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
Long Neck …
Long River …
Long Road …
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Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Long (2026.06.21)
Photo Credit:©️1967-2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
God Bless. Have a safe and funtastic weekend. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
In the Catawba Indian Village …
XingfuMama’s Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2026-Week 25
Photo Credit:©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: 1-2)Canon EOS Rebel T7 (2000D) with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment; 3-4) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: The Catawba Indian Village; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have a fantastic weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). I trust everyone has had a good week and able to spend some time to take a walk or hike in the vast outdoors. This week’s theme for the Which Way Challenge is CWWC: Any Which Way in Your Neighbourhood 06.19.2026]. The Which Way can be Any Which Way you choose in your own neighbourhood as long as the Which Way is clearly discernible. As always signs are always welcome.
For further information regarding the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) feel free to check out the home page here.
Here are my entries …
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Thank you to those who have participated and supported the Which Ways Challenge. I appreciate y’all sharing your Which Ways with us.
For an idea of other’s Which Ways from this past week’s challenge, be sure to click on the following links below.
Brian’s Yellow in (yellow out)
Marina from In Primo Piano’s yellow
Cath’s Which Way… {Spotto for Walking}
Rich from Serendipity’s The Yellow Trail
Dawn’s Down a Country Road
Dan’s The Crayola Box of 8 – Green — CFFC
Deb’s Which Way Challenge-Any Which Way in Your Neighbourhood [06.19.2026]
The Flower Hour #35: Floral ABCs (Not) 2026.06.19)
Photo Credit:©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Get Outdoors. Have an Adventure. Enjoy the Beauty all around you. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us.
***Note: Next Week’s theme will be CWWC: Any Which Way with Blue Along a Trail, Pathway, or Walkway [06.26.2026]
Not sure if the shortened video will play or not, so let’s take a look at a baby in a baby Bounc(er).
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Ragtag Daily Prompt (RDP) Wednesday – Bounce
Photo Credit:©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Home Place; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have a wonderful day and week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
This week’s host for Monochrome Madness is Brian from Bushboys World. He has chosen a theme of Jugs for this week’s challenge. Jugs have been around for ages and made from varies materials like clay, glass, and even plastic. I much prefer sun-dried clay or glass-blown jugs to the more modern lightweight high-density polyethylene (plastic) jugs.
These are a few of the Jugs I have found in my archives to share with y’all.
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Leanne’s Monochrome Madness (MM)
Photo Credit:©️2022-2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm & EF-S18-55mm lenes; Apple iPhone 13 Pro; Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Locations: As stated above.
God Bless. Have a funtastic week ahead. May your week be filled with love, laughter, and happiness. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Anyone wishing to join in and participate, please go to the Monochrome Madness page to find out how.
Eight years ago today we received a devastating phone call. A call that informed us of the passing, from this life, of Terry Leon Wilson. My daughter hadn’t seen her father since she was eight (8) years old, but that time span didn’t diminish the effects the news had on her (or myself).
He is one of the main reasons my daughter recently made a trip out west to Boulder City, Nevada. In the eight (8) years since his passing we hadn’t ever had the financial means to visit his grave. She met her Uncle Wayne (her dad’s only living brother) at the cemetery to be with her whilst she visited her dad’s gravesite.
The following are a few of the pictures she took while there …
Here are a few other photos from the cemetery …
Now for a few from our time with him …
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Photo Credit: The first two (2) Galleries ©️2026 Trisha L. Wilson … All Rights Reserved.
Location: First Two Galleries – Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery; Boulder City, Nevada, 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.
The Mural pictured below is of an historic landscape which is painted on the side of a shipping container. It is located right next to the nature park’s gardens and playground.
The Mural depicts a vintage steam train locomotive traveling along a railroad track chugging along beside a flowing woodland creek.
The Mural’s artwork serves as a historical callback to the early railroad lines that ran through the Piedmont region of Mecklenburg County, blending local transit history with the natural creek environments protected by the preserve.
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Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Mural
Photo Credit:©️2020 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Location: McDowell Nature Center and Preserve; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Get Outdoors and Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thankful for the freedom to live and hike in God’s amazingly beautiful landscapes and forests. Thankful you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
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Photo Credit:©️2026 Trisha L. Wilson … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Location: Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery; Boulder City, Nevada, 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.
Memories … of a Time Gone By
These images came up in my memories … a look back to 11 years ago in 2015. This was of a quality time I was able to spend with my eldest granddaughter, Alona. Sadly, that’s not possible nowadays due to conflicts between my daughter and her father, who prevents her spending any time with us.
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John’s Cell Pic Sunday-2026.06.14
Photo Credit: 2015 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone XR
Location: Dinosaurs Alive Exhibits; Carowinds; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Get Outdoors. Have an Adventure. Spend quality time with family and friends. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
This Green Beret Memorial Statue is located in the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City, Nevada. Thanks goes to my daughter for sharing this photo from her phone.
Natalie’s Photographing Public Art Challenge
Photo Credit:©️Trisha L. Wilson … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Location: Southern Nevada Veterans
Memorial Cemetery; 1900 Buchanan Blvd,
Boulder City, NV 89005
God Bless. Take Care. Help those in need. Spread Love and Kindness all around you. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Ragtag Daily Prompt (#RDP)-Hirsute!
Photo Credit:©️2022 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro
Greenville Zoo; Greenville, South 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.
Why go for the ordinary shot when you can capture the exceptional, unconventional, and unique beauty from a different and unusual perspective? I like to capture views from underneath bridges and/or trestles. The structural integrity and design in each bridge or trestle are unique and some with intricate characteristics and features.
The beauty of black and white/monochrome photography brings a unique perspective on how we see and experience the world around us. What will you photograph in monochrome this week?
Leanne’s Monochrome Madness (MM)
Photo Credit:©️2022-2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: 1) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; 2-3) Apple iPhone 13 Pro Ultra Wide
Locations: As stated above.
God Bless. Have a funtastic week ahead. May your week be filled with love, laughter, and happiness. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Anyone wishing to join in and participate, please go to the Monochrome Madness page to find out how.
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God Bless. Love One Another. Have a funtastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Dan from No Facilities hosts the Fun Foto Challenge at and this week he is asking for our The Crayola Box of 8 -Yellow. I have gone into my recent files to see what I could locate to best represent this week’s theme. I am also linking this Friday’s CWWC with Dan’s CFFC for a Which Way Challenge theme of Any Which Way with Yellow along a Trail, Path, or Road.
Here are my entries …
Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC) – The Crayola Box of 8-Yellow
Photo Credit:©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Unity Community; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Enjoy your week. May it be filled with love, joy, laughter, and lots of fun. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
While on a trip to Abilene, Texas to visit my maternal aunt (my mother’s sister) I went walking around her neighbourhood. I started out walking to try to get my 10,000 steps in like when I worked. (I got tired of just sitting around in her small home, I guess you could say I was restless.) Turned out that to reach my 10,000 steps I had to walk several blocks and keep walking some more. Now you’re probably wondering what all this has to do with the prompt Twelve.
It took walking more than Twelve long blocks to achieve my goal. Anytime I go walking, especially in a new area, I try to be observant of my surroundings and snap pictures of anything I find interesting. On this the Twelfth day of my visit, I came across a building called The Discovery Center. It had a wall mural of a dinosaur with a caption above it “In the Beginning God.” This captured my attention, so I thought why not go inside and see what it was all about.
The Discovery Center in Abilene is a Creation Museum dedicated to teaching the Bible and is based on a Creationist viewpoint of the Beginning of the world. It was established in 2001, featuring exhibits on biblical artifacts, fossils, Jewish history, and the RMS Titanic, alongside an onsite bookstore. One of the rooms inside the Discovery Center is called the Israel Room. The room has several displays depicting the history of Israel. The image above depicts a banner displaying symbols representing the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Each panel includes a name in Hebrew and a corresponding emblem based on biblical descriptions and traditional blessings.
Ragtag Daily Prompt (RDP) Sunday-Twelve
Photo Credit:©️2020 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Location: The Israel Room; The Discovery Center; Abilene, Texas, USA
God Bless. Have a wonderful day and week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Patrick,
The Eastern Spiny
Softshell Turtle
Patrick is an Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle residing in an aquarium at The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium in Gastonia, North Carolina.
Spiny Softshell turtles are found in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. The state of North Carolina considers these species of turtles to be of Special Concern. Patrick, like other Spiny Softshell turtles, does not have a hard shell covered in scutes. He is covered in leathery skin instead.
Photo Credit:©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; Gastonia, 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.
Whenever Coleman and I go hiking no matter where we go we can just about always discover swirls. Sometimes they can be swirly lines on bents (piers), or found naturally in nature, or sometimes they can be something simple as a child’s scribbles of swirls and squiggly lines.
Here are a few examples of Swirls we have discovered while hiking.
Now for the piece to resistance …
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Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Swirl (2026.06.07)
Photo Credit:©️2022-2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
God Bless. Have a terrific week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
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John’s CellPic Sunday-2026.06.07
Photo Credit:©️2026 Trisha L. Wilson … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Location: Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery; Boulder City, Nevada, USA
God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take a drive and/or a hike and see what nature has to offer. It’s a beautiful world just waiting to be explored. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). I trust everyone has had a good week and able to spend some time to take a walk or hike in the vast outdoors. This week’s theme for the Which Way Challenge is CWWC: Any Which Way on an Interstate, Highway, or Paved Road. The Which Way can be any Interstate, Highway, or Paved Road as long as the Which Way is clearly discernible. As always signs are always welcome.
For further information regarding the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) feel free to check out the home page here.
My entries this week were captured by my daughter on her recent adventure out west and driving through four states. I’ve already shared some of her photos and I will share more regarding one of the main reasons she went later on in the month.
Here are my entries … These include the Interstates, Highways, and Paved Roads she drove as well as some sights of the countryside seen through the windshield.
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Thank you to those who have participated and supported the Which Ways Challenge. I appreciate y’all sharing your Which Ways with us.
For an idea of other’s Which Ways from this past week’s challenge, be sure to click on the following links below.
Brian’s Granite Lookout (a short hike)
Dawn’s Which Way: Bluebell Trail
Pepper’s Light and Shadows
Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery’s Nature Trails
Eliza’s The Boardwalk in the Dunes in Merlimont, France
Rich from Serendipity’s Trail Ways
Deb’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC)-Any Which Way on an Interstate, Highway, or Paved Road.
Photo Credit:©️2026 Trisha L. Wilson … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Locations: As Stated above with pictures.
God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take a Walk/Hike. Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
***Note: Next Week’s CWWC: Any Which Way with Yellow along a Trail, Path, or Road [06.12.2026]
The Deep Gap Fire Department provides fire protection and medical first response to Deep Gap, Rutherwood, Stoney Fork, and Cranberry Springs in Watauga & Ashe Counties in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. [This Fire Department services the areas where my ancestors lived and are buried. I have cousins whom still reside in the Deep Gap and Stoney Fork areas of Watauga County.]
The Fire Department was formed in 1964 as one of the first rural fire departments in Watauga County. The station has part-time paid firefighters staffing it between 8am -6pm Monday through Friday. It also has approximately 25 volunteer firefighters and EMT’s.
This current building was built in 1991 after outgrowing its previous station. The Bottom level consists of bay floor, admin offices and exercise room. The Top level is consists of a training room, Board of Directors meeting room, bunk room with bathrooms. Community Center, kitchen, Red Cross shelter, and Board of Elections polling station.
The main room used as a Community center is rented out by local groups for reunions and other such gatherings/events. My maternal relatives gather here every August for a reunion which is fun to attend when I am able.
Dan’s Thursday Doors-2026.06.04
God Bless. Have a funtastic weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
The FOWC prompt for Tuesday is Pumpkin. Know I’m behind a couple of days, but still wanted to share these Pumpkins with y’all.
Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC)-Pumpkin
Photo Credit:©️2023-2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: 1-2 &4)Apple iPhone 14 Pro Ma; 3) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens
Locations: As Stated above.
God Bless. May you have a Stable of Love, Friendship, and Joy. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
This week’s Monochrome Madness is hosted by Leanne Cole. She has chosen to challenge us to post images which show water flowing. Mine not only includes waterfalls, but also Spillways, Oceans, Dams, Lakes, Rivers and Garden Fountains. Water flows in many different ways from straight upwards to upstream and downstream, including over rocks and barriers.
Now to show y’all my entries …
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Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #61-Flowing Water
God Bless. Have a funtastic week ahead. May your week be filled with love, laughter, and happiness. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Anyone wishing to join in and participate, please go to the Monochrome Madness page to find out how.
God Bless. Have a lovely enjoyable week. 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 my contributions …
From my Canon EOS T7 (2000D):
From my Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max:
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#Brian’s Last on the Card-2026 May 31
God Bless. Have a funtastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Tina with Travels and Trifles is this week’s host for the Lens Artist Photo Challenge. She has chosen a. Theme of The Rule of Three, not to be confused with The Rule of Thirds. I quite frequently post for Carol’s Thursday Trios so finding groups of three’s isn’t difficult for me. Whenever I am out and about I always look for possible three’s to use later on. For this challenge I am foxing The Rule of Three’s in Floral settings.
Tina’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge (LAPC) #400-The Rule of Three
Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Photo Credit:©️2026 1&3) Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved; 2&4) Jim Elder … All Rights Reserved.
God Bless. Admire the Flowers and the beauty found in nature. Have a fantastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
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Debbie’s One Word Sunday (OWS): Straight-2026.06.01
Photo Credit:©️2026 Trisha L. Wilson … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Location: Western Slope Vietnam War
Memorial Park; Fruita, Colorado, USA
God Bless. Have a terrific week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Visiting the Anne Springs Close Greenway, sometimes it’s nice to shoot in black and white instead of always in colour. The effects can be just as striking if not more dramatic and impressive.
These first images were taking while hiking along the trail towards and at Lake Haigler.
The next set of images were taken while Coleman was playing on the climbing structure in the Schroering Forest Playground.
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Photo Credit:©️2017-2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved
Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250 mm lens; & Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Locations: As Stated Below Images.
God Bless. Have a pleasant and funtastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
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John’s Cell Pic Sunday-2026.05.31
Photo Credit:©️2026 Trisha L. Wilson … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Location: 1-70/State Hwy 50; Sand Beach View Area: Castle Valley Overlook; Emery, Utah, USA
God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take a drive and/or a hike and see what nature has to offer. It’s a beautiful world just waiting to be explored. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). I trust everyone has had a good week and able to spend some time to take a walk or hike in the vast outdoors. This week’s theme for the Which Way Challenge is CWWC: Any Which Way Along a Nature Trail (Paved, Unpaved, or Natural surface). The Which Way can be any trail found in nature as long as the Which Way is clearly discernible. As always signs are always welcome.
For further information regarding the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) feel free to check out the home page here.
A Nature Trail can be found in Greenways, state or national parks, and even in some city parks. They can be paved or unpaved natural surfaces or even graveled. Wherever you find to walk or hike amongst nature are fantastic places to show your Which Ways this week. Coleman and I love getting outdoors hiking in nature amongst the trees, rivers, and lakes.
Here is our latest adventure hiking along Nature Trails …
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Thank you to those who have participated and supported the Which Ways Challenge. I appreciate y’all sharing your Which Ways with us.
For an idea of other’s Which Ways from this past week’s challenge, be sure to click on the following links below.
Dawn’s Memorial Day Bank Sign
Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery’s Signposts
Dan’s Travel Doors and Signs
God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take a Walk/Hike. Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
*** Note Next Week’s theme: CWWC: Any Which Way on an Interstate, Highway, or Paved Road [06.05.2026]
Egidio is this week’s host for the Lens-Artist Photo Challenge. She has asked us to limit our movement to within 10-15 steps in any direction from our focal point. Capture what we see from various angles and perspectives as we are Stuck in Place.
My images are all taken from within a few steps from Lake Haigler on the Haigler Loop Trail while hiking with Coleman.
I began taking pictures while Coleman sat on a bench looking out upon Lake Haigler.
Looking up from the same spot to capture what was hanging from the trees above the lake.
Then I turned around and saw interesting shoe prints on the trail. Here’s a comparison of the shoe print with Coleman’s shoe.
Turning to the left and to the left we acquired these interesting views …
To the left …
And to the right …
Still to the right …
Egidio’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge-Stuck in Place
Photo Credit:©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max; and Canon EOS Rebel T7 (2000D) with Canon EF-S55-250 mm lens & Altura UV Filter attachment.
Location: Haigler Loop Trail; Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take a Hike/Walk. Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
My daughter stopped here, at A & W, coming and going for a bit of stretching and refreshment on her mini-vacation out west.
Dan’s Thursday Doors-2026.05.28
Photo Credit:©️2026 Trisha L. Wilson … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Location: A & W Restaurant; 2020 N Townsend Ave, Montrose, Colorado, 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.
Wordless Wednesday
XingfuMama’s Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2026 Week 21
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere (WWE)
Photo Credit:©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Ultra Wide Camera
Location: Lake Haigler; Haigler Loop Trail; Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have a lovely enjoyable week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Dale, the host of the Cosmic Photo Challenge, has challenged us to show areas we have found Shade during the hot, scorching days. Last week we had high’s in the high 80’s and low 90’s. The weekend brought about thunderstorms that are lingering around all week. I’m glad I was able to get out and enjoy visiting a few places with Coleman last week.
The following are a few of the places we found shade …
At Goat Island Park and Greenway …
At The Schiele Museum of Natural History …
As you can see Shade can be found just about anywhere if you’re Looking for Shade. Most everywhere Coleman and I hike there are shaded areas if you desire to get out of the sun. Where do you Look for Shade?
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Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge-Looking for Shade
Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2026-Week 21
Photo Credit:©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max; Canon EOS Rebel T7 (2000D) with Canon EF-S55-250 mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.
Locations: As Stated in post.
God Bless. Stay Cool. Stay Safe. Stay Hydrated. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
No Words are really necessary. May we never forget those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Thank you to my daughter for capturing these images.
Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge-Memorial Day and Like That
Photo Credit: ©️Trisha L. Wilson … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Location: Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery; Boulder City, Nevada, USA
God Bless. Trust you had an awesome Memorial Day (Americans). Enjoy your week. May it be filled with love, joy, laughter, and lots of fun. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
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Photo Credit:©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Location: American Airlines; Charlotte-Douglas International Airport; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have an adventurous week filled with love and happiness. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
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Debbie’s One Word Sunday (OWS)-2026 May 24
Photo Credit:©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Lake Haigler; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have a terrific week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Posting for John’s CellPic Sunday
Happy Birthday in Heaven, dad!
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John’s Cell Pic Sunday-2026.05.24
Natalie’s Public Art Photo Challenge
Photo Credit: 1)©️2026 Trisha L. Wilson; 2-4) From my dad’s photos, Nornal H. Waters.
Camera: Image 1) Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Location: Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery; 1900 Veterans Memorial Drive; Boulder City, Nevada, 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.
Natalie’s Public Art Photo Challenge (PPAC)
Photo Credit:©️2026 Trisha L. Wilson (my daughter) … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Location: The Western Slope Vietnam War Memorial; 340 CO-340; Fruita, Colorado, 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.
While at Martha Rivers Park, my daughter (Coleman’s mom), decided she wanted to see if she could still climb a tree and hang upside down. Here is the progression …
Debbie’s Six Word Saturday-2026.05.23
Photo Credit:©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Martha Rivers Park; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. May you have a lovely week filled with love, joy, and laughter. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Martha Rivers Park
After Coleman’s end of year program on Tuesday afternoon we went to Martha Rivers Park, a city park in Gastonia, North Carolina, to allow him to run around and burn off steam and energy. It was a super hot day, so sweat was definitely happening. He did have tons of fun and other kids were enjoying the park for the afternoon as well.
As you may or may not have noticed, Coleman’s selections for Pulling Up a Seat are not always one’s typical seating choices for most people. The following are his choices on this day …
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Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2026-Week 21
Photo Credit: ©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Martha Rivers Park; Gastonia, 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.
The Eastern Prickly Pear, (Opuntia humifusa), is a cactus of the genus Opuntia. It is present in parts of the Eastern United States, southeastern Canada, and northern Mexico.
It is a low-growing, cold hardy cactus that stands as the only widespread native cactus in the eastern United States region. It is widely celebrated for its ability to survive freezing winter temperatures, its vibrant summer blooms, and its completely edible parts.
Normally, it is stated the blooms appear around June-July. We have been having some extremely hot weather lately (feels like summer instead of spring). Guess nobody told the Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus Blooms they weren’t supposed to bloom for another month.
After the cacti produce their flowers, it produces oblong, purplish-red edible fruits often referred to as “pear apples”. Wonder how tasty they’ll be.
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Dawn’s Spring Festival 2026 – Week #10
Also posting in remembrance of …
Bren’s Floral Friday
Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Photo Credit:©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Admire the Flowers and the beauty found in nature. Have a fantastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
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Dan’s Thursday Doors-2026.05.21
Photo Credit:©️2026 Trisha L. Wilson … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Location: Flying J Eagles Landing Travel Center; Mesquite, Nevada, 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.
Stormin’ the Castle
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Photo Credit:©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Martha Rivers Park; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have a sunshiny day. Observe Nature. Thankful for local wildlife. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
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John’s Cell Pic Sunday-2026.05.17
Photo Credit:©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Unity Community; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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The Rose bush keeps popping up with new blooms to delight the senses. I love roses and the new blooms are just in time for my upcoming bday.
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Terri’s Sunday Stills Monthly Colour Challenge-Pink and Pastels
Dawn’s Spring Festival 2026 #9
Also posting in remembrance of …
Bren’s Floral Friday
Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Photo Credit:©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Unity Community; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have a funtastic weekend. Enjoy the Spring Florals. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Posting for Six Word Saturday and The Cosmic Photo Challenge.
This Quercus pagoda (Cherrybark Oak) tree is a an old Oak tree which is native to the Carolinas and the Southeastern United States of America. It is a fast-growing, long-lived deciduous tree. These trees are capable of reaching a height between 100-130 feet tall having a 40-70 foot spread. (I included a couple images of the base of the tree so you can get the idea of its spread.)
The Cherrybark Oak trees thrive in moist well-drained bottomland soils in full sun. This Oak tree provides an enormous amount of shade providing protection from the harsh sun. (If you look closely, you’ll be able to view Coleman playing under the Canopy of this Old Oak Tree.
Debbie’s Six Word Saturday-2026.05.16 (Enjoy your break Debbie).
Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge (#CosPhoChal)-Under the Canopy-2026.05.16 (Sorry, I’m a week late.)
Photo Credit:©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Unity Community; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. May you rest Under the Canopy of God’s Love and Protection. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
T. Jeffers Park
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Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2026-Week 19
Photo Credit: ©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: T. Jeffers Center and Park; Gastonia, 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.
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Photo Credit:©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Unity Community; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have a sunshiny day. Observe Nature. Thankful for local wildlife. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
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Terri’s The #Flower Hour #30-2026.05.12
Dawn’s Spring Festival 2026-Week 8
Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Photo Credit:©️2020 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Location: Gardens of the Waxhaw; Andrew Jackson State Park; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Admire the Flowers and the beauty found in nature. Have a fantastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
We looked out our sliding glass door the other day. We were surprised (maybe startled would be more like it) to see along black snake not too far from the door. Snakes are fine anywhere but in our yard. (Our last place we also found a long black snake.) What’s up with that? You’d think we’d attract them somehow. However, we’d prefer them to slither through the woods, or anywhere else but here.
My daughter was brave (she did ask what kind it was first). She picked up the long black snake and escorted it off the property. Just so you know, the long black snake (our unwanted and unwelcome visitor is an Eastern ratsnake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis). It is a large, non-venomous constrictor which is commonly found in the eastern United States of America. It is known for its shiny black colouration with a black and white checkered belly.
Even though we prefer them not to be around, they are beneficial for controlling rodent populations. When they are threatened, they will vibrate their tail and strike. They will also stick their tongue out and hiss out anyone they think will harm them.
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Photo Credit:©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Locations: Unity Community; Gastonia, 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.
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