Category: Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2024-Week 45

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2024 CWWC: November Week 2 — Any Which Way

Cee’s Which Way My Which Way

I’ve been missing Cee’s posts. I pray she is doing alright. This week I am again posting a Which Way My Way showing Which Ways in My New Neighbourhood and Town. My grandson, Coleman and I are beginning to roam around our new neighborhood and town investigating what interesting things and places we can find in the area. Here are a few shots from our walk through our new town.

Cee’s Which Way Challenge-11.09.2024

Which Way My Way

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2024 Floral Friday: 11.08— Colouring Flowers #43

For You

Brighten Your Day

“Amidst life’s chaos, find your happiness in the simple elegance of tulips.”

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Tulips are the poets of the garden, whispering tales of strength and beauty to those who listen with their hearts.”
Alice Hoffman
Simplybeyondherbs.com

No matter your circumstances, tulips/flowers bring about a smile, happiness, peace and strength to see you through all your tomorrows.

Floral Friday

God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Thursday Trios: 11.07 — Ipomoea purpurea

Tall Morning Glory

*Aka common morning-glory,*
*purple morning glory*

The morning glory plants entwine themselves around structures, growing to a height of 2-3 m (6 ft 7 in – 9 ft 10 in) tall. Their leaves are heart-shaped and the stems are covered with brown hairs. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, predominantly blue to purple or white.

These Purple Morning Glories are located on the side of a small hill below railroad tracks up the street from our home. I found it interesting how they are entwined with the gravel as they climb the hill and how they rise up towards the sky in the mornings.

Carol’s Thursday Trios

#Square flower

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location:Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Smell the Flowers. See the Beauty in Simplicity. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Greenway Autumn Squares: 11.06

For C & B

I miss Cee when I do not see her posts and pray she is well. I love Squaring for Becky & appreciate all she & Cee do for our blogosphere.

#Square flower

#AutumnSquares

FOTD

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

God Bless. Thinking of Cee & Becky. Pray you’re feeling better. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Out of Storms & Marshes

Grows New Life

As Coleman and I were walking along the trail (and even a little off trail) around the Riverside Greenway, I noticed a marshy area where the flood waters were still surrounding many plants and vegetation. Other areas where the flood waters had recently receded were still mushy and difficult to walk through, but Coleman is a trooper and loves to explore everything. With all the devastation caused by the storm and strong winds, I was amazed to see signs of new plant life sprouting in amongst the tremendous amount of leaves near fallen trees. No matter how things may seem, God is in control. New life begins once again.

“The marsh did not confine them but defined them and, like any sacred ground, kept their secrets deep.”
From Where the Crawdads Sing.
– Delia Owens

*Marsh in Riverside*
*Park and Greenway*

“Every day is a fresh beginning; Every morn is the world made new.”
– Sarah Chauncey Woolsey

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.”
– T.S. Eliot

“Be a miracle that grows. Live deeply from the soul.”
Angie Weiland-Crosby

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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2024 Wordless Wednesday: 11.06

Rosa multiflora

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

#Square flower

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 44

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location:Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Smell the Flowers. See the Beauty in Simplicity. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

A Trio of Rosa Multiflora Squared for Cee’s Weekend FOTD

Squaring for Cee & Becky

*Aka Japanese rose,*
*many-flowered rose,*
*seven-sisters rose*

#Square flower

Carol’s Thursday Trios

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location:Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Smell the Flowers. See the Beauty in Simplicity. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Floral Friday: 11.01— Colouring Flowers #42

Autumn Inspiration

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
-Albert Camus
CountryLiving.com

“November: The last month of autumn, but the beginning of a new adventure; time to take a risk and do the unexpected.”
– Unknown

“I can smell autumn dancing in the breeze. The sweet chill of pumpkin, and crisp sunburnt leaves.”
— Ann Drake

Floral Friday

God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Monochrome Monday: 10.28

Squaring in Monochrome for C & B

Monochrome Monday

#Square flower

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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2024 Weekend FOTD Squared for C & B

Tithonia rotundifolia

**Mexican sunflower,**
the **red sunflower**

#Square flower

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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Caring for Cee & Becky with Autumn Squares

I miss Cee when I do not see her posts and pray she is well. I love Squaring for Becky & appreciate all she & Cee do for our blogosphere.

Autumn in the Greenway

*Tithonia diversifolia: Mexican sunflower*

*Autumn* 🍂 *Leaves* 🍁
*Anne Springs Close Greenway*

Helianthus angustifolius L.
Aka Swamp Sunflower,
*Narrow-leaved Sunflower*

I am also linking this post to Judy’s Numbers Game #44-165 using Autumn 🍂 as my theme for the Challenge.

#Square flower

Judy’s Numbers Game #44-165

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 42

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2024-Week 42

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Lake Haigler and Stables Entrances; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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2024 FOTD: 10.22 — Symphyotrichum racemosum

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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2024 Floral Macro Monday: 10.21

Calla Lily

Macro Monday

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Floral Friday: 10.18— Colouring Flowers #41

Dreamin’ of A

Beautiful Sunshiny

Day for a Hike

“Just living is not enough…
one must have sunshine,
freedom, and a little flower.”
~ Hans Christian Andersen

“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful;
they are sunshine, food,
and medicine for the soul.”
~ Luther Burbank

Floral Friday

God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Words for Thought #39 — 10.15

Sing from your Heart

Give Thanks for Everything

*Ephesians 5:19-20 (NIV)*
*Japanese Garden*

Pray for all those affected by Hurricane Helene.

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

2024 Weekend FOTD: 10.12/.13

Perennial Garden

Andrew Jackson State Park

God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Smell the Flowers. See the Beauty in Simplicity. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Floral Friday: 10.11— Colouring Flowers #40

Heart Full of Love

In Memory of My Mom

10/11/1931 — 01/18/2019

“A heart full of love and compassion is the main source of inner strength, willpower, happiness, and mental tranquility”
~ Dalai Lama

A wee bit of heaven drifted down from above, a handful of happiness, a heart full of love.
Helen Steiner Rice

Floral Friday

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness-Flowers out in the garden

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Monochrome in the Garden Floral

Here are my entries for Leanne’s Monochrome Madness Challenge of showing Flowers in the Garden in monochrome.

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2024 FOTD: 10.09 — Helianthus agrestis

Camera: iPhone 11 Pro Max

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

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2024 The Numbers Game #42” — #163

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 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 week’s number is 163. My 163 photos happen to come from a few trips I have taken and a few lakes I’ve visited over the years.

From our trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Blue Ridge Mountains:

From my trip to Cozumel, Mexico:

From New Braunfels, Texas:

*The New Braunfels Railroad Museum*
*New Braunfels, Texas*

From Lakes we enjoy visiting:

Judy’s Numbers Game 42 – 163

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

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2024 Words for Thought #38 — 10.08

Create – Renew – Restore

Pray for all those affected by Hurricane Helene.

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

Close Up of a Lovely Pink Rose

Macro Monday

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Cracker Barrel; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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2024 Weekend FOTD: 10.05/.06 —

Phoebis philea on Canna indica

Aka Orange-barred Sulfur
on Indian shot,
African arrowroot

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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Macro Monday: 09.30 — Bee 🐝 Happy 🐝 Bee Grateful 🐝

Dahlia coccinea

***Bombus impatiens,***
***common eastern bumblebee***

Macro Monday

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

God Bless. Pray for Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina & Tennessee as they try to recovery from Hurricane Helene. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Weekend FOTD: 09.28/.29 — Helianthus tuberosus

Helianthus tuberosus L.
Jerusalem Artichoke, Sunchoke

Camera: iPhone 13 Pro Wide Camera

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

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2024 Floral Friday: 09.20 — Colouring Flowers #38

Bee Happy

Enjoy the Delightful Scents

Floral Friday

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2024 Flower of the Day: 09.26 — Heliantus Anuus

Sunflower

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2024 Weekend FOTD: 09.21/22 — Allamanda cathartica L.

***Aka Golden Trumpet,***
***Common Trumpetvine, and***
***Yellow Allamanda, Yellow Bells***

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2024 Floral Friday: 09.20 — Colouring Flowers #37

Sip the Raspberry

Floral Concoction

Enjoy the Scenery

Floral Friday

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Words for Thought #35: 09.17

Don’t Worry … God’s Got It.

He Cares for You!

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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2024 Sunday Stills: September Color Challenge — Orange and/or Peach

Terri from Second Wind Leisure Perspectives hosts Sunday Stills Monthly Color each month. Her colour theme for September is Colors of Peach and Orange.

Here are my selections for Terri’s Color Challenge for September.

Terri’s Sunday Stills-Orange and/or Peach

Becky’s Squares-#Seven for September

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2024 Weekend FOTD: 09.14/15

Hypochaeris radicata

***Taken at 4:27pm***
Lancaster, South Carolina
Aka Flatweed, False Dandelion,
and Catsear

Hypochaeris radicata is a perennial, low-lying edible herb often found in lawns. Interestingly all parts of the catsear plants are edible even though the leaves and roots are the parts most often harvested. The leaves have a bland taste, but can be eaten raw in salads, steamed or used in stir-fries. If you care to try roasting and grounding the roots, they may be used as a coffee substitute.

Becky’s Squares-#Seven for September

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Springdale, Lancaster, South Carolina, USA

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Words for Thought #34: 09.10

***“Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” —Proverbs 19:21 (NIV)***

Throwback Thursday

Location: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens; San Marino, California, USA

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2024 Macro Monday: 09.09

Butterfly-bush

Macro Monday

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Lineberger Park; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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Seven Butterfly-bush blossoms delight your Saturday

Becky’s Square Challenge

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Lineberger Park; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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2024 Weekend FOTD: 09.07/.08 – #Seven (7) for September—Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus

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2024 Squared Macro Monday

Begonias

Macro Monday

Becky’s Squares-#Seven for September

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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Splendid Array Of a Sweetly Scented Garden

Becky has resumed her Square Challenge for September with the theme of Seven for September. It has been Seven (7) years since the first Squaring Challenge Adventures began, thus remembering the good times of Squaring for Seven.

I have not been Squaring for Seven years, however, I have enjoyed being apart of Becky’s Square Challenge. I will do my best with this new theme of Seven for September.

As Becky so cordially reminded us that September was originally the Seventh month of the year in the Roman calendar; it is fitting to see what everyone decides to post for Seven for September. September comes from the Latin word septem which means, you guessed it, seven.

Here is my first selection for this month’s Becky’s Square Challenge:

***Garden of Flowers***
***Taken on July 7, 1978 at 12:07pm***

Becky’s Square Challenge

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm

Location:Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA

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2024 Weekend FOTD: 08.31/09.01 — HT Landscape Begonias

Begonia cucullata

***Begonias landscaped around the entrance to Harris Teeter (local grocery store).***

Begonia cucullata are also known as clubbed begonia and wax begonia. When grown as groundcover, the flowers of the plant are red, pink, or white that bloom in summer or year-round in warmer places, and the fruits have three wings. [This time of year it is extremely hot here (I know it could be hotter) in the mid-nineties. These begonias thrive where we (Coleman and I) are overwhelmed by the extreme heat and are rolling in sweat just walking him to school and back home.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Harris Teeter; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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2024 FOTD: 08.27 —

Pink Velour Crape Myrtle

The Pink Velour Crape Myrtle is a type of Lagerstroemia indica crape myrtle tree. The flower colouring changes with the season. In the summer its blooms are a bright Hot Pink changing to a burgundy in the fall.

One can find the Lagerstroemia all across the Southern Atlantic States. Similar to the southern Magnolia, the crape Myrtle has come to symbolize the American South due to its extensive planting and ability to thrive in hot, humid summer climates with regular precipitation. It has brilliant color in late summer and autumn unlike other trees/shrubs which have already exhausted their blooms.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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Floral Macro Monochrome Monday: 08.26 — Liriope muscari

Liriope muscari is commonly referred to as big blue lilyturf, lilyturf, border grass, and monkey grass. It has grass-like evergreen foliage and lilac-purple flowers which produce single-seeded berries on a spike in the fall.

It is late summer here, however, these Big Blue Lilyturf can be spotted around all over the city in landscape manicured gardens. They are one of the few plants in bloom right now besides the varieties of Crape Myrtle.

Being an easy plant to grow, landscapers tend to use the Liriope muscari as groundcover for borders along sidewalks, trails, driveways, shrubbery, and trees. It is one of the most popular groundcovers in the southeastern United States.

Monochrome Monday

Macro Monday

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Monochrome Monday

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2024 Weekend FOTD: 08.24/.25 — Lagerstroemia indica

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gardner Park Neighborhood; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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2024 CFFC: A Single Flower

Bees and Blooms

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-A Single Flower

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. Enjoy nature. Stop and Smell the Flowers. I appreciate y’all very much.

Words for Thought #32: 08.20

Rooted & Grounded in Love