Wordless Wednesday: Ilex cassine

Dahoon (Ilex cassine)
Schiele Museum
Gastonia, North Carolina
Dahoon is a rare evergreen holly
found at the borders
of limesink ponds.
Schiele Museum
Gastonia, North Carolina.

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023Deb L. Waters 

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. I appreciate y’all.

Silent Sunday: Pacific Shadows Sempervivum

Sempervivum ‘Pacific Shadows’ –
Hens & Chicks

Silent Sunday

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: Memorial Wildlife Garden; The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.

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

Floral Friday: 2023 September 22

Sandia Brocade Dahlia

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-S55-250mm lens

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

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

Wordless Wednesday: 2023 September 20_Eastern Daisy Fleabane

Erigeron annuus
eastern daisy fleabane,

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Photo Credit: ©️2023Deb L. Waters

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

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

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FOTD: Lampranthus spectabilis

Lampranthus spectabilis,
the trailing iceplant
is a species of flowering plant
in the family Aizoaceae
.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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.

Macro Monday: 2023 September 18

SunPatiens Compact
Tropical Rose
Impatiens x hybrida

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 * 1/2890 * 6.86mm * ISO64

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

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2023 FOTD: Solidago velutina

Goldenrod soldier beetle on
Solidago velutina

(Velvety Goldenrod)

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max Telephoto

Location: By the Lake at Andrew Jackson State Park; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA

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Delightful Trios

Trio in flight
+ One
Trios
Overhead
A Clump
of Flowers
Opuntia humifusa
Fall Fruits

Thursday Trios

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max.

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2023 Floral Monochrome Madness: Zinnia peruviana

Zinnia peruviana

Zinnias are subtropical and tropical upright annual flowering plants in the Asteraceae family which boast an abundance of daisy-like flowers. They are native to North and South America.

Original Peruvian Zinnias

These and other Zinnias are grown in the Memorial Wildlife Garden contained within The Farm at The Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina. The Farm is located to the left as you enter the Nature Trail area outside the Museum walls.

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness – Trying Something Floral

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-S18-55mm lens and Altura Wide Angle Fish-Eye lens attachment.

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

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

2023 CMMC: September (13) Quartz (light pink) Color

September Quartz (light pink) Color

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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2023 FOTD: Gossypium hirsutum

Gossypium hirsutum
Common Name(s):
Mexican Cotton
Upland Cotton

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

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

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

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2023 FOTD: Zinnia Peruviana

Standing Tall in the Garden

Zinnia peruviana
Aka Peruvian zinnia;
Redstar zinnia; Wild Zinnia;
Zinnia

Peruvian zinnia is an annual, erect, wildflower in the Asteraceae family.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

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

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

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

2023 Sunday Stills: September: ORANGE and GOLD

Ark of the Covenant
The Discovery Center
Abilene, Texas
Gold outfit & headdress
The Discovery Center
Abilene, Texas
Second Temple Jerusalem Replica
The Discovery Center
Abilene, Texas
Jupiter
as seen via
Schiele Museum Planetarium Showing
Gastonia, North Carolina

Sunday Stills-Orange and Gold

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

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

Sunny Irish Eyes for Sunday

Rudbeckia hirta ‘Irish Eyes’
(Black-Eyed Susan)

Leigha’s Sunny Sunday Challenge

Silent Sunday

Johns Cell-pic Sunday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2023 Week 36

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 • 1/918 • 6.86mm • ISO80

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2023 CMMC: September Macro or close up_Diodia virginiana

Diodia virginiana
common name

Virginia buttonweed
Black & White
Virginia buttonweed

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-September Macro or Close Up

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Floral Friday

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 • 1/303 • 6.86mm • ISO64

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina

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

Wordless Wednesday: Field of Flowers

Field of Flowers
Schiele Museum of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023Deb L. Waters

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2023 Macro Monday: Azalea Rhododendron ‘Hino Crimson’

Macro Monday-Azalea Rhododendron ‘Hino Crimson’

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Johns Cellpic Sunday

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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Whatsoever Is Lovely: Rhus glabra

Rhus glabra,
(AKA white sumac, upland sumac,
or scarlet sumac)
is a species of sumac
in the family Anacardiaceae,
native to North America.
Native Americans ate
the young sprouts as a salad.
The fruit is sour
and contains a large seed,
but can be chewed (to alleviate thirst)
and made into a lemonade-like drink.

WHATSOEVER IS LOVELY CHALLENGE-2023 WEEK 35

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. f/5.6 • 1/200s • 150mm • ISO115-200

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Floral Friday: Solidago, or Goldenrod

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Blue Trail; Warlick Family YMCA; Gastonia, North Carolina

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2023 FOTD: Coreopsis lanceolata

AKA: Lanceleaf Coreopsis,
Lance-leaved Coreopsis,
Lanceleaf Tickseed, &
Sand Coreopsis

Coreopsis lanceolata is a North American species of tickseed in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Eastern and Central parts of the United States, naturalized in Canada, the Western United States, Mesoamerica, South America, South Africa and Eastern Australia. It is found in open woodlands, prairies, plains, glades, meadows and savannas.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.78 • 24mm • ISO64

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

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Macro Monday: Rudbeckia hirta Irish Eyes

Also known as Rudbeckia hirta ‘Green Eyes’.

Rudbeckia hirta is a short-lived perennial that should be treated as an annual. It may likely endure few winters, but will often self-seed prolifically. The flowers are showier than other Rudbeckia species and have been widely hybridized. (Clemson.edu)

Macro Monday-Rudbeckia hirta

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Sunny Sunday

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 • 1/4016 • 6.86mm • ISO64

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

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Monday Windows: Canna indica Faced Windows

Canna indica,
commonly known as Indian shot,
African arrowroot, edible canna,
purple arrowroot, & Sierra Leone arrowroot.

Ludwigs Monday Windows

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit : ©️ 2023 Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2023 NPC #25: Seedheads (I think)

Dandelion
Echinacea purpurea
(purple coneflower)
seed heads
‘Lochinch’ Butterfly bush
Buddleia ‘Lochinch’
Kudzu Seedhead/ Seed Pods

I’m a little late for NPC #25, but I hope better late than not at all. This one was a challenge for me. I hope I’ve done it justice.

Nature Photo Challenge #25-Seedheads

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

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

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Floral Friday: 2023 August 25 – Snowberry Clearwing hovering over Carolina Phlox

The Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris deffinis) is a moth of the order Lepidoptera, family Sphingidae. It mimics a bumblebee in appearance. It is sometimes called a “Hummingbird Moth” due to its ability to dark quickly from flower to flower, and its ability to hover over nectar sources.

The Snowberry Clearwing is hovering from flower to flower, which are called Phlox Carolina ‘Gypsy Love’. The Phlox carolina ‘Gypsy Love’ have narrow, pointed foliage and pink flowers in early summer. The Carolina Phlox are native to the southeastern United States. They are an herbaceous perennial boasting broadly cylindrical clusters of lavender to pink or white flowers over a long season.

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-S18-55mm lens with Altura Fisheye Lens attachment.

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

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Wordless Wednesday: Erigeron strigosa

Lesser Daisy Fleabane
(Erigeron strigosa)

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

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

Location: Avon Catawba Creeks Greenway; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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Whatsoever is Lovely: Carolina Feasting

Xylocopa virginica, sometimes referred to as the eastern carpenter bee feasting on PHLOX CAROLINA ‘ROSE BOUQUET’ flame flower.

WHATSOEVER IS LOVELY CHALLENGE-2023 WEEK 33

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Silent Cell Pic Sunday: Tagetes erecta

Tagetes erecta
common names,
include African Marigold,
American Marigold,
or Aztec Marigold.

Silent Sunday

Johns Cellpic Sunday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters 

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 • 1/4367 • 6.86mm • ISO 64

Location: In front of Gaston Inn; Gastonia, North Carolina

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2023 FOTD: Rosa x ‘ChewperAdventure’

Rosa x ‘ChewperAdventure’
Oso Easy
Mango Salsa Rose

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

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

Location: Lineberger Park; Gastonia, North Carolina

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2023 Macro Monday – Buddleja davidii

Common Names: Butterfly Bush;
Orange-Eyed Butterfly Bush;
Summer Lilac

Macro Monday-Butterfly Bush

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Lineberger Park; Gastonia, North Carolina

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Silent Sunday: Zinnia

Silent Sunday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Sunny Sunday

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2023 Week 32

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with Altura Wide-Angle Fish-Eye Attachment. f/5.6 • 1/80 • 55mm • ISO160

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

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

Floral Friday: August 11 – Yellow Daylily

Hemerocallis ‘Golden Prize’
Daylily

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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2023 CFFC: Contrast

Color vs. Black & White

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge -Contrasts

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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2023 FOTD: Ruellia caroliniensis

Common Name(s):
Carolina Wild-petunia
Wild Petunia

The Carolina Wild Petunia are extremely common in North Carolina. They are found in lawns and woodlands. This Wild Petunia was seen at Anne Springs Close Greenway along the trails at the Adventure Road Entrance. Many times, even though these flowers are beautiful, they are overlooked and sometimes considered a lawn weed. The Carolina Wild Petunia’s flowers only last a day, but they also have a long flowering period which compensates for the shorter blooming time.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 • 1/387 • 6.86mm • ISO64

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Monday Macro: Arum italicum

Common Name(s): Cuckoo’s Pint Italian Arum Italian Lily Italian Lords
and Ladies Orange Candle Flower
Previously known as: Arisarum italicum
Italian Arum is a herbaceous perennial and member of the Araceae family. It was originally planted as an ornamental groundcover. It is now considered invasive in some parts of the United States because it is difficult to control and spreads rapidly. All parts of this plant are poisonous to humans and wildlife. The plant can cause skin irritation and illness.
North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge-Simply Orange

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

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

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Floral Friday: 2023 August 4 – Carolina Phlox

Carolina Phlox
is a lovely long-flowering native
with clusters of purple-pink flowers.
Phlox carolina,
the thickleaf phlox,
is a species of flowering plant
in the family Polemoniaceae.

The specific epithet carolina refers to its native habitat in the eastern United States. It grows in woodland edges and openings. Flowers attract bees, hummingbirds, and butterflies.

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2023 CMMC: Close Up or Macro

Catawba Woven Basket
Disc Golf Marker
Ipomoea pandurata
Wild Potato Vine

Shot on Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Campsis radicans
American Trumpet Vine
Coleman
on his New
2-Wheel Bicycle

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Close Up of Macro

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Camera: Photos 1-2 & 4-5 ~> iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Wordless Wednesday: A Child’s Petals

Purple toothwort
(Lathraea clandestina)

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens. f/5.6 • 1/250 • 205mm • ISO3200

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2023 Last on the Card – July

From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:

United States of America 🇺🇸
and North Carolina Flags
at The Schiele Museum of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina

From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:

Crepe Myrtle
Warlick Family YMCA
Gastonia, North Carolina

Last on the Card – July 2023

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: (c) Deb L. Waters

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Silent Sunday: 2023 July 30 – Gardenia jasminoides

Common name: Cape Jasmine

Silent Sunday

Johns Cellpic Sunday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Floral Friday: Ipomoea pandurata

Ipomoea pandurata
(eep-oh-MEE-uh pand-yoor-RAY-tuh,
shaped like a fiddle)
is native to Florida and
the eastern half of North America.
It has a large root that can be eaten
if cubed and boiled in at least
two changes of water.
Never eat it raw.

These are also known as Indian Potato, Man-of-the-Earth, Manroot, Morning Glory, Wild Potato Vine, Wild Sweet potato, Wild Sweet potato Vine.

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens. f/7.1 • 1/400 • 300mm • ISO1000

Location: Warlick Family YMCA; Gastonia, North Carolina

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CosPhoChal: Freestyle

Dale of The Cosmic Photo Challenge prompt is Freestyle this week.

Since this is freestyle week I decided to let you visit with me on one of the hikes Coleman and I took this past week. This hike was a little bit different in that we had my daughter, Coleman’s mom, along with us. On Tuesday we needed to be out of the home for awhile because a pest control company was going to come in and spray per the Complex management.

Therefore, we decided to go hiking in one of Coleman’s favorite places. The place we chose was Anne Springs Close Greenway about twenty minutes or so from our residence. Mind you now my daughter is not fond of hiking at all. When we arrived, we should them my membership card and proceeded to park. We thought Trisha, my daughter, was just gonna sit and relax near the canteen while Coleman and I hiked. It didn’t exactly go like we had thought. You see, Trisha brought her dog along with on our adventure ( he had to be out of the home as well).

Lake Haigler

Chewbacca, Trisha’s dog, decided he wanted to hike with us, therefore she had to tag along. We walked down to the lake and proceeded along the trail, Lake Haigler Loop, around the lake.

Haigler Loop

Coleman loves to run along the trail. I prefer a slower pace since I normally take many photos along the trail of the various sites we see. Often we observe different angles around the lake, seeing flowers, butterflies, sometimes turtles, bees, and even dragonflies.

Brazilian Vervain
(Verbena brasiliensis)

At other times we see amazing reflections in the water.

Reflections
in
Lake Haigler

I love seeing various creatures feasting on the nectar of wildflowers her at the Greenway.

Black Swallowtail, Eastern Bumblebee,
and Delta Flower Scarab Beetle
feasting on Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
.

Further down the trail as we hike around the lake I notice what appears to be a shape of a triangle formed with the reflections in the lake.

Triangle formation
from the water reflections.
Surrounding Tree Reflections
plus water shimmering

As we keep going I slow down observing butterflies flittering to and fro. Naturally I stop to snap a photograph. Meanwhile, my daughter’s trying to convince me to stop taking pictures. Guess what? She didn’t convince me, not one single solitary moment.

Next on our hike we come across a dragonfly and several turtles along the edge of the lake.

By this time my daughter is tired and wants to get this hike over with. Naturally, Coleman and Chewbacca want to keep going. They’re enjoying the outdoors adventure. Hence, we keep chugging along.

After awhile we decide to pull up a seat and relax a bit before finishing our hike. But first there’s more to observe as we near the picnic tables along the backside of the lake.

Trisha, Chewbacca,
with Coleman
leading the way.
[He knows the trails better than most adults].
Ngaro Wīwi
Priocnemis monachus

delighting on
Angelica genuflexa

Finally to a spot to snack relax near the water’s edge.

Pull Up a Seat

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Freestyle

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2023-Week 29

Water Water Everywhere

Alive and Trekking’s Which Way Photo Challenge.

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i and iPhone 14 Pro Max

I hope you enjoyed trekking along with us on our hike around Lake Haigler. God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all.

2023 Sunday Stills: Doubles – July 22_Schiele Museum

Two Buds of
Rhododendron indicum
is an Azalea

Rhododendron species.
Allium stellatum,
AKA: the autumn onion,
prairie onion, cliff onion,
or glade onion,
is a North American species
of wild onion in the
Amaryllidaceae family.
American Bison
times Two
Two Hands up
from Big Dipper

Sunday Stills-Doubles

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Zinnia Bouquet to Brighten Your Day

Zinnias

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 1/120 6.86mm ISO50

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2023 CPC: Around the Garden

I do not have my own personal garden where I currently reside. There are various Gardens close by where I am able to visit occasionally with my grandson. The following are a few examples of what can be seen at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens in Belmont, North Carolina.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Around the garden.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. WatersAll Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i

Location: Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens Belmont, North Carolina

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FOTD: Ixora coccinea

Ixora coccinea
is a species of flowering plant
in the family Rubiaceae.
AKA jungle geranium,
flame of the woods
or jungle flame
or pendkuli.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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