CMMC – Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography

2025 Monochrome Madness (MM) — Modes of Transportation

I missed last week’s Monochrome Madness episode of Modes of Transportation , therefore, I thought I would use that as my theme for this week’s free week and display various Modes of Transportation .

Here are my entries for the MM Challenge …

Dawn’s Monochrome Madness-Modes of Transportation

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

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2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way in Black and White

This week I’m asking y’all to show your Which Ways in Black and White in Memory of Cee Neuner (1960-2025). Cee hosted several photo challenges including Cee’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC) – currently hosted by Deb L. Waters (aka me) from Gfpacificbee’s Insights and Photography, Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC) – currently hosted by Dan Antion from No Facilities, Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC), and Cee’s Black and White Challenge (CBWC) and Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD) – hosted by Chris Donner (Cee’s Life Partner & wife).

In Memory of Cee’s Black and White Challenge let us all show our Which Ways this week in Black and White for this week’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC). Remember to have Fun and Signs are always welcome.

Here are my entries:

On the Road with Cars and Trucks:

Roads and Pathways with Parked Cars and Trucks:

On Sidewalks and Pathways:

All photos were taken in Downtown Town of Cramerton the end of March.

Next week the theme will be CWWC: Any Which Way with Trains and/or Trolleys (or anything else on a railroad track.) This maybe in combination with Dan’s CFFC.

Check out other Which Ways by clicking on the links below.

WHICH WAY WITH FLOWERS

Deb’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC)-Any Which Way in Black and White

Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 14

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Downtown Eighth & Center Streets; Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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2024 CMMC: October Week 1 — Close Up or Macro

Close-Ups Around the Greenway

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Close Up or Macro

Cameras: 1-2) iPhone 13 Pro; 3-4) Canon EOS Rebel T3i

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

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2024 CMMC: April —Alphabet a CK or CH in a word in Monochrome

My CK and CH seen while Coleman and I walked around the neighbourhood.

***Coleman***
***wearing a Backpack***
***walking to the Dump Truck***
***in Monochrome***

***Monochrome Close-up***
***of the Door***
***on a Dump Truck***

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-April Alphabet_a CK or CH in a word

Dan’s Thursday Doors

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: New Hope Road; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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2024 CMMC/CWWC: Any Latte Way

We managed to have a beautiful clear day yesterday (almost), so Coleman and I rode the bus to the Y for some fresh air and a bit of hiking.

All aboard, we’re on our way.

Before we begin our hike, it’s Coleman swing time. If we waited till later the school kids would have taken over and he couldn’t have been able to play.

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Next, Coleman cools down with a snack as I gaze out over the lake.

Now for our hiking, Coleman leads the Way. I constantly have to instruct him to slow down. He hikes much faster than I’m able to hike.

Through the woods along the bank of the lake we traverse. Across the dam and deeper into the woods. Upward, downward, and around and around we go.

Coleman spots the Fitness Challenge area off the Yellow Trail and climbs aboard for some fun before continuing our hike and back up to the Y.

Tired from our hike we’re gonna Leaf it all behind, and venture to the bus stop and head home.

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-April Latte Color

Cee’s Which Way Challenge-Any Way

Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with Altura UV & NP filter and also Altura Wide-Angle Fisheye attachments.

Location: Gaston County Warlick Family YMCA; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors and Enjoy Our Beautiful Earth. Thank you for traversing the trail with us. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 CMMC: April – Cafe Latte Color

My entries for Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge are mostly from South Carolina from my archives. Feel free to join in and post your own Cafe Latte color photos and link them to Cee.

***Solar Eclipse***
***as seen on Tiles***

***Sesquicentennial State Park***
***Columbia, South Carolina***

***Riverbanks Zoo***
***Columbia, South Carolina***

***Andrew Jackson***
***State Park Lake***

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Cafe Latte Color

Photos taken between 2017-2019 except eclipse is from 2024.

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2024 CMMC: April – Close up or Macro

***Calendula officinalis L.***
***Marigold***

***Bunias orientalis***,
**Warty-cabbage**

***Helleborus viridis,***
***AKA Green Hellebore***

***Euonymus japonicus***
***‘Aureo-Marginata’***

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

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

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

Location: 1-4) The Heritage Garden; The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA; 5)Dairy Barn Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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2024 CMMC: March — Alphabet an A or E in a Word

Gastonia Erwin Center

Park and Recreation

Cee asks everyone to post photos of Words that contain the Alphabet letters A or E. My selections for this week come from mine and Coleman’s recent visit to Gastonia’s Erwin Center Park and Recreation. As per usual Coleman (notice the Name A & E) is in several of my photos.

***Gastonia Erwin Center***
**Parks and Recreation** Sign with Coleman

***Basketball Court***
***Gastonia Erwin Center***
***Park and Recreation***

***Ball Field***
**used** for **Soccer and Baseball**
***Gastonia Erwin Center***
***Park and Recreation***

***Coleman***
in **the**
**Children’s Playground**

***Coleman***
sliding on **the**
***Playground Equipment Slide***

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-March_Alphabet an A or E in a Word

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Erwin Center Park and Recreation; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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2024 CMMC: Close Up or Macro

Let’s talk turkey, nah let me show you more green. This time a close-up view of green plants in the Farm Garden at The Schiele Museum.

Here’s a look at my contributions for Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge of Close Up or Macro.

***Verbascum thapsus***
***Common Mullein***

Sedum Coccinea
AKA Stonecrop
***or Dragon’s Blood***

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Close Up or Macro

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm and Canon EF-S55-250mm lenses.

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

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

2023 CMMC: December — Pick a Topic from my Photo

Greetings, Christmas Day maybe over , but not necessarily the celebrations and we still have the new year a coming. Since we’ve been sick and not out much I’m choosing to make my selections from the last time I was able to get out ( this respiratory infection, RSV, doesn’t seem like it was to disappear.)

I’m taking you on a walk through The Farm ( one of Coleman’s favorite places) at The Schiele Museum of Natural History.

Entering The Farm …

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

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

Now let’s enter The Farm and have a look around…

***Fences, Gates,***
***Green, Lines, Signs*** (& Coleman)

Let’s take a look to see what we can find growing in the garden …

***Beautiful Yellow and Green Flowers (a bit or orange too, but that doesn’t count here.) Lines and shapes as well.***

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-December Pick a Topic from my Photo

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250 mm lens. Also used Canon EF-S18-55mm lens on the directional signs (Second Photo.)

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

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

2023 CMMC: Close Up or Macro

My entries this week for Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge we’re all taken when Coleman and I went hiking at one of his favorite places, Anne Springs Close Greenway.

Muhlenbergia capillaris
(Hair-awn or Pink Muhly)

***The Gulf fritillary***
***or passion butterfly***
***(Dione vanillae)***
***on Zinnias***

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Close Up or Macro

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 55-250 mm lens.

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

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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 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

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2023 CMMC: August- Books, Magazines, etc.

***Book Presentation***
***Gaston County Library***
***Gastonia, North Carolina***

***Amish Romance & Mystery***
***Fiction Books for Sale***

Genealogical Books
about
My Maternal Ancestors
Homeland & Family
Written by My Cousin, John Lane Idol Jr.

***Coleman Visiting***
***a Little Library***
***Book Stop***
***Gastonia, North Carolina***

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge- Books, Magazines, etc.

Leannes Monochrome Madness

Mid-Week Monochrome

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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

2023 CMMC: Close Up or Macro

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

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

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2023 CMMC: July Pick a Topic from my Photo

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Ocean, Blue, Shore, Sand, Sky, Water, White

***Throwback Photo***
***Atlantic Ocean, Florida,***
***Water, Ocean,***
***Sky, White, Sand***
***About 1936***

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Water Water Everywhere

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2023 CMMC: July Magenta Color

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge – July Magenta Color

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters

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2023 CMMC: June – Close Up or Macro

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters

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2023 CMMC: May — Alphabet any word with an “I”.

***AnolIs carolInensIs***
***Aka AmerIcan Chameleon***
***(Green Anole LIzard)***
***They are closely related to Iguanas***.

***GraffItI Art***
***under the BrIDge***
***SmIley*** ***Face***

***Coleman***
***sIttIng on the FIrepIt***
at
***Anne SprIngs Close Greenway***

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

CMMC: Pick Your Topic from My Photo – Oddball Challenge

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge–Pick Your Topic from My Photo

Kammie’s, Oddball Challenge

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CMMC: 2023 May – Close Up or Macro_Bobwhite Quail

***The Northern Bobwhite Quail***
***AKA Virginia quail***

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Macro Monday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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CMMC: 2023 April – Any word Ending with a G

My selections for Cee’s April CMMC were all shot at The Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina when I took my grandson, Coleman there this week.

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

God Bless. Thank you for visiting the Farm at The Schiele Museum with me. I appreciate y’all.

CMMC: Pick Your Topic from My Photo – 2023 April

***Landscape, Outdoors, Bird Houses,***
***Grey, Green, Yellow,***
***Cloudy, Trees,***

***Building, landscaped,***
***green, bird HOUSES, outdoors***

***Grey Cloudy Sky,***
***Building, Grass, Tree, Outdoors***

***Landscaped Covered Walkway,***
***Trees***, ***Green, Yellow, Grey, Outdoors***

***Grey, Green, Yellow,***
***Landscaped Garden,***
***Flowers, Grass, Trees,***
***Outdoors, Spring, Cloudy***

***Building, Landscaping,***
***Grey, Green, Grass, Trees,***
***Pathway (Sidewalk)***

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

All photos were taken at Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i

Lenses: Canon EF 18-55mm, Canon EF 74-300mm, Altura Macro Fisheye Lens for Canon

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time in the Gardens with me. I appreciate y’all.

CMMC: 2023 – Granny Smith Apple (light green) Colors

***Multiple Shades of Green***
***Lake Crandall***
***Anne Springs Close Greenway***
***Fort Mill, South Carolina***

***Coleman in***
***Light Green Kayak***
***Andrew Jackson State Park***

***Elaeagnus umbellata***
***(Autumn Olive)***

*Laurus nobilis*,
***Aka Bay Laurel,***
**True Laurel,**
& *Sweet Bay*

***Euphorbia seguieriana***
***Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens***
***Belmont, North Carolina***

***Coleman & Alona***
***Ashbrook High School***
***Greenwave Sign***

***Light Green Flag Shirt***
***Mental Health Awareness***
**Til Valhalla Project.Com**

God Bless. Thank you for visiting. I appreciate y’all.

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC): 2023 April – Close Up or Macro

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Alura Fisheye Macro Lens for Canon

Also posting as part of Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Wordless Wednesday

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CMMC: Words with Two E’s_Business Signs +

***Lutheran Church***
**of the**
**REdEEmER**
***EastEr Sunday Worship***

CMMC: Two E’s In The Word

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CMMC: 2023 March – Pick Your Topic from My Photo

***Geometric Shapes***
***Clover, South Carolina***

***Brown, Geometrical Shapes, Walkway, Green, Trees*** ***Anne Springs Close Greenway***
***Fort Mill, South Carolina***

***Brick, Brown, Chairs***
***James K Polk Museum***
***Charlotte, North Carolina***

***Sidewalk, Brick, Windows,*** ***Green***
***Billy Graham Library***
***Charlotte, North Carolina***

***Trees, Green, Brick, Sidewalk, Windows,***
***Billy Graham Library***
***Charlotte, North Carolina***

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

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CMMC: 2023 February Alphabet Letter C in the middle of a word – A ConCoCtion of photos depicting C in the middle.

**McCormiCk-Deering Farmall TraCtor**
**North Carolina Transportation Museum**

***TraCtor trailer***
***Gastonia, North Carolina***

***Painted RoCks***
***Anne Springs Close Greenway***
**Fort Mill, South Carolina**

***Breyers LaCtose Free iCe cream***
***Coleman’s ChoiCe***

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome #125

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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CMMC: Macro or Close-Up_Japanese Camellia

***Camellia japonica***
***‘Moire Variegata’***

These were take at Glencairn Gardens in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Most of the plants and flowers are not in bloom. It appeared as if the had been trimmed way down for winter. Best time to visit the Gardens is in the springtime.

The next entry isn’t a flower and is added just for kicks. The photo was taken with my iPhone by my three year old grandson. All other photos were taken by me with my Canon Rebel EOS T3i.