2025 November #Shadows #22

Sock Skating Shadows

Every Winter The Schiele Museum of Natural History converts the Block Party room into a Winter Holiday Themed Sock Skating area for kids of all ages, however, primarily for preschoolers and elementary age children.

The first time Coleman visited the Sock Skating area “rink” he was hesitant about “skating” across the “rink.”

He gradually learned to relax and enjoy himself.

Click on image to enlarge. 

Becky’s November #Shadows #22

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

1) Settings: f/1.78 • 1/41s • 35mm • ISO1000

2) Settings: f/1.78 • 1/23s • 63mm • ISO640

Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; Gastonia, 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 Monochrome Madness — 21 November

A Day

in the

Life of Coleman

Reflecting on a typical afternoon with Coleman if he had his chance to choose how it would go.

From beginning near the railroad tracks …

Corner across from
the Railroad Tracks

… Who needs school …

Disc Golf Trail

Let’s go meandering through Goat Island …

Coleman

Can you see me? …

Coleman

Better now? …

How am I doing about blending into my environment?

Disc Golf Trail

Shall we continue meandering?

South Fork Catawba River

The South Fork River is beautiful and has amazing reflections in the afternoons.

AI of Coleman
in the Playground

AI sometimes can remix an image pretty well. At other times you might wonder how it came up with its remix interpretation.

AI remix of Coleman
on a dirt Trail.

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

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

Camera: 1) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max; 2-7) Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; 8-9) Google Lens AI

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 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way with People

This Friday’s Which Way Challenge we will be continuing with Any Which Way with People. Your Which Ways can be Any Which Way on any Road, Pathways, Walkways, Sidewalks, Stairs, etc. as long as your Which Ways contain People.

Here are my entries for this week …

Click on each image to enlarge. 

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.

Brian’s Black and white (bridges and walkways)

Vanda’s CWWC: Any Which Way in Black and White 2

Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery’s Which Way In B&W

Dawn’s Which Way: From Inside Meems Covered Bridge

Suzette’s Deb’s Which Way CWWC : Black and White Week – 2

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

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

Camera: 1-8) Canon EOS Rebel 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; and 9-21) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

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

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

2025 November #Shadows #19

A Two

Year Olds

Shadow

Coleman in 2021

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Becky’s November #Shadows #19

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro 

Location: Lake Wylie, 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 Cell Pic Sunday: 16 November

Storybook Walk Book 2

Previously on October 5th I shared with you Cramerton’s newly installed Story Walk in Goat Island Park and Greenway along with John Steiner (host of CellPic Sunday). The first Storybook was called “School is more than a Building” written by Kelley Donner. At the time I had not realized the Storybooks would be changing periodically. You may click to view the previous post here and view John’s CellPic Sunday post about the Storybook Walk here.

When Coleman and I went walking through Goat Island Park and Greenway last Sunday we discovered the Storybook for the Storybook Walk had been changed to “The Acorn & The Oak” written by Rhonda Accardo.

These first images of the Storybook were taken with my iPhone. The next set of images were taken with my Canon.

If you ever get the opportunity to be near the Charlotte, North Carolina area, Goat Island in Cramerton is just a short drive south of the Airport. I would highly recommend stopping by to visit this lovely Greenway and take a walk along the Storybook Walk on the paved trail.

John’s Cell Pic Sunday-2025.11.16

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

Cameras: 1 set) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max; 2 set) Canon EOS Rebel 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

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

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

2025 Sunday Stills: Monthly Color Challenge: Brown and Gray

This Trail,

That Trail,

& Trails Over There

This week Terri, host of Sunday Stills is offering the challenge prompt of Monthly Colour Challenge in Any Shade of Brown and/or Gray. I’ve scoured through my photos for shades of Brown, I have discovered many of them are from This Trail, That Trail & Trails Over There.

Here are my entries …

Click on each image to enlarge

Terri’s Sunday Stills:Monthly Color Challenge – Any shade of brown and/or gray

Dawn’s Festival of Leaves 

Becca’s Sunday Trees #611

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

Photo Credit:©️2019-2025 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 November #Shadows #15

Shadows Along the Trail

Coleman standing
amongst the #Shadows

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Becky’s November #Shadows #15

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens  

Location: River Link Greenway Trail; 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.

#Leaf Peeping in Goat Island Greenway

Terri, host of Sunday Stills has challenged us to show our #Leaf colours. In our area are #Leaves have slowing been displaying their Autumnal colour schemes. Sunday we had a beautiful Sun Shiny day with a high in the low 70’s°, unlike the past couple of days with highs only in the upper 40’s° and freeze warnings.

With a rare warm sunny day Coleman and I meandered down to Goat Island Park and Greenway for a hike along the River Link Greenway to check out the amazingly gorgeous Autumn colours vibrantly painted throughout the trail.

Here are a selection of images from our hike #Leaf Peeping through the Greenway …

Hope y’all enjoy the video clip of our #Leaf Peeping through the Greenway.

Terri’s Sunday Stills-#Leaf Peeping

Egidio’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #373-Looking Back at LAPC #31-Landscapes

Dawn’s Festival of Leaves

Judy’s Numbers Game #98-220

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2025 Week 45

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 46

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens

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

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take a hike/walk. Enjoy communing with nature. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 SYD: 15 November

Clare from Clare’s Cosmos invites everyone to join her in Sharing Your Desktop (SYD). Below are her suggestions for participating in the Share Your Desktop Challenge .

To do so, simply share the photo (not a screenshot) you have set as your wallpaper; Provide as little or as much detail as you wish; Use a pingback, or post a link here so I know you have joined in on the fun; Then finally, share the fun around.

I am sharing my Wallpaper from both my Laptop and my Smartphone. I enjoy looking at different images each month. Most of which revolve around Coleman (my grandson) and nature. 

Here are my Desktop Wallpaper and Screensaver for my Laptop:

From My HP Laptop:

Desktop Background Wallpaper

Coleman
Pulling Up a Seat
on a Pipe

Desktop Screensaver

Coleman checking out
the new Storybook

From My Apple iPhone 16 Pro: 

Focus

Coleman making faces
while waiting for the
Veterans Day Service to begin.

Reading Focus

Coleman
Pulling Up a Seat
on a Branch

Hiking Focus

Personal Focus

Television Focus

Click on each image for enlarged viewing. 

Clare’s Share Your Desktop-November 

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 46

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

Cameras: Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

God Bless. Having 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): Any Which Way in Black and White

This Friday’s Which Way Challenge we will be continuing with Any Which Way in Black and White in memory of Cee and her Black and White Challenge (CBWC).

In Memory of
Cee’s Black & White Challenge

I have selected to post Black & White shots of Bridges in memory of Cee’s love of Bridges.

Coleman and I had such a lovely time together walking through the trails in Goat Island Park and Greenway on Sunday …

… I just had to share a little bit of our hike with y’all.

This is the first Bridge you cross when you enter Goat Island. Coleman is waiting for me to catch up …

Continuing on the Bridge, we see some amazing #Shadows ( I know this is not squared).

Here we’ve come to the second Bridge one crosses leading to the Dog Park.

And Finally, here is the third Bridge

From here it is just a little bit further to the end of the trail where there are benches you can relax and rest up for the hike back to the entrance of Goat Island Park and Greenway where our adventures began.

Click on each image to enlarge. 

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 Which Way in black and white

Brian’s Looking back (CWWC in CBWC)

Dawn’s Which Way in BnW for Cee

Suzette’s Azalea – Remembering Cee —#1Day4Cee

Majka’s Which Way Challenge: Remembering Cee with BW photos

Suzette’s Deb’s Which Way – Black and White

John’s CBWC (Cee’s Black & White Challenge) – In Memory of Cee Neuner

Deb’s Which Way Challenge

Cee’s Black & White Challenge

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

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

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 November #Shadows #14

Early Morning Shadows
Coleman & his shadow

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Becky’s November #Shadows #14

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion 

Location: Bus Stop; Old Town; 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 Thursday Doors: 13 November

Emergency Exit

Plus Pull Up a Seat

The other week we had a rare occasion to eat out. Normally, I do all the cooking at home, but on this day after my daughter’s and grandson’s doctors appointments we decided to stop for a bite to eat before going home.

Emergency Exit Only
Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

We were all hungry (Coleman tends to be hungry all the time right now). We decided to stop at Olive Garden, a rare treat for us.

Trisha Pulled Up a Seat
by the Emergency Exit Doors

Trisha (my daughter & Coleman’s mom) doesn’t like her pictures taken as you might can tell from her facial expression.

Coleman

Sometimes Coleman loves his picture being taken and at other times not. He does love looking at himself in pictures though.

Coleman making faces
Trisha too busy on phone to notice
Coleman,
gotta love
his expressions

Dan’s Thursday Doors

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 45

Pull Up a Seat

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Olive Garden Italian Restaurant; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Take Care. Treat yourself to an amazing meal or outing. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Macro Monday: 2025.11.10

Coleman’s Leaf
Eastern Cottonwood

Click on image for enlarged Viewing

Macro Monday (MM)

Macro Monday 

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

Camera: Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Canon 2x converter

Location: 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 November #Shadows (#9) on the Trail

Coleman on the Trail
Catawba Indian Reservation

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Becky’s November #Shadows #9

John’s Cell Pic Sunday 2025.11.09

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Location: Catawba Indian Reservation; Rock Hill, 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.

Coleman’s #Shadow on his “sister” Sophia

Coleman loving his “Baby Sister “

Becky’s November#Shadows #8

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

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

2025 November Shadows #7

Coleman
playing in the
#Shadows
at the YMCA

Becky’s November Shadows #7

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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

2025 Numbers Game #97-219

Judy from Life Lessons blog hosts a weekly photo challenge called The Numbers GameThis week’s number is 219. 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 #97-219

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

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

Let’s Explore Squaring with Nuts

#NovemberShadows#5

Coleman enjoys Exploring along the banks …

… of the South Fork Catawba River searching for Nuts.

He often finds Acorns …

which are true botanical Nuts from Oak trees.

He thinks the squirrels will eat them, however, …

the squirrels near us tend to enjoy …

swiping the bird seeds from our feeder.

As you can see he has gathered a handful of Acorns (Nuts).

RDP Tuesday! Explore!

Ragtag Daily Prompt

Becky’s November #Shadows

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-N

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion & Ultra Wide Cameras

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Wordless Wednesday: November 5

Coleman walking by the
South Fork Catawba River

Click on image to enlarge. 

Wordless Wednesday

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 November Shadows #4

Early Morning Sunrise

Look closely
To See a Silhouette
Of Coleman Walking

Becky’s November Shadows #4

Hammad’s Weekend Sky-2025.01.11

Weekend Sky
Weekend Sky 

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

2025 November Squares #3

Squares are back hosted by Becky from The Life of BClick the link in the previous line to Check out her post for details regarding the #NovemberShadows squares challenge.

Coleman at the door of the
Faires/Coltharp Cabin
Anne Springs Close Greenway

Becky’s #NovemberShadows

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

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

Location: Faires/Coltharp Cabin; Anne Springs Close Greenway, Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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

2025 November Squares #2

Squares are back hosted by Becky from The Life of BClick the link in the previous line to Check out her post for details regarding the #NovemberShadows squares challenge.

Coleman by the
South Fork Catawba River
Cramerton, NC

Becky’s #NovemberShadows

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

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

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina. USA

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

2025 Pull Up a Seat (In a Waiting Room) #4 Plus

Atrium Health Rock Hill Medical Plaza main lobby waiting area seating.

Coleman

Atrium Health OB/Gyn Patient room seating waiting for the doctor to arrive.

Trisha (Coleman’s mom)

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 44

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Atrium Health Rock Hill Medical Plaza; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

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

2025 Numbers Game #96-218

Judy from Life Lessons blog hosts a weekly photo challenge called The Numbers GameThis week’s number is 218. 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 #96-218

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

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

2025 OWS: 26 October

DOUBLE Stacked

J.B. Hunt Intermodal

These are from one of the freight trains that pass by everyday while I(we) wait for the school bus. Coleman will never meet his maternal pawpaw during his lifetime, but he knows about him and what he looks like. He also knows that his Pawpaw drove an 18-wheeler for J. B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc..

When we saw these the other day Coleman recognized the J.B. Hunt logo and stated that that was the company his Pawpaw drove for. His Pawpaw drove an 18-Wheeler for J.B. Hunt from 1992 until a couple of years before his passing in 2018.

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Double

John’s Cell Pic Sunday-2025.10.26

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion Camera

Location: Railroad Tracks; Corner of S. Main St. & 7th St.; Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. May you experience Double the fun, Double the happiness, and Double the love this week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Numbers Game #95-217

Judy from Life Lessons blog hosts a weekly photo challenge called The Numbers GameThis week’s number is 217. 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 #95-217

Photo Credit:©️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: Retail Markets Around the World

Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)-Retail Food

Photo Credit: 1975-2019 Deb L. Waters & Nornal H. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

The last two(2) photos were taken pre-1940. They belonged to my maternal grandfather and given to me on his passing.

Cameras: 1-4) Minolta XG-7 35mm film; 5-6) Apple iPhone 7 Plus; 7) Apple iPhone XR; 8) Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Locations: As stated with each image.

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 OWS: 12 October — Teeth (of T-Rex)

Coleman
checking out the
Teeth of Tyrannosaurus Rex
King of the Dinosaurs

Click on each image to enlarge.

Debbie’s One Word Sunday (OWS)-Teeth

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, 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.

An Autumn Look Back with Coleman

Coleman Hiking in
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Autumn 2022

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Debbie’s Six Word Saturday 

Dawn’s Festival of Leaves 🍁 2025 Week #4

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

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

Location: 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 Pull Up a Seat (In a Waiting Room) #3

This week I am continuing with Pull up a Seat (In a Waiting Room) #3. You may view the first Waiting Room post here & the second post here.

Every couple of weeks we are Pulling Up a Seat in Waiting Room. Pretty soon it will be every week that we’ll be Pulling Up a Seat in a Waiting Room.

This week’s Waiting Room …

Coleman
Coleman
waiting to go
with his mom
for her to
see the doctor.

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 41

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Atrium Health Women’s Care Piedmont OB/GYN; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA 

God Bless. Take Care of yourself. Have a funtastic week. 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 Autumn Colours & News Note

Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). This week I have chosen Any Which Way with Autumn Colours for this week’s theme. Autumn Colours can be on any path, sidewalk, trail, or road as long as the Which Way is clearly discernible. This Theme will run for Two (2) Weeks. For further information regarding the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) feel free to check out the home page here.

Here are my entries … All of which were taken at Goat Island Park and Greenway along the Disc Golf Trail.

Click on each image to enlarge. 

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’s Which Way: Path to the Sunflower Maze

Suzette’s CWWC Deb’s Which Way Challenge – With Signs

Which Way Challenge (CWWC)-Any Which Way with Autumn Colours

Cosmic Photo Challenge-Scenes from an Autumn Garden

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

Camera: 1-8) Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; 9-14) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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.

Next Week’s Theme: CWWC: Any Which Way with Autumn Colours Continued (Week 2)

Noteworthy News: For the November Challenge the Which Way Challenge on Friday, November 7th, we’ll be joining Dan Antion from No Facilities (https://noFacilities.com) and Marsha from (https://alwayswrite.blog/), to post Black and White photos to remember Cee on her birthday. For the Which Way Challenge they can be Any Which Way in Black & White in memory of Cee’s Black and White Challenge (CBWC). It would be fantastic if you could include Bridges and/or Old Barns as Cee loved photographing them. If you desire include a thought or memory about Cee or your experiences with her challenges.

2025 SYD: 15 October

Clare from Clare’s Cosmos invites everyone to join her in Sharing Your Desktop (SYD). Below are her suggestions for participating in the Share Your Desktop Challenge .

To do so, simply share the photo (not a screenshot) you have set as your wallpaper; Provide as little or as much detail as you wish; Use a pingback, or post a link here so I know you have joined in on the fun; Then finally, share the fun around.

I am sharing my Wallpaper from both my Laptop and my Smartphone. I enjoy looking at different images each month. Most of which revolve around Coleman (my grandson) and nature. 

Here are my Desktop Wallpaper and Screensaver for my Laptop:

From My HP Laptop:

Desktop Background Wallpaper

Coleman hiking in
Goat Island Park & Greenway

Desktop Screensaver

Coleman Through the Trees
Goat Island Park and Greenway

From My Apple iPhone 16 Pro: 

Reading Focus

Coleman Leaning Back on a Tree
Branch Goat Island Park and Greenway

Hiking Focus

Coleman
Hiking along the
South Fork Catawba River
at Goat Island Park and Greenway

Personal Focus

Coleman
Disc Golf Trail
Goat Island Park and Greenway

Click on each image for enlarged viewing. 

Clare’s Share Your Desktop-October  

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

Cameras: Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens

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

2025 Numbers Game #94-216

Judy from Life Lessons blog hosts a weekly photo challenge called The Numbers Game. This week’s number is 216. 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 …

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Judy’s Numbers Game #94-216

Photo Credit:©️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 Sunday Stills: Monthly Colour Challenge — Black as Seen in Nature

Widow Skimmer
(Libellula luctuosa)
Anne Springs Close Greenway,
Fort Mill, SC

Common Raven
(Corvus corax)
Saki Monkey
Riverbanks Zoo
Columbia, SC
Norfolk Southern Railway
Cramerton, NC
Ebony jewelwing
(Calopteryx maculata)
Anne Springs Close Greenway,
Fort Mill, SC
Coleman holding
a Wild Blackberry
Crowders Mountain State Park
Kings Mountain, NC
Clyde Wilson (my father-in-law)
with a black horse

Terri’s Sunday Stills: Monthly Colour Challenge- Black (and/or White)

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

Looking Back to Autumn Leaves

LAPC #368 —

Lens-Artists Challenge

# 106: Autumn Plus

Festival of Leaves Week #3

This week John from Journeys with Johnbo is hosting the Lens-Artist Photo Challenge. He has come up with the “Looking Back” theme of Autumn. With mainly the Northern Hemisphere being in the Autumnal Season and the Leaves are changing colours, it seems appropriate that we show off our Fall/Autumn colours. I am linking up with Dawn’s Festival of Leaves, which I feel is definitely appropriate due to the Autumn Colours of Leaves being displayed. You can find out more about Dawn’s Festival of Leaves challenge here.

Here are my entries for these challenges …

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John’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #368-Autumn

Dawn’s Festival of Leaves 2025-Week #3

Photo Credit:©️2022-2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel T3i and Apple 14 Pro Max

Locations: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina and Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina

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 type of Walkways or Pathways with Signs

Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). This week I have chosen Any type of Walkways or Pathways with Signs for this week’s theme. Signs 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 …

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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’s Which Way: Sunset on the Rails

Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery’s Where are We Going?

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

Photo Credit:©️1975-2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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.

Next Week’s Theme: CWWC: Any Which Way with Autumn Colours

2025 Thursday Trios: 09 October

Chugging Along

Five days a week as I wait at the bus stop before (with Coleman) school and after school (waiting for Coleman), I watch the Norfolk Southern Trains chug chug chugging up and down the railroad tracks. Coleman loves to watch the trains (he would love to ride in one one day). Sometimes when I am waiting for him to arrive back at the bus stop in the afternoon I’ll capture the Norfolk Southern Trains chug chugging along with my smartphone. Then he’ll watch the train later in the afternoon.

Here is a trio gallery of the Norfolk Southern Trains as they zoom past me standing on the corner.

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Thursday Trios 

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion 

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

God Bless. Enjoy your week and always be observant of your surroundings. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 OWS: 05 October — Hanging Around …

There are many ways the term Hanging could be interpreted, such as Hanging around (with friends) Hanging Upside down (like a “monkey”), Hanging In (Being persistent, carrying on under difficult circumstances), or perhaps used as in the expression How’s it Hanging. These types of Hanging are totally different and distinct from Debbie’s example of Curtains Hanging or any other object Hanging.

I’m going to show you some “Hanging” examples of “Like Mother … Like Son.”

Coleman’s Mom’s version of Hanging …

Trisha,
my daughter/Coleman’s Mom
Hanging Upside Down
on a Tree. (2009)
Trisha
Hanging around
in a Tree. (2023)

Coleman’s version of Hanging …

Black & White of
Coleman Hanging
on a Metal Railing (2025)
Coleman
Hanging around
in a Tree (2025)
Coleman
Hanging on
“Monkey” Bars (2023)
Coleman Hanging
on low
Chin Up Bar
in the
Catawba Reservation (2022)

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Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Hanging

Photo Credit: ©️2009-2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. (First image-Senior Photo)

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

Guess what? Someone’s Status is Changing …

Six Word Saturday

Can you guess whose status will be changing? You might ask what kind of status … let me tell you. There will be a status change in our family. Why? Whose status is changing? Coleman’s status is changing hurt by. How is Coleman’s status changing in our family? Can you guess?

These are the reasons Coleman and I were waiting in the Waiting Room.

A Baby Sister

We had to wait for the right time, so Coleman could see the images of his Baby Sister.

Profile of Head

It was difficult for them to get a really good shot of her head. She was facing downward.

You may have figured out Coleman’s status change in the family by the images. If not, Coleman is excited to become a Big Brother.

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday-2025.04.10

Photo Credit: 2025 Deb L. Waters via Piedmont Medical Imaging … All Rights Reserved.

Location: Third Floor: Atrium Health Women’s Care OB/GYN; Rock Hill, South 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 Pull Up a Seat (In a Waiting Room) #2

A couple of weeks ago I showed you a couple of images from a Waiting Room. This week I am continuing with Pull up a Seat (In a Waiting Room) #2. You may view the first Waiting Room post here.

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 40

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Atrium Health Women’s Care Piedmont OB/GYN; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA 

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

2025 CFFC: September 29 (on 01.10) — Subjects Framed by Nature

Dan from No Facilities hosts Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge each week beginning on Mondays with a new theme each week. Dan is doing an excellent job since taking over the challenge and is keeping it fresh and alive continuing Cee’s legacy. This week Dan has chosen the theme of Subjects Framed by NatureHe has given examples of doors, windows, bridges, and more that subjects can be used to be framed.

Here are my entries …

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Dan’s Fun Photo Challenge-Subjects Framed by Nature

Photo Credit:©️2022-2025 Deb L. Waters & Nornal H. 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 type of Rails, Runways, Elevators, or Hot Air Balloons.

2025 Numbers Game #92-214 (.30.09)

Judy from Life Lessons blog hosts a weekly photo challenge called The Numbers Game. This week’s number is 214. 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.

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Here are my entries …

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Judy’s Numbers Game #92-214

Photo Credit:©️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.

Coleman’s “Porch” Seating Scares His Mom

Pull Up a Seat

for

Six Word Saturday

In the afternoons Coleman enjoys being outdoors and often Pulls Up a Seat on our Home’s Porch railing which would scare his mom half to death if she was at Home. Luckily for him when he chooses to Pull Up a Seat like in the images below his mom is at work and NOT at Home. This week’s post is also being linked with Debbie’s Six Word Saturday and One Word Sunday Challenges.

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Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 39

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday-2025.09.27

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Home

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

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

2025 Skywatch Friday/Weekend Sky —26 September

Autumn’s first Skywatch Friday for 2025. A bit of cloudy skies today with severe thunderstorms expected to occur all weekend.

Thursday Afternoon’s
Sky view above
the Railroad Tracks
Coleman’s Friday Afternoon Skywatch
Looking at
the Skyline
beyond Coleman
Stormy Skies

Skywatch Friday-2025.09.26

Hammad’s Weekend Sky

Weekend Sky

Weekend Sky

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. Stay Dry. Stay Safe. Enjoy your weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Sunday Stills — Fountains and Waterfalls

This week Terri is challenging us to display images of Waterfalls and/or Fountains we have seen. In our area we do not have any really huge waterfalls, but I have managed to visit a few smallish ones and fountains around the Carolinas.

Here are my entries … click on each image to enlarge.

Terri’s Sunday Stills-Fountains and Falls

Photo Credit:©️2017-2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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

2025 CFFC: September 23 — Subjects Framed by Things

Dan from No Facilities hosts Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge each week beginning on Mondays with a new theme each week. Dan is doing an excellent job since taking over the challenge and is keeping it fresh and alive continuing Cee’s legacy. This week Dan has chosen the theme of Subjects Framed by Things. He has given examples of doors, windows, bridges, and more that subjects can be used to be framed.

Here are my entries …

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Dan’s Fun Photo Challenge-Subjects Framed by Things

Photo Credit:©️1979 -2025 Deb L. Waters & Nornal H. 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 (Your Choice).

2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC) — Any Which Way with Tunnels and/or Underpasses (Ways under Bridges or Trestles)

Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). This week I have chosen Any Which Way with Tunnels and/or Underpasses (Ways under Bridges or Trestles) 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:

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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 People (here and there)

TGeriatri’x’’s People Unaware

Two-sisters Blog’s Taswegian1957’s CWWC 2025: Capturing People Unawares

Suzette’s For Deb’s CWWC – People Here and There

Dawn’s Wat Yarn Buddhist Monks

Dan’s From Fair to Fair

Ritva’s The Art of Urban Exploration

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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 Wordless Wednesday: 17 September

Not our doing, All Coleman’s.

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday- 10 September 2025

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 Care of Yourself. 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 Numbers Game #90-212

Judy from Life Lessons blog hosts a weekly photo challenge called The Numbers Game. This week’s number is 212. 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.

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Here are my entries …

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Judy’s Numbers Game #90-212

Photo Credit:©️2018-2025 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.