Wordless Wednesday: 12.13.2023

Dear oh Deer 🦌🦌

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

Holiday Laser Lights Show

Whatsoever Is Lovely – Week 50

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday-Almost

Photo Credit: (c) Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2023 WWE — Beautiful Reflections

Lake Haigler
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West side
of Lake Haigler
near Wild Azalea
South side
of
Lake Haigler
Between the Trees
on the Backside
of Lake Haigler

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #202

Photo Credit: (c)2023 Deb L. WatersAll Rights Reserved.

Cameras: 1-2) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 3-4) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 55-250mm lens.

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

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

Seating near the Post Office

For the past two weeks (since Thanksgiving) I haven’t been able to get out and capture any scenery around me. Coleman and I have been sick with a bacterial infection consisting of chest congestion and a really bad cough. Over the counter medicine was not working for him so we finally took him to the doctor who prescribed an antibiotic. Hopefully all will be better soon.

We’ve been having issues in our townhome with pests and so today we bombed our place. (The pest controls the complex uses does not work!) So, we took it upon ourselves to try to remedy the problem. With bombing the place, we needed to get out of the place for a few hours, therefore we decided to go for a drive.

Driving around down in the Clover area, I noticed this table and seating outside the Clover Post Office and located near the drop off area. I have never seen seating outside of a post office before. My daughter obliged me to stop the vehicle a moment so I could snap a photo of the unusual (to me anyway) seating at the post office.

XingfuMama’s Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge: Week 50

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Clover, South Carolina, USA

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

2023 December 11 — Broken Windows

Southern Industries Mill
Clover, South Carolina, USA

Former Southern Industries Mill in Clover, SC was a Yarn Spinning Mill that closed in 2007. This was originally built in 1923 (per tax records) as part of the Hampton Spinning Mill (until 1945), then American Thread Company until 1985.

In 1945, it was home to the American Thread Company.

This abandoned mill was one of the last textile mills in South Carolina to fall, following a long line of closures throughout the second half of the twentieth century as competition from foreign countries like China and India crippled an industry that once dominated South Carolina’s Upstate. Called Southern Industries of Clover, its doors closed in 2007.

Ludwig’s Monday Window

Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Clover, South Carolina, USA

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

Cell Pic Sunday: 12.10.2023 — Poinsettias

Red Poinsettia

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Christmas Poinsettias

John’s Cellpic Sundays

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

Buick for Two: Care to share a Ride

Antique 1910 Buick

XingfuMamas Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge: Week 49

Photo Credit: ©️2021 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 11 Pro Max

Location: North Carolina Transportation Museum; Spencer, North Carolina, USA

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

2023 Thursday Trios: Baa Baa Sheep

Thursday Trios

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: 1-3) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens along with Altura (for Canon) Macro Wide-Angle Fish-Eye attachment; 4) iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.

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

2023 Thursday Doors: Meeting House

Meeting House

Dan’s Thursday Doors

Photo Credit: ©️2018 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone X

Location: Andrew Jackson State Park; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA

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

2023 CFFC: Any type of tool

My entry for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is a variety of tools seen or used throughout time.

Small screwdriver set
given as a Christmas gift
to my daughter in 2020
Paper Cutter
seen on
Battleship USS North Carolina
in
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Farm Tools
The Farm
at the
Schiele Museum of Natural History;
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Coleman
using an Agricultural Pitchfork
at Anne Springs Close Greenway;
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
?? (Me) Holding
an Anvil Pruning Lopper
used during Volunteer Day
at Kings Mountain State Park;
Blacksburg, South Carolina, USA

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Any Type of Tool

Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters

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

2023 Cell Pic Sunday: 12.3

Living Water Chapel
at Westminster Park
Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

John’s Cellpic Sundays

Photo Credit: ©️2022 Deb L. Waters

Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Location: Westminster Park; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

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

When you have Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey …

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

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

2023 FOTD: Rosa multiflora

Aka: multiflora rose

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

2033 Last on the Card: November

From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:

Coleman
wearing his new
Fireman’s Hat
from Station #4

From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:

Sheep in The Farm
at the Schiele Museum
of Natural History

Last on the Card

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. Looking forward to seeing y’all’s Last on the Card photos. I appreciate y’all very much.

2023 CMMC – November Alphabet “R” at the end of a word

Here is my entry for this week’s challenge:

First, Looking up to the sky above …

we spot a Helicopter

Next, a look at (almost Coleman’s) eye level …

a beautiful Flower

And finally, gazing beneath us …

We see beautiful
reflections in the
Water of Lake Haigler

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

Cameras: 1) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2-3) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

Locations: 1) Gastonia, North Carolina; 2-3) Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA.

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

2023 LAPC #276 — Looking Downward & Looking Upward

Looking Down
upon the Water 💦
Looking Up
at a Ray of Sunshine
Peeking through the Clouds
Looking Downward
upon the Grist Mill
Looking Upward
through the Trees
to the Stormy Sky

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge-Looking Up, and Looking Down

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #199

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: (1-2) iPhone 14 Pro Max Main Camera (3-4) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EG-S18-55mm lens with Altura (for Canon) Macro Wide-Angle Fisheye Attachment

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

2023 OWS: Back

A Hog at
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
J B Hunt Ad
on the Back of a
J B Hunt Tractor Trailer

on I-485
[My husband drove for J B Hunt at one time].
Backside of a
Little Library

Rankin Lake Park
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Backpack on
Coleman’s Backside

Lake Crandall;
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
Trifolium hybridum
Common Name:
Alsike Clover

Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

One Word Sunday Challenge-Back

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

Church Doors & Windows

The Galilee Baptist Church
was built in 1963.

Ludwig’s Monday Window

Dan’s Thursday Doors

Photo Credit: ©️2020 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max

Location:

Galilee Baptist Church
1011 Briarwood St
Abilene TX 79603

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

Silent Sunday: 11.19 – Church Signage

First Methodist Church
Abilene, Texas, USA
Ten Commandments
First Methodist Church
Abilene, Texas, USA

Silent Sunday

Photo Credit: ©️2020 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 11 Pro Max

Location: 202 Butternut St, Abilene, Texas, USA

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

Hey, Where are my Ordered Pillows?

Definitely Not My Pillows

Debbies Six Word Saturday

John’s Cellpic Sunday

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

Pull Up a Seat: Coleman Says Let’s Ride … Vroom Vroom

Honda Goldwing
North Carolina Transportation Museum
Spencer, North Carolina, USA

This Honda Goldwing Coleman’s checking out is similar to one his maternal Pawpaw and I had back in the mid-1980’s shortly after we were married. His Pawpaw mostly road it to work, but we also rode it together when we could get his parents to watch our eldest son [he was four (Coleman’s age now) at the time]. We enjoyed riding it, however, we sold it when we moved from California to Arkansas. It’s too bad that Coleman won’t ever get the opportunity to go riding with his Pawpaw like his Uncles did so long ago.

Pull up a Seat 2023 – Week 46

Photo Credit: ©️2021 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 11 Pro Max

Location: North Carolina Transportation Museum; Spencer, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thank you for Pulling Up a Seat down Memory Lane and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all.

2023 CWWC: Any animal in your which way

When Coleman and I go hiking we rarely see animals along the trails. Sometimes they are to the side of the trail, in the water, or on the other side of a fenced off area. We have managed to see some Geese trying to cross the pathway…

Coleman’s mom’s dog, Chewy, along for the hike…

And a couple of Horses on and off the trail…

I have not seen any cows in the road for quite awhile now, my old landlord’s cow would get out of the pasture occasionally and wander along the roadway.

Cee’s Which Way Challenge-Any animal in your which way

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters…All Rights Reserved.

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

2023 FOTD: 11.18 – Asclepias syriaca

Common milkweed
is a deciduous, native,
herbaceous perennial wildflower
in the Apocynaceae (dogbane) family.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit:©️2023 Deb L. Waters

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

2023 MWM: Prone/Supine Sliding

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max Monochrome setting

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

Wordless Wednesday: 11.15

Lejeune Memorial Gardens
Jacksonville, North Carolina

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Photo Credit: ©️2017 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 7 Plus

Location: Lejeune Memorial Gardens; Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA

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

2023 SHARE Your Desktop: November 15

Wallpaper on My iPhone:

Wallpaper & Screensaver from My HP Laptop:

I know they all feature my grandson, Coleman. I never tire of looking at his pictures on my iPhone or on my laptop. I also never tire of spending time with him out in nature. He makes me smile, makes me laugh, and amazes me in how much he is growing and learning. Oh, except the one with the sheep.

Share Your Desktop – November 2023

Photo Credit: ©️2033 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time, thoughts, and your desktop photos. I appreciate y’all.

2023 Cell Pic Sunday: November 12

John’s Cellpic Sunday

Terri’s Sunday Stills – Monthly Color Challenge – Brown

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Lake Haigler; Lake Haigler Entrance; 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.

2023 Which Way Challenge: Any which way with lines

Our first stop here was actually our last time of Coleman’s Friday Adventures. The Gastonia Municipal Airport showing the runway and some airplanes.

At Gastonia Municipal Airport
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

Next up was our first stop of the day; the Lake Haigler Entrance to the Anne Springs Close Greenway for a hike around the lake. It is always a great day when we can spend time in nature at the Greenway. There are always amazingly beautiful views and is filled with tremendous fun.

Fishing Pier
Lake Haigler
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
A Gaggle of Geese
Lined up in a row
by the Horse Hitching Post
Lake Haigler Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
Springmaid Trail Race
Signs & Coleman
point the Way
Haigler Loop
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
Panorama of the Kayak Pier
Lake Haigler
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

Cee’s Which Way Challenge-Any which way with lines

Photo Credit: (c)2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and iPhone 14 Pro Max

Locations: 1) Gastonia Municipal Airport; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA 2) Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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

2023 MWM: Patio Views

From Cirrocumulus to Coleman and downward to Chewbacca:

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Backyard; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.

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

2023 Thursday Trios: November 9

Three people walking
to an Airplane
Three Airplanes at
Gastonia Municipal Airport

The next selections are from the Anne Springs Close Greenway’s Lake Haigler Entrance which we visited on the same day as the Gastonia Municipal Airport.

Thursday Trios

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

Locations: 1,2) Gastonia Municipal Airport; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA 3-6) Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Hope you enjoy the visit. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all very much.

2023 CFFC: Makes You Laugh or Smile

What or who makes me laugh? The answer to that is easy to answer. It is hands down, my grandson, Coleman. He has been my joy and inspiration since he came into my world four years ago. I have had the privilege of watching him grow and develop into an awesome little boy. Yes, at times he annoys and frustrates me when he doesn’t listen or follow given instructions, but then he’ll want a hug and says, “I love you”! You have to listen carefully; he talks with a lisp, so it is sometimes difficult to understand what he is saying. Even though some people have a difficult time, most of the time I can understand him and when he tells me he loves me; it brings a smile to my face and joy to my heart.

Coleman makes me Smile 😊

The joys and laughter Coleman brings throughout his life

And sometimes Laugh.
2021 v. 2023

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Makes You Laugh or Smile

Photo Credit: (c)2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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

2023 OWS: Distant Airplanes ✈️

One of Coleman’s favorite things to do is watch for airplanes ✈️ flying overhead. It’s thrilling for him to see the airplanes ✈️ and even more so to watch two airplanes ✈️ passing each other in the beautiful blue sky above us as we gaze off into the distance.

Debbie’s One Word Sunday – Distant

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.

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

Coleman’s Suprise – Sitting in an Airplane

After a day hiking in the Greenway, Coleman’s mom surprised in by stopping at the local airport, Gastonia Municipal Airport. She was curious to see if it would be possible for him to tour the airplanes. Upon asking a couple of people she found out that not only was it possible, but that one of the pilots took us out and allowed him to sit in one of the airplanes. He was so thrilled, he grinned from ear to ear. He didn’t say much, lately he’s been getting shy around people. However, you could tell it by his facial expressions how happy and excited he was to be able to see the airplanes, to Pull Up a Seat in an airplane, and to watch an airplane take off.

Monday Portrait

Ludwig’s Monday Window

Pull Up a Seat Photo Challenge 2023: Week44

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gastonia Municipal Airport; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

Cell Pic Sunday: 2023 November 5 – Autumn Water Reflections


Anne Springs Close Greenway
Lake Haigler Entrance
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

John’s Cellpic Sunday

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #196

Terri’s Sunday Stills – Leaves, Autumn or Spring & Monthly Color Challenge – Brown

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Lake Haigler; Lake Haigler Entrance; 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.

2023 CWWC: Hiking the Greenway in Black & White

Our first stop, always, when we arrive at the Greenway is to make a track to the restrooms. When we get hiking it could be an hour or more before we reach one again, therefore we want to be prepared.

The Ramp to the
Gibson House porch
and restrooms.

Next we gaze out upon the pond to the right of the Gibson House. Horses are often in view as are various birds at times. The beauty of the reflections in the lake are always amazing to see. The walkway around the pond is new and still under construction.

The Pond
Horse Road Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway

After that short period, we venture towards one of several hiking trails. On this particular day we chose to hike the Dogwood Trail. Coleman is leading the way. In case you were wondering, he usually always leads the way as we hike along the trails.

Coleman leading the way
to the Dogwood Trail

On this day and almost any day in the Fall, the trails are covered with leaves 🍁 🍃 🍁 of varying shades. Coleman pauses to wait for me to catch up. He goes a but fast for my pace.

Coleman standing
on Dogwood Trail

Hiking Trail signs are posted at regular intervals along the Trail. This is one of the many signs hikers will encounter as they hike along the trail. It designates directions for you to decide which way you’d prefer to hike. It informs you of which trail you are hiking so you do not get lost or sidetracked from your desired route. If you scan the QR code, it will bring up an online map and other pertinent information about the trail.

Coleman standing behind
the Dogwood Trail signs.

Cee’s Which Way Challenge-Black and White

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: 1, 3-5) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 55-250 mm lens.

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

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

Last on the Card: 2023 October

From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:

My Delicious Supper
Tostada on Naan Bread

From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:

Autumn 🍂 Colors & Reflections
Airport Pond
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

Last on the Card – October 2023

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

Cameras: 1) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 55-250mm lens

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

Macro Monday Portrait – You Said You Wanted a Close-Up

While hiking at the Anne Springs Close Greenway, we stopped by to visit with the horses. I took plenty of photos during our hike, most of the horses we’re approachable and really do not mind the many visitors to the Greenway looking at them or petting them. Then sometimes you see a horse that really wants to get a Close-Up view of you or let you get an extremely Close-Up view of him.

Is this Close Enough?
Okay, I’ll Cooperate.
Is this Better?

Monday Portrait

Macro Monday

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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

Masked & Ready …

Hammad’s Weekend Sky #121

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters…All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. 

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all. Take care Hammad. Already had this one ready to go. Happy Halloween 👻!

Cell Pic Sunday: 2023 October 29

A Horse and Coleman
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Horse Stables Entrance
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

John’s Cellpic Sunday

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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

Floral Friday: Nicotiana tabacum

Tobacco
(Nicotiana tabacum)
Flowering Tobacco Plant
Close-Up of Tobacco Flowers

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: The Garden in The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2023 Thursday Doors: Decorated for the Season

Decorations on Doors can be interesting and insightful this time of the year. Some choose to keep it simple; others minimalistic, and still others go all out in their decorations for Halloween. Whether you choose to decorate for Autumn or for Halloween is entirely up to you. Not everyone chooses to decorate their doors or their yards to coincide with the holidays/seasons. That is perfectly okay. Me, myself, I choose not to decorate the outside of our apartment for Halloween. It is a holiday I celebrated as a child, but as an adult I no longer do. These are a few doors I seen lately displaying Autumn/Halloween decorations.

Dan’s Thursday Doors

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

Thursday Trios: Patches & Stripes

In Remembrance of:

Sergeant Terry L. Wilson:

Coleman wearing
his Pawpaw’s US Army Patches
including his stripes
Airborne
Strategic Communications Command

Sergeant

Thursday Trios

Throwback Thursday

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

2023 CMMC: October – Alphabet with “P” anywhere in the word

P Words Located along Nature Trails:

Located in Lindsay Pettus Greenway in Lancaster, South Carolina …

Located along the Piedmont Medical Center Trail which runs semi-parallel to the Catawba River in Rock Hill, South Carolina …

Located near the Persimmon Trail Entrance from Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens in Belmont, North Carolina …

Persimmon Trail …
Please Be Advised…

Located within Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens in Belmont, North Carolina …

Digitalis purpurea
‘Dalmatian Purple’

And can’t ignore Coleman …

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC): October Alphabet with “P” anywhere in the word

Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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

2023 CosPhoChal: A Splash of Colour

I’m fairly new to adding just a splash of colour to a photo, hence, I’m not too sure about the quality of these choices. I hope you enjoy them regardless.

Toy CAT truck
A splash of Green on the trees
Splash of Pink
A Hint of Autumn
Color Pop of Coleman

Cosmic Photo Challenge – A splash of colour

Photo Credit:©️2023 Deb L. Waters…All Rights Reserved.

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

Woke Up to a Sewerage Catastrophe

I’m a little late in posting this blog post due to dealing with the aftermath of our sewage catastrophe. Wake up at daylight as per my grandson’s habit and went downstairs. Upon entering the downstairs bathroom, we (my grandson and I) noticed the toilet was backed up and had overflowed onto the flow making it impossible to use that particular bathroom facilities. Upon our discovering I tried getting the water (sludge) to drain to no avail. We then proceeded to go back upstairs to try to use the main bathroom upstairs. Come to find out that in flushing the upstairs toilet the downstairs toilet backed up and overflowed even more. So, we were in a quandary of what to do considering we could not go all day without having working bathroom facilities. We were not sure if the problem was in our apartment alone or if it was a major complex issue. In the meantime, we decided to go to the store pick up a container of RID-X and we figured we might as well pick up a few groceries while we were out. The photos below depict a small portion of our aftermath issues. I did not think you would actually want to look at the gross sewage backup catastrophe.

Upon arriving home from the store, we happened to see the complex maintenance workers and proceeded to inquire about the problematic situation. They informed us that the complex water would be turned off for approximately one hour and that they were waiting on a plumber to come and remedy the situation. Therefore, with no water and the problem as yet unresolved, we went back out to a different store to pick up a few more grocery items that were not available at the previous location.

Finally, back home again and the water back on much to our delight we could relax a little before working on the clean-up. Also, Coleman, my grandson, needed to have food prepared for him to eat. (He is almost always hungry, but then again, he is four.)

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

I trust your day and week went better than ours. Hopefully, the rest of our work will be without any complications or unforeseen problems. Have a Blessed week. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2023 Monday Window: Climbing Through …

Ludwig’s Monday Window

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Playscape; Nature Trail; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.

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

Monday Portrait: Triceratops

Profile View
Frontal View
First View
of Triceratops
as one Walks
into Exhibition

Monday Portrait

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Dinosaur Exhibition; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.

Macro Monday: Lonicera japonica

Lonicera japonica
Japanese honeysuckle

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Huntingtowne Neighborhood; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.

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

2023 OWS: 22 October – Shapes

We see shapes of every kind everywhere we walk/hike. Shapes are all around us if we just stop and take notice. Shapes are in everyday items, around playgrounds, in toys children play with, in decorations & even in various sculptures around our neighborhood a, our cities, states, and around the globe. Take time to notice the world around us and see what shapes you might notice.

Circles, Cylindrical
Circle ⭕️ & Square 🟨
Circles ⭕️ Triangles 🔻🔺🔻& Rectangular Shapes
Coleman playing with Foam Shapes
Little Explorers
The Schiele Museum of Natural History

Debbie’s (Travel with Intent) One Word Sunday

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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

Silent Sunny Sunday: 2023 October 22

Sunny Sunday

Silent Sunday

John’s Cellpic Sundayk

XingfuMama’s Whatever is Lovely Challenge: 2023 – Week 43

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History’s Garden in The Farm; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.

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