Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography
This blog is for my insights on life, the Bible, hiking adventures with my grandson and whatever is important to me
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Photo Credit:©️1979 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm
Digitized: Wolverine Digital Converter
Location: Ports O’ Call Los Angeles; San Pedro, California, USA
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Playing around with an old image from the 1960’s …
XingfuMama’s One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge-April 2026
Photo Credit:©️1968 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Location: 228 S. Meadowbrook Drive; San Diego, California, USA
God Bless. Have a fantastic rest of your week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Dan from No Facilities hosts the Fun Foto Challenge at and this week he is asking for our View from Public Transportation. I have gone into my archives for this one to past adventures on buses past and present.
First off, let me tell you I don’t do public transportation that often and when I do it is rare.
Let’s look at Past Public Transportation…
Now to see what can be seen from a Greyhound Bus …
Moving on toward the Present …
Coleman and I rode the Gastonia Transit Buses for approximately two (2) years before Gaston County disbanded the County Transit system and replaced it with Gaston Go Vans (which I still haven’t figured out how to arrange rides on them). The Buses were really convenient for Coleman and I to hop on and off (reduce fair for under 5 (under 3 was free) and seniors. We used to ride the buses all over Gastonia to various destinations such as: the library, The Schiele Museum of Natural History, Lineberger Park, Edwin Center, Warlick Family YMCA, Avon and Catawba Creek Greenways, and even to Walmart or Food Lion if we desired.
Last, but not least …
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Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)-View from Public Transportation
Photo Credit: First Three: ©️1974-80 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved; Second Set: ©️2020 Deb L. Waters … All Rights reserved; Third Set: ©️2023-2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: 1st Set: Minolta XG-7 35 mm; 2nd Set: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max; 3rd Set: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
God Bless. Can you spot Coleman in the last picture? Get Outdoors. Enjoy Nature. Have a funtastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). This week we are continuing with the theme – Any Which Way with Spring or Autumn Which Ways [2nd Week — pm04.03.2026]) for this week’s theme. The Which Way can be any Dirt trail, road, pathway, sidewalk as long as the Which Way is clearly discernible. As always signs are always welcome.
For further information regarding the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) feel free to check out the home page here.
For my entries this week I am going way way back to April of 1979 when I visited Hearst Castle with friends and family …
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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.
Dawn’s Which Way: Spring Red Buds Along the Road
Cath’s Which Way… {Autumnal Trails}
Suzette’s Spring or Autumn – Deb’s Any Which Way – CWWC 2026
Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery’s Spring Parade
Rich with Serendipity’s Spring Ahead
Photo Credit:©️1979 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm
Digitized with Wolverine 96660.
Location: Hearst Castle; San Simeon, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
God Bless. Blessings on Passover. Happy Easter! May you be blessed with Sunshine, Happiness, and Peace. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Note: Next Week’s Theme will be combined with Dan’s CFFC for a theme of – Which Way Challenge (CWWC) 2026: Any Which Way with Views from a walk or hike.
Dan from No Facilities hosts the Fun Foto Challenge at and this week he is asking for our Views from Something on Water. I have gone into my archives for this one to past adventures on ships in the water.
First I’m going to take y’all way back to 1974. We’ll be visiting the historic Queen Mary docked in Long Beach, California. (Dan, you didn’t say it had to be moving.) My family and I toured the Queen Mary the summer after my high school graduation. (Yep, that gives you a clue to how long I’ve been around.)
These are views from aboard the Queen Mary taken with my dad’s Minolta XG-7 35mm camera …
The next Views are from the Enchantment of the Seas Caribbean Cruise Ship taken with an Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max during a cruise in February of 2020.
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Hope you enjoyed our views from Ships on Water. Looking forward to seeing y’all’s.
Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)-View From Something on Water
Photo Credit: First Set: ©️1974 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved; Second Set: ©️2020 Deb L. Waters … All Rights reserved.
God Bless. Get Outdoors. Enjoy Nature. Have a funtastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Dan from No Facilities hosts the Fun Foto Challenge at and this week he is asking for our Views from a Car. I have chosen to take you on an adventure of Looking Forward while Venturing backwards in time to Past Views from a Windshield.
Let’s begin with the Current 2026 …
2025 View in Charlotte, North Carolina …
Now to the Past Views from a Car …
2017 …
2012 …
Now to Traverse even Further Back in Time …
1979 …
1973 …
1963 …
Nowadays you don’t need to stop, due to the digital age they just capture your license plate & send you a bill.
Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)-View From a Car
Photo Credit: ©️1963-2026 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) and Deb L. Waters (aka me).
God Bless. Take an adventure. See some beautiful sights. Capture the Memories. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
This week’s host for Monochrome Madness is Stupidity Hole with a theme of The Space Between. Looking forward to exploring the various interpretations on The Space Between.
Here are a few I came up with for this week’s challenge …
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Leanne’s Monochrome Madness-2025.12.13
Stupidity Hole’s Monochrome Madness-The Space Between
Photo Credit:©️1979-2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
God Bless. Have a fantastic weekend ahead. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Photo Credit:©️1979 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm
Location: Hume Lake Christian Campground; Hume, California, 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.
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.
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.
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Here are my entries …
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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.
These ruin images were captured by my dad when he and my mom visited my brother stationed in Germany while serving in the United States Air Force. These are various perspectives of the Heidelberg Castle Ruins they saw during their visit.
Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #44-Ruins
Sarah’s Monochrome Madness-Seen in Black and White
Photo Credit: ©️1979 Nornal H. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm camera
Location: Heidelberg Castle; Heidelberg, Germany
God Bless. Have a wonderful weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
“Every window tells a different story”.
If only I could hear some of the stories these windows could tell. I wish I could remember what it was like to gaze out these windows and watch the comings and goings of friends and family.
The above home is the first place I ever lived. If only I could know the stories those windows would tell if times long ago.
“Bless those who see life through a different window and those who understand their view.”
— Unknown author
Through every Window in every home tells a chapter in the story of my journey through life.
The above home is the second home I lived in from the time I was two until the summer before I started kindergarten. That summer we moved to the home shown below. I loved looking through the windows and knew that excitement and adventure was awaiting me on the outside.
“The window is where curiosities meet. Insiders are curious about the outside, and outsiders are curious about the inside”.
— Author Unknown
Peeking through the curtains, watching and waiting with anticipation … wondering who will be dropping by … curiosity beckons me to the window.
“Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.”
— George Bernard Shaw
The many Windows in the church could tell a vast array of stories regarding the comings and goings of all who consider this like home and all its inhabitants like family. This church was almost like a second home spending every Sunday morning and evening, and every Wednesday night as well. Sometimes the rest of the week as well, in my youth many a day was spent with friends playing, connecting, conversing with each other like we couldn’t wait to hear the stories we knew these windows were hearing.
God Bless. Have a funtastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
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).
The Vallecito Stage Station in Julian, California was rebuilt and is a part of the Vallecito County Park operated by the San Diego County Parks. The Vallecito Stage Station was one of the Home Stations along The Butterfield Overland Mail route which carried mail from San Antonio, Texas to San Diego, California beginning in 1857. Passengers on the Stage Coaches ate a good meal once every twenty-four (24) hours at what were called “Home Stations.” Vallecito was one of the “Home Stations” that provided good meals to the Butterfield-Overland travelers from produce and meat supplied by farmers on Mt. Palomar.
Vallecito has been preserved as a 71-acre county park built around a reconstruction of the historic Butterfield Stage Station. Vallecito has been a campsite for literally hundreds of years, beginning first with the native Kumeyaay Indians. This area is part of what is known as the Anza-Borego Desert.
When I was growing up my church youth group would come out here almost every year for camping and hiking. The campground area is primitive and you must bring in your own water supplies as wet as any other supplies you might need.
Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Empty
Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 38
Photo Credit:©️Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.
God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Enjoy the Outdoors. Have some fun. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Dawn from The Day After hosts this week’s Monochrome Madness. She has chosen a theme of symmetry. Symmetry refers to an objects balance and harmonious proportions, having its parts similar corresponding to one another. The image below I think is my favourite symmetrical photo I have and even though I have others I’m saving them for another time.
Dawn’s Monochrome Madness-Symmetry
Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #43-Symmetry
Photo Credit:©️1985 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.
God Bless. Have a funtastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Anne from Slow Shutter Speed is the host for this week’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge. She has chosen a unique theme of a Virtual Scavenger Hunt with several ideas for us to select from while searching for our “Scavenger” items.
Here are my “Scavenger Hunt” findings:
Anne’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #363-Virtual Scavenger Hunt
Photo Credit:©️1979-2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
God Bless. Have a funtastic week & fun Scavenging to find things to capture. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Judy from Life Lessons blog hosts a weekly photo challenge called The Numbers Game. This week’s number is 206. 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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Photo Credit:©️1979-2023 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.
Judy from Life Lessons blog hosts a weekly photo challenge called The Numbers Game. This week’s number is 206. 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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Photo Credit:©️1968-2025 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.
Judy from Life lessons hosts The Numbers Game . She has chosen the number 204 for this week’s #82” Numbers Game challenge. To play along, go to your photos file folder 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. 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 repeats each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog post here.
Here are my contributions to the album.
Photo Credit:©️1974-2024 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.
“Swimming” in the Carolinas
Water sports is a common summer activity around the Carolinas. The Canada Geese enjoy swimming in the South Fork Catawba River …
Some people take pleasure in Paddle Boarding …
Others gain satisfaction Kayaking with family …
And then Coleman delights in playing and splashing in the Spillway at Anne Springs Close Greenway …
Lastly, we remember a time when Springs Mill Recreational Park was open and everyone could find contentment in the pool.
Terri’s Sunday Stills: In the #Swim, But Staying Safe
Photo Credit: 1-4) ©️2023-2025 Deb L. Waters; 5) ©️1968 Nornal H. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: 1) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; 2-3) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max; 4) Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max; 5) Minolta XG-7
Locations: 1-3) South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina; 4) Lake Haigler Spillway; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina; 5) Springs Pool; Springs Mill Recreational Park; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have a fantastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
This theme challenge to see time to think about what to reflections to use, especially since I just recently posted a water reflections post. Looking through my archives I realized the majority of my reflections are water reflections. So what to use, um, um, what should I use?
Let’s go ahead and show a few of my favourite Water Reflections …
Now let’s explore other objects that may at times reflect images …
How about looking at Window Reflections …
And lastly, Ever think about Reflections in your Television Screen?
Anne’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge-Reflections
Photo Credits:©️1975-2025 Deb L. Waters; #3) Nornal H. Waters; #4) Larry D. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
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