Category: #FOTD

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 FOTD: 12.12

Crape Myrtle

Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro Wide Camera

Location:Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

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2024 FOTD: 12.10 — Poinsettias

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Take time to enjoy nature. Observe the Flowers. Take Care of yourself. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Weekend FOTD: 12.07/.08

Poinsettia

Camera: Apple iPhone 6 Plus Rear Camera

Location: Lancaster County Library; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA

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2024 FOTD: 12.03 — Daylily

‘Cool Jazz’ daylily
Hemerocallis ‘Cool Jazz’

Cee’s FOTD

God Bless. Stay Warm. Take Care. Enjoy the rest of your week. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with y. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Weekend FOTD: 11.30/12.01

A Bouquet of Roses

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

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
that blooms noble souls.”
~ Pope Francis

“May your day unfold with love
and grace. May your heart
be filled with gratitude.”
~ Kathy Hallowell/pinterest.com

Floral Friday

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

Judy’s Numbers Game #49-170

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #247

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

**Aka Water Knotweed**,
***Water Smartweed***

Macro Monday

Leigha’s Sunny Sunday Challenge

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 47

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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

2024 Silent Sunday: 11.24

A Walk Through a Garden

Silent Sunday

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
their fragrance in the
hand that bestows them.”
– Chinese proverb

“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

Floral Friday

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

*Aka Bright eyes, Cape periwinkle, Graveyard plant, Madagascar periwinkle, Old Maid, Pink periwinkle, Rose periwinkle*

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Riverside Baptist Church; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Weekend FOTD: 11.17

Multiflora Spreading/Trailing Petunia

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Outside Mayworth Public House; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

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

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

Aka in the US as florist’s daisy
& hardy garden mum

Macro Monday

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’

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

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2024-Week 45

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

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

Which Way My Way

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

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.

Floral Friday

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

*Aka common 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.

Carol’s Thursday Trios

#Square flower

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.

Judy’s Numbers Game #46-167

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 44

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.

#Square flower

#AutumnSquares

FOTD

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

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

#Square flower

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 44

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

Squaring for Cee & Becky

*Aka Japanese rose,*
*many-flowered rose,*
*seven-sisters rose*

#Square flower

Carol’s Thursday Trios

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

“November: The last month of autumn, but the beginning of a new adventure; time to take a risk and do the unexpected.”
– Unknown

“I can smell autumn dancing in the breeze. The sweet chill of pumpkin, and crisp sunburnt leaves.”
— Ann Drake

Floral Friday

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

Monochrome Monday

#Square flower

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

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

**Mexican sunflower,**
the **red sunflower**

#Square flower

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

*Tithonia diversifolia: Mexican sunflower*

*Autumn* 🍂 *Leaves* 🍁
*Anne Springs Close Greenway*

Helianthus angustifolius L.
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.

#Square flower

Judy’s Numbers Game #44-165

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 42

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2024-Week 42

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

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 Floral Macro Monday: 10.21

Calla Lily

Macro Monday

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…
one must have sunshine,
freedom, and a little flower.”
~ Hans Christian Andersen

“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful;
they are sunshine, food,
and medicine for the soul.”
~ Luther Burbank

Floral Friday

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

*Ephesians 5:19-20 (NIV)*
*Japanese Garden*

Pray for all those affected by Hurricane Helene.

Think About It Tuesday

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

Floral Friday

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness-Flowers out in the garden

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.

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

2024 FOTD: 10.09 — Helianthus agrestis

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.

Think About It Tuesday

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

Macro Monday

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Cracker Barrel; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Weekend FOTD: 10.05/.06 —

Phoebis philea on Canna indica

Aka Orange-barred Sulfur
on Indian shot,
African arrowroot

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

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

Floral Friday

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

***Bombus impatiens,***
***common eastern bumblebee***

Macro Monday

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

Helianthus tuberosus L.
Jerusalem Artichoke, Sunchoke

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

Floral Friday

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

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

2024 Weekend FOTD: 09.21/22 — Allamanda cathartica L.

***Aka Golden Trumpet,***
***Common Trumpetvine, and***
***Yellow Allamanda, Yellow Bells***