2025 FOTD: January 22

Crassula ovate

Jade plant

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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

2025 FOTD: January 21

Crape Myrtle

Crape Myrtle
Lagerstroemia spp.

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Throwback Thursday

Photo Credit:©️1978 Nornal H. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm

Location: San Diego Wild Animal Park ( Now known as San Diego Safari Park); Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA

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

2025 Cee’s FOTD: January 20

Lantana camera

Lantana Verbena Yellow Sage

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: Goat Island Park and Greenway; 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 Weekend FOTD: 01.18/.19

Wintertime Hydrangeas

Cee’s Weekend FOTD

Silent Sunday

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

God Bless. Have a fantastic day. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us.

2025 Floral Friday: 01.17 —Colouring Flowers #51 (3rd for 2025)

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

~ Luther Burbank

“We don’t ask a flower any special reason for its existence. We just look at it and are able to accept it as being something different for ourselves.”

— Gwendolyn Brooks

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day 

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

2025 CFFC/JusJoJan25 — January 16 — Week 3

Embracing Numbers

in Life

and Nature

Let’s roam around and embrace numbers in life and in nature. As many of you might know my grandson, Coleman and I enjoy hiking together out amongst the trees, along Greenways, and within our state and local parks. This first image is of a group of about eleven painted rocks some of which display a message which the painter wishes to convey. Others are just for the fun and beauty to hopefully bring you joy and a smile.

“Embrace life with a smile.” Author unknown

“Life is a journey, not a destination.”(Author unknown). As we continue embracing life and nature, shall we stop and enjoy the beauty of five flowers along the pathway.

“Where flowers bloom so does hope.”
— Lady Bird Johnson

As the flowers bloom and remind us there is hope for the world and life needs to be embraced wherever and whenever possible.

Embracing the living creatures two by two different yet enjoying the same space and time. Embrace the Numbers Two Horses sharing the pasture with Two Canada Geese at Anne Springs Close Greenway.,

“Strength lies in differences,
not in similarities.”
— Stephen R. Covey

Whether one is out in nature or in a classroom, there is unity in numbers. Children learn the importance of Embracing Togetherness. They can learn that even though we are different, we are all the same, united for a purpose.

Nine Students and a teacher all wearing green and embracing togetherness in the classroom.

“The unlike is joined together,
and from differences results
the most beautiful harmony.”
— Heraclitus

Leaving the indoor classroom for the classroom in nature, we can learn to embrace the beauty, the elegance, the love one for another, and the strength and power in unity and in numbers.

We can enjoy the beauty and elegance in every flamingo. We can admire their stance and embrace their uniqueness as we observe Five Flamingos and their reflections.

“Embrace the elegance
of a flamingo,
and let it inspire your life.”
— Unknown

Each friendship is as unique and beautiful as a flamingo.”- Unknown. Every creature whether human or animal is unique and beautiful in their own way. Every family has its own uniqueness. They may have the same numbers as other families or may not. They maybe similar, but still different in their own special way. No two families are exactly alike, that’s why we should embrace our own families with love and respect.

We see and observe various “families” in nature, like this family of Seven Canada Geese sticking together yet apart at Andrew Jackson State Park.

We are each of us angels
with only one wing,
and we can only fly
by embracing one another.
— Luciano De Crescenzo

Let’s keep on moving and striving for unity for there is power in numbers. Turtles gather together in numbers sunning on logs and enjoying time swimming together in a river. Fourteen Turtles embracing the warmth of the sun and being together in the South Fork Catawba River by South Fork River Park in Northern section of Gastonia, North Carolina.

“There is power in unity,
and there is power in numbers.”
From Dr. Martin Luther King’s
speech “Keep on Moving.”

Now for each of y’all to embrace the challenge and show us how you Embrace the Numbers.

Dan’s CFFC-Embrace the Numbers

#JusJoJan25

#1linerWeds

Becky’s GeometricJanuary 

God Bless. Embrace Life. Embrace One Another. Embrace Togetherness. Embrace the Numbers. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Cee’s Weekend FOTD: January 11

Camellia japonica 

Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden

Cee’s Weekend FOTD

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

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

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

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

2025 Floral Friday: 01.03— Colouring Flowers #50 (2nd for 2025)

“Each time a flower blooms, the world is reminded that there is beauty in new beginnings.”

Matshona Dhliwayo
Zen Color App

“The seeds of kindness that you plant today will one day bloom in the hearts of all that you touch.

Author Unknown

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day 

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

2025 Numbers Game #55-176

Judy invites us to join in with her to play  “The Numbers Game #55.”  Today’s number is 176. To play along, she suggests you go to your photos file 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 her 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 will repeat each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog in comments below.

Here are my contributions to The Numbers Game Challenge:

Judy’s Numbers Game #55-176

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Throwback Thursday

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

2025 Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – Blanc

Blanc in Nature

Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge-Blanc

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

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