Category: #Coleman

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 Bench Choices at a Museum

Just found out about Jude’s Bench Challenge through Sue’s post Lone bench with a view….reprised. As I looked through my photo archives, I realized I have an abundance of Bench photos to select for this challenge.

My first Bench photos for Jude’s challenge are from the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina. I took my grandson, Coleman there in 2021 for a fun day together. I am also linking this post to XingfuMama’s Pull Up a Seat Challenge.

Jude’s Bench Challenge

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 4

Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max

Location: N.C. Transportation Museum; Spencer, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): January Week 4 —Any Which Way with Stairs, Steps, and/or Ladders

Good Day to y’all. Welcome to the fourth Which Way Challenge for 2025. This week I have chosen a theme of Any Which with Stairs, Steps, and/or Ladders. It can be anywhere you might find Stairs , Steps, or Ladders whether on a road, a trail, a mall, a construction site or any place conceivably possible for Stairs, Steps, or Ladders. As always, signs are welcome in your Which Ways.

Here are my Which Ways for this week:

Steps …

*Steps at South*
*Fork Park Trail McAdenville, North Carolina*

Stairs …

Ladders …

Bonus Throwback Steps …

*My Paternal Grandparents*
*Great Falls, South Carolina*

Which Way Challenge (CWWC)

Sharing your Which Ways could be one photo or several, it’s all up to you. Don’t feel obligated to share as many as I do.

God Bless. Looking forward to seeing y’all’s Which Ways. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all so very much.

2025 Thursday Doors: January 23

Coleman’s

Hot Wheels

Doors

1993 Hot Wheels Oldsmobile 442 W-30 72mm was made as a replica of the car from the Warner Brothers movie Demolition Man.

The Hot Wheels Olds 442 shown here was imprinted ©️1993 Warner Thailand and the signature Hot Wheels®️. It was originally bought for my younger son and now Coleman enjoys playing with it.

Which Way Challenge (CWWC)-Any Which Way with People in it

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

2025 CFFC: January Week 4 — Pick a Number

Number 0ne Hundred Seventy-Eight

For lack of taxing my brain and picking a Number from a proverbial hat, I chose to play along with Judy Dykstra-Brown’s Numbers Game of 178.

Hence, here are my 178 photo selections:

Dan’s CFFC-Pick a Number

Judy’s Numbers Game #57-178

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

2025 GeometricJanuary Coleman Style #3

Brio and MagnaTiles

Line, Curves, and Arches

Coleman’s Architectural Designs

Coleman used his MagnaTiles to construct a bridge over his Brio Railroad Track so his Hot Wheels cars could drive over the track while his Brio trains chug chug chugged down his track.

Becky’s GeometricJanuary #22

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; 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 GeometricJanuary Coleman Style #2

Little Tikes Geomtrics

*Coleman’s*
*Little Tikes*
*Engineered Design*

*Coleman’s*
*Geometric Shapes*
*in Little Tikes Toys*

Becky’s GeometricJanuary #21

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; 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 GeometricJanuary: January 18

Geometric Creation

Coleman Style

Becky’s GeometricJanuary #18

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Our Home; 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 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): January Week 3 —Any which way with people in it

Welcome to the third Which Way Challenge for 2025. This week I have chosen a theme of Any Which Way with People in it. It can be where you capture people unaware as your out and about on the road, path, or trail. As always, signs are welcome in your Which Ways.

Here are my Which Ways for this week:

Coleman and I went hiking along the Disc Golf Trail at Goat Island Park and Greenway before the freezing cold weather it our area. The Disc Golf Trail is a natural dirt trail, mostly smooth with some tree roots and lots of leaves this time of the year.

Coleman loves to lead the way and is often ahead of me. I allow some lead way as long as he’s in my line of sight.

*Looking across the river at another trail, we spot a small group of visitors checking out the fishing access.*

Moving along the way we came across several of the disc catchers. This is number 10 of 20 along the trail course.

*Coleman checking out the*
*disc golf sign and catcher.*

While hiking along the trail Coleman spots a downed tree and decided to climb up And investigate. He hence Pulls Up a Seat waiting for me to catch up.

Crossing over onto another section of the trail we encounter a man jogging through the trail.

Continuing on our hike we try to maneuver around to reach the bridge.

We managed to reach the bridge and were able to venture on towards where we began.

*Coleman crossing the bridge*
*& noticing the shadows*

As we near the end of the bridge heading back to the entrance, we see a family approaching our way. One of the little girls is attempting to ride her bike up the hill.

*A family*
*enjoying a day*
*in the Greenway*

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing my Which Ways with people. I am linking this up with XingfuMama’s Pull Up a Seat.

I am looking forward to seeing y’all’s Which Ways with People. I am grateful for those who have chosen to participate and support this challenge. Won’t you take the initiative and join the Which Way Challenge? For more information on the Which Way Challenge Check out the new Which Way Challenge Page here.

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 3

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens with Altura UV Filter attachment.

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

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

Love to all, Deb & Coleman

2025 Share Your Desktop: January 15

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* 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 Smartphone Wallpapers:

Personal Focus

*Coleman & Muscovy Duck*
*in Riverside Park and Greenway*

Hiking Focus

*Coleman*
*checking out the*
*Disc Golf Catcher at*
*Goat Island Park and Greenway*

Reading Focus

*Coleman*
*playing in the Sand*
*at Riverside Park and Greenway*

Here are my Wallpapers from my Laptop:

Laptop Desktop Wallpaper

*Coleman sitting*
*on a Tree Limb*
*Goat Island Park and Greenway*

Laptop Screensaver

*Taken at*
*Goat Island Park*
*and Greenway*

Clare’s Share Your Desktop-January 2025

SYD

Cameras: 1-3) Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max; 4-5) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: 1-2) Riverside Park and Greenway; 3-5) Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Numbers Game #56–#177

Judy invites us to join in with her to play “The Numbers Game #56.” Today’s number is 177. 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 #56-177

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 January 14 — GeometricJanuary

— On the Ground & Underfoot

Becky’s GeometricJanuary #14

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV & Star filter attachments.

Location: Carolina Thread Trail; 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 Words for Thought #50: 01.14

Love Each Other

“The impulse of love that leads us to the doorway of a friend is the voice of God within and we need not be afraid to follow it.”
—Agnes Sanford

Think About It Tuesday

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV & Star filter attachment.

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

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.

2025 GeometricJanuary #13

On the Riverbanks

*Coleman*
*constructing craters*
*to clench & cradle*
*his measuring cups.*

Becky’s GeometricJanuary #13

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV and Star filter attachments.

Location: Banks of the South Fork Catawba River; Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Count your blessings one by one. Be Grateful for all you’ve been given. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Snow Gone too Soon, Now Icy

For some snow last longer than others depending on your location. In the southeast, snow is not a yearly occurrence. The last Snow we saw was in late January of 2022, three years ago. This year we only received a dusting of snow before it changed to a wintry mix ending with freezing rain.

Now for a look at The Day After …

For my friends in Atlanta, Georgia, they welcomed the snow. They had plenty for their to be played in, but alas it won’t last for long there either.

Atlanta, Georgia
©️2025 Diane Dean-Ciardi

And my friend’s view in Van Wyck, South Carolina …

©️2025 Donnie Hicks
Van Wyck, South Carolina

Here’s a view of it snowing from Fort Mill, South Carolina …

©️2025 Maria De Jesus
Fort Mill, South Carolina

Contrasting with our views …

Six-Word Saturday

God Bless. Stay Safe. Keep Warm. Be Observant. Geometric shapes are all around. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Weekend Sky: Week 2 — January 10

❄️Snow 🌨️ Snowing ❄️ Snowfall 🌨️❄️

Thursday Afternoon, 01.09

Thursday was cold with lows in the low twenties (21°) warming into the low 40’s.

Friday Afternoon, 01.10

Currently, it is 29° and snowing where we live. Normally, if we get snow ❄️, we don’t get it until near the end of January/early February. We haven’t seen snow since mid-January 2022. WSOC 9 Now reported that this is the “First snow in Charlotte in 1076 days.”⁦ [The Town of Cramerton is just 18-20 minutes southwest of Charlotte International Airport.]

As you may have noticed, Coleman managed to scoot past me without proper attire to see our first drops of snow ❄️. Don’t worry, I didn’t let him stay out for very long with no jacket or shoes.

It is supposed to keep snowing until around 6:30 (more or less) and then switch over to a wintry mix throughout the evening and on into early Saturday morning.

Hammad’s Weekend Sky

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

God Bless. Stay Warm. Stay Safe. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. 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

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 Which Way Challenge (CWWC)

Welcome back to the Which Way Challenge … this week’s challenge is CWWC: Roads with any signs. For further information about the Which Way Challenge check out the new Which Way Challenge page here.

Signs can be found on almost any road, dirt road, trail or greenway. When Coleman and I go hiking we usually see a sign or two. It doesn’t matter if we are walking through town or hiking along a trail or greenway, signs help guide the way or possibly warn of danger. No matter the sign or location one can gather pertinent information and notice the different geometric shapes the signs represent.

Here are my entries for this week …

On the Road
to the Historic
Baltimore Fishing Pier

Share the Road
Sign on
Cramer Mountain Road

Fishing Line Recycling Bin
Sign on left Park &
Greenway Rules and
*Regulations Sign on right*
*located on side of*
*entrance to the*
*Historic Baltimore Fishing Pier*

*Warning: Recommended Flow*
*by the Catawba Riverkeeper*
*Sign by the Ramp*
*to the Fishing Pier*

Now over to y’all to post your Which Ways (CWWC) Roads with any signs.

Which Way’s from this past week:

WoollyMuses

Which Way Challenge (CWWC)-Roads with any Signs

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

2025 Thursday Trios: 01.09

Nature’s Trio

Ilex opaca, also known as American Holly, is a holly species which is native to the Eastern and South-Central United States. This Holly was loaded with its red berries bringing a bit of colour to the nature trail.

Seen while Coleman and I were hiking the Disc Golf Trail at Goat Island Park and Greenway in Cramerton.

Thursday Trios

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

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

God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Be Observant. Show Gratitude. Love to all. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Throwback Thursday Doors: 01.09

Throwback Doors with Coleman

This week has been pretty cold ( low’s in the low 20’s), I know that’s not as cold as some of y’all see but it’s freezing for us. Therefore, I chose to go through my archive file of doors. Look out all the lines, angles, squares, and rectangles. Can you spot other Geometric patterns/shapes? Hopefully you’ll enjoy viewing Coleman’s antics as I fondly remember them. I am also linking up with GeometricJanuary and Throwback Thursday.

*Coleman*
*trying to open*
Refrigerator **Door**
*when he was two (2).*

In this last photo (animation) we had a “lock” on the Refrigerator Door to try to keep him from getting into it. As you can see it didn’t keep him from trying.

Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max

Location: Lake Wylie, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. I’m Grateful for being allowed to watch Coleman grow up with all his antics, experiences, and expressions. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Monday Portrait: 01.06

Sasquatch & Coleman

This (PPAC) of Bigfoot ( also known as Sasquatch) is located on the Disc Golf Trail at Goat Island Park and Greenway in Cramerton, North Carolina. This is the first time Coleman and I hiked this trail since Hurricane Helene. After the flood damage to the trail in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene; the trail was blocked off prohibiting access temporarily until repairs could be completed. We did not recall seeing Sasquatch previously. Coleman was fascinated by the Bigfoot and had to check it out.

Monday Portrait

Photographing Public Art Challenge (PPAC)

Cameras: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max; Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV filter attachment

Location: Disc Golf Trail; 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.

GeometricJanuary Floating Down the Catawba River

Coleman was playing with his small soccer ball on the bank of the South Fork Catawba River. He tried making a blockade to keep it from sliding into the water, but alas it failed. His soccer ball with its geometric shapes rolled down into the river.

These depict the travel of his soccer ball floating down the South Fork Catawba River, lost to him forever. Bye, bye soccer ball. Click on each image ( if desired) for larger enhanced viewing.

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #252

Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV and Star-6 Filter attachments

Location: Riverside 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 Pull Up a Seat with a View by the River

& a Companion

When Coleman and I visited the Greenway on New Year’s Afternoon we actually Pulled Up a Seat on a bench on the other side of the Pier. Couldn’t resist taking a picture of this one with the resident Muscovy Duck sitting nearby.

This Muscovy Duck was friendly with no qualms about approaching Coleman. ( Those pics are for a future post). It would come really super close to Coleman. When we first arrived Coleman sat down with his construction trucks and dinosaurs near his favourite tree. The Muscovy Duck seemed to think that tree was its spot. It appeared to be saying “Why are you in my area?” It walked all around Coleman and decided he was friendly enough, so he would share the area.

It wasn’t until some people came to the river with a dog that the duck switched locations to the area pictured above.

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 1

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #252

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: At the South Fork Catawba River; Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Talk a Walk. Pull Up a Seat and Relax in Nature. Enjoy the Views. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 GeometricJanuary Squaring #4

Becky’s GeometricJanuary Squares

On January 1st, Coleman and I hiked a short ways to the Riverside Park and Greenway. While Coleman was playing in the sand by the South Fork Catawba River, snappy few shots with my camera. Being observant of my surroundings, I captured some fascinating GeometricJanuary shapes.

Here are my Squares for GeometricJanuary #4 linking to Becky here. I’m also linking to RDP Wednesday-Radiant and FOWC-Joint.

*Riverside Park and Greenway*
*Fishing Pier*

Look at all the joints holding the pier together. Amazing what you find when you look underneath.

Another angle 📐
of the underside
of the fishing pier.

If you thought the architectural design of the joints on the underside were fascinating, then you would be astounded by the sun’s rays radiating over the water. Don’t you think it looks radiant ?

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #24 – The best from your year

Fandango’s One Word Challenge (FOWC)-Joint

Ragtag Daily Prompt (RDP):Wednesday-Radiant

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #252

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV filter attachment.

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

God Bless. Take time to relax and enjoy yourself. Get Outdoors and admire the beauty in nature. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Monochrome Madness #24 – The Best from 2024

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

2024 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Dirt roads or dirt pathways or trails

This week’s Which Way Challenge theme is Any Dirt roads or dirt pathways or trails. You may post one or as many as you like, just make sure your Which Way is clearly distinguishable. Remember signs are always welcome.

Here are my Which Ways for this week …

These are leaf covered dirt trails at the Historic Baltimore Fishing Pier location in Cramerton, North Carolina. Coleman and I hiked them, on Christmas Day, to see where they’d take us. Unfortunately, due to unrepaired damage to the trails from Hurricane Helene, parts of the trails are unrestored and nonfunctional at this time.

This Bridge was barricaded declaring it was unsuitable and hazardous rendering it off-limits to hikers/pedestrians.

Many thanks to WoollyMuses, for their Which Ways. You might want to check out their Silver and/or Gold Which Ways.

Cameras: 1-5) Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max; 6-7) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura NP filter attachment.

Location: Historic Baltimore Fishing Pier Trails; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. Hope to see your Which Ways showing your Dirt roads or dirt pathways or trails. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 GeometricJanuary Squaring: 01/03

Finding Geometric Patterns in ordinary objects is easy to do if you’re observant. Here is my entry for Becky’s GeometricJanuary for day three …

*Geometric shapes*
*in, on, and around*
*a golf ball in the sand.*

Becky’s GeometricJanuary-2025.01.03

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: By the South Fork Catawba River; Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Thursday Doors: January 2

GeometricJanuary

NC Transportation Museum

*The Back Shop*
*North Carolina Transportation Museum*

The Back Shop is the largest building on the grounds of the North Carolina Transportation Museum. When it was constructed in 1905 for Spencer Shops, it was the largest industrial building in the state. It was used for the complete overhaul of steam locomotives. The North Carolina Transportation Museum is located in Spencer, North Carolina. It is a great place to visit for “Kids” of all ages. Coleman enjoyed it when he was only two.

Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max

Location: The Back Shop; North Carolina Transportation Museum; Spencer, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. I’m Grateful for the friendships I’ve made through the various blogging challenges on WordPress. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

A 2024 in Review in Flowers

Dedicating this post

to our beloved friend, Cee.

Where I live we still have a little over two and a half hours before 2025’s arrival. I do not normally do year end reviews and I’ve long since given up on making any New Year’s Resolutions. This year Sunday Stills is asking us to do an Annual Year in Review. Therefore, I decided to give a few tidbits of my 2024.

951 posts on WordPress
Written a total of 129.2K words in my WP posts
Participated regularly in blogging challenges. (I’ll miss Cee and her Challenges).
Commented on many posts
Had 10,153 views (for some this may not seem like a lot, but to me it is)
Had 4,125 visitors
Had 6,438 likes

Other Activities outside of Blogging:

Read 121 e-books
Read for a minimum of 30 minutes all 365 days
Read all 52 weeks of the year
Visited 5 cities in my area
Visited and Hiked at 14 different parks or greenways
Made many friends here on WordPress
My grandson started Kindergarten ( I’ve walked him to school most days)
My grandson hikes anywhere and everywhere with me
We moved out of an apartment and into a rental house one town over. (Coleman loves it. It is in walking distance to two greenways).

Now for my Floral Year in Review:

January Flowers (sad to say not many):

February Flowers:

*Think I made up for only one in January*

March Flowers:

April Flowers:

May Flowers:

June Flowers:

July Flowers:

August Flowers:

September Flowers:

October Flowers:

November Flowers:

December Flowers:

I am grateful for each and everyone who has visited, liked, and or commented on my blog. I hope to see y’all participating in the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) in 2025. Happy New Year!

Sunday Stills: Annual Year in Review

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

Love to all from Coleman and myself.

CFFC: The Tall and the short of It

First off, let’s take a look at a TALL building in Abilene, Texas. I visited my Aunt (my mom’s sister) in 2020 during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Since our plans of visiting other relatives didn’t pan out due to social distancing mandates, I took many long walks around my Aunt’s neighborhood. I was not just out for the exercise, but also to explore the area. I came across this Tall Building on one of my walkabouts.

The Enterprise Tower was originally known as the First State Bank Tower and then Bank of America Building. It was constructed in the early 80’s and completed in 1984. This is the tallest building in Abilene with its twenty (20) stories at Two Hundred Eighty-Five (285) feet (87 meters). It ranks as the 6th tallest building in West Texas.

And now we’ll take a look see at a building on the shorter side of things located at The Schiele Museum of Natural History’s Catawba Indian Village in Gastonia, North Carolina. The Schiele Museum is a favourite place Coleman enjoys visiting. [The museum also has Dinosaurs 🦖 🦕 on display.]

Information listed on the sign in front of the Early Log Cabin …

This log house reflects the rapid change that the Catawba lifestyle was undergoing throughout Scots-Irish and German settlements of this region in the 18th century. This home is a native adaptation of the log cabins being built by these settiers. The first Catawba cabins were built of unhewn logs with shingle roofs and a central smoke hole. These smoke holes began being replaced with chimneys of stone and logs, as seen here, in the mid-1700s.

This Early Log Cabin is one of several different types of homes in the Catawba Indian Village that were once used by the native Catawba Indians in our area.

Dan’s CFFC

Cameras: 1) Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max; 2) Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

God Bless. May your blessings be long upon the Earth and be you experience tons of joy, peace, love, and happiness throughout the rest of 2024 and all throughout 2025. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Historic Baltimore Fishing Pier

Lovely View

of the

South Fork Catawba River

Posting as part of WWE and Judy’s Numbers Game #54-175. This week I have decided to post photos from the Baltimore Fishing Pier instead of finding the 175 numbered photos. These all linked in a new album in my files. I thought you’d enjoy the photos I shot from the Historic Baltimore Fishing Pier. Enjoy the video.

Historic Baltimore Fishing Pier

Water Water Everywhere #252

Judy’s Numbers Game #54-175

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 52

Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura CPL filter attachment

Location: Historic Baltimore Fishing Pier; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Take Care. Here’s to many happy days of love, joy, and laughter in 2025. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

A Few Ripples and a Splash

Water Water Everywhere

Coleman and I hiked to the Historic Baltimore Fishing Pier on Christmas Day. Whenever we a near a lake or river, Coleman likes to throw sticks, rocks, or whatever he can find into the water. He likes seeing the ripple effect and even more so when he can get a big splash from whatever he throws into the water.

Here’s what I managed to capture from his efforts …

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #251

WWE

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura CPL filter attachment.

Location: Historic Baltimore Fishing Pier; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Monday Window: 12.30

North Carolina

Transportation Museum

Railroad Car

Railway Cars located at The North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina. The Museum has several Trains, Train Engines, Airplanes, Antique Cars and other transportation vehicles on display for visitors to see for a minimal cost.

I took Coleman to the North Carolina Transportation Museum back in 2021 just after he turned 2. He loved seeing the variety of transportation vehicles on display.

Monday Window

Ludwig’s Monday Window

Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max Telephoto Camera

Location: North Carolina Transportation Museum; Spencer, North Carolina, USA

2024 RDP: Contentment

Cardinals Contentment

Coleman and I refilled our bird feeder today to the delight and contentment of Northern Cardinals as well as a variety of other bird species.

The birds have a tendency to jostle some of the bird seeds around while they are grabbing a bite and flying off. Some will stay awhile for a bit of contented munching while others snatch and flee to and fro. They do fly here and there spreading the word and then flying back for more.

After filling the feeder, we had some loose seeds, so instead of putting them back in the back we spread them out on the railing. Coleman loves to watch the birds eating the bird feed we put out. Today, the Female Northern Cardinals were displaying contentment, enjoying the feed we spread out for their content.

RDP Wednesday: TODAY

Ragtag Daily Prompt-Friday! Contentment

Birds of the Week XCVI

Birds of the Carolinas

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: As seen through our Front Window; Our Front Porch Railings; Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Be Content with who you are. You are loved. Dwell in the Contentment of our Lord God. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Thursday Trios: 12.26

Wildlife Habitat Flowers

Coleman and I spotted these flowers while hiking along the trail in Central Park the other week. There’s not much in this Wildlife Habitat that we could see, but maybe it’ll seem more appealing in the Spring.

*Metal Flowers*
*Wildlife Habitat*
*Central Park*

*Close-up of Door*
*in building*
*behind the Flowers*

Carol’s Thursday Trios-12.26

Cee’s Flower of the Day (Does Metal Flowers count?)

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Wildlife Habitat; Hiking Trail; Central Park; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. As we approach 2025, may God watch over you, keep you safe, fill you with hope, joy, peace, and love. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 RDP: Tuesday 12.17 — Darkness

Out of the Darkness and into the early Dawn as Coleman walked out the back door for us to head to the bus stop, he said look Grandma and pointed towards the back fence. He wanted me to see what he was seeing.

Here’s what he was seeing …

These were taken in the early dawn when it was still dark outside. I have cataracts and cannot see out of my left eye, it is difficult for me to see in the dark. Thus, these are not as clear as I would prefer but will still give you an idea of what Coleman was seeing coming out of the darkness.

Ragtag Daily Prompt-Tuesday! Darkness!

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Our Backyard; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Come out of the Darkness and Dwell in the Light of Jesus. Hallelujah! Christ’s birth is the Reason we celebrate Christmas. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Numbers Game #53 – 174

Judy from Life Lessons’ invites us to play along with her in her Numbers Game Challenge. Her instructions are simple, just 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 my Numbers Game blog of the day.

Here are my entries for this week’s Numbers Game Challenge:

Judy’s Numbers Game #53-174

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

2024 One – to – Three Monday Window: 12.23

Melville Dairy Horse-Drawn Wagon

The Melville Dairy operated in Burlington, North Carolina for forty (40) years from 1927 to 1967.

It used Horse-Drawn Wagon during its early years of operation in and around Burlington. It was founded by brothers Ralph Henderson Scott Sr. and Henry A. Scott.

It first sold dairy products directly from the family farm in the Hawfields community. By 1935, the brothers had built a plant in Burlington to process and sell milk from their own farm and other local dairies. Eventually, 150 farms provided milk to Melville Dairy Products

Coleman and myself saw this Melville Dairy Wagon on display when we visited The North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina back in 2021. [He loved seeing all the automobiles, carriage, airplanes and trains.] It was restored by Byron Hargrove Siler City, NC.

All information regarding this Melville Dairy Wagon was obtained from the NC Transportation Museum.

One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge-December 2024

Monday Window

Ludwig’s Monday Window

Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max Telephoto Camera

Location: North Carolina Transportation Museum; Spencer, North Carolina, USA

Delighted Seeing the Bird Feeder Activity

After we moved into our new place Coleman insisted, we needed a bird feeder. He watches the bird feeder every day to see if any birds come to eat from it. It was slow in the beginning, but after the birds investigated the feeder and spread the word, we have had plenty of activity on the feeder. However, the majority of activity seems to occur in the mornings after Coleman goes to school. He is delighted when he can see birds enjoying the feeder.

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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

2024 Thursday Doors: 12.19

Rauch and Lang BX-7 Brougham

The 1918 Electric Rauch & Lang BX-7 Brougham was built by Rauch & Lang of Cleveland, Ohio, with a Brougham body style. A Brougham was a carriage with an outside chauffer’s seat, a design also popular with early electric cars. Rauch & Lang started as a wagon company in 1884 and built its first electric vehicle in 1905. It ceased building cars in 1928.

The Rauch & Lang Carriage Company was incorporated in 1884, by Jacob Rauch and Charles E. J. Lang. Producing some of the best known and expensive carriages in Cleveland.

According to an advertisement in January 1911, Rauch & Lang Electrics could be procured with shaft or enclosed chain drive. No matter your preference, you could still have the exquisite finish and style which distinguishes all Rauch & Lang cars. Both drives are noiseless, efficient and strong. The Rauch & Lang Carriage Company stood behind all the cars.

This 1918 Electric Rauch & Lang BX-7 Brougham at the N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina.