2024 Last On the Card — July

Brian from Bushboy.blog asks us to post our last photo on our SD card or phone on the last day of the month. No editing. Explanations not necessary. Create a Pingback or leave a link in comments to Brian’s blog. Use the tags The Last Photo and #LastOnTheCard. 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.

From My iPhone:

Coleman
in his new
Grave Digger shirt

From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:

Patterson Pond
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

From My Dad’s Slides taken with his Minolta XG-7 35 mm Via My Wolverine Digital Converter:

San Diego Wild Animal Park
San Diego, California, USA

Brian’s Last On the Card

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

2024 Macro Monday: 07.29 — Rudbeckia hirta 

Rudbeckia hirta L.
Black-eyed Susan

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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

Sunday Stills/OWS/CPC — Bright Flowers & Wings

Flowers & Wings

in the Bright Sunshine

Fiery skipper
on Zinnia violacea

Wings on Bright Flowers

Wings on a Zinnia
Birds in Flight
Canada Geese
Black-Eyed Susans
Zinnias

Terri’s Sunday Stills-Wings

One Word Sunday-Bright

The Cosmic Photo Challenge-What’s flowering where you are?

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #308-Perfect Pairs

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

God Bless. Thankful for a slight break from all the rain. Wish we could have a break from this extreme heat. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

Words for Thought #28

Psalm 145:11 (NIV)
Rudbeckia 

Think About It Tuesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day 

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

2024 Weekend Sky: Cloud Ripples and Sunset

Gastonia Sky
Lancaster Sunset

Hammad’s Weekend Sky

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

2024 Thursday Trios: 07.18

Young Alpacas

These three Alpacas can be visited at the Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm at the Horse Road Entrance to the Anne Springs Close Greenway. The Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm offers a unique blend of education and exploration for visitors of all ages.

Integrating the former petting zoo and adding a pastoral habitat, observation areas for various animals, a half-mile loop trail, gathering lawn, educational garden, and open-air learning center, the Children’s Farm aims to provide daily interpretation and demonstrations on a variety of topics in an immersive learning environment.

Tours of the Children’s Farm are self-guided. On Saturdays and Sundays Animal Care Volunteers may possibly be on site during specified times. If interested, please check the Greenway’s website prior to visiting for further details.

Carol’s Thursday Trios

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

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

Words for Thought #27

Psalm 33:22 (ESV)

Think About It Tuesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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

2024 SYD: July

Clare from Clare’s Cosmos is asking all of us once again to share our desktops. All you need to do is share the photo (not your actual desktop) you have set as your wallpaper. Provide whatever information you desire about the photo. Use a pingback, or post a link to her blog here so she knows you’ve joined in on the fun. Then, enjoy sharing the fun around.

Here are my July Desktops:

From my Laptop:

Wallpaper:

Catawba River
near the
Great Falls Dam
Great Falls, South Carolina

Screensaver:

Coleman
My
❤️
My Grandson

From my Smartphone

(iPhone 14 Pro Max)

Hiking Focus:

Nornal Hule Waters (my dad)
and
Larry Dean Waters (my brother)
taken in
Great Falls, South Carolina
in July 1963.

Television Focus:

Hawksbill Turtle
Ocean Conservancy

Personal Focus:

Coleman
playing with his
Titan Magnetic Tiles

Reading Focus:

Coleman
in his
Camouflage Flag Shirt

Come on along and join the fun. Share one or more, it doesn’t matter whether the photos are from your desktop, laptop, tablet, or your smartphone wallpaper(s).

Clare’s Share Your Desktop-July 2024

Photo Credit: 1 & 3)©️1963 Nornal H. Waters (my dad); 2 & 4-6) ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. Looking forward to seeing y’all’s desktop photos. Have a wonderful week. I appreciate y’all very much.

Monday Portrait: 07.15

Katie’s Horses

Lily
and her
two month old
Murphy

Katie Brown owns five horses she keeps at the Anne Springs Close Greenway pastures.

On this day, her horses were seen at the Greenway’s Dairy Barn Entrance.

Murphy can be very playful and entertaining.

Lily
and
Murphy

Monday Portrait

Photo Credit:©️2024 Cathy States (hiking club friend)All Rights Reserved.

Location: Dairy Barn Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Enjoy the beautiful outdoors. Hope it’s not too hot for all y’all. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

Floral Macro Monochrome Monday

Sunflower

Helianthus annuus |

Common Sunflower ‘Titan’

Girasol 
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina

The ‘Titan’ sunflower, as the name suggests, is a giant annual sunflower variety with an extra thick stem, supporting huge, alternating leaves, and a massive flower head that can reach 16-22 inches across! Plus Titan sunflowers can grow to heights of 12-14 feet! Blooms from July to September. Sunflowers attract a myriad of pollinators including bees, birds, butterflies and many others as well.

Macro Monday 

Monochrome Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day 

Leigha’s Sunny Sunday Challenge

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 28

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

2024 Judy’s Numbers Game #29 — 150

A Hodgepodge of Pix

Blue Ridge Mountains
North Carolina, USA
Fountain at
Central Ohio Technical College
Newark, Ohio
License Plates Display
NC Transportation Museum
Spencer, North Carolina
Business Garden
Gastonia, North Carolina
Grave Marker
for Eddie W. Waters
( my Paternal Uncle)
Great Falls, South Carolina

A Hodgepodge of Coleman

Judy’s Numbers Game #29-150

Cee’s Flower of the Day

God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I look forward to seeing y’all’s pictures for Judy’s Numbers Game. I appreciate y’all very much.

Birds of the Carolinas #14

American Crows

Crows are arguably the most familiar birds in America. Interestingly, what you might it realize is that in much of the eastern part of the U.S., including the South Carolina Lowcountry, there are actually two different species of crows, and they look alike.

One of these is the ubiquitous American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos), found across most of North America. The American Crow is the crow most often seen and recognized. It is a large, clever, black bird with a harsh voice and a big personality.

Photo Credit: © 2017 Henry Burton

The second type of Crow the Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus), which occurs along the Atlantic coast from southern Maine to Florida, and along the Gulf. The American Crow and the Fish Crow are members of the family Corvidae, which includes many familiar and intelligent birds, including rooks, jays, and ravens.

Here we are concentrating on the American Crow. The American Crow (formerly named the Common Crow) is an iridescent black crow is common throughout the Carolinas and is known for its “caw-caw” call. The are permanent residents with migratory movements. They are especially abundant throughout the winter season.

Photo Credit: © 2021 Melissa Hafting
Macaulay Library

American Crows are known for being smart, adaptable, and resourceful, and can use tools to find food. They preferably nest in mixed pine and hardwood forests. They forage in open areas such as croplands, pastures and landfills. In urban areas, it is possible for them to use parks and tree-lined streets as roosting and nesting locations.

Crows represent change and transformation which in some cultures are seen as a “bad” omen if you see their appearance. The appearance of one or a flock of crows may indicate temporary and unexpected changes are coming. In Native American culture, crows are signs of knowledge and law. Seeing one of these black creatures is often a mark of good luck, justice, or wisdom.

Birds of the Carolinas

Bird of the Week LXXII

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

2024 Monday Window: 07.08

The Fishing Creek Hydro Station

The Fishing Creek Hydro Station, ( I grew up knowing it as the Great Falls Hydro Station/Dam), is located on the Catawba River in Great Falls, Chester County, South Carolina. It borders Lancaster County, South Carolina. It was built in 1916 by the Southern Power Company, predecessor to the station’s current owner, Duke Power.

Just like the name suggests, the creek is a popular area for fishing 🎣 and recreation. Fishing Creek Lake – created by the dam – has four access point along the 61 miles of shoreline, including Landsford Canal State Park. [Of a side interest, the Catawba River at Landsford Canal State Park is an excellent area for seeing the Spider Lilies each Spring.]

Hydropower provides about one percent of Duke Energy’s U.S. energy production, but the company’s more than 30 stations are able to activate quickly to meet customer demand during extreme temperatures. In addition to reliable power, communities near lakes created by Duke Energy’s stations are able to enjoy fishing, swimming, kayaking, and even photography. 

Ludwig’s Monday Window 

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #226

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 27

Throwback Thursday

Photo Credit:©️1980 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm

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

Long Forgotten Christian-themed Amusement Park

Heritage USA

In Monochrome

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness is a non-themed week; my own theme this week is surrounded by photos I’ve recently digitized about Heritage USA. To make viewing easier, I have made a slideshow of the monochrome photos in the beginning and ending with the original photos from my dad’s slides.

Heritage USA was a Christian -themed  amusement park opened in 1978 by televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, founders of The PTL Club. At its peak, it was the third-largest park in the USA behind Disney World and Disney Land, with almost 6 million visitors annually.

In the late 1980’s, Heritage USA was rocked by two debilitating scandals all while they were in the middle of a massive expansion. The organization had its tax-exempt status revoked after Jim Bakker was indicted on various federal fraud charges. Later he was accused of sexual improprieties with an encounter with a church secretary.

To add to the problems Heritage USA was experiencing, the park was heavily damaged by Hurricane Hugo in 1989, it shut down for good shortly after.

In this present day and age, only a few remnants of the park are still visible. The abandoned 21-story Heritage USA Hotel stands as an eerie and empty shell looming over the suburban landscape. The Upper Room Chapel was purchased sometime after the park’s closing and is maintained as a prayer room for a local ministry. The Heritage Grand Hotel is now the Heritage International Ministries Conference Center. 

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Throwback Thursday

Photo Credit: ©️1980 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.

Location: Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA 

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

2024 Floral Friday: July 5th —- Colouring Flowers #27

Sunny Sunflower Sends

Sunshine to your Soul

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day 

God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.

2024 CWWC: July Week 1 – Dirt Paths, Dirt Roads, Roads and Signs

This week I’m continuing Cee’s Which Way Challenge doing it My Way. Therefore for this the first week of July, I have chosen a theme of Dirt Paths, Dirt Roads, Roads and SignsI welcome anyone who desires to join me on this week’s Which Way Challenge.

Dirt Path
to the Boat Dock
Dirt Road
to the Catawba River
Dirt Pathway
between the Trees
Battle of Fishing Creek Sign
by Road
Great Falls, South Carolina

Let’s Go Fishing …

CWWC: My Way – July 1

Cee’s Which Way Challenge

Throwback Thursday

Photo Credit: ©️1963-1980 Nornal H. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Location: Catawba River; Great Falls Dam; Great Falls, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thank you for visiting the Great Falls Dam. Enjoy the beautiful great outdoors. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Wordless Wednesday: 07.03

Water Tower

Great Falls Water Tower

Water Tower
Great Falls, South Carolina

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Throwback Thursday

Photo Credit: ©️1978 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.

Location: Great Falls, South Carolina, USA 

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

2024 Numbers Game #28 — 149

Judy’s Numbers Game can bring about interesting results and insights from those who choose to participate. The challenge is alive, let’s join the fun. In searching for the #149 and its variations the results that popped are displayed below in this post.

#149. Around the Greenway

#149 Deviations Around Gastonia

Judy’s Numbers Game#28-149

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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

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

2024 Floral Friday: 06.28 —Colouring Flowers #26

Flowers, Fruit, & Birds

Coloured by Me
Via Zen Color App

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day 

God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.

2024 CosPhoChal/Weekend Sky —- Sunrise/Sunset

Lancaster, South Carolina

Andrew Jackson State Park

Lancaster County, South Carolina

Cosmic Photo Challenge-Sunrise/Sunset

Weekend Sky #130

Photo Credit: 1-2)©️2024 Shirley Hunter; 3-4)©️2021 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Locations: Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA

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

Birds of the Carolinas #12

Northern Cardinal

Northern Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis) are just one bird species out of hundreds that you might see feasting from your bird feeder in South Carolina.

Northern Cardinals are common backyard birds in North America and can be found in many locations in South Carolina, including Seabrook Island, Lexington, and Lancaster County.

Male Northern Cardinals are known for their bright red feathers, black eye masks, and short crests. Females are brown with red accents and crests.

Northern Cardinals are seed and berry eaters, but also eat insects, spiders, centipedes, and snails. They prefer to forage on the ground rather than in feeders.

Distinguished by their “mohawks” and reddish-orange beaks, both genders remain year-round residents in South Carolina.

Northern Cardinals are non-migratory birds, meaning that once you draw them to your yard they are likely to stay there year-round.

Natural fruits that attract these birds include blueberry bushes, mulberry trees, and other dark-colored berries. Bird seeds that have been known to attract Cardinals include black oil sunflower, cracked corn, suet, mealworms, peanuts, safflower, striped sunflower, and sunflower hearts and chips.

Jeff R Clow//Getty Images

In many cultures throughout the world, the vibrant red color of the cardinal is a symbol of good luck and abundance. It is also said to represent vitality. If a cardinal crosses your path, it is meant to give you strength and hope.”

Birds of the Carolinas 

Bird of the Week: LXX

Photo Credit: ©️2013 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved 

Location: Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA 

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

2024 Thursday Trios: 06.27

Feral Cats

Thursday Trios

Throwback Thursday

Photo Credit:©️2018 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved

Camera: Apple iPhone X

Location: Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA

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

2024 Wordless Wednesday: 06.26

Summertime Fun

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Throwback Thursday

Photo Credit: ©️1967 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.

Location: Catawba River; Near Great Falls Dam; Great Falls, South Carolina, USA

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

2024 Judy’s Number Game #27 – 148

A Scattering of Pix

from Here to There

From Here —- Road Work in the Neighbourhood …

Roadwork;
Huntingtowne Neighbourhood;
Gastonia, North Carolina

Taking a Break … Maneuvering around the Roadwork

Coleman
Huntingtowne Neighbourhood;
Gastonia, North Carolina

From Over Yonder … Looking Over the Geological Layers of the Grand Canyon …

Grand Canyon, Arizona

Moving Further Westward … Wishing we could Cool off in this Magnificent Historical Pool …

Hearst Castle Pool
San Simeon, California

Deciding that won’t be allowed … Returning to our own Carolinas … to be Refreshed in the Catawba River …

Catawba River;
Piedmont Medical Center Trail;
Rock Hill, South Carolina

Back Here … Thinking of Family.

Aunt Vermel (Waters) & Uncle Fred Hunter; Springs Park;
Lancaster, South Carolina

Judy’s Numbers Game #27-148

Throwback Thursday

Photo Credit: 1-2)©️2024 Deb L. Waters; 3-6, ≠5) ©️1963-1979 Nornal H. Waters; 5)©️2022 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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

Rectangular Monochrome Monday Windows

This is Great Falls Elementary School (formerly called Mebane Grammar School.) This is the school my dad attended when he was growing up in Great Falls, South Carolina.

Monochrome Rectangular Windows + Bricks, Doors & Sign
Original

Lens-Artists Challenge #305-Rectangles

Ludwig’s Monday Window 

Monochrome Monday

Throwback Thursday

Photo Credit:©️1963 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved. 

Location: Mebane Grammar School; aka Great Falls Elementary School; Great Falls, South Carolina, USA

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

Signs to Welcome your Presence

Everywhere you go there are signs to Welcome your presence. Welcome you to come into a store, Welcome you to a town, Welcome you to a Greenway, and even Welcoming children to a Playground.

Let’s start with our Welcome to a favourite store in Amish Country, Ohio called Lehman’s. Lehman’s provides products that Amish and Englishers alike desire to purchase and meets the needs of those desiring a simpler lifestyle.

Lehman’s East Entrance
Kidron, Ohio

Next up is a Greenway constructed in the last five years in Lancaster. The Lindsay Pettus Greenway was intentionally designed as a hard-surface trail to ensure that people of all mobility levels can smoothly access the trail. By doing so, everyone can connect to places of interest and engage with nature. This Greenway is a place where everyone can freely enjoy over two traffic-free miles of nature in the heart of Lancaster County.

Welcome to
The Lindsay Pettus Greenway
Lancaster, South Carolina

On one of our visits to the North Carolina mountains we stayed in West Jefferson while attending a family reunion in Deep Gap. After the reunion, we walked around the Historic Downtown area of West Jefferson and discovered many interesting places and sights including the Ashe County Cheese Factory. The Ashe County Cheese is just a short ways down a side street from this sign. There you may watch cheese being made & then go straight across the road and buy some freshly made cheese in any flavour that suits your palate.

Welcome to
Historic Downtown
West Jefferson
West Jefferson, North Carolina

Here we are in the city we currently reside. Welcome to our area of the world.

Welcome to Downtown
Gastonia
Main Avenue
Gastonia, North Carolina

One of the places my grandson, Coleman, likes me to take him to is the Playground at the local YMCA. Approaching the Playground we notice the sign Welcoming us (especially children) to the Playspace.

Welcome
to Your
Playspace!
YMCA
Gastonia, North Carolina

Time for us to go home and relax. You are Welcome to visit our area anytime.

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Welcome

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

2024 CWWC: June – Week 3

Roads/Dirt Roads

This week I’m continuing Cee’s Which Way Challenge doing it My Way. Therefore for this the third week of June I have chosen a theme of Roads/Dirt Roads. I welcome anyone who desires to join me on this week’s Which Way Challenge.

As I have been working to digitize my dad’s old slides I have come across several photos my dad took of Roads in Great Falls, South Carolina back in 1963.

We are starting our (my) Which Way with the Road in front of my Paternal Grandparents home. Their home was originally a Mill Duplex Home and converted into a single family residence.

Walnut Street
Home of John & Alma Waters
My Paternal Grandparents

Next, we come to the corner of Walnut Street and Argonne Avenue. This is the location of the J P Stevens & Company Mill where my paternal grandfather worked. The Mills in Great Falls were formerly known as Republic Cotton Mills. [Closed in the early 1980’s.]

Cottom Mill #3

1923 Republic Cotton Mill #3 – a silk mill production. The building had a unique saw-tooth roof. There was Village housing and a neighborhood grocery store.

Continuing on our journey, we drive along Chester Avenue. On this Road we can see the Bradley Motor Company ( a FORD Dealership) where my dad worked when he finished high school and again when he first was discharged from the U S Navy.

Bradley Motor Company

As we continue cruising through the Town of Great Falls, we see a Dirt Road behind the Power plant. Here we notice old Railroad tracks no longer in use. They would have kept extremely busy in the heyday of the town.

The Town of Great Falls is located in Chester County, South Carolina. The name of the Great Falls came from the nearby waterfalls on the Catawba River. The Town was founded by the power company owned by Mr. J.B. Duke. J.B. Duke built hydro electric plants on the Catawba and was the founder of the three Republic Cotton Mills.

Cee’s Which Way Challenge

Throwback Thursday

Photo Credit: ©️1963 Nornal H. Waters … (my dad) All Rights Reserved.

Location: Town of Great Falls, Chester County, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thank you for visiting in my reminiscing of the Town of Great Falls, SC. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 FOWC-Cemetery

Familial Grounds

This FOWC is in alignment with the latest of my dad’s slides I have recently (just yesterday) digitized. They are of the familial burial grounds of my paternal grandparents.

Waters’ Headstone
of my paternal grandparents

My father took them on one of our trips to visit his dad, his brother, his sister and her family. The location of the cemetery can be walked to through a path off of the street below my grandparents home.

Alma J.
Jan. 18, 1904 – Aug. 3, 1970
My paternal grandmother

This was the first time we (my immediate family) had been to the cemetery since my paternal grandmother’s passing in 1970. When she passed, my dad was the only one of us that could fly back for her funeral service.

This view allows us to see both the Headstone and my paternal grandmother’s Foot Marker in the Greenlawn Cemetery.

FOWC-Cemetery

Throwback Thursday

Cee’s FOTD

Photo Credit: ©️1972 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.

Location: Greenlawn Cemetery; Great Falls, South Carolina, USA

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

Prefer Crashed, Smashed, or Public Service Doors?

Rummaging through my dad’s old slides I ran across these pictures of a crashed and smashed car where you could clearly see the damage done to the doors, the windows, the hood, and trunk of the car.

Crashed & Smashed
Car Doors

I am not sure who the car belonged to, but I know the children who are shown looking at the crashed and smashed vehicle. They are my cousin and my brother. I do not even want to consider what happened to the person or persons who might have been in the car. By looking at those car doors it would have been a miracle if anyone survived without injuries.

Crashed Car
Trunk “Door”

I believe I would prefer the Public Service District truck which drives around Great Falls performing the necessary maintenance and repairs making sure the Town of Great Falls is safe, secure, and it proper working order.

Public Service
District
Great Falls, S.C.

Dan’s Thursday Doors

Throwback Thursday

Photo Credit:©️1963 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.

Location: Town of Great Falls, Chester County, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thank you for visiting the Town of Great Falls with us. Hope you have a fantastic day filled with joy, laughter, and no wrecks. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

Birds of the Carolinas #11

American Goldfinch

The Scientific name for the American Goldfinch is Spinus tristis. American Goldfinches are cherished for their bright yellow feathers. They appear year-round in western South Carolina and during fall and winter in the east.

The American goldfinch (Spinus tristis) is a small North American bird in the finch family. It is migratory, ranging from mid-Alberta to North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just south of the Canada–United States border to Mexico during the winter.

These photos of male American Goldfinch were captured in Lancaster County, South Carolina in our backyard. They blend in with the yellow wildflowers that you could almost miss seeing them if you weren’t looking carefully.

Human activity has generally benefited the American goldfinch. It is often found in residential areas because it is attracted to bird feeders, which increase its survival rate in these areas. Deforestation also creates open meadow areas, which are its preferred habitat.

Interestingly, Goldfinches connect to spirituality by their vibrant presence, reminding individuals of the necessity to live life fully and energetically.

Birds of the Carolinas 

Bird of the Week: LXVIX

Photo Credit: ©️2013 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved

Location: Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA

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

2024 LAPC #304: Behind

Ritva is this week’s host for the Lens-Artist Photography Challenge; she has chosen the theme of behind. What backgrounds to choose may seem easy, but some thought process may determine just the right background & balance you what to achieve and capture when you are snapping your photos.

Battle of Beckhamville Marker
Beckhamville, Chester, South Carolina, USA

BATTLE OF BECKHAMVILLE

May 1780

Inscription. 

  British under Houseman surprised and
defeated by band of 33 patriots under
Capt. John McLure with 9 Gaston
brothers and neighbors, who struck
first blow for liberty and resisted
attempt to subject people to oath of
allegiance to king.

Erected.

By Citizens of Chester County

Mary Adair Chapter DAR

May 10, 1942

This Historical Marker was taken by my father in the summer of 1963. It is located at 34° 35.424′ N, 80° 55.194′ W in Beckhamville, South Carolina. Beckhamville is located in Chester County just south of Great Falls where my dad grew up. You can find the Marker at the intersection of State Highway 97 and State Highway 99, on the left when traveling east on State Highway 97. 

The Battle of Beckhamville is recorded to have been fought during the Revolutionary War around June 6, 1780. This was following the disasters at Charleston and Waxhaws where Patriot forces struck a blow against the British in South Carolina.

On June 6, 1780, Captain McClure and his small force, wearing hunting shirts, wool hats and deer-skin caps and each armed with a knife and rifle, attacked Houseman and routed about 200 of the gathered loyalists at Alexander’s Old Fields. The Battle of Beckhamville’s victory helped solidify resistance to the Crown in this up country area.

Beckhamville was also known by Beckham’s Old Field and Alexander’s Old Field. Chester County has battlefields, historic markers, monuments, cemeteries, and stories that relate to the important role this area played in our winning our Independence from England.

DAR stands for the Daughters of the American Revolution. The DAR strives to promote the historic preservation, education, and patriotism.

Lens-Artists Challenge #304 – Behind

Ragtag Daily Prompt-Marker

Throwback Thursday

Photo Credit:©️1963 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.

Location: Beckhamville, Chester County, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thank you for taking a trip with me to visit an historical marker near my father’s hometown. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Share Your Desktop: June 15

Clare at Clare’s Cosmos hosts the Share Your Desktop Challenge. She invites us all to share our desktops; whether that be from our desktops, laptops, tablets, or smartphones it does not matter. Join in the challenge and let us all see what you look at every day.

Here are my desktops, wallpapers, wall savers, from my Laptop and my iPhone:

From my HP Laptop:

Laptop Wallpaper:

My Grandson, Coleman
Anne Springs Close Greenway

Laptop Desktop:

Patterson Pond
Anne Springs Close Greenway

From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:

Reading Focus:

Alpaca
Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm
Anne Springs Close Greenway

Television Focus:

Horse Drinking Water
Greenway Stables Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway

Personal Focus:

Coleman with the Horses
Greenway Stables
Anne Springs Close Greenway

Hiking Focus:

Coleman Hiking
Dogwood Trail
Anne Springs Close Greenway

Share Your Desktop-June 2024

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

Cameras: Laptops) Canon EOS Rebel T3i; iPhone) iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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

2024 Weekend FOTD: 06.15/16

Gladioli

Gladioli ‘Oscar’
Large-flowered

Cee’s Weekend FOTD

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

2024 Thursday Doors

Historic Tack Shed Doors

At the Greenway Stables you’ll always need a place to store your tack and what better place than in an historic tack shed.

Now for a closer inspection …

And for a bonus Let’s cool off with a Kona Ice. Shall we?

Dan’s Thursday Doors

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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

2024 Thursday Trios: 06.13

Welcome to Our Hive

Bee 🐝 Happy

Queens Rachel, Leah, and Rahab’s Hives
Queens Leah, Ruth, and Eve’s Hives

Thursday Trios

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm; Greenway Stables Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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

Birds of the Carolinas #10

Barred Owl

Strix varia

The Barred Owl is often spotted in the various Greenways throughout South Carolina. Two of the Greenways they have been seen in are; 1) Lindsay Pettus Greenway located in Lancaster and 2) Anne Springs Close Greenway located in Fort Mill.

The Barred Owl (Strix varia) is the most commonly seen owl in South Carolina since they are often active during dawn and dusk. It is a large, round-headed owl with no ear tufts and a reasonably long, rounded tail. Its back is a mottled brown, the belly is buff coloured with vertical streaking, and the chest is horizontally barred. It has a yellow bill and dark eyes.

The barred owl is distributed throughout most of the eastern United States, as well as much of southern Canada. Barred Owls live in large, mature forests made up of both deciduous trees and evergreens, often near water. They nest in tree cavities. They usually choose cavities six to twelve metres above the ground in tall trees. 

Barred Owls can be found in many areas around the state. Still, the best places to find this owl are Sumter National Forest, Francis Marion National Forest, and Clemson Experimental Forest. In Lancaster and York Counties the Barred Owls are seen in the area Greenways near Lakes, Creeks, and Rivers. Most often spotted nestled high up in trees along the water banks.

Birds of the Carolinas 

Bird of the Week: LXVIII

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Playing the Numbers Game #25

The number for Judy’s Numbers Game this week is 146. Time to play.

Lesser Daisy Fleabane
(Erigeron strigosa)
Zinnias
The Farm
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Lake Haigler
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Coleman & Goat
Schiele Museum
Coleman
Schiele Museum

Judy’s Numbers Game-#25_146

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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2024 Macro Monday: 06.10

Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis
Trigonopeltastes delta
&
Eastern black swallowtail butterfly
on a Buttonbush

Macro Monday 

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.

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

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

2024 Silent Sunday: 06.09

Ocean Sunset

Silent Sunday

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Long Hilly Road to Great Falls

US 21 North

This long straight hilly 15-mile stretch of US 21 is the road that leads us to Great Falls, South Carolina coming out of Georgia. We would travel this road every three (3) to five (5) years to visit my dad’s parents and his brother and sister’s families. My dad grew up in Great Falls, but left when he joined the US Navy. It was only on these long summer trips that I was able to spend time with my dad’s family. Often when we came back to visit we would all go visit an attraction together on one of the days we were here.

Debbie’s Six Words Saturday

Throwback Thursday

Photo Credit: ©️1967 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.

Location: US 21 North in South Carolina, USA

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

2024 Monday Portrait: 06.03

Bos taurus indicus

Zebu

The Zebu (Bos indicus or Bos taurus indicus), sometimes known in the plural as indicine cattle, Camel cow or humped cattle, is a species or subspecies of domestic cattle originating in South Asia.

Zebu cattle are well known for being resistant to really high temperatures with high humidity concentrations (like we have here in the Carolinas.) They also have a greater resistance to parasites such as ticks, and have maternal behavior that allows them to take care of their offspring from possible predators, however, they are also docile if they are frequently handled.

Brahman are a breed of Zebu. This breed of Zebu is developed in the United States from cattle imported from India and Brazil. There are two distinct types of Brahman cattle; the Red Brahman and the Grey Brahman.

Monday Portrait

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA.

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

2024 RDP: Saturday – Boat

From Dock to Shining Sea

Docked Boats
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, USA Throwback Photo
Sailboat
In the Caribbean Sea
off the Coast of
Cozumel, Mexico
February 2020 iPhone 11 Pro Max
Boating on Lake Wylie
Taken from
McDowell Nature Preserve

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
July 2020 iPhone 11 Pro Max

RDP Saturday-Boat

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2024 Weekend FOTD: June 1/2

Zephyranthes atamasca

Rain lily, Atamasco lily, Zephyranthes atamasca, is a native Southeastern member of the regular “old” amaryllis family.

Rain Lilies

These were taken at Landsford Canal State Park while hiking the Canal Trail. The Canal Trail is an easy 1.5 mile hiking trail that runs alongside the Catawba River.

Weekend FOTD

Sunny Sunday

Silent Sunday

John’s Cellpic Sunday

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 21

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

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

Camera: iPhone 13 Pro Telephoto lens.

Location: Canal Trail; Landsford Canal State Park; Catawba, South Carolina, USA

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

Moving Forward In & Around …

Murrells Inlet

In the Car … On the Road Again driving from Charlotte, North Carolina to Murrells Inlet, South Carolina for some Deep Sea Fishing.

At Murrells Inlet … Let’s Keep Moving Forward to See What We Can See.

The Marshes of Murrells Inlet …

Moving Forward on a Fishing 🎣 Expedition …

Moving Forward Along the Fishing 🎣 Pier …

South Wind is Moving Forward towards the Dock …

Fishermen waiting
for the South Wind
to Pull Up to the
Alex Marina Dock.

Alex Marina

Boy holding Fish he caught

Moving Forward into the Gulf Stream for some Deep Sea Fishing

The South Wind pulls alongside the pier … excited fishermen watching “patiently” for their turn to go out on the boat.

Young Fisherman with his catch

This was a trip my dad made with my paternal uncle (my dad’s sister’s husband.) Not sure if anyone else went along or not, I do not recall. My dad & Shorty ( my uncle) decided to go deep sea fishing 🎣 and drove the three (3) hours to Murrells Inlet to go out on a charter fishing boat for the day.

Captain Alex’s Marina once stood along the creek front of Murrells Inlet and was first established in the early 1950’s. Murrells Inlet is a fantastic destination just thirty (30) short miles south of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It is considered to be the “seafood capital of South Carolina.”

The land around Murrells Inlet has an historical record of human settlement that goes back thousands of years, before written history. The history includes English colonial settlements and plantations which raised various crops from indigo to rice. An interesting note is that the fishing village of Murrells Inlet was once the lair of the infamous pirate Blackbeard. Today, it’s an outdoorsman’s dream.

A tribute to Captain Alex who ran The Alex Marina and took many on tours or fishing excursions in Murrells Inlet and other areas can be read by clicking here.

Becky’s Squares-Moving Forward

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #221

Throwback Thursday

Ludwig’s Monday Window

Photo Credit:©️1972 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved.

Location: Alex Marina; Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thank you for Moving Forward with us as I continue to Reconstruct my dad’s slides and the memories of his adventures. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

Birds of the Carolinas #8

Great Cormorant

The Great Cormorant are most likely to nest in colonies near wetlands, rivers, and sheltered inshore waters. It builds its nest, which is made from sticks, in trees, on the ledges of cliffs, and on the ground on rocky islands that are free of predators.

Great Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax carbo)

The Great Cormorant feeds on fish it dives to capture. It primarily feeds on are wrasses, but will also feast on sand smelt, flathead and common soles. Cormorants consume all fish of appropriate size that they are able to catch in summer and noticeably select for larger, mostly torpedo-shaped fish in winter.

Great Cormorant
Lake Haigler
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

The Great Cormorants were once near extinction due to fishermen hunting them. The fishermen saw them as competition. With terrific conservation efforts, their numbers increased once again.

Even though it is still illegal, in many areas, to kill a bird within a license some are in danger anyway. Fisheries claim that the Cormorants are eating the fish they have in their fish farms. Some licenses are used to reduce and/or control the cormorant population for the purpose of reducing its predation. Cormorant fishing is practiced in China, Japan, and in other areas around the globe. In Norway, the Cormorant is cones traditional game bird. However, in Northern Norway Cormorants are seen as semi-sacred. They are often regarded as good luck for them to gather around or near a village or settlement.

The Great Cormorants are spotted periodically at Lake Haigler in the Greenway. They are amazing to watch and sometimes you can see them diving for their feed. Other times you see them perched on a log or branch in the water or flying off around the lake.

Birds of the Carolinas 

Bird of the Week: LXVI

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

Camera: iPhone 11 Pro Max

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

God Bless. May all your hopes, dreams, and prayers be fulfilled. Take care of yourselves and have a fantastic rest of your week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.