and Cemetery
Deep Gap, Watauga County,
North Carolina, USA
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2023 Silent Sunday: 11.26
and Cemetery
Deep Gap, Watauga County,
North Carolina, USA
Category: #Memories
and Cemetery
Deep Gap, Watauga County,
North Carolina, USA
Pull Up a Seat: Coleman Says Let’s Ride … Vroom Vroom
North Carolina Transportation Museum
Spencer, North Carolina, USA
This Honda Goldwing Coleman’s checking out is similar to one his maternal Pawpaw and I had back in the mid-1980’s shortly after we were married. His Pawpaw mostly road it to work, but we also rode it together when we could get his parents to watch our eldest son [he was four (Coleman’s age now) at the time]. We enjoyed riding it, however, we sold it when we moved from California to Arkansas. It’s too bad that Coleman won’t ever get the opportunity to go riding with his Pawpaw like his Uncles did so long ago.
Photo Credit: ©️2021 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 11 Pro Max
Location: North Carolina Transportation Museum; Spencer, North Carolina, USA
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2023 CFFC: Anything that makes you feel cold
Rare Lancaster Winter
Lancaster County, South Carolina does not get snow ❄️ and/or icy weather every winter. I remember when we came back here in 1999, my Uncle Eddie saying that hadn’t had snow ❄️ it almost fifteen years. Guess what? We had a good snowstorm that winter. Lancaster and Chester Counties in South Carolina usually only get snow if the snowstorm is approaching from the south. And it rarely happens before February, so it is an oddity when it occurs. My daughter, having been born in California, had rarely lived through a snowy winter. Where we lived in California we had to drive to the mountains to see and play in the snow. She enjoyed playing in the snow that first winter in the Carolinas.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Anything that makes you feel cold
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters
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Thursday Trios: Patches & Stripes
In Remembrance of:
Sergeant Terry L. Wilson:
his Pawpaw’s US Army Patches
including his stripes
Strategic Communications Command
Sergeant
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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2023 CWWC: Any which way with people
For this week’s challenge I went off script a little using throwback photos of my mom depicting various types of transportation used way back when. Not quite sure the pathway that were used are clearly detectable or not. I might need to do an additional post that would be more accurately depict the trail, road, or paths used for traveling.
I chose these particular photos in remembrance of my mom. She would have been 92 on Wednesday. We were not close after I became an adult, but that didn’t mean I didn’t care or think about her. No matter what she was still my mom and I did love her.
… Care to hop aboard
… in a pony cart
and ride bareback
… to take a walk
Cee’s Which Way Challenge – Any which way with people
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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2023 CFFC: BMW – The ultimate driving machine
Ultimate driving machines in the air and on the ground Present & Past.
(who says “an ultimate driving machine
needs to be on the ground).
2014 Lenoir Car Show;
Lenoir, North Carolina, USA
Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
Lackland Air Force Base
in Bexar County, Texas
Millersburg, Holmes County,
Ohio, USA
Military Vehicle
San Diego, California, USA
Taken in 1956
Great Falls, South Carolina, USA
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: BMW – The Ultimate Driving Machine
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters (some photos passed down from relatives).
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2023 SYW: Week of 6 September
Here are this week’s questions:
- How do you get on with your in-laws/partner’s family? Unfortunately, they are no longer around, and neither is my spouse. when were we first married, we got along well with one another but after we moved to a different state we drifted apart.
- What is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to you? I am not sure what the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me. While I was working, I was always told I was dependable. Since I’ve been retired no one says much at all except for What’s for supper? Even so, I think the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me was “I love you!”
- What was your favourite ride/stall at a fun fair? It has been an extremely long time since I attended a fun fair. In fact, I do not think I have visited one since I was in my late teens. In the 1960’s my dad entered his model cars for display. He had some first-place ribbons for his model car displays. I do not ever remember going on any of the rides, only going through the exhibition halls looking over all the many various exhibits.
- Would you like to be a child growing up in today’s world? No, I would not like to be a child growing up in today’s world. Growing up without technology, being free to roam the neighborhoods without fear of violence was a wonderful time period in my life. It was a life of enjoying the outdoors and not glued to a phone, a computer, or anything. Loved riding my bike of handmade skateboard outside (No helmet necessary back then).
Gratitude:
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2023 SYW: Week of August 28
Here are this week’s questions:
1. Do you have a favourite time of year?
My favorite time of year is Springtime. I love to watch everything come back to life; the flowers beginning to bloom, the leaves 🍃 appearing all green and glowing, the birds returning singing their beautiful songs, the bees 🐝 feasting on flowers everywhere (except I don’t like them on me, I’m allergic to them). Autumn isn’t bad with all the fall colors as the leaves are turning red, orange and yellow. The fall colors make for beautiful landscape begging to be photographed.
2. What is your happiest memory?
I have many happy memories; not sure which memory I would select to be my happiest memory. I have happy memories of family vacations, visiting my dad’s family in the Carolinas (We lived in San Diego and would travel by car every three to five years to visit them.) Fun times at church summer camps; spending time at the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park (It is now called San Diego Zoo Safari Park). Giving birth to my children; the list could go on and on. How can I choose just one to be my happiest memory? I am sorry, I just cannot.
3. If you could change something about yourself, what would it be?
If I could change something about myself; what’s the point I know I could never change anything about myself. Not really, only the Lord Jesus Christ can change me from within. He has the power to make be a more compassionate, understanding, and loving person from within allowing His spirit to shine through me.
4. Are you a tidy person (ie. everything in its place), or do you prefer a bit of clutter?
I would not consider myself to prefer clutter, but then again everything isn’t spotless and super neat. I know where everything is, and everything is in its rightful place (at least according to me).
Gratitude:
This week let’s focus on the kindness skill of gratitude. I am grateful to be able to share kindness with you. I am grateful.
Claudia Hall Christian; Everyday Kindness
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2023 CFFC: NIKE – Just Do It
For this week’s challenge I dug into my archives to share some throwback photos of things one might choose to “Just Do It.”
Throwback Photo –
Mid 70’s
Disneyland
Mid 70’s
Camp Snoopy
Carowinds
May 2018
Along the
Blue Ridge Parkway
October 2017
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge:Nike-Just Do It
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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Throwback Thursday: SCSPA
What is SCSPA? They are letters on a couple of my dad’s memorabilia from his high school days. You may wonder what they actually stand for as did I when I first saw them. Let me tell you, they stand for South Carolina Scholastic Press Association. I never knew my dad was apart of the South Carolina Scholastic Press Association. He never talked about his time growing up in South Carolina. The only part of South Carolina he shared was when he brought our family on vacation to visit his parents and his brother and sister. We visited Great Falls, South Carolina, where his parents lived, approximately every three to five years.
However, I am not discussing our vacations in this post. I am discussing the SCSPA and his small role in it.
South Carolina Scholastic
Press Association
Nornal Waters
Business Manager
The Hi-Times
Great Falls
Eleventh Annual Convention
April 10-11, 1947
Columbia, South Carolina
The South Carolina Scholastic Press Association promotes responsible scholastic journalism in South Carolina. We educate, evaluate and empower students and advisers who work with middle and high school literary magazine, newspaper, and yearbook programs in the state.
What I only learned recently is that my dad was a part of the Great Falls Hi-Times newspaper staff. He served as the school newspaper’s business manager. I found this interesting, my dad never talked about his school days. I thought it was cool to discover his involvement in this aspect of his high school.
The school newspaper business manager oversees the operations of all business-related operations of the Hi-Times, but will primarily be responsible for the promotion and tracking of advertising sales.
A few of my dad’s responsibilities were:
- to obtain ad sales possibly by phone as well as in person.
- Keeping and organizing record of all ad sales
- Prepare a final sales report for each issue and makes sure the ad designer gets a copy
- Serve as a member of the editorial board
A bit of History of SCSPA
“It all began as the journalist begins- with people, an idea, an empty page. Today, after more than half a century, the idea expands toward fulfillment as the pages are filled with a history. It is a story of people working toward excellence- people tending toward an ideal that promises to shine far, far into the future. It is a story of youth yearning toward an expression of truth. It is the story of the South Carolina Scholastic Press Association.”
SCSPA’s 50th Anniversary Booklet: The First 50 Years
Columbia S.C.
April 11, 1947
The SCSPA holds annual fall and spring conferences which currently draws more than 600 participants. Not sure how many participants there were in 1947, only that my dad was one of those participants for the spring conference.
Students as well as their advisers from schools all over the state attend the annual SCSPA conference. It honors outstanding students and advisors during the spring conference. It recognizes contributions to scholastic journalism through awards and scholarships.
My dad’s attendance would have been an honor and recognition for his participation in his school’s Hi-Times newspaper. Through his memorabilia I am learning more and more about my dad and what his life was like before I came into existence.
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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2023 CFFC: MasterCard – There are some things money can’t buy…
This is a hard one to decide which photos to choose, there are so many which hold precious memories and special moments that money could never buy. How to decide, that is the question?
From 1975:
My Family from 1986 through 1999:
These represent happy memories in the beginning. The last photo was taken at my eldest son’s high school graduation & it was the last time we were together as a family. Everything changed from that point on, but I still loved him.
From 1994:
of my Immediate Family
[Nornal, Larry, Debbie (me), & Eileen Waters]
[My Dad passed from Cancer in December 1996].
From 2019:
[First Time I’d Seen my Mom’s Sister since 1984].
From 2019:
My Grandson, Coleman
From 2020:
These were taken in February of 2020 when I went on a Royal Caribbean Cruise to Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico. I went with my sister-in-law’s sister, Monica, however, she tended to stay in the cabin more than wandering around. I chose to make the most of the trip enjoy myself, which I did. I had a fabulous time on and off the cruise ship.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)— MasterCard – There are some things money can’t buy…
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2023 CFFC: Contrast
Color vs. Black & White
vs.
Black & White
vs.
Black & White
vs.
Black & White
vs.
Black & White
[Side Note: Quilt made by my Maternal Grandmother]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge -Contrasts
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina
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TBT: Library Cards: What? When?
What is a library card? A library card is a card provided by a library so that library patrons can borrow a variety of materials including books and magazines. A library card is often required if a person wants to take advantage of other library services as well. Public libraries issue library cards free of charge to people who live in the library’s city but require patrons to pay for replacement cards.
The early libraries were non-circulating libraries. That meant that patrons needed to use the book or books in the library, and could not check out any books to take home for usage by themselves or their families.
In the 19th century, a free public library movement began. Before 1850, libraries consisted of subscription collections for members only to use. The first known publicly funded library was established in Peterborough, New Hampshire, where in 1833 the town meeting voted to use a part of the state literary fund for the support of schools instead to purchase books for a free town library.
However, the free public library movement really began in 1849, when the New Hampshire legislature authorized towns to levy taxes for the establishment and support of public libraries.
When did library cards become necessary? With the public library movement in the 19th century, it became necessary to register users who were permitted to borrow books and connect those users with the borrowed items. Originally this was done with cumbersome ledger systems, with each page representing a borrower and the books borrowed (and returned) listed.
San Diego, California
The above library card was issued to my mother with an expiration date of May 1955. My mom was avid reader all her life. I do not remember going to a brick and mortar public library in my grade school days. Where we lived a bookmobile came onto our street approximately a long block away from our home. I do recall going into the bookmobile and being allowed to check out books 📚 to bring home to read. In the beginning, my mom would accompany my brother and me to the bookmobile.
As you can see the contrast from the San Diego Library Card from the 1950’s and the present day Library Card, there are several differences and yet they both serve the same exact purpose. That of allowing someone to check out various materials such as 📚 to take home to peruse at their leisure.
I have had several library cards over the years and have taken great pleasure in checking out books, movies. I also enjoyed the ability to use the libraries resources and computers for family research, search for jobs or for whatever purpose I needed at various times.
How about you? Do you or have you owned a library card? A library card opens the world to a vast resource of knowledge.
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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2023 CMMC: July Pick a Topic from my Photo
Ocean, Blue, Sand, White, Sky, Shore, Water
Landscape, Water, Gulf of Mexico,
Hotels, Blue, Sky, Shore, Water
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Ocean, Blue, Shore, Sand, Sky, Water, White
Atlantic Ocean, Florida,
Water, Ocean,
Sky, White, Sand
About 1936
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge
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LAPC #254 : Spiritual Sites
Andrew Jackson State Park
Lancaster, South Carolina
@
Andrew Jackson State Park
Lancaster, South Carolina
Fishing Pier
at
Andrew Jackson State Park
Lancaster, South Carolina
Bethune, Kershaw County, South Carolina
[Cemetery for my paternal ancestors]
Tina of Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters
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Flag Day: June 14
Today in America we as a nation celebrate the United States Flag. Flag Day is also referred to as National Flag Day.
Elizabeth “Betsy” Ross is contributed with making the first American flag. In 1776 she was presented with a sketch of a flag which would feature 13 red and white stripes and 13 pointed stars. At this time she was asked if she could create a flag that would match the design on the sketch. Ross agreed with few minor changes, including arranging the 13 stars in a circle. On June 14, 1777, Congress officially adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag.
Flag 🇺🇸 of the
United States of America
Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States which occurred on June 14, 1777 by a resolution adopted by the Second Continental Congress. It also marks the birthday of the U.S. Army which congress authorized as “the American Continental Army” on June 14, 1775.
Did you know there exists a proper etiquette that should be followed when choosing to fly The United States Flag?
- Raise the flag briskly and lower it ceremoniously.
- Never allow the flag to touch the ground or floor.
- The flag should never be transported flat or horizontally, but always aloft.
- Do not fly the flag in bad weather, unless you are 100% certain it is an all-weather flag.
In America today, many celebrate Flag Day with parades, essay contests, picnics, and ceremonies. Many of these activities are sponsored by Veterans groups, schools, and various groups. Some parades are organized and take place on the Saturday before Flag Day and usually held downtown in many cities across America. One such group that sponsors Flag Day celebrations is the National Flag Day foundation. Its goal is to preserve the traditions, pride, and respect that are due the nation’s symbol, Old Glory.
The above flags were taken across the United States in a few select states which I have had the opportunity to visit. These states include Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
Do you celebrate Flag Day? If you live outside of the United States of America, does your country have a flag day? How is Flag day celebrated where you live?
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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2023 FOWC: Related_Family
taken at my maternal grandparents
place in San Diego, California.
Pictured are my immediate family,
my maternal grandparents,
my mom’s sister & her husband,
our cousin, his wife & sister-in-law.
Taken back during a time
when families used to gather
together for Sunday Dinners.
Can you guess where I am in the picture?
I would probably bet
( if I bet, which I don’t)
y’all would have no
problem guessing correctly.
Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Related
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Monday Windows: Millersburg Courthouse
as it appears today.
Much the same as 100 plus years ago
given some differences in detail,
especially along the roofline.
Millersburg, Ohio, USA
Photo Credit : Deb L. Waters
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TBT for Silent Sunday: Early Deep Gap
From my maternal grandfather,
Harvey Martin Watson’s photos given to me after his passing many years ago ( 1968). Photo most likely taken in early 1900’s or earlier.
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CBWC: 2023 February Week 2 – Carvings, sculptures and Statues
Taken back in 1975
when my parents visited
my brother & his family
when he was stationed in Germany.
Photo Credit: Nornal H. Waters
NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS
DEDICATED NOVEMBER 11, 1937
TO
WORLD WAR VETERANS
OF
COMAL COUNTY
1917 – 1918
DONATED BY MR. & MRS. E. A. CLOUSNITZER
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters.
Taken in April 2020 when I visited my Aunt in Texas.
Photo Credit: Roy Watson
Taken when my cousin and his wife, Nancy, visited the North Carolina state capitol and given to me at a family reunion.
I don’t remember the name of it &
Google was of no assistance.
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters
Taken in August 2017 when I stayed in West Jefferson and went to a family reunion in Deep Gap, North Carolina.
It was a gift from the citizens of Onslow County to honor those men that lived among us and gave so much. A solemn tribute to 273 Marines who gave the last full measure of devotion in Lebanon and Grenada on October 23, 1983. The names of each man are engraved in granite along with the words
“They Came In Peace.”
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters
Taken in February 2016 when I visited my sons in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
My younger son, David, was stationed at MCAS New River at the time.
Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge
Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome #123
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Mid-Week Monochrome #118: Grandfather’s Military Service
My maternal grandfather served in the U. S. Army during World War I. These are photographs of his service in the military. I treasure the photos as there are a link to a slim part of our family history.
World War I
my grandfather
was on when he returned
from the War in France 🇫🇷.
Harvey Martin Watson
U.S. Army
World War I
Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome #118
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Tuesday, 3 January 2023 Bloganuary Prompt: What is the earliest memory you have?
What is my earliest memory? That is a good question. I wish I could say I remember everything, but that would be nearly impossible. Our minds, especially mine, tend to have selective memories.
That being said, I do remember parts of my childhood. I remember living on South Meadowbrook Drive in San Diego, California. I remember playing outside all day. Playing baseball in the neighbors backyard. Part of the time I would play with Mary a few doors down from me, but mostly my brother & I would play with the three boys next door. We’d all play outside all day without question. Never had a desire to be stuck indoors. We’d play baseball, basketball, freeze tag, hide-n-go seek, and whatever else we could. We’d ride our bikes up and down the street, around the block, and sometimes up to the school on Saturdays; just to play on the playground. There were no fancy skate boards for us. We’d take the wheels off of street skates & attach them to scrap boards to make our skateboards. Those were such fun times.
I also remember all the girls wore dresses to school. Pants were not allowed until around my ninth grade in junior high school. Yes, my school was a junior high not a middle school. We moved after I was promoted from sixth grade to seventh. I didn’t know anyone in our new neighborhood or my new school. Therefore. I tended to ride my bicycle by myself, walk to and from school by myself carrying my books in my arms. I don’t recall backpacks back then.
I remember always having Sunday dresses that were only worn for church. We went to church every Sunday morning, every Sunday evening, and on Wednesday evenings. There was always Church worship and Sunday School. In the evenings after Sunday church worship, the youth would gather at a members house for a time of fun. In the summers, we would meet at someone’s house that had a pool so we could swim and splash around. Occasionally, we would meet at Mission Bay. Those were fun times. That’s where I learned how to water ski. No matter what activity we enjoyed, there was always singing & a short devotional.
There are more things I remember, but then that would be like writing a memoir. Too much for a single post.
One thing I remember and treasure from my early days, are given a love for the outdoors, the enjoyment of camping & hiking, and being taught about the live of Jesus Christ and His wonderful mercies.
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