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2025 The #Flower Hour #11 — Last Chance Holiday Florals

Revisiting Christmas Florals

Terri from Second Wind Leisure Perspective is the host for The #Flower Hour #11. This week she is giving us a Last Chance to share our Holiday Florals. Having already posted several Holiday Florals I dug deep into my archives to reshare some Christmas Florals with all of you.

Poinsettias are a popular Christmas floral, however, you probably don’t see this one around your everyday Christmas displays.

*Euphorbia pulcherrima*
(Stelle di Natale)
Christmas Star, Poinsettia

Let’s now take a look at a different Christmas floral known as the Christmas Berry. The Christmas Berry is a compact shrub with dark green elliptic leaves, but are crimson red when young in early spring. The shrub tolerates moderate shade and grows in well drained soil.

Next, we are admiring a succulent known as the Christmas Kalanchoe, a popular house plant known for its vibrant, long-lasting flowers in colors like red, white, pink, and orange. It is a succulent that thrives in bright, indirect light and well-drained soil, making it a great festive gift for the holidays.

And finally, we are changing colours from red to green for our Christmas florals. This plant was seen at Anne Springs Close Greenway’s garden at the Stables Entrance. It is a Helleborus orientalis, often referred to as Christmas Rose, or Lenten Rose. It is a winter-blooming, broadleaf evergreen, clumping perennial in the Ranunculaceae or buttercup family.

Helleborus orientalis
Aka Christmas Rose,
Hellebore, Lenten Rose

Terri’s The #Flower Hour #11

Also posting for:

Bren’s Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

God Bless. Have a very Merry Christmas Holiday Season. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Thursday Trios: 18 December

Three Horses,

Three Riders,

One Trail Ride

As stated in my Monochrome Madness post, Coleman and I saw several horse owners at Anne Springs Close Greenway taking advantage of a beautiful afternoon to enjoy riding their horses on the trails.

I’m also linking this post to XingfuMama’s Pull Up a Seat Challenge.

Here are a few of the horses and riders we saw visiting the Greenway taking advantage…

***Three Horses, Three Riders, One Trail***
**Pull Up a Seat**
***Anne Springs Close Greenway***

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Carol’s Thursday Trios

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 50

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7 (2000D) with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: Dogwood Trail; Greenway Stables Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Enjoy your weekend. Spend time Outdoors and admire Nature’s beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Visiting the Horses and Trails (at the Greenway)

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Whenever Coleman and I have the opportunity to visit Anne Springs Close Greenway we almost always (but not always) visit the horses. Coleman loves horses. The Anne Springs Close Greenway has five different entrances to the Greenway for hiking, mountain biking, or just visiting.

Last Saturday, Coleman and I went to the Greenway Stables and Farm Entrance to visit the Farm animals and (of course) the horses.

We arrived late due to heavy traffic and congestion on the roads leading to the Greenway Stables. Therefore, we only had a short amount of time to visit the farm animals.

*One last look at the Farm*
*animals before venturing*
*towards the horses.*

Moving on to hiking and visiting the horses stabled at the Greenway. We saw and visited with several owners who were there to enjoy a ride on their horses along the trails.

*Trailing behind a horse*
*& rider down Dogwood Trail*

*Still hiking along Dogwood Trail.*
*The rider is up around the bend.*

The Greenway has several horse stables scattered along the Dogwood Trail and are maintained by the Greenway staff. Quite a few of the horses are privately owned and as the sign says you’re not supposed to pet or feed the horses. However, some of the owners will allow Coleman to pet their horses. If an owner’s horse is skittish the owner will not recommend petting it or coming too close.

*Coleman visiting horses*
*at one of the*
*Greenway Stables.*

We recommend checking with a horses owner before petting them. The owners are not always present, but when they are they are friendly and usually willing to answer any questions about their horses.

An AI sketch rendering
of few Greenway horses
enjoying their feed.

Click on each image to enlarge.

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Camera: Canon EOS 2000D (Rebel T7) with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: Greenway Stables, Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm, and Dogwood Trail; Greenway Stables and Farm Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a funtastic rest of your week. Get Outdoors. Enjoy Nature. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

LAPC #378 – Last Chance for 2025

Tina from travelsandtrifles is the host this week for the Lens-Artist Photo Challenge. Tina is giving us the opportunity for one Last Chance to share photos we have taken and loved throughout 2025 and hadn’t had an opportunity to share for one challenge or another.

Here are some of my favorites from this year that I believe I haven’t as yet shared with y’all …

***Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #378***
**Last Chance**

Tina’s Lens-Artist Challenge-Last Chance

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

2025 SYD: 15 December

Clare from Clare’s Cosmos invites everyone to join her in Sharing Your Desktop (SYD). Below are her suggestions for participating in the Share Your Desktop Challenge .

To do so, simply share the photo (not a screenshot) you have set as your wallpaper; Provide as little or as much detail as you wish; Use a pingback, or post a link here so I know you have joined in on the fun; Then finally, share the fun around.

I am sharing my Wallpaper from both my Laptop and my Smartphone. I enjoy looking at different images each month. Most of which revolve around Coleman (my grandson) and nature.

I will only be sharing a small portion of my Desktop/Wallpaper images that I am seeing. The reason being I have been required to not post any pictures on any form of social media at this time of our newest family member, aka my new granddaughter.

Here are my Desktop Wallpaper and Screensaver for my Laptop:

From My HP Laptop:

Desktop Background Wallpaper

*Coleman at*
*Anne Springs Close Greenway*
*Horse Stables*

Desktop Screensaver

*Muscovy Ducks*
*in Patterson Pond*
*Anne Springs Close Greenway*
*Fort Mill, South Carolina*

From My Apple iPhone 16 Pro:

I have two images alternating on my Hiking Focus for my iPhone …

*Coleman petting*
*a rider’s horse*
*Anne Springs Close Greenway*

Click on each image for enlarged viewing.

Clare’s Share Your Desktop-December

Cameras: Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

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

Monday Window: 2025.12.15

Gibson House

Christmas Decor in
alignment with Window

*Pull Up a Seat*
*in front of the Windows*
*and Enjoy the View*

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Monday Window

See Monday Window posts in Reader

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

2025 Monday Portrait: 15 December

Holstein Friesian

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Monday Portrait

Camera: Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm; Greenway Farm Stables Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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

2025 Macro Monday: 15 December

Callicarpa americana

American Beautyberry is a woody deciduous, perennial shrub native to the southeastern United States including the Carolinas.

Clusters of small flowers bloom on the late spring and early summer. However, what you are seeing here are clusters of vibrant purple berries in the Carolinas that peak in late summer through autumn (August to November). The vibrant berries often persist into early winter providing significant food for birds and wildlife, making it a quintessential fall shrub for the region. The colors vary; most common is the vivid purple, though white and pink varieties exist.

The American Beautyberry offers many ecological services. How might you ask does it work? Its seeds and berries provide an important food source for a tremendous amount of songbirds of America. Some of those include American robin, brown thrasher, northern bobwhite, purple finch and eastern towhee. It is also a nectar source for butterflies and has fragrant foliage.

What I found interesting is that the American Beautyberry has been used by farmers successfully since at least the early 20th century to repel biting bugs from mules and horses by rubbing it on their coats and under harnesses. Why did I found this information so fascinating? The location of this particular American Beautyberry shrub is located near the horse stables at Anne Springs Close Greenway.

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Macro Monday (MM)

Terri’s The #Flower Hour

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Camera: Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: Greenway Horse Stables; Greenway Stables and Farm Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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

2025 Cell Pic Sunday: 14 December

*Coleman petting*
*an Owner’s Horse*
*at Anne Springs Close Greenway*

John’s Cell Pic Sunday

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Ultra Wide Camera

Location: Dogwood Trail; Greenway Stables Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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

2025 Silent Sunday: 12.14

Matching

*Canada Geese*
*Patterson Pond*
*Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm*
*Anne Springs Close Greenway*

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Debbie’s One Word Sunday – Matching

Silent Sunday

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

Camera: Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250 mm lens with Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: Patterson Pond; Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm; Greenway Stables and Farm Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take a hike/walk amongst God’s beautiful creatures. Have a funtastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

One White, One Brown, Baby Alpacas

Six Word

Saturday

On Saturday, Coleman and I were able to borrow my daughter’s car and go down to the Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm at Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina. It is an hour away from where we currently live, so it is a bit of a drive. Traffic was terrible. I very rarely drive in traffic (I don’t care for heavy traffic, I try to avoid it if at all possible).

Anyway, after we arrived and maneuvered around the Farm to the Alpaca section, we were delighted to discover the new Baby Alpacas born recently at the Greenway. There is One White, and One Brown Baby Alpaca.

Here are a few shots of the Baby Alpacas …

***Baby Alpacas***
***in Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm***
***at Anne Springs Close Greenway***

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Debbie’s Six Word Saturday-12.13.2025

Camera: Canon EOS 2000 D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm; Greenway Stables and Farm Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Enjoy Nature’s Beautiful Creations. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Observing What’s in the Space Between

This week’s host for Monochrome Madness is Stupidity Hole with a theme of The Space Between. Looking forward to exploring the various interpretations on The Space Between.

Monochrome Madness

Here are a few I came up with for this week’s challenge …

*The Road Between*
*leading to Hearst Castle*

*The Boy (Coleman) Between*
*the Railings on the Bridge*
*at Anne Springs Close Greenway*

*The Feathers Between*
*Coleman’s Fingers*

*The South Fork Catawba River*
**Between** the Grounds
*of Goat Island*

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Leanne’s Monochrome Madness-2025.12.13

Stupidity Hole’s Monochrome Madness-The Space Between

God Bless. Have a fantastic weekend ahead. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): 12.12 — Any Which Way with a Holiday theme. — Part 1 (Will run for two (2) weeks).

Welcome back to the Which Way Challenge. This Friday’s Which Way Challenge theme is CWWC: Any Which Way with a Holiday theme. Your Which Ways can be Any Which Way on any Road, Pathways, Walkways, Sidewalks, Stairs, etc. as long as your Which Ways are clearly visible.

Here are my contributions …

***2025 Cramerton Christmas***
**Parade – Part One**

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Thank you to all who have supported and contributed to the Which Way Challenge this past week or at any time. Be sure to check out other Which Ways by clicking on the links below.

Suzette’s For Deb’s CWWC – Any Which Way – Your Choice

Dawn’s Through the Twinkling Lights of the Walking Mall

• NOTE: For next week we will continue the theme of CWWC: Any Which Way with a Holiday theme.

Deb’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC)

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Parade Route; Downtown Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Take Care. Stay Safe. Enjoy the Outdoors. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 CFFC: 13 December — Autumn or Spring — or Both

Focusing on Autumn

Feels Like Winter

Dan, the host for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge is asking us to share photos of Autumn or Spring — or Both. It may still be officially Autumn, however, lately our weather has been so cold and extremely windy that it feels more like winter. Therefore I rummaged through my archives to add to my few Autumn 🍂 images that I hadn’t already used for one post or another.

Here are my contributions for this week …

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Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)-Autumn or Spring — or Both

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

Note: You might want to take a look at this Friday’s (Today’s) Which Way Challenge (CWWC) (another one of Cee’s challenges) to see the new ideas for the new theme of Any Which Way with a Holiday theme. — Part 1 which Will run for two (2) weeks.

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

2025 CosPhoChal: 03 December — Abstract

Dale host the weekly challenge The Cosmic Photo Challenge with a different theme each week. This week’s theme is Abstract.

Here are a few Abstract images from around the Carolinas …

*The Schiele Museum*
*of Natural History*
*and Planetarium Show*
*Gastonia, NC*

*Sky-view*
*Riverside Park and Greenway*
*Cramerton, NC*

*AI Abstract of Mountains*
*from my dad’s slides.*

Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge-Abstract

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

Invitingly Beautiful … Sorry, Beach is Closed

*Beach at Lake Norman*
*Ramsey Creek Park*

The day we visited Ramsey Creek Park may have been on the chillier side, but that wouldn’t have stopped Coleman from playing in the sand.

*One of several signs*
*near the Beach.*

The Beach area was blocked off with signs posted stating the Beach is Closed. We did find smaller areas he could access the sand for a little playtime. We also managed to walk along the edge of the waters of Lake Norman, still it would have been nice if the Beach would’ve been open.

*Beach at Lake Norman*
*barricaded off.*

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

2025 Skywatch Friday-12.06

Hammad’s Weekend Sky-2025.12.06

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: Lake Norman; Ramsey Creek Park; Cornelius, North Carolina, USA

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

A Panicle or two … Maybe More

The Flower Hour #9

Winter’s Hydrangeas

Terri’s The Flower Hour #9

Also posting to Remember …

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Bren’s Floral Friday

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Take time to admire Nature’s beautiful bounty. Have a great weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): 12.05 — Any Which Way (Your Choice)

Welcome back to the Which Way Challenge. This Friday’s Which Way Challenge theme is Any Which Way (Your Choice). Your Which Ways can be Any Which Way on any Road, Pathways, Walkways, Sidewalks, Stairs, etc. as long as your Which Ways are clearly visible.

This week I am sharing our hike along the dirt trail at Ramsey Creek Park in Cornelius, North Carolina. Here are my entries …

Dirt Trail at
Ramsey Creek Park
Cornelius, North Carolina

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Thank you to all who have supported and contributed to the Which Way Challenge this past week or at any time. Be sure to check out other Which Ways by clicking on the links below.

Dawn’s Around the Tree in Gettysburg

Pepper’s The Road to Adventures in Maui

• NOTE: For the next two (2) weeks the theme for the Which Way Challenge will be CWWC: Any Which Way with a Holiday theme. (Will run for two (2) weeks).

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: Ramsey Creek Park; Cornelius, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Thursday Doors: 04 December

Caterpillar 349F Excavator

Last week we visited the CLT Airport Overlook in Charlotte, North Carolina. While watching for Airplanes to take off or come in for a landing, Coleman noticed an Excavator and went over to the fence to take a closer look at it working in the construction area just a short distance from the playground area.

The CAT 349F Excavator is built with a powerful, 49-ton hydraulic excavator known for heavy-duty digging and earthmoving tasks. Its features a CAT C13 ACERT engine with advanced hydraulic systems for efficiency and precision.

*Coleman*
*watching the*
*CAT 349 Excavator*
*at Work.*

The CAT 349F has a spacious and ergonomic cab which is designed to be quiet and comfortable. It features air suspension seats and intuitive controls to reduce operator fatigue during long shifts.

Dan’s Thursday Doors-2025.12.04

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Construction site by Charlotte-Douglas International Airport Overlook; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

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

Peering Out Across the Pier

Monochrome Madness

*Can you see where*
*Coleman is standing?*

*Lake Norman*
*Cornelius, North Carolina*

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness-2025.12.03

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Lake Norman; Pier at Ramsey Creek Park; Ramsey Creek Park; Cornelius, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a fantastic rest of your week and weekend ahead. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 LAPC #376 — Wings

Feathered or Not

Beth from Wandering Dawgs is this week’s host for the Lens-Artist Photo Challenge . She is challenging us to show off Wings of any kind. I am displaying Non-Feathered Wings as well as Wings on a variety of Feathered Friends with Wings.

Let us first take a look at some of my Feathered Friends that grace my pathways.

*Female Northern Cardinal*
*grace my porch railing*
*enjoying a nice snack.*

*A Northern Mockingbird*
*stopped by for a visit.*

*A Lovely Mourning Dove*
*graces us with a beautiful song.*

*A Chipping Sparrow*
*(Spizella passerina)*
*graces our pathway*
*while on a hike.*

***A Gallery of Geese Flying Overhead***

Now to display a few Non-Feathered Wings Landing and Taking off from Charlotte-Douglas International Airport.

Beth’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #376-Wings

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Locations: Feathered Friends) Cramerton, North Carolina, USA; Non-Feathered Wings) Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 CosPhoChal: 03 December — Reflections

Dale host the weekly challenge The Cosmic Photo Challenge with a different theme each week. This week’s theme is Reflections.

“Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.”
– Ernest Holmes

Here are a few Reflections from around the Carolinas …

*Lake Crandall*
*Anne Springs*
*Close Greenway*

“Your life is a reflection of your thoughts. If you change your thinking, you change your life.”
– Brian Tracy

Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge-Reflections

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

2025 Wordless Wednesday: 03 December

***South Fork Catawba River***
***from Goat Island Bridge***

Click on image to enlarge.

Wordless Wednesday

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

One Day Walking Through the Woods

One Day while hiking along a trail Coleman and I came across a section with textured wood that had seen better days.

*Trail near*
*Gardner Park Elementary*
*Gastonia, North Carolina*

One Day while hiking in Anne Springs Close Greenway we spotted a mysterious hole within a rotting tree stump that drew our attention.

*At Anne Springs Close Greenway*
*in Fort Mill, South Carolina.*

One Day we decided to take a break in the shade to catch our breath before contour hike. (Coleman was just under 2 at the time.) we found some interesting shadows and a Dragonfly.

*Chestnut Trail;*
*McDowell Nature Preserve*;
Charlotte, North Carolina

One Day during a hike to Coleman’s favourite sandpit in Riverside Park and Greenway we noticed some interesting texture of Hypnum cupressiforme, (the cypress-leaved plaitmoss or hypnum moss).

Textured hypnum moss growing on a tree Coleman enjoys climbing.

One Day at Riverside Park and Greenway I was trying to locate the log I usually sat on while Coleman played in the sand. It took some looking around before we spotted it. Someone had decomposed our log by using it as a fire log. (No fires are to be built in the park especially during the summer fire season.)

*Burnt Log destroyed by fire.*
*So much for my sitting on it.*

Terri’s Sunday Stills-Textures

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Decay

Becky’s #NovemberShadows #30

Weekly Prompts The One Day Prompt-(19 )

Patti’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #375-Mysterious

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

2025 Monday Portrait: 01 December

Northern Mockingbird

Monday Portrait

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Telephoto

Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

Pull Up a Seat on a Jude’s Bench or Two+

On Thanksgiving, my grandson, (Coleman) and I were joined by his mom for a lovely chilly afternoon. After devouring a delicious Turkey dinner (except for Coleman-He doesn’t like meat), my daughter (Trisha) drove us to a quaint park on the edge of Lake Norman called Ramsey Creek Park. At first, Coleman and I were not sure if his mom was going to join us hiking around the park.

Coleman and I started out walking by ourselves walking along the waters edges absorbing all the beautiful scenery. After a while, his mom joined us whilst he was picking up small seashells from the sandy seashore.

We noticed several Benches throughout our time walking around; from park benches to picnic tables and benches, they were scattered all around the park for visitors to relax and enjoy.

Here are some of the views and Benches we encountered …

***Ramsey Creek Park; Lake Norman; Cornelius, North Carolina***

Jude’s Bench Challenge -2025.11.30

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 48

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Ramsey Creek Park; Cornelius, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 November #Shadows #30

American Airlines

Shadows on the Runway

Becky’s #NovemberShadows

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Telephoto

Location: CLT Airport Overlook; Charlotte-Douglas International Airport; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Stay Safe. Stay Warm. Chill is in the Air. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Cell Pic Sunday: 30 November

*Trisha watching Coleman*
*watching a speedboat*

John’s Cell Pic Sunday-2025.11.30

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

Cameras: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max;

Location: Lake Norman; Ramsey Creek Park; Cornelius, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Enjoy Nature. Take a Walk/Hike. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Silent Sunday: 11.30

*Lake Norman*
*Ramsey Creek Park*
*Cornelius, North Carolina*

Click on image to enlarge.

Silent Sunday

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Lake Norman; Ramsey Creek Park; Cornelius, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Skywatch Friday/Weekend Sky: 11.27/28

Skywatching over

Lake Norman

2025 Skywatch Friday – Thanksgiving at Lake Norman/Ramsey Creek Park

Hammad’s Weekend Sky-2025.11.27

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2025 Week 47

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: Lake Norman; Ramsey Creek Park; Cornelius, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Take Care. Safe Travels for those travelling. Have a funtastic weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 November #Shadows #29

Ramsey Creek Park

Becky’s November #Shadows #29

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: Ramsey Creek Park; Lake Norman/Cornelius, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Hope y’all having wonderfully pleasant Thanksgiving weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way (Your Choice)

Welcome back to the Which Way Challenge. I trust y’all had a lovely Thanksgiving week so far. I know we certainly did. Now we didn’t spend the day cooking over a hot stove or oven, but we did enjoy a delicious turkey dinner courtesy of Bob Evans Restaurant. Let me tell you they were doing a pretty good business on this (yesterday’s) Thanksgiving. I’ll tell y’all more about Bob Evans Restaurant during a future post.

We also didn’t stay home bored to death thinking there was anything to do. We might not have had any family or friends to gather with and enjoy the day together, but we (at least I think) enjoyed a tremendous afternoon together (my daughter, my grandson, and myself) visiting a park we had not been to previously and did a wee bit of hiking.

If you’ve read my posts before, you’ll understand my grandson loves to hike and spend as much time as possible in the outdoors among nature. After devouring our delicious turkey meal (Coleman only ate the vegetables (he doesn’t like meat) at Bob Evans in Huntersville, we (actually my daughter) drove to Ramsey Creek Park which is along Lake Norman in North Carolina.

This being a holiday weekend I decided to make this Friday’s Which Way Challenge theme; Any Which Way (Your Choice). Your Which Ways can be Any Which Way on any Road, Pathways, Walkways, Sidewalks, Stairs, etc. as long as your Which Ways are clearly visible.

Here are my entries for this week … from our Thanksgiving Day Hike …

Ramsey Creek Park
Cornelius/Lake Norman, North Carolina

Click on each image to enlarge.

Thank you to all who have supported and contributed to the Which Way Challenge this past week or at any time. Be sure to check out other Which Ways by clicking on the links below.

Dawn’s Fisherman Among the Foliage of Passage Creek

TGeriatrix’s In The Forest

Vanda’s CWWC: Any Which Way With People

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: Ramsey Creek Park; Cornelius, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Monochrome Madness #48 — Leaves and Petals

Dawn from The Day After is hosting this week’s Monochrome Madness; she has chosen a theme of Leaves and Petals. A few of the leaves are from here in Cramerton and the rest are from an outing we took on Thanksgiving Day to do a little bit of hiking.

Dawn’s Monochrome Madness-Leaves and Petals

Dawn’s Festival of Leaves #10

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #48-Leaves and/or Petals

Terri’s The #Flower Hour

Also posting for …

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Bren’s Floral Friday

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: 1-3) Cramerton, North Carolina; 4-8) Cornelius/Lake Norman, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 November #Shadows #28

Ramsey Creek Park

Becky’s November #Squares #28

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: Ramsey Creek Park; Lake Norman/Cornelius, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Hope y’all had a wonderfully pleasant Thanksgiving! Have a fantastic weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 November #Shadows #27

CLT Overlook Playground

*Charlotte-Douglas International*
*Airport Overlook with Coleman*

Becky’s November #Squares #27

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: Charlotte-Douglas International Airport Overlook; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Happy Thanksgiving! Have a fantastic weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 November #Shadows #26

Streets,

Sidewalks,

& Shadows

*Riverside Park and Greenway*
*Carolina Thread Trail*
*Cramerton, North Carolina*

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Becky’s November #Shadows #26

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Settings: f/1.78 • 1/1131s • 24mm • ISO80

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

God Bless. Grateful for all of y’all for following, commenting, liking, and sharing your photos and stories with us. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 November #Shadows #25

A Fisheye View

*Human & Tree Shadowing*
*with Alona, Coleman, & Trisha (& myself)*

Becky’s November #Shadows #25

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens and Altura Wide Angle Fisheye lens attachment.

Settings: f/9 • 1/80s • 24mm • ISO100

Location: Baxter Village Trail; Baxter Village; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

Macro Monday: 2025.11.24

Gerbera jamesonii

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Macro Monday (MM)

Macro Monday

Terri’s The Flower Hour

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 November #Shadows #23

Nighttime Shadows

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Becky’s November #Shadows #23

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Goat Island Bridge; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Happy Shadowing. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Silent Sunday Stills …

Whatsoever Is Lovely

Is Bright and Beautiful

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Terri’s Sunday Stills-All Things Bright and Beautiful

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2025 Week 47

Silent Sunday

Sunday Trees-2025.11.23

Ragtag Daily Prompt-Variegated

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Cell Pic Sunday: 23 November

Gorgeous Reflections

John’s Cell Pic Sunday-2025.11.22

Cameras: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max;

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA.

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Enjoy Nature. Take a Walk/Hike. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

On the Move by Curb Walking

Curb Walking

for — LAPC

#SWS

This week John from Journeys with Johnbo is the host for the Lens-Artist Photo Challenge. He has challenged us to post photos of our being On the Move. He has shown us some of the typical ways that people choose to travel (Aka being On the Move). Some of the typical means of being “On the Move” are traveling by car, by train, by airplane, or by a cruise ship or another type of boat.

However, I am not going to show you any typical form of being “On the Move.” You might ask what are some other ways one can be “On the Move?” Well, some of the other methods are walking, running, skiing, skipping, skating, swimming, or our favourite hiking. Even though hiking is Coleman and my favourite method of getting from point A to point B and sometimes C in one day, that is not the method or means of being “On the Move” I am going to show you today.

What method of being “On the Move” am I going to discuss with y’all? Let me tell you. The method is called Curb Walking. Ever heard of Curb Walking? I hadn’t really heard much about it or how or why it is done.

Curb Walking is a unique type of walking which involves walking with one foot on the Curb and the other foot on the street. Ever tried Curb Walking? If you did; did you enjoy it? Was it Beneficial?

My daughter, Trisha, Curb Walking with Coleman close by (not that he’d be much help if she fell, but he’d try).

The uneven gait of Curb Walking is thought to help the pelvis (of pregnant women) to open and shift, which is predicted to encourage the baby to move lower and into a better position for birth.

Curb Walking around the playground at Goat Island Park and Greenway.

Curb Walking can help create flexibility in the hips and pelvic floor over time. It can also be a part of overall exercise for endurance. However, it is not a guaranteed way to start labor.

***Trisha Curb Walking***
***around the Playground***

How long should you Curb Walking when you first start? It is recommended to begin with 10 minutes. When you are Curb Walking you should listen to your body and take it slow at first. You may gradually increase the duration and frequency (emphasis on gradual). It is suggested to aim for a total of 30 minutes of Curb Walking on the majority of days for overall fitness.

***More Curb Walking***
***Starring my daughter.***

Before beginning Curb Walking (especially while pregnant), it is highly recommended (if not crucial) to consult your doctor or midwife prior to your first time. (My daughter, however, consulted her physician after her first adventure into Curb Walking). Everyone’s personal health and pregnancy situation is different, so it is best to consult with your medical professional ahead of time. ( I do need to mention she consulted her physician the next day & it was favorable for her to Curb Walk.)

If your doctor gives you the go ahead to begin Curb Walking, it is advised to start between 37 and 39 weeks to specifically try and induce labor. (She is so tired of being pregnant and so ready to meet her daughter.)

John’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #374-On the Move

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday-2025.11.22

Bonus:

Becky’s November #Shadows

I love multi-linking to various challenges.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Enroute & at Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Take Care. Be safe. And have some fun walking around your surroundings. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Shhh … my daughter doesn’t like her picture taken & doesn’t know I took these.

2025 Monochrome Madness — 21 November

A Day

in the

Life of Coleman

Reflecting on a typical afternoon with Coleman if he had his chance to choose how it would go.

From beginning near the railroad tracks …

*Corner across from*
*the Railroad Tracks*

… Who needs school …

Let’s go meandering through Goat Island …

Can you see me? …

Better now? …

How am I doing about blending into my environment?

Shall we continue meandering?

The South Fork River is beautiful and has amazing reflections in the afternoons.

AI sometimes can remix an image pretty well. At other times you might wonder how it came up with its remix interpretation.

*AI remix of Coleman*
*on a dirt Trail.*

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Camera: 1) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max; 2-7) Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; 8-9) Google Lens AI

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way with People

This Friday’s Which Way Challenge we will be continuing with Any Which Way with People. Your Which Ways can be Any Which Way on any Road, Pathways, Walkways, Sidewalks, Stairs, etc. as long as your Which Ways contain People.

Here are my entries for this week …

***Which Ways with People***
***at Goat Island Park and Greenway***

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Thank you to all who have supported and contributed to the Which Way Challenge this past week or at any time. Be sure to check out other Which Ways by clicking on the links below.

Brian’s Black and white (bridges and walkways)

Vanda’s CWWC: Any Which Way in Black and White 2

Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery’s Which Way In B&W

Dawn’s Which Way: From Inside Meems Covered Bridge

Suzette’s Deb’s Which Way CWWC : Black and White Week – 2

Deb’s 2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way in Black and White

Camera: 1-8) Canon EOS Rebel 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; and 9-21) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take a Walk/Hike. Enjoy Nature. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Thursday Trios: 20 November

“Three” Out

for a Evening Walk

*My daughter* (*Trisha),*
*my grandson (Coleman),*
*and my future*
*granddaughter (Sophia).*

This was taken on Tuesday evening at the entrance to Goat Island Park and Greenway as we were preparing to head back home. This was a rare occasion for us. My daughter normally doesn’t care to go walking and I do not see well at night to attempt walking anywhere.

However, my daughter is so ready to be over being pregnant that she decided she needed to try to start walking some on her days off. She is trying Curb Walking to try to speed the process up of Sophia being ready to make her entrance into this world. [I’ll be discussing Curb Walking further in a future post soon.]

Coleman loves to go walking/hiking at any given opportunity. He loved having his mom come along on an evening walk with us.

Carol’s Thursday Trios

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

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for — LAPC

#SWS

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