy from Life Lessons’s For Deb’s Which Way Challenge with Shadows

Sandy from Out of My Write Mind’s Any Way Will Do Just Fine

Heidi from writestuff4u2c.com’s Shadows and/or silhouettes, Monochrome Madness #40 – Backlighting

Pepper from HeavensSunshine’s Deep Into a Tunnel

Dawn from The Day After’s Back Road Silhouette in BnW

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV & CPL filter attachments . 

Locations: Disc Golf Trail; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA 

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take a Hike/Walk. Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with e. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Floral Friday/FOTD: 08.15

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Photo Credit: ©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

2025 Flower of the Day: 14 August

Coreopsis auriculata

Lobed tickseed,
aka Coreopsis auriculata,
is a low-growing,
herbaceous perennial native
to the southeastern United States.

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Photo Credit:©️2020 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. No unauthorized use permitted.

Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max

Location: Andrew Jackson State Park; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take time to smell the flowers. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 CFFC: August 11th — Time of Day_Afternoon 

Dan from No Facilities is the host for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge. He is doing an amazing job guiding us with his theme prompts keeping this challenge alive. His theme for this week is Time of Day-Afternoon. I am combining this week’s challenge with Sunny Sunday, Weekend Sky, Judy’s Numbers Game #85-207, and Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #275.

Let’s start off today by admiring our Sunday Afternoon Weekend Sky …

It was wonderful to enjoy an amazing afternoon with beautiful Skies after so many rainy days and with more rain expected.

Now on to capturing Coleman’s many antics and expressions as he meanders here and there through Goat Island Park and Greenway.

There is more to share of our adventurous Sunny Sunday afternoon, however, I’ll wait for Friday’s Which Way Challenge to share them. This Friday I am allowing y’all to choose your own Which Ways you’d like to share with us.

Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)-Time of Day_Afternoon

Sunny Sunday

Weekend Sky

Judy’s Numbers Game #85-207

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #275

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV & CPL Filter attachments.

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

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

2025 CosPhoChal Flora Macro Monday

Floral Macros

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Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge-Close Up

Macro Monday (MM)

Macro Monday 

Cee’s/Chris’ FOTD

Cee’s FOTD

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters 

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV & CPL filter attachments.

Location: Centennial Center; 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 Silent Sunday: 10 August

Beeutiful Calendula officinalis

The Garden in The Farm
at The Schiele Museum
of Natural History

Bombus impatiens
Common Eastern Bumblebee

on a Calendula officinalis

Silent Sunday

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

 Cee’s FOTD

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. Stop and enjoy the Flowers. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 A Welcoming Bench in a Garden

Roscoe Village

Memorial Garden

Looking back to a trip my daughter and I took to visit (meet in person) cousins from my mother’s side of the family in Coshocton, Ohio.

Memorial Garden
Roscoe Village
Coshocton, Ohio

There is an area in Coshocton known as the Historic Roscoe Village. The Historic Roscoe Village is an 1830 Restored Canal Town. Roscoe Village began as a small port town in 1816 after a bankrupt merchant bet that rural farmers would rather do business there than have to shell out 25 cents for the ferryboat to Coshocton.

Today, the restored Roscoe Village stands as a testament to Ohio’s bygone Canal era.

My daughter
relaxing on a
Welcoming Garden Bench

The Frances Montgomery Memorial Garden is one of nine gardens in Roscoe Village and is located near the Visitors’s Center. This Garden is dedicated to honor Mrs. Frances Montgomery and her passion for gardening. The Gardens are planted throughout this restored 1800’s canal town.

The flower beds were created in the early 1970’s by Frances Montgomery out of her love for gardening. Many of the gardens have historical significance and assist in the education mission of Roscoe Village.

Click images to enlarge.

Jude’s Bench Challenge 

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 32

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

2025 Flower of the Day: 08.08

Ampelaster carolinianus

Ampelaster carolinianus
Climbing Aster

Please click on image to enlarge.

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max

Location: Lake Wylie, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Stop and smell the flowers. Admire their beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way with Shadows and/or silhouettes

Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). This week I have chosen Any Which Way with Shadows and/or silhouettes for this week’s theme. Shadows can be on any path, sidewalk, trail, or road as long as the Which Way is clearly discernible. For further information regarding the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) feel free to check out the home page here.

Here are my entries …

Coleman’s Shadows/Silhouettes

Coleman

Taken at Goat Island Park and Greenway at the end of the Riverlink Greenway Trail located in Cramerton, North Carolina.

Coleman’s arm
over his
Shadow/Silhouette

Trees and their Leaves Shadows

The above Shadows were captured at the Lake Haigler Entrance of the Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

Thank you to all who have supported and contributed to the Which Way Challenge this past week or at any time. Be sure to check out other Which Ways by clicking on the links below.

Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery’s Up And Down?

Brian from Bushboys World’s Lines (show the way)

Dawn from The Day After’s Way of the Fence Line

Pepper from HeavensSunshine’s A Straight and Crooked Path

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Cameras: 1-2) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV & CPL filter attachments; 3-7) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Locations: As Stated Above

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Enjoy a hike/walk in Nature. Admire Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Flower of the Day: 07 August

Silphium perfoliatum

Aka Cup plant, Cup-plant

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Photo Credit:©️2025 Mark Watson (my cousin) … All Rights Reserved.

Location: Ohio State Fair; Columbus, Ohio, USA

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

2025 Numbers Game #84-206

Judy from Life Lessons blog hosts a weekly photo challenge called The Numbers Game. This week’s number is 206. Her instructions for playing along are listed below …

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 Judy’s  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.

Please click on photos to enlarge.

Here are my entries …

Please click on photos to enlarge.

Judy’s Numbers Game #84-206

Cee’s Flower of the Day 

Photo Credit:©️1968-2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

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 CFFC: 28 July —Time of day_Morning …

Hike in the Mountains

Dan Antion is the host for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge. This week he is continuing with a perspective theme of Time of Day focusing on Morning.

We have had several thunderstorms this week, so therefore we haven’t been out and about much. Instead I’m reminiscing about a trip I took a few years ago with my oldest son for his birthday adventure. Since he wanted to drive the Blue Ridge Parkway, I was more than happy to ride along with him.

My entries for this week’s challenge are views from just one of our stops we sidetracked on during his Mountain adventure.

Taken at 10:54 am
(late morning) in 2017

Bluff Mountain Overlook is located at Milepost 243.4 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. It is a popular destination along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Bluff Mountain is visible from the Bluff Mountain Overlook. It offers breathtakingly spectacular views.

Foggy Morning
Mountain View

On a clear day, Bluff Mountain’s visibility is remarkably satisfying and amazingly delightful to gaze upon from the Overlook. At this point in our adventure clear visibility was not to be had, but that did not deter ills from looking around or venturing on a short hike along the Bluff Mountain Trail which is easily accessible from the Bluff Mountain Overlook.

Alligator Back

Bluff Mountain Trail  passes through grassy meadows and includes a challenging switchback ascent called Alligator BackAlligator Back is a short twenty (20) minute walk from Bluff Overlook.

The Predators

Until recently Predatory Birds and Mammals, those which preyed on other animals or were in conflict with humans, were termed “Varmints” and killed on sight. Fortunately, modern Ecology proves the vital interdependency of all wild plants and animals. Today Hawks and Owls, Black Bears, Bobcats, Foxes and Snakes continue to roam Parklands like this and help preserve the delicate balance of nature. [Informational notice on sign.]

Panoramic View from
Bluff Mountain Overlook

We hiked all around the overlook investigating the Predator area scenic views. To the right in the photo above and in the picture below is my eldest son, John. He is not normally into hiking, but he accommodated me in my thrill to explore the sights and perspective landscapes available to observe, explore, and admire.

My eldest son, John

As we drove further along the Blue Ridge Parkway our visibility improved dramatically unlike when we parked here at this location and the Air Bellows Overlook.

Air Bellows Overlook
 Parkway Milepost 236.9

Looking forward to checking out all your Morning Scenes. Hope to see y’all on Friday for the Which Way Challenge. This week we’ll be including Shadows in our Which Ways. Interested in finding more details about the Which Way challenge click here.

Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)-Morning

Photo Credit:©️2017 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 7 Plus Wide and Telephoto Cameras

Location: Bluff Mountain Overlook; Blue Ridge Parkway, 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 Macro Monday: 08.04

Floral Macro

Yucca gloriosa

The Yucca gloriosa species is known by the common names moundlily yucca and soft-tipped yucca. The Yucca gloriosa is also known as Roman candle, candle yucca, palm lily, and Spanish needle.

Close-up
of the
Yucca Flowers

Yucca gloriosa is caulescent, usually with several stems arising from the base, the base thickening in adult specimens. The leaves are long narrow, straight and very stiff. [The tips of the leaves are extremely sharp to the touch.]

Yucca gloriosa
with Raindrops

The inflorescence is a panicle up to 2.5 m (8 ft) long, of bell-shaped white flowers, sometimes tinged purple or red. The fruit is a leathery, elongate berry up to 8 cm (3 in) long. [We have not seen or noticed the berries on the Yucca plant as of yet.]

Moundlily Yucca 
and 
Soft-tipped Yucca

The habitat for Yucca gloriosa is normally on exposed sand dunes along the coast and barrier islands of the lower East Coast of the United States. [There are two (2) of the Yucca gloriosa grown as ornament plants on our front lawn.]

Yucca gloriosa has been known to cause skin irritation and even allergic reactions upon contact. The leaf points are even sharp enough to break the skin.

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Macro Monday (MM)

Macro Monday 

Cee’s/Chris’ FOTD

Cee’s FOTD

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters 

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Ultra Wide Camera

Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; 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 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Continuing Any which way with lines — Part Two

CWWC

Hope y’all have had a fantastic week so far. It’s Friday already and time for another Which Way ChallengeThis week we are continuing with the theme of (CWWC): Any which way with lines. This is the Second (2nd) week of the Which Way Challenge of Any Which Way with Lines. Remember your Which Ways should be clearly discernibleSigns are always welcome in your Which Way post. The photos can be ones you’ve taken recently or from your archives. Let’s all have fun! 

Here are my Which Ways for this week’s challenge … 

For enhanced/enlarged viewing click on each image. 

Thank you to all who have supported and contributed to the Which Way Challenge this past week or at any time. Be sure to check out other Which Ways by clicking on the links below.

Dawn from The Day After’s Which Way With Lines: A Drive Through the Poplars

Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery’s Roads With Lines

Next week we will be looking at Which Ways with Any type of Shadows and/or silhouettes.

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EG-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV & CPL Filter attachments.

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

God Bless. Take a walk/hike. Enjoy Nature’s beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 #SimplyRED #31 – Final Day for Red Squares

Throughout the month of July we have seen many Red Squares to pique our interests and delight us uplifting our spirits. Keep Calm you still have a few hours yet to join in and share your Red Squares.

Keep Calm Sign
at Señor Frog’s
in Cozumel, Mexico

I know myself and others have shared Red flowers in honor and in memory of Cee Neuner. What a beautiful way it has been to remember Cee in Becky’s #SimplyRed challenge.

Please don’t have a cow …

Riverbanks Zoo &
Botanical Gardens

Call a friend and have some fun. Squaring may be almost over for now, but alas Becky will host another Square Challenge again before you know it. The time will pass quickly, however you can still join in on this one for a few hours more.

Pay Phone in
Stone Mountain State Park
Roaring Gap, North Carolina

Stop and enjoy a beautiful Red Sunrise …

Andrew Jackson State Park
Lancaster, South Carolina
Red Sunrise

And Raise your flags proudly over the land …

United States of America Flag,
North Carolina Flag & Gastonia Flag
Warlick Family YMCA
Gastonia, NC

Thank you Becky for hosting the Squares Challenge and challenging us with this month’s #SimplyRed theme.

Becky’s #SimplyRed #31

Cee’s FOTD

Thursday Trios

Photo Credit:©️2017-2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

God Bless. See ya Red. Till next time Squares. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 CFFC: 28 July —Time of day_Dawn (Part 2)

Dan Antion is the host for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge. He’s doing an amazing job keeping Cee’s passion alive and fun.

I haven’t taken any early morning dawn shots since before school got out for the summer. Therefore, I went searching through my archives to determine what I might find to fit the theme of Time of Day-Dawn.

Here are my entries for this week’s CFFC challenge …

Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)

Photo Credit:©️2020-2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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 Flower of the Day — Remembering Cee with Dahlias

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Photo Credit:©️2025 Fred Blackburn

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

2025 CFFC/Numbers Game #83-205 – Dawn of Time in RED

Looking Back

To the Dawn

of New Beginnings

Hey Dan, I know this is probably not what you are expecting or looking for in your Time of Day — Dawn theme for this week’s challenge, but with Coleman’s birthday this past Friday, the 25th I am still looking back over the Dawn of Time of Coleman in or with RED as he begins a New Dawn of New Beginnings in his life.

Dawn Time Quote
by John Ruskin
on Brainy Quote

For this week’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)-Time of Day I am combining it with Judy’s Numbers Game #83-205 and Becky’s #SimplyRED29 with a theme of Dawn of Time with Coleman.

Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)-Time of Day-Dawn

Judy’s Numbers Game #83-205

#SimplyRED29 (Becky’s Squares)

Photo Credit:©️2021-2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Looking forward to y’all sharing in the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) coming up on Friday. This week we are continuing with the theme of Any Which Way with Lines. In case you thought you missed joining in on the challenge, don’t worry there is still time to join in the fun of posting your own Which Ways with Lines.

God Bless. Have a funtastic week. While you’re out and about enjoy having fun snapping pictures of your favourite objects and Which Ways. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Macro Monday: 07.28

#SIMPLYRED #28

Gulf fritillary
on a Zinnia

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Macro Monday (MM)

Macro Monday 

Becky’s Squares-#SimplyRED #28

Becky’s Squares

Cee’s/Chris’ FOTD

Cee’s FOTD

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters 

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

2025 #SimplyRED #25 —

Red Zinnia

Ocola Skipper
(Panoquina ocola) on a
Red Common Zinnia
(Zinnia elegans)

#SimplyRED #25 (Becky’s Squares)

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any which way with lines

Cee’s Which Way Challenge

Hope y’all have had a fantastic week so far. It’s Friday already and time for another Which Way ChallengeThis week we are looking at (CWWC): Any which way with lines. This Challenge of Any Which Way with Lines will run for two (2) weeks. Remember your Which Ways should be clearly discernibleSigns are always welcome in your Which Way post. The photos can be ones you’ve taken recently or from your archives. Let’s all have fun! 

Here are my Which Ways for this week’s challenge … 

Walking alongside the South Fork Catawba River we gaze over the river and notice the lines of the trench leading to the river and in the tree on the riverbank.

Lines towards River
and in the Tree

We progress further on our adventure by crossing the Goat Island Bridge which is filled with an abundance of horizontal and vertical lines.

Coleman
standing on the
Goat Island Bridge
waiting for me
to catch up.

As we move along the Disc Golf Trail the lines in the disc golf catcher can be readily seen. Looking up ahead is the fence line with both vertical and horizontal boards.

Coleman on the
Disc Golf Trail

Moving on, time to permit a bit of playtime for Coleman. Notice the black lines formed by the playground equipment.

Coleman on top
of a climbing apparatus
in the Goat Island Playground.

The weather being hot and humid, we are reading to head towards home. Guess what? The sidewalk and parking lot are all filled with (yes, that’s right) lines.

For enhanced/enlarged viewing click on each image. 

Thank you to all who have supported and contributed to the Which Way Challenge this past week or at any time. Be sure to check out other Which Ways by clicking on the links below.

Chava61 from This and That’s 2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Santa Monica, California

Brian from Bushboys World’s Tracks (on the beach)

Pepper from HeavensSunshine’s A Hike Through Sunshine and Shadows

Dawn from The Day After’s Which Way: Tracks

Dan from No Facilities’s What’s in a Name? — 1LinerWeds

Next week theme will be continuing CWWC: Any which way with linesBe on the Lookout for Lines while you’re out and about. 

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max 

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

God Bless. Have a wonderful weekend. 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 …

Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #273

Photo Credit:©️1974-2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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 Numbers Game #82-204

Judy from Life lessons hosts The Numbers Game . She has chosen the number 204 for this week’s #82” Numbers Game challenge. To play along, go to your photos file folder 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 repeats each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog post here. 

Here are my contributions to the album.

Judy’s Numbers Game #82-204

#SimplyRED22

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Photo Credit:©️1974-2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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

#SimplyRED in Floral Macro

Gaillardia pulchella

Aka Indian Blanket,
Firewheel, Girasol Rojo

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Macro Monday (MM)

Macro Monday 

Becky’s Squares-#SimplyRED #21

Cee’s/Chris’ FOTD

Cee’s FOTD

Photo Credit:©️2023 Deb L. Waters 

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Crowders Mountain State Park; Kings Mountain, 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.

Cee’s Weekend FOTD — 20 July 2025

Toucan Yellow Canna Lily

(Canna x generalis ‘Toucan Yellow’)

Aka Toucan® Yellow
– Canna Lily

Cee’s Weekend FOTD

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV & CPL filter attachments.

Location: Centennial Center; Downtown Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Take time to admire the Flowers. Remembering Cee’s love for Flowers. 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

Pansy (Viola x wittrockiana)

Becky’s Squares-SimplyRED #19

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

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

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.