Watching Train in Early Morning Sky

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday 

Skywatch Friday-11.01.2025

Hammad’s Weekend Sky-2025.01.11

Weekend Sky
Weekend Sky 

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA 

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

2025 Pull Up a Seat (In a Waiting Room) #4 Plus

Atrium Health Rock Hill Medical Plaza main lobby waiting area seating.

Coleman

Atrium Health OB/Gyn Patient room seating waiting for the doctor to arrive.

Trisha (Coleman’s mom)

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

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

Happy Halloween (to those that celebrate)

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.

2025 Thursday Doors: 30 October

Atrium Health Doors

Inside and Outside

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 …

A couple of
decorative doors
seen from a patient room.
Doors and windows
of the downstairs lobby.

And now to view the Doors scene from the Outside …

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Dan’s Thursday Doors 

Thursday Doors

Thursday Doors

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved 

Location: Atrium Health Rock Hill Medical Plaza; 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.

2025 Wordless Wednesday: 29 October

Five Panel Jerusalem Canvas Artwork
Discovery Center
Abilene, Texas

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Wordless Wednesday

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max

Location: Discovery Center; Abilene, Texas, USA

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

2025 OWS: 26 October

DOUBLE Stacked

J.B. Hunt Intermodal

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

God Bless. May you experience Double the fun, Double the happiness, and Double the love this week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Shining Bright in the Evening Sky

Street Lamps
Fort Mill, SC

Maybe not exactly street lamps, but maybe close enough??

Airport Lights
Charlotte, NC

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday 

Ragtag Daily Prompt-Thursday_Street Lamp

Photo Credit:©️2022-2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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

2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way with Autumn Colours_Week Two (2)

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.

Click on each image to enlarge. 

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.

2025 Floral Friday/FOTD: 24 October

Rudbeckia laciniata

Aka Cutleaf Coneflower
Andrew Jackson State Park

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

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

2025 Thursday Doors: 23 October

Town Hall

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.

Cramerton 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.

View of Town Hall
from the south side
of the tracks
Cramerton Town Hall/
Cramerton Police Department

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Dan’s Thursday Doors 

Thursday Doors

Thursday Doors

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved 

Location: Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Monochrome Madness — 22 October

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

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

2025 Wordless Wednesday: 22 October

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Wordless Wednesday

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

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

2025 CFFC: Retail Markets Around the World

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.

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

2025 OWS: 12 October — Teeth (of T-Rex)

Coleman
checking out the
Teeth of Tyrannosaurus Rex
King of the Dinosaurs

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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

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

2025 Cell Pic Sunday — 19 October

Lake @ Andrew Jackson State Park

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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.

2025 Sunday Trees #608

Acer saccharum

Aka Sugar Maple

Sunday Trees #608-2025.10.19

Photo Credit:©️2022 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Location: Rock Hill, South Carolina

God Bless. Have a terrific weekend. Enjoy a Walk. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Flower of the Day: 18 October

Helianthus angustifolius

Aka
Narrow-leaf Sunflower 

or Swamp Sunflower

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Photo Credit :©️2022 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro

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

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

2025 Pull Up a Seat (In a Waiting Room) #3

This week I am continuing with Pull up a Seat (In a Waiting Room) #3. You may view the first Waiting Room post here & the second post here.

Every couple of weeks we are Pulling Up a Seat in Waiting Room. Pretty soon it will be every week that we’ll be Pulling Up a Seat in a Waiting Room.

This week’s Waiting Room …

Coleman
Coleman
waiting to go
with his mom
for her to
see the doctor.

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 41

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Atrium Health Women’s Care Piedmont OB/GYN; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA 

God Bless. Take Care of yourself. Have a funtastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Flower of the Day: 16 October

Clematis terniflora

Clematis terniflora, also known as Japanese clematis is a weedy, twining perennial vine in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae that is native to Japan, Korea and central and southern China.

Aka Japanese Clematis,
Japanese virgin’s-bower

Japanese Clematis, even though it may look beautiful, it is a vigorous grower in full sun or partial shade and spreads by self-seeding, layering, and runners.

Aka Sweet Autumn Clematis,
Sweet Autumn Virginsbower

It has escaped cultivation to invade forest edges, right-of-ways, and areas along streams and roads. It climbs other vegetation, forming dense blankets that block sunlight to the plants underneath. The showy white flowers appear in late summer. It is considered an invasive species in some states in the eastern US.

Aka Yam-Leaved Clematis

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple 16 Pro Max Ultra Wide Camera

Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take a Walk. Enjoy Nature. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 LAPC #369 – Dreamy

Lens-Artists

Photo Challenge #369

Ann-Christine from Leya is this week’s host for the Lens-Artist Photography Challenge. She has chosen a theme of Dreamy which is different and thought worthy for determining what to post. I think I might have figured out a couple of options.

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”

Henry David Thoreau
Coleman
beyond a
Field of Wildflowers

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”

Harriet Tubman
South Fork Catawba River

“Dream what you dare to dream. Go where you want to go. Be what you want to be.”

Earl Nightingale
Coleman
waiting on the
Bank above the
South Fork Catawba River

Ann-Christine’s Land-Artist Photo Challenge #369 -Dreamy

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

God Bless. Dream a little Dream or two, make your Dreams a Reality. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Monochrome Madness #45 —- Ceramics

Early American Pottery

Brian from Bushboys World is this week’s host for Monochrome Madness he has given us a wide range of options to explore and choose from to select our own interpretations for his theme of Ceramics.

Here are my entries for this week’s challenge …

A glimpse into depicting Early American Pottery in the Graham Cabin at Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

Early American Pottery

Let’s look next at a display of Native American Indian Pottery in the Catawba Cultural Center at the Catawba Reservation in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Catawba Indian Pottery

And now for discovering Early Native American Catawba Indian Pottery inside and outside The Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina.

Catawba Indian Village
Henry Hall
of the
American Indian
Henry Hall
of the
American Indian

Brian’s Monochrome Madness-Ceramics

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Photo Credit:©️2022-2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Cameras: 1) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; 2) Apple iPhone 13 Pro; 3-5) Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Locations: As stated above.

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

2025 Numbers Game #94-216

Judy from Life Lessons blog hosts a weekly photo challenge called The Numbers Game. This week’s number is 216. Her instructions for playing along are listed below …

To play along, go to your photos file and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find under that number and include a link to your blog in Judy’s  Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title.

Please click on photos to enlarge.

Here are my entries …

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Judy’s Numbers Game #94-216

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

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

2025 Wordless Wednesday: 15 October

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Wordless Wednesday

Photo Credit: ©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: 8th Avenue Street Underpass; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 RDP: Tuesday! Reptilian!

Anolis carolinensis

Green Anole
(Anolis carolinensis)

The Anolis carolinensis (Green Anole) is a tree-dwelling species of anole lizards native to the Southeastern United States. It is small to medium-sized a trunk-crowned ecomorph green anole which can change its colour to several shades from brown to green. It is sometimes referred to as American chameleon due to its colour-changing ability, but it is not a true chameleon.

Green Anole
(Anolis carolinensis)

The dewlap is usually pink for Anolis carolinensis and is very rarely present in females. The color of the dewlap is variable and different from the lizard eye to the human eye. Green anoles are thought to be capable of seeing a larger range of the UV spectrum, and that the dewlap reflects ultraviolet light to attract mates.

Ragtag Daily Prompt (RDP) — Tuesday! Reptilian!

Photo Credit:©️2021-2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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

Locations: 1) Seven Oaks Preserve Trail, Belmont, North Carolina; 2) Anne Springs Close Greenway, Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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

2025 Sunday Stills: Monthly Colour Challenge — Black as Seen in Nature

Widow Skimmer
(Libellula luctuosa)
Anne Springs Close Greenway,
Fort Mill, SC

Common Raven
(Corvus corax)
Saki Monkey
Riverbanks Zoo
Columbia, SC
Norfolk Southern Railway
Cramerton, NC
Ebony jewelwing
(Calopteryx maculata)
Anne Springs Close Greenway,
Fort Mill, SC
Coleman holding
a Wild Blackberry
Crowders Mountain State Park
Kings Mountain, NC
Clyde Wilson (my father-in-law)
with a black horse

Terri’s Sunday Stills: Monthly Colour Challenge- Black (and/or White)

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

2025 Monday Portrait: 13 October

Unwanted

Southern

House Spider

Original
Edit One
Soft Tri-Colour Blend
Pixlr Editor
Edit Two
Eiffel Black and White effect
Google Editor
Edit Three
Al Generative Expand & illuminated
Pixlr Editor

Monday Portrait

One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge-October 2025

Photo Credit:©️Trisha L. Wilson … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Plus

God Bless. Take Care. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Monday Window: 13 October

Kitty by a Window – 2
— AI creation by PR

JCB 220X LC

Crawler Excavator

JCB 220X LC Crawler Excavator

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Monday Window 

Monday Window

See Monday Window posts in Reader

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Fort Mill, South Carolina, 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.

Floral Macro Monday: 2025.10.13

‘Limelight’ Panicle Hydrangea

Panicle Hydrangea
‘Limelight’ Panicle Hydrangea

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Macro Monday (MM)

Macro Monday 

Cee’s FOTD

Cee’s FOTD

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters 

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: 8th Ave; Cramerton, 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.

2025 RDP: Saturday — Sandwich

Pita Sandwich

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Ragtag Daily Prompt:Saturday-Sandwich

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max Ultra Wide Camera

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 OWS: 12 October — (Remember the) Fallen

Our Fallen Brothers

Our Fallen Brothers is called Marine Corps Interrogator Translator monument, it honours those who died in combat. The monument is a 38,000 pound stone and is etched with the names of nine Marines who died in combat, some in World War II, Vietnam, Korea, and Afghanistan.

Marine interrogators and translators worked to question prisoners of war in their native language and translate the information for intelligiance purposes.

The Marine Corps Interrogator Translator Monument serves as a symbol of their sacrifice. This Monument is one of several Memorial Monuments honouring Fallen Soldiers located within the Lejeune Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, North Carolina near Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base.

Always Remember our Fallen.

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Fallen

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 7 Plus

Location: Marine Corps Interrogator Translator Monument; Lejeune Memorial Gardens; Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Remember the Fallen. Honour their Sacrifice. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Silent Sunday: 12 October

View of Bass Lake
Moses H. Cone Memorial Park
Blue Ridge Mountains

Silent Sunday

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 7 Plus

Location: Bass Lake; Moses H. Cone Memorial Park; Blue Ridge Mountains; Blue Ridge Parkway; North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Cell Pic Sunday — 12 October

Cramerton Independent Presbyterian Church

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John’s Cell Pic Sunday-2025.10.12

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … Al Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Cramerton Independent Presbyterian Church; Cramerton, North 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.

Soaring High Above the Cloudy Skies

I had plenty of time to look and Skywatch (Weekend Sky) on Friday afternoon waiting and waiting and waiting on the school tbus to bring Coleman back from school. I walked to the bus stop, arrived in plenty of time before the bus was supposed to arrive, but alas I had to wait what seemed like forever before it finally arrived.

I was traffic going up the hill and down the hill and no bus came from either direction for a long, long time. I watched the clouds up above in the sky, then watched a lone black bird soaring overhead. It soared back and forth and to and fro giving a very entertaining show for me while I stood, and stood, and stood some more. Is it a Coragyps atratus (Black Turkey Vulture) or a Ictinaetus malaiensis (Black Eagle)? I’ll let y’all decide and give me your feedback.

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I know that the image may not be the best to determine the species. I only had my smartphone with me at the bus stop. Google Lens gives both as suggestions. Go figure.

Now how about looking at some zooming on “land” instead of in the “air.”

You may see the Sky contrast from the early morning Sky above the Amtrak to the afternoon Sky. All images taken from the bus stop up the street from our home.

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Skywatch Friday-10.10.2025

Hammad’s Weekend Sky-2025.10.10

Weekend Sky
Weekend Sky

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Floral Friday/FOTD: 10 October

Solidago canadensis

Aka
Canada goldenrod,
 Canadian goldenrod

Bren’s Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Cee’s FOTD

Photo Credit: ©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple 16 Pro Max

Location: Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a fantastic weekend. Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all very much.

Looking Back to Autumn Leaves

LAPC #368 —

Lens-Artists Challenge

# 106: Autumn Plus

Festival of Leaves Week #3

This week John from Journeys with Johnbo is hosting the Lens-Artist Photo Challenge. He has come up with the “Looking Back” theme of Autumn. With mainly the Northern Hemisphere being in the Autumnal Season and the Leaves are changing colours, it seems appropriate that we show off our Fall/Autumn colours. I am linking up with Dawn’s Festival of Leaves, which I feel is definitely appropriate due to the Autumn Colours of Leaves being displayed. You can find out more about Dawn’s Festival of Leaves challenge here.

Here are my entries for these challenges …

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John’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #368-Autumn

Dawn’s Festival of Leaves 2025-Week #3

Photo Credit:©️2022-2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel T3i and Apple 14 Pro Max

Locations: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina and Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina

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

2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any type of Walkways or Pathways with Signs

Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). This week I have chosen Any type of Walkways or Pathways with Signs for this week’s theme. Signs 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.

Here are my entries …

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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 Which Way: Sunset on the Rails

Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery’s Where are We Going?

Suzette’s For CWWC — Deb’s Which Way Challenge

Photo Credit:©️1975-2025 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.

Next Week’s Theme: CWWC: Any Which Way with Autumn Colours

2025 Thursday Trios: 09 October

Chugging Along

Five days a week as I wait at the bus stop before (with Coleman) school and after school (waiting for Coleman), I watch the Norfolk Southern Trains chug chug chugging up and down the railroad tracks. Coleman loves to watch the trains (he would love to ride in one one day). Sometimes when I am waiting for him to arrive back at the bus stop in the afternoon I’ll capture the Norfolk Southern Trains chug chugging along with my smartphone. Then he’ll watch the train later in the afternoon.

Here is a trio gallery of the Norfolk Southern Trains as they zoom past me standing on the corner.

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Thursday Trios 

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

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 

God Bless. Enjoy your week and always be observant of your surroundings. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Monday Portrait: 06 October

Sunday Stills/

Monday Portraits

for

World #Animal Day

October 4th was World #Animal Day. This year’s theme is “Save Animals, Save the Planet.” The idea behind the theme is to highlight how protecting animal lives supports a healthier, sustainable planet. 2025 marks the 100th Anniversary of World Animal Day.

Many of us (speaking specifically for myself) do not see Safari, exotic, or any non domesticated animal species other than perhaps in one of the many Zoos around the world.

Here are a few photos I have captured of Animals living in a Zoo or Safari Park environment.

Lemur
Riverbanks Zoo & Garden
Columbia, South Carolina
Baboons
Riverbanks Zoo & Garden

Columbia, South Carolina
Giraffes
Greenville Zoo
Greenville, South Carolina
Chuma and Saied (2022)
Greenville Zoo
Greenville, South Carolina

Sadly, Saied, one of the African Lions who called the Greenville Zoo home since 2010 is no longer amongst us. Saied was a 15-year old African Lion who had a rapid and irreversible worsening of degenerative joint disease and spinal neurological issues. After much discussion, testing, and constant monitoring the Greenville Zoo staff had the hard decision to consult and come to an agreement on what was best for Saied. It was with a heavy heart that the consensus reached was to euthanize Saied and relief him once and for all of his suffering.

It is extremely important for us to recognize the value of the Animals which share our planet. They cannot speak for themselves, so we must speak for them. Each species which exist here on earth have unique ways in which they help to support life.

World #Animal Day is a reminder for us to maintain and continue protecting animals. Without the animals our very existence and survival would be nearly impossible and meaningless. When we protect the animals, we are essentially protecting ourselves.

Terri’s Sunday Stills-World #Animal Day

Monday Portrait

Photo Credit:©️2017-2022 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

God Bless. Remember we must protect the Animals to protect and preserve the earth and ourselves. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 OWS: 05 October — Hanging Around …

There are many ways the term Hanging could be interpreted, such as Hanging around (with friends) Hanging Upside down (like a “monkey”), Hanging In (Being persistent, carrying on under difficult circumstances), or perhaps used as in the expression How’s it Hanging. These types of Hanging are totally different and distinct from Debbie’s example of Curtains Hanging or any other object Hanging.

I’m going to show you some “Hanging” examples of “Like Mother … Like Son.”

Coleman’s Mom’s version of Hanging …

Trisha,
my daughter/Coleman’s Mom
Hanging Upside Down
on a Tree. (2009)
Trisha
Hanging around
in a Tree. (2023)

Coleman’s version of Hanging …

Black & White of
Coleman Hanging
on a Metal Railing (2025)
Coleman
Hanging around
in a Tree (2025)
Coleman
Hanging on
“Monkey” Bars (2023)
Coleman Hanging
on low
Chin Up Bar
in the
Catawba Reservation (2022)

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Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Hanging

Photo Credit: ©️2009-2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. (First image-Senior Photo)

God Bless. Have a funtastic time Hanging around this week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Silent Sunday: 05 October

Wishing You Well …

Zen Color App

May the sun always

shine on your path

and the wind be

always at your

back.

Silent Sunday

God Bless. May your week be filled with love, peace, and happiness. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Cell Pic Sunday — 05 October

Cramerton’s Story Walk

with John Steiner

Good Day Everyone! Welcome to my post for John’s Cell Pic Sunday. Previously on September 7th I ran a post introducing the Story Walk that was coming to Cramerton. At that time the Story Walk posts were in the ground waiting for the Story Walk story to be attached. You may view the original Story Walk post here.

During the following Monday I had an amazing opportunity to meet up with John from Journeys with Johnbo blog and his lovely wife, Lynn. We met at the entrance to Goat Island Park and Greenway and walked the trail to the Riverlink Greenway Trail. We walked the trail together enjoying the time together and discovering each story aspect along the Story Walk trail.

Walk along with us as we visit the Story Walk together. Below are some highlights of the Story Walk.

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Thank you John and Lynn for meeting up with me and letting me show you What Everyone Should See (LAPC #367). I really enjoyed our visit together.

I am linking up with John from Journeys with Johnbo blog’s CellPic Sunday. I am also going to link a day early to Judy’s Numbers Game.

John’s Cell Pic Sunday-2025.10.05

Joanne’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #367

Judy’s Numbers Game #93-215

Photo Credit:©️2022 Deb L. Waters … Al Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Story Walk; Riverlink Greenway Trail; Cramerton, North 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.

2025 Pull Up a Seat (In a Waiting Room) #2

A couple of weeks ago I showed you a couple of images from a Waiting Room. This week I am continuing with Pull up a Seat (In a Waiting Room) #2. You may view the first Waiting Room post here.

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 40

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Atrium Health Women’s Care Piedmont OB/GYN; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA 

God Bless. Take Care of yourself. Have a funtastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Thursday Doors: 02 October

Nature Center

Anne Springs Close Greenway
Nature Center
Nature Center
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Lake Haigler Entrance

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Dan’s Thursday Doors

Thursday Doors
Thursday Doors

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max Ultra Wide Camera

Location: Nature Center; Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South 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.

Hope to see y’all on Friday for the Which Way ChallengeThis week the Which Ways will be CWWC: Any type of Rails, Runways, Elevators, or Hot Air Balloons. Have fun and Remember signs are always welcome.

A Disturbing Evening

For Thursday Trios

This night we were disturbed and confused by the loud sound of dogs barking continuously. The loud noise was disturbing during the time of evening we were trying to get Coleman to go to sleep. The extremely loud and constant barking was preventing him from getting to sleep. We were confused and did not understand where the excessively loud barking was coming from until our neighbours two doors down knocked on our door. It turned out our landlord brought them to the backyard of the house next door to us and chained them up. We were confused and disturbed by this knowledge and did not understand why he would do such a thing.

Our neighbour, Chris, called the landlord and asked him to come get the dogs. He let him know he did not want to hear the dogs barking all night long. He was called around 8pm after the dogs had already been barking for over three hours. When we found out where the barking was coming from we discovered that no food or water was in sight for the dogs. Randy, the landlord, told Chris he’d be there to take care of the situation at 9:30 (another hour and a half of continuous barking). He didn’t actually show up until almost eleven (11) pm. So a total of a minimum of six (6) hours of continuous barking with the trio of dogs chained and left with no food or water. Very Disturbing indeed.

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Thursday Trios: 2025.10.02

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a peaceful, relaxing day/week/weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Last on the Card – September

Brian from Bushboys World hosts a monthly challenge called Last On the CardHis 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 September … 

From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:

Rick Hubbard’s
Great American Kids Show
Cramerton, NC

From my Canon EOS T7 (2000D):

Persicaria longiseta
Common name: Oriental lady’s-thumb

From my Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max:

Coleman

#LastontheCard

Cee’s FOTD

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

2025 Wordless Wednesday: 01 October

Tree Trimming/Mulching

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Take Care of Yourself. Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Floral Macro Monday: 09.29.2025

Gossypium thurberi

Aka Arizona wild cotton, 
Thurber’s cotton, or desert cotton

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Macro Monday (MM)

Macro Monday 

Cee’s/Chris’ FOTD

Cee’s FOTD

Photo Credit:©️2023 Deb L. Waters 

Camera:Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; 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.

2025 Monday Portrait: 29 September

A Horse is a Horse,

Of Course

Coleman loves to visit the Greenway Horses. They have a special way of communicating with each other.

I’ve got my eye on you.
I want a treat … Got any?
You know I can’t give you any …
Jah, Jah, I know …
it’s against the rules

Besides my caretaker is watching.

Monday Portrait

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Greenway Stables; Greenway Stables and Farm Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Coleman’s “Porch” Seating Scares His Mom

Pull Up a Seat

for

Six Word Saturday

In the afternoons Coleman enjoys being outdoors and often Pulls Up a Seat on our Home’s Porch railing which would scare his mom half to death if she was at Home. Luckily for him when he chooses to Pull Up a Seat like in the images below his mom is at work and NOT at Home. This week’s post is also being linked with Debbie’s Six Word Saturday and One Word Sunday Challenges.

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Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 39

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday-2025.09.27

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Home

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Home; Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Skywatch Friday/Weekend Sky —26 September

Autumn’s first Skywatch Friday for 2025. A bit of cloudy skies today with severe thunderstorms expected to occur all weekend.

Thursday Afternoon’s
Sky view above
the Railroad Tracks
Coleman’s Friday Afternoon Skywatch
Looking at
the Skyline
beyond Coleman
Stormy Skies

Skywatch Friday-2025.09.26

Hammad’s Weekend Sky

Weekend Sky

Weekend Sky

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA 

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