#iPhonePhotography – Page 27 – Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography

2023 LAPC: Last Chance — Part I

2023 — A Year in Review — Second Chance/LastChance

Posting a Year in Review is something I have never done or dreamed of doing before. It is, however, a chance to reflect on the past year and reflect on the choices I’ve made. Why was one picture chosen previously, but not this particular one? Isn’t this picture worthy of being shared as well? I have decided to divide this challenge into two parts. Part One will be covering the first six months of 2023 giving a second/last chance to a select chosen photo from each month. In Part Two, I will dedicate to the last six months (including this one) of 2023 breathing life into previously passed over photos.

January 2023:

Honoring All Veterans
Veterans Wall
Glencairn Gardens
Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

February 2023:

Coleman
Climbing the Bridge
South Fork River Park
4185 Mountainview St
Gastonia, North Carolina 28056

March 2023:

***Coleman In***
***Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens***
***Belmont, North Carolina, USA***

April 2023:

***Coleman***
***The Schiele Museum of Natural History***
***Gastonia, North Carolina, USA***

May 2023:

Yellow Daylily
Gaston County
***Warlick Family YMCA***
***Gastonia, North Carolina, USA***

June 2033:

***A Greenway Horse***
***Anne Springs Close Greenway***
***Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA***

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge—Last Chance

God Bless. May your New Year be Blessed, Be Prosperous, and Full of Happiness. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all.

2023 RDP: Monday—SUCCULENT

As we have been sick with a respiratory virus (not Covid)since Thanksgiving; we haven’t been out much due to rain and feeling under the weather. Therefore, I am pulling a few succulents I enjoy from my 2023 archives.

Pacific Shadows Sempervivum
Hens & Chicks

Ragtag Daily Prompt- Monday —Succulent

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Cameras: 1) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens; 3) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 55-250 mm lens.

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

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

Christmas’ Pastime Memories

Memories from Christmas Pastimes ranging from 1956 – 2023 in no particular order or pattern.

Monday Portrait

Ragtag Daily Prompt – HOLIDAY

Photo Credit: ©️ Deb L. Waters

Created with Google Highlight Video Creator

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

2023 PPAC: Dressed in Holiday Spirit

***Christmas Wall Mural***
***Clover, South Carolina***

Photographing Public Art Challenge

John’s Cell Pic Sunday

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max Telephoto Camera

Location: S Main Street, Clover, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! Happy Kwanza! Enjoy your holiday weekend whether you celebrate with family and friends or spend it alone, you are never alone. Know that you are loved and appreciated. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2023 OWS: Rest

No matter where you are or who you’re with, sometimes you just need to sit a spell and have a bit of a REST.

***Taking a REST***
***Cozumel, Mexico***
February 24, 2020
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max

Coleman
Claiming a spot to Rest
Schiele Museum of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

Debbies One Word Sunday-Rest

Pull Up a Seat-Week 52

Photo Credit: ©️ Deb L. Waters

Cameras: 1) iPhone 11 Pro Max – Wide Camera; 2) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 55-250mm lens

Location: 1) Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., Cozumel, Mexico; 2) 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 very much,

2023 Thursday Doors — Deadly Traps

Dan’s Thursday Doors

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 10-18mm lens

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.

A Trio of Christmas Trees at The Farm

***Christmas Trees***
***in the Garden***

***Christmas Trees***
***by the Rabbits***

***Coleman by***
***Christmas Trees***
***near the Educational Arena***

Thursday Trios

Cameras: 1) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 55-250mm lens; 3) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens.

Location: Holiday at The Farm; 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 very much.

2023 CFFC: White

White can be found all around us if we take the time to look around, especially so during winter.

First, let’s have a look at White in the museum.

***Winter sock skating***
***on White “ice”***

Black bird on
White “snow”
in an exhibit

Now, for a look around The Farm.

***White Lights***
on
***Christmas Tree***s

***Nagoya White***
***Ornamental Kale Plant***

I’m sure y’all will be displaying many fascinating White photos which I’ll be looking forward to observing.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-White

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Cameras: 1) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 10-18mm lens; 2) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 3) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 55-250 mm lens; 4-5) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens

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

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

Holiday Decorations — The Grinch Lives Here

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Sharon, South Carolina, USA

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

Christmas Pine Wreath

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Holiday at The Farm; 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.

2023 Monday Portrait: Coleman in the Museum

***Coleman***
***in front of***
***Triceratops Exhibit***

***Coleman in the mouth***
***of a***
***Tyrannosaurus Rex Skull Fossil replica***
***The Schiele Museum of Natural History***

Monday Portrait

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Dinosaur 🦕 Exhibits; 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 very much.

Windows Under Construction #3

Construction on the new school and windows continues. Progress is being made, however, probably will not be completed until Spring of 2024.

This new school addition is located to the right of The Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina.

Ludwig’s Monday Window

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Near the Museum; Gastonia, North Carolina , USA

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

Almost Silent Cell Pic Sunday

Holiday at The Farm with Coleman

John’s Cellpic Sunday

Silent Sunday

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max; Google Video Creation

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

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

Holiday Decorations — Stoneybrook Avenue

Happy Holidays. Happy Kwanzaa. Feliz las Posadas. Merry Christmas to one and all!

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Stoneybrook Avenue; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2023 Share Your Desktop—December

On my iPhone:

I actually have a different wallpaper for three different focus pages:

Coleman on Engine 4
Gastonia Fire Department Station 4
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

***Terry Leon Wilson***
1954-2018
Vietnam Veteran

On my Laptop:

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

Coleman
laying on the grass
after sliding down the “Slide”
Lake Haigler Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

Clare’s Share Your Desktop-December 2023

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

God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. Looking forward to seeing y’all’s desktops. I appreciate y’all.

2023 CWWC: December—Which ways on a cloudy or stormy day

Not sure if wintery frigid cold days count or not, however, I couldn’t resist adding a couple anyway-

***Cloudy skies over Anne Springs Close Greenway***

***Does Foggy Weather count as Cloudy?***
***Historic Hutchinson Homestead;***
***Stone Mountain State Park;***
***Roaring Gap, North Carolina, USA***

***Cloudy Skies***
***while Driving the***
***Blue*** ***Ridge Parkway***
***Near***
***Boone, North Carolina, USA***

Cee’s Which Way Challenge-Which ways on a cloudy or stormy day

Photo Credit: ©️2017-2022 Deb L. Waters

Cameras: Apple iPhone 7 Plus and Apple iPhone 13 Pro

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

2023 CFFC: From Sky to Sea the Blues Always Shine

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Blue

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

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

2023 CMMC: December—Teal Color

***Graffiti-PPAC***
***Founders Trail***
***Carolina Thread Trail***
***Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA***

Catawba River
Catawba Indian Nation Greenway Trail
Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

Coleman
BMX Playground
Riverwalk
Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Teal Color

Natalie’s Photographing Public Art Challenge

Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Location: Various near the Catawba River; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

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

Wordless Wednesday: 12.13.2023

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

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

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Whatsoever Is Lovely – Week 50

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday-Almost

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

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is img_0332.jpg — ***West side***
***of Lake Haigler***
***near Wild Azalea***

***Between the Trees***
***on the Backside***
***of Lake Haigler***

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #202

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

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

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

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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.

2023 Thursday Trios: Baa Baa Sheep

Thursday Trios

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

Dan’s Thursday Doors

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

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 …

***… You fix open-face***
***Turkey sandwiches***
***with stuffing and gravy***

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

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

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 …

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Debbies Six Word Saturday

John’s Cellpic Sunday

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

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

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