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2024 SYD: December 15

Clare from Clare’s Cosmos invites everyone to join her in Sharing Your Desktop (SYD). Below are her suggestions for participating in the Share Your Desktop Challenge

To do so, simply share the photo* you have set as your wallpaper;
Provide as little or as much detail as you wish;
Use a pingback, or post a link here so I know you have joined in on the fun;
Then finally, share the fun around.

I am sharing my Wallpaper from both my Laptop and my Smartphone. I enjoy looking at different images each month. Most of which revolve around Coleman (my grandson) and nature.

Here are my Desktop Wallpaper and Screensaver for my Laptop:

Desktop Wallpaper:

South Fork Catawba River
Goat Island Park and Greenway

Desktop Screensaver:

Smartphone Wallpapers:

Personal Focus

*Coleman playing in the Sand*
*Riverside Park and Greenway*

Hiking Focus

Work Focus

Reading Focus

*Coleman with*
*Santa & Mrs. Claus*
*Confluence, Town of Cramerton*

Remember you may click on each image for enlarged enhanced viewing. Looking forward to seeing y’all Desktops.

Clare’s Share Your Desktop-December

SYD

Photo Credit:©️1-5) 2024 Deb L. Waters; 6) Confluence Photographer; Courtesy of Catawba Riverkeeper

Cameras: 1-5) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 6) Nikon D3200

Location: Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Enjoy your Holiday Season. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Relax & Destress. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Silent Sunday: 12.15

South Fork Catawba River

Silent Sunday

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #249

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55 mm lens and Altura for Canon UV & ND4 Filter attachments plus Altura Wide-Angle Fisheye lens.

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Cell Pic Sunday: 12.15

Coleman visits a Nativity

John’s Cell Pic Sunday

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Cramer Memorial United Methodist Church; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Weekend Sky: 12.15 —

Amazing Sky Display

Hammad’s Weekend Sky

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Weekend FOTD: 12.14/.15

Sulfur Cosmos

Cee’s Weekend FOTD

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 49

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Take time to smell the flowers. Enjoy nature’s beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 RDP Sunday: Sunlight

Here are my contributions for the Ragtag Daily Prompts Sunday Challenge — Sunlight.

Ragtag Daily Prompts Sunday Challenge — Sunlight

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

Look Grandma, I am Doing It

Coleman maneuvering along the outer side of the rope obstacle course at Goat Island Park and Greenway.

He was moving along nicely until …. Oops, I slipped Grandma. I’m fine, I got this. I can do it all by myself.

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

Which Way Challenge (CWWC): December Week 2 — Any Which way with a Christmas holiday theme

This week I am combining the Which Way Challenge with Judy’s Numbers Game #51-172 & Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Decorations. I have chosen to use a theme of Any Which Way with a Christmas Holiday Theme.

My Which Ways this week are from the Cramerton Christmas Parade. Remember signs are always welcome in the Which Way Challenge.

You may have noticed the last photo doesn’t exactly show a Which Way, however, I decided to include Coleman with Santa and Mrs. Claus anyway. They rode on the Cramerton Fire Engine to end the Parade, but I couldn’t capture a good shot of them. Santa’s arrival signaled the end of the Parade. Santa and Mrs. Claus then made their way down to Confluence for picture taking time with the children.

Thank you to all those who joined in the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) December Week 1 Challenge. You might enjoy checking out the Which Ways from:

Garth (dimlamp) from gwh photos2

Jez from Photos by Jez

TGERIATRIX with Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery

Marie from HopsSkipsandJumps

Marianne Villanueva from Anthropologist

WoollyMuses

Cee from Cee’s Photo Challenges

Alice from The 59 Club

If I’ve missed anyone please let me know. I do appreciate all who joined in the challenges so far and hope y’all will have fun participating in the Which Way Challenges in the future.

Next week’s theme will be CWWC: Which way with the colors of Red and Green.

Which Way Challenge (CWWC) -Any Which Way with a Christmas Holiday Theme

Judy’s Numbers Game #51-172

Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Decorations

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Downtown Parade Route; Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Season Greetings. Enjoy your holidays. Remember the Reason for the Season. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Thursday Doors: 12.12

One House Door and One Business Door decorated for Christmas. We are slowly decorating for Christmas. The hanging on the first door was made in the early 1970’s in San Diego, California.

Dan’s Thursday Doors

Cameras: 1) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens and Altura lenses for Canon, Altura NP & UV Filter attachments, & Altura Wide Angle Fisheye Lens; 2) iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Thursday Trios: 12.12

Police Motorists

*Three Police Motorcycles*
*with Riders*
*in the*
*Cramerton Christmas Parade*

Carol’s Thursday Trios

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Parade Route; 8 Avenue ; Town of Cramerton, Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 MM #23: Clouds in Monochrome

This week Brian from Bushboys World is the host for Monochrome Madness. His choice for the Monochrome Madness theme this week is Clouds.

Here are my contributions:

Let’s first take a look at a couple of image comparisons between an original color versus the converted black and white version of photo imageries of clouds.

The first three black and white photos in the left-hand column are from my archives and the other four phots are from my outlook in Apple iPhone’s Silverstone black and white feature of today’s cloudy skies.

Brian’s Monochrome Madness-Clouds

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Hammad’s Weekend Sky

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

2024 CosPhoChal: Festive illuminations

Neighbourhood

Christmas Illuminations

A few of our neighbours of their front yards and home decorated with lights for Christmas. When I walk Coleman to the bus stop of a morning the street is illuminating with the homes all lit up for the holidays. Our street is only a small sampling of what one would see if you drove through the streets of Christmas Town USA. We haven’t driven through McAdenville ( which is famously known as Christmas Town USA) yet this year, however, we plan on doing so to allow Coleman to see all the Festive Christmas Illuminations which McAdenville has on display.

Cosmic Photo Challenge-Festive illuminations

Photographing Public Art Challenge (PPAC)

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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

2024 Words for Thought #45: 12.10

Peace

Think About It Tuesday

Hammad’s Weekend Sky

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #249

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 FOTD: 12.10 — Poinsettias

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Take time to enjoy nature. Observe the Flowers. Take Care of yourself. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Monday Portrait: 12.09

2 Goats & a Boy

*Coleman with 2*
*Decorated Christmas Goats*

These Goats all dressed up for Christmas are located at the entrance to Goat Island Park and Greenway in Cramerton, North Carolina. Coleman spotted the Goats when we first approached the entrance to the Greenway; one was standing and was laying down on it’s side. We stood it back upright, then Coleman wanted a picture. Thus, the photo you see here.

Monday Portrait

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Monday Window: Decorated Windows

Mayworth’s Public House

Decorated Windows

Mayworth’s Public House in downtown Cramerton offers an upscale pub atmosphere and features a menu of classic American favourites. It uses only the finest and freshest ingredients available. Their cuisine is always freshly made to order by their skilled culinary team. Customers, if desired, may choose from a find cocktail menu, a variety of popular wines as well as a fine rotating selection of craft, draft, and local Charlotte and North Carolina beer.

Mayworth’s decorated all three of their front windows similarly with painted white “snow” and red, white, and silver ornaments.

I’m gonna digress for a bit to examine the history behind the naming of Mayworth’s. The town currently known as Cramerton was originally known as Mayesworth in 1906. It was named after John H. Mayes, one of the founders of the Mayes Manufacturing Company. The Mayes Manufacturing Company was a cotton mill built on the banks of the Catawba River.

In 1915, the town name changed its name from Mayesworth to Mayworth. The town was later purchased by Stuart Warren Cramer. In 1922, the town’s name changed once again officially becoming Cramerton. Cramerton became an incorporated town in 1967.

When it came to naming the restaurant and pub the owners chose to name it Mayworth’s in honour of Cramerton’s original founding father.

I have not as yet eaten at Mayworth’s Restaurant and Pub. I have walked past it several times walking through downtown Cramerton and heading towards Confluence. Looking at their menu, I’m not sure they offer any lactose free items, which would be mandatory for Coleman to be able to eat anything from their menu.

Monday Window

Ludwig’s Monday Window

Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Decorations

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Mayworth’s Public House; Downtown; Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 OWS: Blue Skies & Blue Autos at the Christmas Parade

Amongst all the Red and Green in the Christmas Parade we saw two Blue vehicles rolling down the Parade Route shining through amidst the bright blue skies.

*Chevy Truck*
*pulling a*
*Parade Float*

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Blue

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Downtown; Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Don’t let the blues get you down. You are Valued and Appreciated. Have a Merry Merry Christmas Holidays. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 LAPC: Five Elements

Wood, Metal, Water, Fire and Earth

Here is my entry for Sofia’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge. Thanks for the Challenge.

Sofia’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge

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

2024 Silent Sunday: December 8

Holiday Train

*Casa Vieja Mexican Food’s*
*(from Belmont, North Carolina)*

*Entry in*
*Cramerton’s*
*Christmas Parade.*

Silent Sunday

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55 mm lens and Altura NP & UV Filter attachments for Canon plus Altura Wide Angle Fisheye Lens.

Location: Christmas Parade Route; Downtown Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Cell Pic Sunday: 12.08

Norfolk Southern

John’s Cell Pic Sunday

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Old Town; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Weekend Sky: 12.08

Downtown Cramerton

*Looking towards to*
*Goat Island Bridge*

*Fisheye View of*
*Cramerton’s Parade Route*

Hammad’s Weekend Sky

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Downtown Parade Route; Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

Who Invited Mr.Grinch to the Parade?

This week has been a week for Christmas Parades in our area. Have you been to a Christmas Parade yet this year? Coleman and I have actually been to two different Christmas Parades this week. One was in the neighbouring town of Belmont and the other one was in our Town of Cramerton.

To our amazement, one of the first people was saw as we approached the Parade site yesterday was Mr. Grinch all decked out for the Christmas Parade.

Who do you think kicked off the Parade? Well, what’d you know, it was Mr. Grinch himself. Mr. Grinch made his appearance throughout the Parade in one manner or another. We never knew when or how he would appear. It didn’t matter how or when, people enjoyed seeing Mr. Grinch and the entire Parade. You may click on each photo for enlarged viewing.

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Downtown; Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Pull Up a Seat: Week 49

On a Parade Float

*Belmont Football Raiders*
*Belmont Christmas Parade*

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2024-Week 49

Camera:Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Catawba Street; Parade Route; Belmont, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Tis the Season for Parades and all things Christmasy. Enjoy your upcoming holiday. Have a wonderful weekend. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Which Way Challenge (CWWC): December Week 1 — Any which way with people

CWWC
New Challenges for
*the Which Way Challenge*
*(CWWC) will be*
*posted on Friday*
*(US Eastern Standard Time).*

*Boy Scouts*
*passing out candy*
*as they walk*
*the Parade Route*

Season Greetings y’all! For this week’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC) I have chosen Any Which Way with People.

Please make sure your which way is the main object of your photo. Thanks.

The Which Way Challenge (CWWC) is all about capturing the means we travel from place to place such as roads, walkways, trails, and rails. The roads could be paved or unpaved, gravel, or dirt. Walkways could cover sidewalks, hallways, or pathways. Trails are paths we travel through Greenways, Local, State, or National Parks. Also permissible are any kinds of signs and any bridge angle. Remember to ensure your “Way” is visible and the main focus of your photo.

My entry for this week:

*Belmont Middle School*
*Cheerleaders cheering the crowd.*

*A Mom walking*
*with her son*
*along the Road*

*The Grinch*
*Being Escorted*
*along the Parade Route*

Link to the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) here.

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Parade Route; Belmont, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 FOTD: 12.03 — Daylily

‘Cool Jazz’ daylily
Hemerocallis ‘Cool Jazz’

Cee’s FOTD

God Bless. Stay Warm. Take Care. Enjoy the rest of your week. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with y. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 CPC: Looking for Trees with Bare Branches

For this challenge I went searching through my archives to see if I could find any Bare Branches that I might like to select for y’all to enjoy in this post. Guess what? I found several I liked that I hope you’ll like and enjoy as well.

Crowders Mountain State Park
Kings Mountain, North Carolina
March 2023

Baxter Village Trail
Carolina Thread Trail
Fort Mill, South Carolina
January 2023

Old Town
Cramerton, North Carolina
November 2024

The Schiele Museum
Gastonia, North Carolina
March 2024

Nature Trail
The Schiele Museum
Gastonia, North Carolina
March 2024

Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
February 2024

Lake Haigler
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
March 2024

Most of these were taken in the afternoon, after the weather warmed up a bit, while Coleman and I were out hiking and enjoying nature. Right now as I write it is only 27° degrees outside. I’ve already been out in the freezing cold and gotten Coleman on the bus for school. I’m glad I’m inside now out of the freezing cold. Burr, I wish we didn’t have to go out in the freezing cold for him to get on a bus for school. Winter weather has arrived even it won’t be officially winter till the twenty-first.

Cosmic Photo Challenge-Bare Branches

#CosPhoChal

Cameras: Apple iPhone 13 Pro; Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max; and Canon EOS Rebel T3i

Locations: Crowders Mountain State Park; Baxter Village Trail; Old Town Cramerton; and Anne Springs Close Greenway; in North and South Carolina

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

2024 Monday Window: 12.02

Norfolk Southern

Railroad Windows

Norfolk Southern
a Comin’
Down the Track

Monday Window

Ludwig’s Monday Window

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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

2024 Last On the Card – November

Brian from Bushboys World invites everyone to post their Last Photo on the Card or smartphone. Here are Brian’s suggestions regarding his Last On the Card Challenge…

Your last photo doesn’t have to be on the very last day of the month if you didn’t take any photos on that day. Maybe it was earlier in the month when the last photo was taken.

So let’s see what you have for November

The rules are simple:
1. Post the last photo on your SD card or last photo on your phone for the 31st 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

For the past month of moving, unpacking, trying to organize our “Sweet, Sweet, Home” (as Coleman calls it); I have only been out photographing with Coleman and my iPhone. So here’s my last photo from November.

Last On the Card

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #248

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Weekend Sky: 12.01

Our Thanksgiving Weekend Skies were full of clouds, mist, and rain. These were taken from our front porch safe from the rain 🌧️ and wind 💨.

Hammad’s Weekend Sky

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Old Town; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 MM: Children’s Concert/Karaoke

Monochrome Madness-Music

Margaret from From Pyrenees to Pennines is hosting the Monochrome Madness Challenge this week. She has chosen a theme of Music. Looking forward to seeing what everyone decides to post regarding this theme. Luckily, Coleman and I attended a Children’s Concert last week in downtown Cramerton’s Confluence. Some words to think about before I add my photos …

“Music speaks what cannot be expressed. It soothes the mind and gives it rest. It heals the heart and makes it whole. It flows from heaven to heal the soul.”
~ K.C. Lynn, Resisting Temptation (Men of Honor, #3

https://videopress.com/v/WiBPGoLE?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true

When I first decided to take Coleman to the Children’s concert last Saturday, I thought it was going to be a concert especially designed to appeal to children. I did not expect it to be a children’s karaoke show. Most of the children were hesitant to participate; a few banged on the drums and one brave girl sang a couple of songs for the audience while her proud grandfather filmed her singing. Coleman did enjoy listening to the music, however, he enjoyed playing in the playground at Goat Island Park and Greenway better.

Margaret’s Monochrome Madness- Music

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Sue’s Monochrome Madness-Music

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Confluence; Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 CWWC: November Week 4 — Stairs, Steps, and/or Ramps

Cee’s Which Way My Which Way

I’ve missed Cee so much and know this is a difficult time for her and Chris. Praying for strength and comfort for them both. I’ve been trying to keep up with the Which Way Challenge even though Cee is unable to do so. I encourage everyone who wishes to show Cee our Which Ways by posting your Stairs, Steps, and/or Ramps this week. . Just post any Which Way you desire and link up to Cee’s Which Way Challenge.

This week I am again posting a Which Way My Way showing Which Ways one might use by venturing up or down Stairs, Steps, and or Ramps. This week I chose to post my Stairs, Steps, and Ramp in Monochrome. You may use Monochrome, but not necessary. You may choose any format you desire if you choose to participate.

We begin our Which Way by walking down our front Steps …

Journeying on our way Coleman decides to climb the Steps at Cramer United Methodist Church …

Next, we explore the Kayak Ramp and Stairs at Goat Island Park and Greenway …

Kayak Ramp & Stairs
Goat Island Park and Greenway

Coleman and I continue our wandering around Cramerton, the next day, after he walks down the School Bus 98 Steps …

After Coleman exits the school bus, we drop off his school backpack and grab his hiking backpack with snacks and drinks. Then, we head on down to Riverside Park and Greenway for a relaxing afternoon noon of hiking and exploring.

While hiking the trail, we come upon the Stairs to one of several Fishing Piers at the Greenway …

*Catawba Riverkeepers*
*Water Recommended Flow Sign*
*by the Fishing Pier Staircase*

Lastly, we see interesting Halloween Decorations on each side of a neighbouring house Front Porch Steps …

*House #89 Decorations*
*and Front Porch Steps*

Hope you enjoyed visiting our Which Ways this Week. I would love to see y’all’s Which Ways. Remember to click on each photo for larger enhanced viewing.

Cee’s Which Way Challenge

Which Way My Way

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

God Bless. Enjoy the Outdoors. Take a Hike. Relax in a Park. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 CPC/LAPC/Numbers Game #49 — Smiling By the River

What makes me smile? My grandson, Coleman makes me smile. Spending time in any one of our Warm Places makes me smile. Spending time out in nature, especially with Coleman, makes me smile and feeling all warm inside. Coleman loves to spend time by the Catawba River. There are several different areas by the Catawba River we enjoy spending time at. This week we enjoyed spending time on a warm sunny afternoon at Riverside Park and Greenway. It makes me smile when I am able to watch Coleman having a Funtastic time playing by the Catawba River. On this day he was having a fabulous time playing in the sand along the banks of the South Fork Catawba River at Riverside Park and Greenway.

Here are a spattering of photos depicting some of what makes me Smile and Warm Inside in one of our Warm places.

Lens-Artists Challenge #326-This Made Me Smile

Cosmic Photo Challenge-In My Warm Place

Judy’s Numbers Game #49-170

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #247

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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

2024 Thursday Trios: 11.28

Kayaks on the River

Capturing kayakers enjoying an afternoon on the South Fork Catawba River as seen from the banks at Riverside Park and Greenway in Cramerton, North Carolina. Care to Pull Up a Seat and join the fun on the South Fork Catawba River?

Carol’s Thursday Trios

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2024-Week 48

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #247

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Wordless Wednesday: 11.27

A Peek of Autumn

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Festival of Leaves #10

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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

2024 Words for Thought #43: 11.26

*The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters. Psalm 23:1–2 (NIV)*

Think About It Tuesday

Hammad’s Weekend Sky

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #247

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Macro Monday: 11.25 —

Persicaria amphibia

**Aka Water Knotweed**,
***Water Smartweed***

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Leigha’s Sunny Sunday Challenge

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 47

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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

2024 Monday Portrait: 11.25 —

Muscovy Duck

Monday Portrait

John’s CellPic Sunday

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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

Early Morning Dawn Auburn Painted Sky

*Taken at 6:24 AM*
*near the Railroad Tracks*

For larger enhanced viewing, please click on each individual photo. Sometimes the Sky seems like God painted a beautiful picture just for us to enjoy and be amazed at His Majestic Creation.,

Hammad’s Weekend Sky

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Sunday Stills-Monthly Color Challenge_Shades of Auburn and/or Brown

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Old Town; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

Local Scenes in Black & White

Always trying for a few interesting shots as I walk up and wait for the bus to arrive bringing Coleman back from school. On this day i decided to use the monochrome feature on my iPhone to see what I could capture in Black and White around the neighbourhood. Looking up the road I spotted a train coming down the tracks, later I took a photo of the tracks from below looking upward; trying different angles and viewpoints than my normal viewpoint.

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Near the Railroad Tracks; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 CPC/CWWC: Down in the Park

By the River

Since we moved to Cramerton at the end of October; Coleman’s new favourite place to go visit is the Goat Island Park and Greenway. The following are a few shots from our latest visit on Saturday.

Cosmic Photo Challenge-Down in the Park

CosPhoChal

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #246

Cee’s Which Way Challenge

Which Way My Way

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Enjoy the Outdoors. Take a Hike. Relax in a Park. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Thursday Trios: 11.21 — In Monochrome

Pulling Up a Seat

Downtown Cramerton

Carol’s Thursday Trios

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2024-Week 47

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Downtown Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Numbers Game #48 —169

Judy invites us all to play along with her each week for her Numbers Game. 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 that include that number and post a link to your blog in my 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.

Judy’s Numbers Game #48-169

Cee’s Flower of the Day

CocPhoChal-Down in the Park

God Bless. Take time for yourself. Walk around a Park or Greenway. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Wordless Wednesday: 11.20 — Northern Mockingbird

*Northern Mockingbird,*
*our backyard visitor*

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Old Town; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Words for Thought #42: 11.19

Praise Him!

Praise Him even when your hands are full.

Think About It Tuesday

Hammad’s Weekend Sky

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #246

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 FOTD: Monday —

Catharanthus roseus

*Aka Bright eyes, Cape periwinkle, Graveyard plant, Madagascar periwinkle, Old Maid, Pink periwinkle, Rose periwinkle*

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Riverside Baptist Church; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 CellPic Sunday: 11.17

Acer rubrum

Red Maple

Aka Swamp Maple,
Water Maple, or Soft Maple

John’s CellPic Sunday

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Downtown; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Silent Sunday: 11.17

Cramerton Independent

Presbyterian Church

Silent Sunday

Monday Window

Ludwig’s Monday Window

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Cramerton Independent Presbyterian Church; 151 8th Ave; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Weekend FOTD: 11.17

Multiflora Spreading/Trailing Petunia

Cee’s Weekend FOTD

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Outside Mayworth Public House; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Weekend Sky: 11.16 — Early Dawn Sky

These Early Dawn photos were taken on Wednesday morning while waiting for Coleman’s school bus to arrive.

These are from this morning from our backyard. Coleman noticed the “moon” from the window and had to show me.

Remember to click on each photo for enhanced viewing.

Hammad’s Weekend Sky

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Old Town; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 CWWC: November Week 3 — Any Which Way

Cee’s Which Way My Which Way

I’ve missed Cee so much and know this is a difficult time for her and Chris. Praying for strength and comfort for them both. I’ve been trying to keep up with the Which Way Challenge even though Cee is unable to do so. I encourage everyone who wishes to show Cee our Which Ways. Just post any Which Way you desire and link up to Cee’s Which Way Challenge.

This week I am again posting a Which Way My Way showing Which Ways Coleman and I discovered in Riverside Park and Greenway. My grandson, Coleman and I are beginning to roam around our new neighborhood and town investigating what interesting things and places we can find in the area. Riverside Park and Greenway is just a short walking distance away from our new home. Here are a few shots from our walk through Riverside Park and Greenway.

Coleman and I left our home and turned right out of the driveway; walked to the end of our street (which is curved downhill) and then proceeded to walk across the street onto the Carolina Thread Trail.

The Carolina Thread Trail leads into the Riverside Greenway Trail. We walked the entire length of the Riverside Greenway Trail and even a little bit of off trail hiking. During parts of the hike we were walking parallel to the South Fork Catawba River.