The Yoshino Cherry
(Prunus x yedoensis)

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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The Yoshino Cherry
(Prunus x yedoensis)

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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The flowers are springing up, the season of singing birds has come, and the cooing of turtledoves fills the air.Song of Solomon 2:12 NLT
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Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens
Location: The Heritage Garden; The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Enjoy the beauty all around you. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
My entries for this Cee’s CMMC this week are a variety of new and archive photos I hope you enjoy. There were taken at The Schiele Museum of Natural History and the Warlick Family YMCA in Gastonia, North Carolina as well as at Andrew Jackson State Park (three of our favorite places to go hiking and relax out in nature.




Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Pick a Topic from My Photo
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #213
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Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 11
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge-03.20
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Happy Spring Everyone! Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

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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
God Bless. Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
Lenten rose



Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter.
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
God Bless. Stop and Smell the Flowers. Enjoy the beauty of nature all around you. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

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Thirst for Color in Nature





Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Amaranth Magenta Color
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Pyrus calleryana

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L.Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura CPL filter.
Location: Avon Creek Trail; Avon and Catawba Creeks Greenway; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Enjoy your week. Smell the flowers. Spring is almost here. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
Greens in the Garden




Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge: Saving Daylight with #Green
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Locations: 1) Martha Rivers Park; 2-4) The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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CALENDULA OFFICINALIS

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.
Settings: f5.6 • 1/320 • 250mm • ISO125
Location: The Garden; The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Dandelion

Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Huntingtown Neighbourhood; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 9
Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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These close-ups were all captured during mine & Coleman’s latest visit to (I was so worried you lay down. You don’t just – Apple iPhone’s Siri trying to type what was said to my grandson, oops) our local museum’s nature trail.
We started this visit with a walk through the Dinosaurs Exhibitions …

Then we moved on the Nature Trail and a walk around the Pond …

And ended our visit with a stroll through the Garden in The Farm …

New life is slowly starting to arrive and in the next few weeks new growth will begin to emerge in abundance.

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Close Up or Macro
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: 1/2) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 3/4) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Good day everyone. Today it is supposed to rain again. It seems like it has been raining every other day lately. However, it is a pleasure to get out and about in the beautiful outdoors whenever the weather is warm and sunny.
Here are my entries for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week showing Pairs.



Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Pairs
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit (c) 2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
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Prunus cerasoides



Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: Top (1/2) iPhone 14 Pro Max; Bottom (3) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.
Location: Nature Trail; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Fioretto Cauliflower

Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.
Settings: f/5.6 • 1/200 • 123mm • ISO100
Location: The Garden; The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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— Daffodils


Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Stand Up, Get Moving— We’re Marching into Spring

Split Cupped Collar Daffodils (Narcissus’Valdrome’)

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Friday – March
Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge 2024 Week 8
Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens
Location: Garden in The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.
Hope y’all had a pleasant Leap Day. I know Coleman and I did. First day in a while with no rain, so it was a good day to venture outside and visit the Schiele Museum, one of Coleman’s favourite places.
Conveniently, it gave me an opportunity for capturing some interesting moments on this Leap/Last Day. Therefore, here are my last on the card shot for February.
From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:

Formosa Azalea
From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:

Rhododendron simsii
Last on the Card-February 2024
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
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Flowing From Flowering Weeds to Wonderful Serenity of Calming Blue Waters; here is my entry for
Cee’s CMMC this week.




Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-February Alphabet W or X anywhere in the word
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— Potted Perennials

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge-02.19
Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2024 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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Roses




One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge-February 2024
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
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Let’s talk turkey, nah let me show you more green. This time a close-up view of green plants in the Farm Garden at The Schiele Museum.
Here’s a look at my contributions for Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge of Close Up or Macro.





Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Close Up or Macro
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm and Canon EF-S55-250mm lenses.
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
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We all need each other to better understand, communicate, and hone our skills as well as become better individuals.
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L.Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.
Location: Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden; Belmont, North Carolina, USA
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Photo Credit:©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.
Location: Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden; Belmont, North Carolina, USA
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God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.

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

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: (c)2023 Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens
Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.
Location: Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden; Belmont, North Carolina, USA
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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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Both the Delta Flower Scarab and the Black Swallowtail butterfly enjoy feasting on the nectar of the Cephalanthus occidentalis, also known as the Buttonbush; Button Bush.
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: Haigler Loop; Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
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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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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.
Settings: f/6.3 • 1/320 • 250mm • ISO1250
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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I have not seen any snow recently or in the past year, so I am going to let y’all see some of the WHITE which I have seen along the various trails that Coleman and I have hiked in 2023.
First up is a hike with the Anne Springs Close Greenway Hiking Club where some of the hikers are wearing white. Everybody was not ready for the photo; I like to catch people unaware when I can. you may also notice the white in the Archers Loop sign and the white clouds in the sky. It was a beautiful, picturesque day.

Next up is the white Riverwalk Bridge as seen from the Piedmont Medical Center Trail that we have hiked with the hiking club and on our own. Coleman loves to hike along the Catawba River whenever we get the opportunity.

Below is capturing a hike we were able to do with Coleman’s mom and sister. It is near one of the locations his mom works at sometimes. Here we are on the Baxter Village Trail, a part of the Carolina Thread Trail System.

This next trail is one Coleman and I hiked on our own. I parked at the Boulder Access Parking lot, and we found the entrance to the trail. We hiked approximately two and a half miles before we turned around and headed back to the car. The trail goes on for miles crossing from North Carolina into South Carolina. We were not prepared to go that distance on this hike.

For another hike we stopped at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden to hike and enjoy the many marvelous flowers grown there. This is the covered walkway leading into the gardens. Notice the vines growing around the white pillars and Coleman trying to balance on the brick edging along the walkway.

Lastly, I know you cannot see the trail, but I wanted to leave you with a beautiful white flower of Queen Anne’s Lace to enjoy.

Cee’s Which Way Challenge-Which ways with snow or the color white
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
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Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday
Photo Credit: (c) 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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Cee’s asking us to post photos of RED for the Fun Foto Challenge this week. Looking through my archives and recent photos let’s walk through the Red doors to discover what I selected.




Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit:©️2023 Deb L. Waters
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Savoy Cabbage

Photo Credit:©️2023 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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