Penny Mac
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Macro Monday: 07.08
Category: FOTD Challenge
2024 Floral Friday: July 5th —- Colouring Flowers #27
Sunny Sunflower Sends
Sunshine to your Soul
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2024 FOTD: 07.04
Hospital Gardens
Huntersville Oaks
Huntersville Oaks is a short-term nursing and rehabilitation facility located in Huntersville, North Carolina. Huntersville is in northern Mecklenburg County just north of Charlotte, North Carolina.
My paternal grandfather stayed here receiving short-term medical care during the summer of 1980. When he was released, my dad took him back to his home in Great Falls, South Carolina.
Photo Credit:©️1980 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm
Digitally converted using Wolverine digital converter.
Location: Gardens at Huntersville Oaks; Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA
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2024 Macro Monday: 07.01
Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus
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2024 Weekend FOTD: 06.29/30 —— Zinnia
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2024 FOTD: 06.25
Plumeria
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2024 Floral Friday: Colouring Flowers #25
Pot of Flowers & Strawberries
Via Zen Color App
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2024 Floral Friday: Colouring Flowers #24
Coloured by Me
Via Zen Color app
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2024 Weekend FOTD: 06.08/09
Brassica rapa
Brassica rapa
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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2024 FOTD: 06.06 —
Hemerocallis ‘Cool Jazz’
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Huntingtowne Neighbourhood; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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2024 OWS: Playing Around the Hedge
Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Hedge
One to Three Photo Processing Challenge-May 2024
Becky’s Squares-Reconstructed (Processing)
Photo Credit:©️2019 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone XR Rear Camera
Location: Glencairn Garden; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
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2024 Weekend FOTD: Silently Burgeoning
(Kalmia latifolia)
Cee’s Weekend FOTD-2024.05.25/26
Becky’s Squares-Renew/Burgeoning
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Floral Renewal Macro Monday
Hybrid Sweetbriar Rose
(Rosa ‘Lady Penzance’)
Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max Ultra-wide Camera
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Small White Southern Dewberry
Rubus trivialis
These are small white Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
They are also found all over South Carolina and the Southeastern part of the United States.
The Southern Dewberry, as they are commonly known, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family (Rosaceae).
Whatsoever Is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 15
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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2024 Floral Friday: Colouring Flowers #14
Via Zen Color App
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2024 FOTD: 03.17
Brassica juncea
Photo Credit: (c) 2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens with Altura UV Filter.
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Floral Friday: Colouring Flowers #6
Via Zen Color
iPhone App
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2024 Macro Monday: Irish Eyes Coneflower
on a Echinacea purpurea
‘Green Eyes’ coneflower
Photo Credit:©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max Main Camera — 24mm f/1.78 ISO64
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Haigler Loop’s Sunshiny Yellow Canada Goldenrod
Common Name(s): Canada Goldenrod
Canadian Goldenrod
XingfuMama’s Whatever is Lovely Challenge: 2024-Week 1
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.
Location: Haigler Loop; Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina,USA.
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Sunny Sunday: 11.19 – Symphyotrichum ericoides
AKA White Heath Aster
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.
Location: Haigler Loop; Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
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2023 FOTD: 11.12 – Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora
is the botanical name
for the white-flowered form
of Digitalis purpurea– the foxglove.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️ 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.
Location: Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden; Belmont, North Carolina, USA.
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2023 Floral Friday: November 3
View from Down Under:
Zinnia
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 55-250mm lens.
Location: By Gibson House; Horse Stables Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina. USA
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2023 FOTD: Splashing 💦 Zinnias
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 55-250mm lens. f/8 • 1/200 • 65mm • ISO100
Location: Horse Stables Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA.
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Floral Friday: Nicotiana tabacum
(Nicotiana tabacum)
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: The Garden in The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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2023 FOTD: October 17
Purple Prairie Verbena
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 • 1/306 • 6.86mm • ISO64
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History & Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
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FOTD: 2023 October 16 –
CALENDULA ‘AMBER ARCTIC’
English Marigold,
Pot Marigold
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Garden in The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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2023 Macro Monday: Bee Happy 😊
Eastern carpenter bee
Bee-ing Extremely Happy
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Settings: f/1.8 • 1/4785 • 6.86mm • ISO64
Location: Memorial Garden; The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Sunny Irish Eyes for Sunday
(Black-Eyed Susan)
Leigha’s Sunny Sunday Challenge
Johns Cell-pic Sunday
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2023 Week 36
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 • 1/918 • 6.86mm • ISO80
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2023 FOTD: Coreopsis lanceolata
Lance-leaved Coreopsis,
Lanceleaf Tickseed, &
Sand Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata is a North American species of tickseed in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Eastern and Central parts of the United States, naturalized in Canada, the Western United States, Mesoamerica, South America, South Africa and Eastern Australia. It is found in open woodlands, prairies, plains, glades, meadows and savannas.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.78 • 24mm • ISO64
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Macro Monday: Rudbeckia hirta Irish Eyes
Rudbeckia hirta is a short-lived perennial that should be treated as an annual. It may likely endure few winters, but will often self-seed prolifically. The flowers are showier than other Rudbeckia species and have been widely hybridized. (Clemson.edu)
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 • 1/4016 • 6.86mm • ISO64
Location: Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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2023 NPC #25: Seedheads (I think)
(purple coneflower)
seed heads
Buddleia ‘Lochinch’
I’m a little late for NPC #25, but I hope better late than not at all. This one was a challenge for me. I hope I’ve done it justice.
Nature Photo Challenge #25-Seedheads
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.
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Floral Friday: 2023 August 25 – Snowberry Clearwing hovering over Carolina Phlox
The Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris deffinis) is a moth of the order Lepidoptera, family Sphingidae. It mimics a bumblebee in appearance. It is sometimes called a “Hummingbird Moth” due to its ability to dark quickly from flower to flower, and its ability to hover over nectar sources.
The Snowberry Clearwing is hovering from flower to flower, which are called Phlox Carolina ‘Gypsy Love’. The Phlox carolina ‘Gypsy Love’ have narrow, pointed foliage and pink flowers in early summer. The Carolina Phlox are native to the southeastern United States. They are an herbaceous perennial boasting broadly cylindrical clusters of lavender to pink or white flowers over a long season.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with Altura Fisheye Lens attachment.
Location: Out Front of The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Wordless Wednesday: Erigeron strigosa
(Erigeron strigosa)
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.
Location: Avon Catawba Creeks Greenway; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Silent Cell Pic Sunday: Tagetes erecta
common names,
include African Marigold,
American Marigold,
or Aztec Marigold.
Johns Cellpic Sunday
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 • 1/4367 • 6.86mm • ISO 64
Location: In front of Gaston Inn; Gastonia, North Carolina
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2023 FOTD: Rosa x ‘ChewperAdventure’
Mango Salsa Rose
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.
Location: Lineberger Park; Gastonia, North Carolina
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2023 Macro Monday – Buddleja davidii
Orange-Eyed Butterfly Bush;
Summer Lilac
Macro Monday-Butterfly Bush
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Lineberger Park; Gastonia, North Carolina
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Silent Sunday: Zinnia
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2023 Week 32
Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with Altura Wide-Angle Fish-Eye Attachment. f/5.6 • 1/80 • 55mm • ISO160
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History & Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina
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Floral Friday: August 11 – Yellow Daylily
Daylily
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina
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2023 FOTD: Ruellia caroliniensis
Carolina Wild-petunia
Wild Petunia
The Carolina Wild Petunia are extremely common in North Carolina. They are found in lawns and woodlands. This Wild Petunia was seen at Anne Springs Close Greenway along the trails at the Adventure Road Entrance. Many times, even though these flowers are beautiful, they are overlooked and sometimes considered a lawn weed. The Carolina Wild Petunia’s flowers only last a day, but they also have a long flowering period which compensates for the shorter blooming time.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters …All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 • 1/387 • 6.86mm • ISO64
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2023 CMMC: Close Up or Macro
Wild Potato Vine
Shot on Canon EOS Rebel T3i
American Trumpet Vine
on his New
2-Wheel Bicycle
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Close Up of Macro
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters…All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Photos 1-2 & 4-5 ~> iPhone 14 Pro Max
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2023 Last on the Card – July
From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:
and North Carolina Flags
at The Schiele Museum of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina
From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:
Warlick Family YMCA
Gastonia, North Carolina
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: (c) Deb L. Waters
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Zinnia Bouquet to Brighten Your Day
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 1/120 6.86mm ISO50
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FOTD: Arum italicum
Botanical name: Arum italicum
Other name(s): Italian or Large Cuckoo Pint,
Italian Lords-and-Ladies
Family: Araceae
Edible: no, all plant parts are toxic.
white spathes of flowers
are followed by spikes
of bright orange red berries.
Noteworthy Characteristics:
Note that the berries
may cause severe discomfort
or illness if ingested.
Contact with sap may irritate skin.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)
Photo Credit: (c) Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: The Schiele Museum, Grist Mill Area, Gastonia, North Carolina
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FOTD: Verbena rigida
Purple Verbena
Rigid Verbena
Sandpaper Verbena
Slender Vervain
Tuberous Vervain
Slender Vervain is a perennial that spreads by rhizomes and is native to South America. Is an annual north of zone 7 but needs winter protection in that zone. It has naturalized from southeastern North Carolina to Florida and is very tolerant of heat and drought.
These Verbena rigida are in the garden in front of The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium in Gastonia, North Carolina.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit :©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Macro Monday: Petunia axillaris
the large white petunia,
AKA: wild white petunia
or white moon petunia,
is an annual herbaceous plant
in the family Solanaceae, genus Petunia.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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