Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography
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John’s CellPic Sunday-2026.11.08
Photo Credit: Copyright ©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Birkdale Village Parking Lot; Birkdale Village; Huntersville, North Carolina, USA
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“When the winds of change blow, remember… sometimes what appears dead is simply preparing for a new season.”
— Jane Lee Logan
Flowers may appear to be dying, dried out, but looks maybe deceiving at times.
Some are browning, looking dried out while others are new bulbs displaying new life is still abounding.
“Nothing and no one is perfect. It just takes a good eye to find those hidden imperfections.”
Daphne Delacroix
“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.”
— Alice Walker
Nature doesn’t always adhere to the Seasonal Changes when we think they should occur. You’d think that when the Seasons changed to Autumn the Leaves of trees would naturally begin in the same timeframe. Nature’s funny that way, it’s on its own timetable, not a calendar, equinox, or solstice timetable. Plants and trees don’t depend on the Farmer’s Almanac to determine when they will change.
In our area some of the trees are just now starting to show signs of Autumnal season changes in their colouring. Still others show no signs of seasonal colour changes.
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
2 a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
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Terri’s The Flower Hour #55-Of Bones, Blooms & Fallen Leaves
Dawn’s Festival of Leaves Week #6
Also posting in remembrance of …
Bren’s Floral Friday
Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Photo Credit: Copyright ©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
God Bless. Admire the Flowers and the beauty found in nature. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Welcome back to the Which Way Challenge (previously hosted by Cee Neuner). This week our theme is Which Way Challenge CWWC 2026: Any Which Way with Autumn Leaves [10.02.2026-10.09.2026]. It will run for two (2) weeks. Your Which Ways can be Outdoors, Paved or Unpaved, Dirt Trails or any natural surface as long as they are in the displaying Autumn Leaves 🍂.
Mine are from 2021 and 2022 as the leaves in our area have not as yet displayed their Autumn colours. These were taken at the Fort Mill Access to the Catawba River and the Fort Mill Dam. Feel free to link to Dawn’s Festival of Leaves or other appropriate links.
Here are my 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.
Suzette’s For Deb’s CWWC26 Any Which Way in the Evening
Dawn’s Which Way: Sunset Reflecting in the Rain
Marilyn’s Nighttime Wakens
Also linking with the following Photo Challenges led by fellow bloggers …
Cosmic Photo Challenge (#CosPhoChal)-Autumn Walk
Dawn’s Festival of Leaves
Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2026-Week 39
Photo Credit: Copyright ©️2021-2022 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Location: Fort Mill Catawba River Access; Fort Mill Dam, Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Happy Adventures. Enjoy Nature. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
** Note: Next Week we will continue with the theme of —CWWC 2026: Any Which Way with Autumn Leaves [10.09.2026].
Dawn from The Day After is hosting this week’s Monochrome Madness; she has chosen a theme of Leaves and Petals. A few of the leaves are from here in Cramerton and the rest are from an outing we took on Thanksgiving Day to do a little bit of hiking.
Dawn’s Monochrome Madness-Leaves and Petals
Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #48-Leaves and/or Petals
Also posting for …
Cee’s Flower of the Day
Bren’s Floral Friday
Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: 1-3) Cramerton, North Carolina; 4-8) Cornelius/Lake Norman, North Carolina, USA
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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 …
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Terri’s Sunday Stills:Monthly Color Challenge – Any shade of brown and/or gray
Photo Credit:©️2019-2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved
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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
Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2025 Week 45
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.
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Becca’s Sunday Trees – 611
Dawn’s Festival of Leaves 2025-Week # 7
Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion
Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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Capturing Leaves and such along the South Fork Catawba River before church this beautiful Sunny morning with Coleman. We enjoy walking along the riverbanks whenever the opportunity arises. And since we were feeling a bit better after being sick, it was an opportune time.
Leaves of American Sycamore trees …
The American Sycamore tree is native to Eastern North America; which includes the eastern and central United States, the mountains of northeastern Mexico, extreme southern Ontario, and extreme southern Quebec.
The American Sycamore is a long-lived species, typically surviving at least 200 years and likely as long as 500–600 years. Interestingly the species epithet occidentalis is Latin for “western,” referring to the Western Hemisphere and named as such by Carl Linnaeus since the only other species in the genus was P. orientalis (“eastern “), native to the Eastern Hemisphere. Therefore, it became confusing due to the fact that the American Sycamore was first known in the Eastern United States. Hence, it is sometimes referred to as the Eastern Sycamore in order to distinguish it from Platanus racemosa which was discovered later in the Western United States and called western sycamore.
Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion & Telephoto Cameras
Location: Banks of the South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have a fabulous week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
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