#FOTD – Page 6 – Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography

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!

Think About It Tuesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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2024 Macro Monday— Seven Pinecones

Macro Monday

Becky’s Squares

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

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Becky’s Squares-#Seven for September

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2024 Floral Friday: 09.13 — Colouring Flowers #36

Basket of Autumn Flowers

to Bring you Joy

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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Words for Thought #34: 09.10

***“Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” —Proverbs 19:21 (NIV)***

Think About It Tuesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Throwback Thursday

Location: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens; San Marino, California, USA

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2024 Macro Monday: 09.09

Butterfly-bush

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Lineberger Park; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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Seven Butterfly-bush blossoms delight your Saturday

Becky’s Square Challenge

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Lineberger Park; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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2024 Weekend FOTD: 09.07/.08 – #Seven (7) for September—Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus

Cee’s Weekend FOTD

Becky’s Squares

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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):

Ebony Jewelwing
(Calopteryx maculata)
AKA Black-winged Damselfly
June 2017 on Canon EOS Rebel T3i Sesquicentennial State Park
Columbia, South Carolina

Dos (Two, 2):

Acanthocephala Declivis
Giant Leaf-footed Bug
***Anne Springs Close Greenway***
***Fort Mill, South Carolina***

Tres (Three, 3):

***Argiope aurantia***
***AKA*** **yellow garden spider**,
**Black and Yellow Garden Spider**
***Apple iPhone 13 Pro***
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina

Cuatro (Four, 4):

Melanoplus differentialis
Differential grasshopper
Apple iPhone 13 Pro
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina

Cinco (Five, 5):

Libellula luctuosa
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):

Siete (Seven, 7):

Scolia dubia AKA
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

Judy’s Numbers Game: #37-158

Becky’s Squares-#Seven for September

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2024 Squared Macro Monday

Begonias

Macro Monday

Becky’s Squares-#Seven for September

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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Splendid Array Of a Sweetly Scented Garden

Becky has resumed her Square Challenge for September with the theme of Seven for September. It has been Seven (7) years since the first Squaring Challenge Adventures began, thus remembering the good times of Squaring for Seven.

I have not been Squaring for Seven years, however, I have enjoyed being apart of Becky’s Square Challenge. I will do my best with this new theme of Seven for September.

As Becky so cordially reminded us that September was originally the Seventh month of the year in the Roman calendar; it is fitting to see what everyone decides to post for Seven for September. September comes from the Latin word septem which means, you guessed it, seven.

Here is my first selection for this month’s Becky’s Square Challenge:

***Garden of Flowers***
***Taken on July 7, 1978 at 12:07pm***

Becky’s Square Challenge

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm

Location:Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a Sunny Square September Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious day. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Weekend FOTD: 08.31/09.01 — HT Landscape Begonias

Begonia cucullata

***Begonias landscaped around the entrance to Harris Teeter (local grocery store).***

Begonia cucullata are also known as clubbed begonia and wax begonia. When grown as groundcover, the flowers of the plant are red, pink, or white that bloom in summer or year-round in warmer places, and the fruits have three wings. [This time of year it is extremely hot here (I know it could be hotter) in the mid-nineties. These begonias thrive where we (Coleman and I) are overwhelmed by the extreme heat and are rolling in sweat just walking him to school and back home.

Cee’s Weekend FOTD

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Harris Teeter; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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2024 Floral Friday: 08.30 — Colouring Flowers #35

Heart Full of Love 💕 & Flowers

***Coloured by Me***
***Via Zen Color App***

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.

A Few of My Favorites in Monochrome — 08.29

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness-A Few Favorite Monochromatic Moments

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2024 FOTD: 08.27 —

Pink Velour Crape Myrtle

The Pink Velour Crape Myrtle is a type of Lagerstroemia indica crape myrtle tree. The flower colouring changes with the season. In the summer its blooms are a bright Hot Pink changing to a burgundy in the fall.

One can find the Lagerstroemia all across the Southern Atlantic States. Similar to the southern Magnolia, the crape Myrtle has come to symbolize the American South due to its extensive planting and ability to thrive in hot, humid summer climates with regular precipitation. It has brilliant color in late summer and autumn unlike other trees/shrubs which have already exhausted their blooms.

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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Words for Thought #33: 08.27

Be Flourishing —

Be Resilient —

— Be Tenacious

Think About It Tuesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day (Sorry, no bloom, just beautiful gigantic trees).

Location: Sequoia National Forest; Tulare County, 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.

Floral Macro Monochrome Monday: 08.26 — Liriope muscari

Liriope muscari is commonly referred to as big blue lilyturf, lilyturf, border grass, and monkey grass. It has grass-like evergreen foliage and lilac-purple flowers which produce single-seeded berries on a spike in the fall.

It is late summer here, however, these Big Blue Lilyturf can be spotted around all over the city in landscape manicured gardens. They are one of the few plants in bloom right now besides the varieties of Crape Myrtle.

Being an easy plant to grow, landscapers tend to use the Liriope muscari as groundcover for borders along sidewalks, trails, driveways, shrubbery, and trees. It is one of the most popular groundcovers in the southeastern United States.

Monochrome Monday

Macro Monday

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Monochrome Monday

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2024 Weekend FOTD: 08.24/.25 — Lagerstroemia indica

Cee’s Weekend FOTD

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gardner Park Neighborhood; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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2024 FOTD: 08.24 — Catawba Crape Myrtle

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gardner Park Elementary School; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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2024 Floral Friday: 08.23 — Colouring Flowers #34

Scents for your Senses

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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2024 CFFC: A Single Flower

Bees and Blooms

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-A Single Flower

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. Enjoy nature. Stop and Smell the Flowers. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 OWS: Lime or Lemon

—- Out in Nature

Good Day y’all! For this week’s challenge I dug into my archives to see what Lime or Lemon colours I could find to fit the theme. Hope y’all enjoy the selections I found.

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Lime or Lemon

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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Words for Thought #32: 08.20

Rooted & Grounded in Love

Think About It Tuesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thank you for visiting. Have a wonderful week and enjoy the flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Judy’s Numbers Game #35 — 156

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 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.

Here are my 156 & variation contributions for this week of Judy’s Numbers Game #35-156 (Hope the numbers right—I got in a hurry, sorry).

Judy’s Numbers Game #35-156

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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1-2-3 Cell Pic Photo Processing — August 2024

Macrolepiota procera

the parasol mushroom

John’s CellPic Sunday

One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge-August 2024

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Photo Processing done via Pixlr

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2024 Weekend FOTD: 08.18 — African Violets

Cee’s Weekend FOTD

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2024 Floral Friday: 08.16 —Colouring Flowers #33

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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 Numbers Game #34-155/LAPC/MM — What’s in a Garden?

Welcome to “The Numbers Game #34”.Today’s number is 155. 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 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 week I am combining Judy’s Numbers Game with Leanne’s Monochrome Madness and Leya’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge . I am choosing to use the Word Garden for this week’s challenges.

Glencairn Gardens

Glencairn Gardens is ideal for a Spring stroll through the gardens of blooming azaleas, pansies, wisteria, and periwinkle. When visiting the Gardens be sure to meander through the Veterans Garden which pays tribute to Veterans of all branches of service. Also, during Spring, you be able to enjoy the blossoms of Viburnum, Pink and white Dogwoods, Redbuds, peonies, magnolia trees, and flowering Yoshino and Kwanzan cherry trees.

There is beauty to be seen no matter when one decides to visit Glencairn Gardens. Summertime brings on the colourful bright blooms of crape myrtles, daylilies and hundreds of other annuals.

The trails through the Gardens pass by several fountains, ponds, as well as the vast variety of flowering plants and trees. we enjoy strolling pass the Fountains, especially when they are flowing during the springtime. We always stop by the Veterans Garden when we go visit and remember our family members who have served in our Armed Forces.

Glencairn Gardens began in 1928 as a backyard garden by David and Hazel Bigger who lived in the h9use that serves as the park’s welcome center. It was the inspiration for Rock Hill’s annual Come-See-Me Festival which is a festival celebrating music, frogs, and fun. The Bigger’s gifted this Gardens to the City of Rock Hill through a deed in 1958. The peak blooming season is from the end of March to the middle of April. The Veterans Garden was created with the partnership with The American Legion Post 34 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2889. It h9onors women and men from the past, present, and future who served in the United States armed forces.

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #311 – What’s in a Garden?

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Judy’s Numbers Game #34 — 155

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Cameras: Apple iPhone XR and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300 mm and Canon EF-S18-55mm lenses.

Location: Glencairn Gardens; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

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

Words for Thought #31

Numbers 33:2

We are all at different stages of our journey of life. We have differences and similarities in our journeys. Just as Moses recorded the stages in the Israelites Journeys, so we record, in our blogs, our journeys through our various stages in our lives for ourselves. We share our thoughts we have recorded regarding our experiences along our journey with each of you, our blogging community, with our friends, and those we love and care about deeply.

Think About It Tuesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Throwback Thursday

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm

Converter: Wolverine Digital Converter

Location: San Diego Wild Animal Park (now known as San Diego Zoo Safari Park); Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA

God Bless. Thank you for visiting. Have a wonderful week and enjoy the flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 FOTD: 08.12 — Rosa ‘Anuschka’

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.

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2024 Weekend FOTD: 08.10/11

Loropetalum chinense

Weekend FOTD

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens

Location: Martha Rivers Park; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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Bright Yellow Zinnia on Sunny Saturday

I’m hoping to have some sunny sunshine anyways. We’ve been having a tremendous amount of rain and wind from the outskirts of Hurricane Debby/Tropical Storm Debby ( now Tropical Depression Debby). At least I can dream of sunshine even if we do not get it for several days yet.

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Leigha’s Sunny Sunday Challenge

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 31

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Take time to stop and smell the flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Floral Friday: 08.09 —Colouring Flowers #32

Flowers on Stamps
Coloured by Me
Via Zen Color App

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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 FOTD: 08.08 — FLORIBUNDA

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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Words for Thought #30

1 John 3:18 (NIV)

***Flowers***
at
***San Diego***
***Wild Animal Park***

Think About It Tuesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Throwback Thursday

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm

Converter: Wolverine Digital Converter

Location: San Diego Wild Animal Park (now known as San Diego Zoo Safari Park); Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA

God Bless. Thank you for visiting. Have a wonderful week and enjoy the flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Macro Monday/FOTD: 08.05

Viburnum opulus

FOTD

Macro Monday

Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Location: Riverwalk; Piedmont Medical Center Trail; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

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2024 Floral Friday: 08.02 —Colouring Flowers #31

***Cactus Flower Blossoms***
***Coloured by Me***
***Via Zen Color App***

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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 FOTD: Lone Flower

Epiphyllum

This Epiphyllum was captured by my dad while walking along the Epiphyllum Trail at the San Diego Wild Animal Park (Now recognized as San Diego Zoo Safari Park).

The Epiphyllum Trail is located between Walkabout Australia and Condor Ridge at the Wild Animal Park. The Trail is a beautiful tribute to these orchid cactuses. The Epiphyllums bloom in April and May to an unforgettable glorious burgeoning of brilliant tropical jewel-toned blossoms.

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Throwback Thursday

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm

Converter : Wolverine Digital Converter

Location: San Diego Wild Animal Park; Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA

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

Words for Thought #29

Psalm 75:6-7 (NIV)

Think About It Tuesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Throwback Thursday

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm

Converter: Wolverine Digital Converter

Location: San Diego Wild Animal Park (now known as San Diego Zoo Safari Park); Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA

God Bless. Thank you for visiting. Have a wonderful week and enjoy the flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.