Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography
This blog is for my insights on life, the Bible, hiking adventures with my grandson and whatever is important to me
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Photo Credit:©️2021 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro
Location: Lake Wylie, South Carolina, USA
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Photo Credit: ©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Downtown Cramerton; from Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Photo Credit: ©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Greenway Stables Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
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Andrew Jackson State Park Lake
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Photo Credit:©️2021 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro
Location: The Lake; Andrew Jackson State Park; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
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Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Eighth Street near Tunnel; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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Previously on October 5th I shared with you Cramerton’s newly installed Story Walk in Goat Island Park and Greenway along with John Steiner (host of CellPic Sunday). The first Storybook was called “School is more than a Building” written by Kelley Donner. At the time I had not realized the Storybooks would be changing periodically. You may click to view the previous post here and view John’s CellPic Sunday post about the Storybook Walk here.
When Coleman and I went walking through Goat Island Park and Greenway last Sunday we discovered the Storybook for the Storybook Walk had been changed to “The Acorn & The Oak” written by Rhonda Accardo.
These first images of the Storybook were taken with my iPhone. The next set of images were taken with my Canon.
If you ever get the opportunity to be near the Charlotte, North Carolina area, Goat Island in Cramerton is just a short drive south of the Airport. I would highly recommend stopping by to visit this lovely Greenway and take a walk along the Storybook Walk on the paved trail.
John’s Cell Pic Sunday-2025.11.16
Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: 1 set) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max; 2 set) Canon EOS Rebel 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.
Location: Storybook Walk; River Link Trail; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA.
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Photo Credit:©️2019 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone XR
Location: Andrew Jackson State Park; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
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This week Terri, host of Sunday Stills is offering the challenge prompt of Monthly Colour Challenge in Any Shade of Brown and/or Gray. I’ve scoured through my photos for shades of Brown, I have discovered many of them are from This Trail, That Trail & Trails Over There.
Here are my entries …
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Terri’s Sunday Stills:Monthly Color Challenge – Any shade of brown and/or gray
Photo Credit:©️2019-2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved
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Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion
Location: Bus Stop; Old Town; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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The other week we had a rare occasion to eat out. Normally, I do all the cooking at home, but on this day after my daughter’s and grandson’s doctors appointments we decided to stop for a bite to eat before going home.
We were all hungry (Coleman tends to be hungry all the time right now). We decided to stop at Olive Garden, a rare treat for us.
Trisha (my daughter & Coleman’s mom) doesn’t like her pictures taken as you might can tell from her facial expression.
Sometimes Coleman loves his picture being taken and at other times not. He does love looking at himself in pictures though.
Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 45
Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Olive Garden Italian Restaurant; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Take Care. Treat yourself to an amazing meal or outing. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
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Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion
Location: Cramerton Independent Presbyterian Church; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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Camellia japonica
Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Photo Credit: ©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion
Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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Photo Credit:©️2019 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone XR
Location: Andrew Jackson State Park; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
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Equus is a genus of mammals that includes Horses, Donkeys, Asses, and Zebras.
These Jackasses were introduced to us by our former landlord. He brought to a portion of his land adjacent to our rental property to raise with the assistance of his daughters.
A Jackass is an adult male donkey, females are called Jenny. Jacks or Jackasses (male donkeys) are often mated with female horses to produce mules. At one time the more common term for the donkey was Ass.
From the 18th century, donkey gradually replaced ass and jenny replaced she-ass, which is now considered archaic.
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Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro
Location: Lake Wylie, South Carolina, USA
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Becca’s Sunday Trees – 611
Dawn’s Festival of Leaves 2025-Week # 7
Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion
Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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John’s Cell Pic Sunday 2025.11.09
Photo Credit:©️2022 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro
Location: Catawba Indian Reservation; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
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Hammad’s Weekend Sky-2025.07.11
Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Our Home; Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina? USA
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Photo Credit:©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Warlick Family YMCA; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Remembering:
Bren’s Floral Friday
Cee’s FOTD
Photo Credit:©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
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God Bless. Have a wonderful weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
#NovemberShadows#5
Coleman enjoys Exploring along the banks …
… of the South Fork Catawba River searching for Nuts.
He often finds Acorns …
which are true botanical Nuts from Oak trees.
He thinks the squirrels will eat them, however, …
the squirrels near us tend to enjoy …
swiping the bird seeds from our feeder.
As you can see he has gathered a handful of Acorns (Nuts).
Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion & Ultra Wide Cameras
Location: South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Get Outdoors and Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Have a terrific rest of your week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
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Photo Credit: ©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge-Grey
Photo Credit: ©️2020 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Location: McDowell Nature Preserve; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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Early Morning Sunrise
Hammad’s Weekend Sky-2025.01.11
Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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Cee’s FOTD
Cee’s FOTD
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters… All Rights Reserved.
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Capturing Leaves and such along the South Fork Catawba River before church this beautiful Sunny morning with Coleman. We enjoy walking along the riverbanks whenever the opportunity arises. And since we were feeling a bit better after being sick, it was an opportune time.
Leaves of American Sycamore trees …
The American Sycamore tree is native to Eastern North America; which includes the eastern and central United States, the mountains of northeastern Mexico, extreme southern Ontario, and extreme southern Quebec.
The American Sycamore is a long-lived species, typically surviving at least 200 years and likely as long as 500–600 years. Interestingly the species epithet occidentalis is Latin for “western,” referring to the Western Hemisphere and named as such by Carl Linnaeus since the only other species in the genus was P. orientalis (“eastern “), native to the Eastern Hemisphere. Therefore, it became confusing due to the fact that the American Sycamore was first known in the Eastern United States. Hence, it is sometimes referred to as the Eastern Sycamore in order to distinguish it from Platanus racemosa which was discovered later in the Western United States and called western sycamore.
Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion & Telephoto Cameras
Location: Banks of the South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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Squares are back hosted by Becky from The Life of B. Click the link in the previous line to Check out her post for details regarding the #NovemberShadows squares challenge.
I’m combining my first #NovemberShadows entry with XingfuMama’s One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge.
Here is my #NovemberShadows contribution …
#One – Original …
#Two …
#Three …
#Four …
#Five -Bonus …
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One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge-November 2025
Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion
Location: Railroad Tracks; Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have a funtastic weekend and week ahead. Happy November to everyone. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Brian from Bushboys World hosts a monthly challenge called Last On the Card. His rules are simple to follow if you’re interested in participating.
Here are The rules:
1. Post the last photo on your SD card or last photo on your phone for the 30th or whenever your last photo was taken.
2. No editing – who cares if it is out of focus, not framed as you would like or the subject matter didn’t cooperate.
3. You don’t have to have any explanations, just the photo will do
4. Create a Pingback to this post or link in the comments
5. Use the tags The Last Photo and #LastOnTheCard
Here are mine for October…
From my Canon EOS T7 (2000D):
From my Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max:
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Hammad’s Weekend Sky-2025.01.11
Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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Atrium Health Rock Hill Medical Plaza main lobby waiting area seating.
Atrium Health OB/Gyn Patient room seating waiting for the doctor to arrive.
Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 44
Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Atrium Health Rock Hill Medical Plaza; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
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God Bless. Have a terrific weekend. Stay safe. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Coleman and I haven’t been feeling well, so we haven’t been out and about hiking and enjoying the outdoors this past week. We did manage to get him to see a doctor (When did doctors to charging a fortune for a short visit — no tests?). While at the medical plaza waiting for him and his mom’s doctors’ appointments, I managed to capture a few doors with my iPhone.
Here are a couple of Inside Doors …
And now to view the Doors scene from the Outside …
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Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved
Location: Atrium Health Rock Hill Medical Plaza; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
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Photo Credit: ©️2020 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Location: Discovery Center; Abilene, Texas, USA
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These are from one of the freight trains that pass by everyday while I(we) wait for the school bus. Coleman will never meet his maternal pawpaw during his lifetime, but he knows about him and what he looks like. He also knows that his Pawpaw drove an 18-wheeler for J. B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc..
When we saw these the other day Coleman recognized the J.B. Hunt logo and stated that that was the company his Pawpaw drove for. His Pawpaw drove an 18-Wheeler for J.B. Hunt from 1992 until a couple of years before his passing in 2018.
Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Double
John’s Cell Pic Sunday-2025.10.26
Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion Camera
Location: Railroad Tracks; Corner of S. Main St. & 7th St.; Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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Maybe not exactly street lamps, but maybe close enough??
Ragtag Daily Prompt-Thursday_Street Lamp
Photo Credit:©️2022-2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
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Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). This week I have chosen Any Which Way with Autumn Colours Week Two (2) for this week’s theme. Autumn Colours can be on any path, sidewalk, trail, or road as long as the Which Way is clearly discernible. For further information regarding the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) feel free to check out the home page here.
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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 Driving into Autumn Colors
Vanda’s CWWC 2025: Autumn Colours
Dan’s To Have or Have Not — SoCS
Suzette’s Festival of Leaves #4, Deb’s CWWC, SundayStills
Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery’s Walking in Autumn Colors
Lisa’s (CWWC)Which Way Challenge : Any Which Way with Autumn Colours
Which Way Challenge (CWWC)-Any Which Way with Autumn Colours
Dawn’s Festival of Leaves 2025 Week #4
Terri’s Sunday Stills-Autumn Plant Life
Photo Credit:©️2020-2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
God Bless. Get Outdoors. Enjoy a hike/walk in Nature. Admire Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Thursday Trios
Cee’s FOTD
Bren’s Floral Friday
Photo Credit:©️2019 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone XR
Location: Andrew Jackson State Park; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
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The town of Cramerton was originally a mill town providing light weight Khaki uniforms to the military known as Army Khaki. The Mill offices operated within the building currently known as the Town Hall.
The Town Hall building hosts the offices of the Cramerton Town Hall such as the Town Manager, Town Clerk, Finance Director, Planning Director, and the Zoning Administrator. It also is the location for the Cramerton Police Department.
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Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved
Location: Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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This week is a no theme week for Monochrome Madness, so I thought I’d share some from Standing on the Corner. Shots taken while waiting on the school bus watching the Train rolling slowly down the track. It was going slow … slower … slowly creeping to a stop not having enough power to complete its journey.
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To learn more about Monochrome Madness check out Leanne’s Monochrome Madness page here.
Leanne’s Monochrome Madness-2025.22.10
Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion
Location: Standing on the Corner; Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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Photo Credit: ©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Corner of S. Main St. & 7th St.; Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)-Retail Food
Photo Credit: 1975-2019 Deb L. Waters & Nornal H. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
The last two(2) photos were taken pre-1940. They belonged to my maternal grandfather and given to me on his passing.
Cameras: 1-4) Minolta XG-7 35mm film; 5-6) Apple iPhone 7 Plus; 7) Apple iPhone XR; 8) Apple iPhone 13 Pro
Locations: As stated with each image.
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Debbie’s One Word Sunday (OWS)-Teeth
Photo Credit:©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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John’s Cell Pic Sunday-2025.10.12
Photo Credit:©️2019 Deb L. Waters … Al Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Location: Andrew Jackson State Park; Lancaster, South Carolina. .USA
God Bless. Get Outdoors. Enjoy Nature. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography 