A Bouquet of Roses
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2024 Weekend FOTD: 11.30/12.01
Category: #FOTD
2024 Floral Friday: 11.29— Colouring Flowers #45
As I write on this Thanksgiving Day, I am grateful for the friends and followers I have made on WordPress and in my life. I am grateful for all y’all’s insights, inspirations, and encouragement. I am grateful y’all have come into my life and I am able to call y’all my friends.
“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Gratitude is a flower
~ Pope Francis
that blooms noble souls.”
“May your day unfold with love
~ Kathy Hallowell/pinterest.com
and grace. May your heart
be filled with gratitude.”
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. I am Grateful for each and every one of y’all. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 CPC/LAPC/Numbers Game #49 — Smiling By the River
What makes me smile? My grandson, Coleman makes me smile. Spending time in any one of our Warm Places makes me smile. Spending time out in nature, especially with Coleman, makes me smile and feeling all warm inside. Coleman loves to spend time by the Catawba River. There are several different areas by the Catawba River we enjoy spending time at. This week we enjoyed spending time on a warm sunny afternoon at Riverside Park and Greenway. It makes me smile when I am able to watch Coleman having a Funtastic time playing by the Catawba River. On this day he was having a fabulous time playing in the sand along the banks of the South Fork Catawba River at Riverside Park and Greenway.
Here are a spattering of photos depicting some of what makes me Smile and Warm Inside in one of our Warm places.
Lens-Artists Challenge #326-This Made Me Smile
Cosmic Photo Challenge-In My Warm Place
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #247
Photo Credit: (c) 2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very muchg.
2024 Macro Monday: 11.25 —
Persicaria amphibia
Water Smartweed
Leigha’s Sunny Sunday Challenge
Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 47
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Riverside Park Pier; Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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2024 Silent Sunday: 11.24
A Walk Through a Garden
Photo Credit:©️2019 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone XR Rear Camera
Location: Glencairn Garden; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 Floral Friday: 11.22— Colouring Flowers #44
“Flowers leave some of
– Chinese proverb
their fragrance in the
hand that bestows them.”
“Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.”
~ Helen Keller
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 FOTD: Monday —
Catharanthus roseus
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Riverside Baptist Church; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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2024 Weekend FOTD: 11.17
Multiflora Spreading/Trailing Petunia
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Outside Mayworth Public House; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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2024 FOTD: 11.14 — For Cee
Cee, I have loved being apart of all your challenges for the past three years. You have always been encouraging and inspiring with all your challenges, comments, and friendly kindness and support of my (all of our) photography and posts. I’m thinking of you and praying for you.
Here’s a Bouquet of Flowers for You
One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge-November 2024
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thank you Cee for all your support and encouragement. I have cherished our blogging friendship. Chris, thank you for keeping us informed and taking care of Cee for us. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 Macro Monday: 11.11
Chrysanthemum × morifolium
& hardy garden mum
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 Weekend FOTD: 11.10
Sweetunia Burgundy Petunia
Petunia ‘Sweetunia Burgundy’
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location:Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Smell the Flowers. See the Beauty in Simplicity. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
Walking Town of Cramerton with Coleman
Interesting and Beautiful Finds
Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2024-Week 45
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2024 CWWC: November Week 2 — Any Which Way
Cee’s Which Way My Which Way
I’ve been missing Cee’s posts. I pray she is doing alright. This week I am again posting a Which Way My Way showing Which Ways in My New Neighbourhood and Town. My grandson, Coleman and I are beginning to roam around our new neighborhood and town investigating what interesting things and places we can find in the area. Here are a few shots from our walk through our new town.
Cee’s Which Way Challenge-11.09.2024
God Bless. Have a funtastic day. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 Floral Friday: 11.08— Colouring Flowers #43
For You
to
Brighten Your Day
“Amidst life’s chaos, find your happiness in the simple elegance of tulips.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Tulips are the poets of the garden, whispering tales of strength and beauty to those who listen with their hearts.”
Alice Hoffman
Simplybeyondherbs.com
No matter your circumstances, tulips/flowers bring about a smile, happiness, peace and strength to see you through all your tomorrows.
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 Thursday Trios: 11.07 — Ipomoea purpurea
Tall Morning Glory
purple morning glory
The morning glory plants entwine themselves around structures, growing to a height of 2-3 m (6 ft 7 in – 9 ft 10 in) tall. Their leaves are heart-shaped and the stems are covered with brown hairs. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, predominantly blue to purple or white.
These Purple Morning Glories are located on the side of a small hill below railroad tracks up the street from our home. I found it interesting how they are entwined with the gravel as they climb the hill and how they rise up towards the sky in the mornings.
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location:Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Smell the Flowers. See the Beauty in Simplicity. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 Judy’s Numbers Game #46 — 167
For Judy’s “The Numbers Game #46” Game she invites all to play along. Here are her ideas on how to play along in this challenge. This week’s number is 167. 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 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.
Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 44
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
God Bless. Take Care. Don’t be Upset and Angry about Political Results; Remember God is in Control. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 Greenway Autumn Squares: 11.06
For C & B
I miss Cee when I do not see her posts and pray she is well. I love Squaring for Becky & appreciate all she & Cee do for our blogosphere.
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thinking of Cee & Becky. Pray you’re feeling better. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 Wordless Wednesday: 11.06
Rosa multiflora
Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 44
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location:Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Smell the Flowers. See the Beauty in Simplicity. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
A Trio of Rosa Multiflora Squared for Cee’s Weekend FOTD
many-flowered rose,
seven-sisters rose
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location:Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Smell the Flowers. See the Beauty in Simplicity. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 Floral Friday: 11.01— Colouring Flowers #42
Autumn Inspiration
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
-Albert Camus
CountryLiving.com
– Unknown
“November: The last month of autumn, but the beginning of a new adventure; time to take a risk and do the unexpected.”
— Ann Drake
“I can smell autumn dancing in the breeze. The sweet chill of pumpkin, and crisp sunburnt leaves.”
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 Monochrome Monday: 10.28
Squaring in Monochrome for C & B
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Stables Entrances; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 Weekend FOTD Squared for C & B
Tithonia rotundifolia
the red sunflower
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Stables Entrances; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Caring for Cee & Becky with Autumn Squares
I miss Cee when I do not see her posts and pray she is well. I love Squaring for Becky & appreciate all she & Cee do for our blogosphere.
Autumn in the Greenway
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Aka Swamp Sunflower,
Narrow-leaved Sunflower
I am also linking this post to Judy’s Numbers Game #44-165 using Autumn 🍂 as my theme for the Challenge.
Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 42
Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2024-Week 42
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Lake Haigler and Stables Entrances; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 FOTD: 10.22 — Symphyotrichum racemosum
Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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2024 Floral Macro Monday: 10.21
Calla Lily
Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Smell the Flowers. Enjoy the Outdoors. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 Floral Friday: 10.18— Colouring Flowers #41
Dreamin’ of A
Beautiful Sunshiny
Day for a Hike
“Just living is not enough…
~ Hans Christian Andersen
one must have sunshine,
freedom, and a little flower.”
“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful;
~ Luther Burbank
they are sunshine, food,
and medicine for the soul.”
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 Words for Thought #39 — 10.15
Sing from your Heart
Give Thanks for Everything
Japanese Garden
Pray for all those affected by Hurricane Helene.
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.
2024 Weekend FOTD: 10.12/.13
Perennial Garden
Andrew Jackson State Park
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Smell the Flowers. See the Beauty in Simplicity. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 Floral Friday: 10.11— Colouring Flowers #40
Heart Full of Love
In Memory of My Mom
10/11/1931 — 01/18/2019
“A heart full of love and compassion is the main source of inner strength, willpower, happiness, and mental tranquility”
~ Dalai Lama
A wee bit of heaven drifted down from above, a handful of happiness, a heart full of love.
Helen Steiner Rice
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate
Monochrome in the Garden Floral
Here are my entries for Leanne’s Monochrome Madness Challenge of showing Flowers in the Garden in monochrome.
aka “Black elderberry”
Leanne’s Monochrome Madness-Flowers out in the garden
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2024 FOTD: 10.09 — Helianthus agrestis
Photo Credit:©️2020 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 11 Pro Max
Location: Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Take time to smell the flowers and enjoy nature. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 Words for Thought #38 — 10.08
Create – Renew – Restore
Pray for all those affected by Hurricane Helene.
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.
Close Up of a Lovely Pink Rose
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Cracker Barrel; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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2024 Weekend FOTD: 10.05/.06 —
Phoebis philea on Canna indica
on Indian shot,
African arrowroot
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: 10.04 — Colouring Flowers #39
May Your Roots Grow Deep
“A tree with strong roots can withstand the most violent storm, but the tree can’t grow roots just as the storm appears on the horizon.”
~ Dalai Lama.
“When The Roots Are Deep There Is No Reason To Fear The Wind”
~ African proverb.
“A tree with strong roots laughs at storms.”
~ Malay Proverb
“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.”
~Amelia Earhart, aviation pioneer, author.
“ Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.”
Colossians 2:7
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.
Macro Monday: 09.30 — Bee 🐝 Happy 🐝 Bee Grateful 🐝
Dahlia coccinea
common eastern bumblebee
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Pray for Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina & Tennessee as they try to recovery from Hurricane Helene. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 Weekend FOTD: 09.28/.29 — Helianthus tuberosus
Jerusalem Artichoke, Sunchoke
Photo Credit: ©️2022 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 13 Pro Wide Camera
Location: Lake Haigler; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 Floral Friday: 09.20 — Colouring Flowers #38
Bee Happy
Enjoy the Delightful Scents
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.
2024 Flower of the Day: 09.26 — Heliantus Anuus
Sunflower
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2024 Weekend FOTD: 09.21/22 — Allamanda cathartica L.
Common Trumpetvine, and
Yellow Allamanda, Yellow Bells
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2024 Floral Friday: 09.20 — Colouring Flowers #37
Sip the Raspberry
Floral Concoction
Enjoy the Scenery
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.
Words for Thought #35: 09.17
Don’t Worry … God’s Got It.
He Cares for You!
Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Location: Gastonia, 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.
2024 Macro Monday— Seven Pinecones
Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Springdale, Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
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2024 Sunday Stills: September Color Challenge — Orange and/or Peach
Terri from Second Wind Leisure Perspectives hosts Sunday Stills Monthly Color each month. Her colour theme for September is Colors of Peach and Orange.
Here are my selections for Terri’s Color Challenge for September.
Terri’s Sunday Stills-Orange and/or Peach
Becky’s Squares-#Seven for September
God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. Have a fabulous day! I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 Floral Friday: 09.13 — Colouring Flowers #36
Basket of Autumn Flowers
to Bring you Joy
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.
Words for Thought #34: 09.10
Photo Credit: ©️1979 Nornal H. Waters ( My dad) … All Rights Reserved.
Location: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens; San Marino, California, USA
God Bless. Thank you for visiting. Have a wonderful week and enjoy the nature. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 Macro Monday: 09.09
Butterfly-bush
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Lineberger Park; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Seven Butterfly-bush blossoms delight your Saturday
Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Lineberger Park; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. Take time to enjoy the beautiful flowers. I appreciate y’all very much.
2024 Weekend FOTD: 09.07/.08 – #Seven (7) for September—Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus
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All about Bugs, Squares, & Games
#Seven Bugs/Insects for September
Instead of separate posts I decided to combine Terri’s Sunday Stills with Judy’s Numbers Game and Becky’s Squares Challenges. Therefore, instead of using the number 158, I have chosen to use the Words Bugs and Insects to use for Judy’s Numbers Game this week. Oh, of course, going along with Becky’s Squares Challenge they will all be Squared. The words Bugs and Insects fits right into Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge-All about Bugs.
Uno (One, 1):
(Calopteryx maculata)
AKA Black-winged Damselfly
June 2017 on Canon EOS Rebel T3i Sesquicentennial State Park
Columbia, South Carolina
Dos (Two, 2):
Giant Leaf-footed Bug
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Tres (Three, 3):
AKA yellow garden spider,
Black and Yellow Garden Spider
Apple iPhone 13 Pro
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Cuatro (Four, 4):
Differential grasshopper
Apple iPhone 13 Pro
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Cinco (Five, 5):
Widow skimmer
Species of dragonfly
July (7) 2023
Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Lake Haigler
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Seis (Six, 6):
The Schiele Museum of Natural History Gastonia, North Carolina
Siete (Seven, 7):
Two-spotted Scoliid Wasp
or a Blue-winged Scoliid Wasp
& Megachile montivaga
Silver -tailed Petalcutter Bee
Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Warlick Family YMCA
Gastonia, North Carolina
Terri’s Sunday Stills- All about Bugs
Becky’s Squares-#Seven for September
Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
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