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.
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 PinkA Hint of Autumn Color Pop of Coleman
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.
Aftermath of Sewage Backup
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.)
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.
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
Take a Ride with Us on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina
After a scenic drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway, it is nice to take a stroll or a crawl down the Scarecrow Pathway in Millstone Park located in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
Bonus for October: Any Halloween themed Which Way Photo:
Includes Water, Blue, Green, Yellow, Trail, Landscape, Space.
Photos 1-9 are all of the Pond at The Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina. Photo 10 is of the North Carolina Mountains displaying both Autumn 🍂 Colours & Winter ❄️ 🥶 ❄️Snow.
While taking a long walk through the neighborhood; we noticed several houses that were decorated with fall decorations. Some of the houses were decorated with Autumn decorations while others were already decorated with Halloween decorations. These are a few of the decorations we saw on our walk.
October 14th was the day for the annual Solar Eclipse. In my area we were only able to see a partial eclipse. We had rain previous to the eclipse and a tremendous amount of cloud cover. These photos are from my iPhone 14 Pro Max. They do not, I’m sorry to say, do justice to portraying the spectacular view I saw watching the eclipse unfold.
Solar Eclipse 2023 October 14 as seen from Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
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.
I decided to go ahead and do a part two to my CWWC – Any Which Way with People Challenge post. These photos are all taken at Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The hikers you see pictured here are all members of the Anne Springs Close Greenway Hiking Club. Coleman and I participate in hikes with the hiking club whenever feasible. When it is not possible to join the hiking club for a hike Coleman and I go to the Greenway or various other hiking trails to hike. (Just an FYI, Coleman has been hiking the Greenway trails since he was approximately one and a half years old (1 1/2).
Yesterday, October 11, I thought I was going to take photos with my Canon, however, that was not possible. Why? I goofed and forgot to change out the battery for a fully charged one and somehow the camera got put away in the on position. Therefore, the battery was dead and I was unable to use my Canon for my photography. Lesson learned, always check battery before leaving the house.
Luckily I always have my iPhone on me and sometimes use both while out and about around town or on a hiking trail. Instead of just using the normal mode I switched the iPhone settings to monochrome and proceeded to snap shots at the Schiele Museum’s Block Party, Dinosaur Theatre, And The Farm.
For this Cee’s CMMC this week I thought I would show you some of the Plum (purple) Coleman and I have seen this week on our hiking adventures at The Schiele Museum of Natural History and along trails at the Warlick Family YMCA. They range from purple colored wood on the maze to purple canoes and plenty of purplish flowers. Hope y’all will enjoy the slideshow.
Happy October! This month has begun with several trips to the Schiele Museum and lots of hiking. First of was The Early Explorers program at the museum. Early Explorers is for preschoolers (2-5 year olds). They do interactive play, songs, story time , and a craft each week based on a weekly theme. This week’s theme was Pumpkin.
Coleman’s Pumpkin 🎃 Craft art
Later in the day we rode the city transit over to the Gaston County Warlick Family YMCA.
Tree 🌲 Fungi
We meandered down & around along the Green Trail to enjoy a hike and look at we saw. We noticed some interesting fungi and some very active bees 🐝.
Bee 🐝 Pollination
The bees were having a pollinating party 🎉 it seemed. They were flitting to and fro devouring the sweet nectar of these bright yellow flowers.
Windshield Leaf 🍂
Lastly, we spotted a autumn 🍂 leaf 🍂 clinging to the windshield of his mom’s car later in the afternoon.
We have been active this week more than other times recently. We’ve made several visits to The Pond at the Schiele Museum and today we did a double excursion and visited the Warlick YMCA as well.
The first three are of water reflections in The Pond while the last two are of Robinwood Lake at the Y.
As Coleman and I were wandering through the Nature trail at the Schiele Museum; we featured Up the stairs and around the path downward until he ran off and into the Playscape sand pit. He brought along his friend Mr. Blue.
Up and Around the Stairs
Coleman met Mr. Blue at the doctor’s office. He helped him adjust to receiving two shots. He was comforted by him and decided he did not want to leave him behind when we arrived at the museum.
Why amI on my side? How’d I get this way? Please help me!
Therefore, Mr. Blue tagged along by his Side any which way and everywhere he happened to go. Mr. Blue hadn’t realised he would be cast aside for Dinosaurs 🦕🦖🦕 Coleman discovered hiding in the sand.
Mr. BlueColeman playing with the Dinosaurs That’s not how I meant … I wanted Upright.
Please do not look down on Mr. Blue for being disappointed. I’ll have you know he was not forgotten. When it was time to go back Up the trail to go home, Coleman made sure he gathered Up his new friend when he was packing his belongings into his backpack.
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