Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023Deb L. Waters
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WHATSOEVER IS LOVELY CHALLENGE-2023 WEEK 35
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
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Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens. f/5.6 • 1/200s • 150mm • ISO115-200
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
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Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Blue Trail; Warlick Family YMCA; Gastonia, North Carolina
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Coreopsis lanceolata is a North American species of tickseed in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Eastern and Central parts of the United States, naturalized in Canada, the Western United States, Mesoamerica, South America, South Africa and Eastern Australia. It is found in open woodlands, prairies, plains, glades, meadows and savannas.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.78 • 24mm • ISO64
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Ludwigs Monday Windows
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit : ©️ 2023 Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Sunday Stills-Hints Autumn
One Word Sunday-Orange
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters
Cameras: 1) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2-4 Canon EOS Rebel T3i
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I’m a little late for NPC #25, but I hope better late than not at all. This one was a challenge for me. I hope I’ve done it justice.
Nature Photo Challenge #25-Seedheads
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
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Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.
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The Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris deffinis) is a moth of the order Lepidoptera, family Sphingidae. It mimics a bumblebee in appearance. It is sometimes called a “Hummingbird Moth” due to its ability to dark quickly from flower to flower, and its ability to hover over nectar sources.
The Snowberry Clearwing is hovering from flower to flower, which are called Phlox Carolina ‘Gypsy Love’. The Phlox carolina ‘Gypsy Love’ have narrow, pointed foliage and pink flowers in early summer. The Carolina Phlox are native to the southeastern United States. They are an herbaceous perennial boasting broadly cylindrical clusters of lavender to pink or white flowers over a long season.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with Altura Fisheye Lens attachment.
Location: Out Front of The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Any Word that Begins with an “O”
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.
Location: Avon Catawba Creeks Greenway; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Forms in Nature
Photo Credit: 2023 Deb L. Waters
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Johns Cellpic Sunday
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 • 1/4367 • 6.86mm • ISO 64
Location: In front of Gaston Inn; Gastonia, North Carolina
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.
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Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.
Location: Avon Catawba Creeks Greenway Trail; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
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Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.
Location: Lineberger Park; Gastonia, North Carolina
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Macro Monday-Butterfly Bush
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Lineberger Park; Gastonia, North Carolina
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: 2023 Deb L. Waters
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2023 Week 32
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Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with Altura Wide-Angle Fish-Eye Attachment. f/5.6 • 1/80 • 55mm • ISO160
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History & Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina
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Color vs. Black & White
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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The Carolina Wild Petunia are extremely common in North Carolina. They are found in lawns and woodlands. This Wild Petunia was seen at Anne Springs Close Greenway along the trails at the Adventure Road Entrance. Many times, even though these flowers are beautiful, they are overlooked and sometimes considered a lawn weed. The Carolina Wild Petunia’s flowers only last a day, but they also have a long flowering period which compensates for the shorter blooming time.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters …All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 • 1/387 • 6.86mm • ISO64
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge-Simply Orange
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Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.
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The specific epithet carolina refers to its native habitat in the eastern United States. It grows in woodland edges and openings. Flowers attract bees, hummingbirds, and butterflies.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Close Up of Macro
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
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Camera: Photos 1-2 & 4-5 ~> iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens. f/5.6 • 1/250 • 205mm • ISO3200
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Johns Cellpic Sunday
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
WHATSOEVER IS LOVELY CHALLENGE-2023 WEEK 30
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Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.
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These are also known as Indian Potato, Man-of-the-Earth, Manroot, Morning Glory, Wild Potato Vine, Wild Sweet potato, Wild Sweet potato Vine.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens. f/7.1 • 1/400 • 300mm • ISO1000
Location: Warlick Family YMCA; Gastonia, North Carolina
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Dale of The Cosmic Photo Challenge prompt is Freestyle this week.
Since this is freestyle week I decided to let you visit with me on one of the hikes Coleman and I took this past week. This hike was a little bit different in that we had my daughter, Coleman’s mom, along with us. On Tuesday we needed to be out of the home for awhile because a pest control company was going to come in and spray per the Complex management.
Therefore, we decided to go hiking in one of Coleman’s favorite places. The place we chose was Anne Springs Close Greenway about twenty minutes or so from our residence. Mind you now my daughter is not fond of hiking at all. When we arrived, we should them my membership card and proceeded to park. We thought Trisha, my daughter, was just gonna sit and relax near the canteen while Coleman and I hiked. It didn’t exactly go like we had thought. You see, Trisha brought her dog along with on our adventure ( he had to be out of the home as well).
Chewbacca, Trisha’s dog, decided he wanted to hike with us, therefore she had to tag along. We walked down to the lake and proceeded along the trail, Lake Haigler Loop, around the lake.
Coleman loves to run along the trail. I prefer a slower pace since I normally take many photos along the trail of the various sites we see. Often we observe different angles around the lake, seeing flowers, butterflies, sometimes turtles, bees, and even dragonflies.
At other times we see amazing reflections in the water.
I love seeing various creatures feasting on the nectar of wildflowers her at the Greenway.
Further down the trail as we hike around the lake I notice what appears to be a shape of a triangle formed with the reflections in the lake.
As we keep going I slow down observing butterflies flittering to and fro. Naturally I stop to snap a photograph. Meanwhile, my daughter’s trying to convince me to stop taking pictures. Guess what? She didn’t convince me, not one single solitary moment.
Next on our hike we come across a dragonfly and several turtles along the edge of the lake.
By this time my daughter is tired and wants to get this hike over with. Naturally, Coleman and Chewbacca want to keep going. They’re enjoying the outdoors adventure. Hence, we keep chugging along.
After awhile we decide to pull up a seat and relax a bit before finishing our hike. But first there’s more to observe as we near the picnic tables along the backside of the lake.
Finally to a spot to snack relax near the water’s edge.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Freestyle
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2023-Week 29
Alive and Trekking’s Which Way Photo Challenge.
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i and iPhone 14 Pro Max
I hope you enjoyed trekking along with us on our hike around Lake Haigler. God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all.
The best time of the year to photograph water lilies or spider lilies in the Carolinas is mid-May through early June. That is when they are at their peak and estimated in 100% full peak of magnificence. These Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies were shot at Landsford Canal State Park. The Landsford Canal State Park is the home of the world’s largest population of Rocky Shoals Lilies. They bloom annually on the shoals along the Catawba River. You can get a closer look at the Spider Lilies if you access the river via a canoe or kayak. There is a 1.5-mile roundtrip Canal Trail you can hike which will take you to an overlook where you can get a panoramic view of the botanical white wonder of the Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies. Landsford Canal State Park is located in Catawba, Chester County, South Carolina.
Denzil Nature #21: Water Plants
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 1/120 6.86mm ISO50
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I do not have my own personal garden where I currently reside. There are various Gardens close by where I am able to visit occasionally with my grandson. The following are a few examples of what can be seen at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens in Belmont, North Carolina.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Around the garden.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Location: Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens Belmont, North Carolina
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
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Lens-Artists Challenge #257: Simplicity Photography
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters …All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: The Schiele Museum Farm, Gastonia, North Carolina
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WHATSOEVER IS LOVELY CHALLENGE-2023 WEEK 27
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters. All Rights Reserved
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.
Location: Wildflower Garden, Anne Springs Close Greenway, Fort Mill, South Carolina
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)
Photo Credit: (c) Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: The Schiele Museum, Grist Mill Area, Gastonia, North Carolina
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Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge
Photo Credit: (c) Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with a Canon EF75-300mm lens.
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These coneflowers are native to North America, and there are nine known species of Echinacea. Echinos is Greek for “hedgehog” or “sea urchin” which is reflective of the plants spiny center cone. Pallida is Latin and translated means “pale.” This is in reference to their petal color which is a pale pink-purple.
Interesting Medicinal Information:
Echinacea was first used by Native Americans for treatment of insect stings and bites as well as snake bites. Currently, Echinacea is used to prevent colds, flu, and other respiratory tract infections. It has also been proven to boost the immune system and treat urinary tract infections. Echinacea preparations can also be topically applied for wounds or skin problems. The roots and whole plant possess a cortisone-like antibacterial property.
WHATSOEVER IS LOVELY CHALLENGE-2023 WEEK 26
Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.
Location: Wildflower Garden, Anne Springs Close Greenway, Fort Mill, South Carolina
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Denzil’s Nature Photo Challenge #18: Cacti
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This type of plants are DECIDUOUS SHRUBS. Their typical butter yellow autumn leaves fall leaving the flowers exposed on this later flowering selection with slightly larger flowers than the species.
These particular witch-hazels were located near the Lake Trail at Crowders Mountain State Park in Kings Mountain, North Carolina.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Crowders Mountain State Park Visitors Center, Kings Mountain, North Carolina, USA
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My grandson and I spotted these spectacular flowers near the entrance to the Nature Trail at The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium located in Gastonia, North Carolina when we went there to go hiking this past week.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: (c)Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm Lens.
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Altura Macro Wide-Angle EF-S18-55mm lens for Canon
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Interesting Facts:
Red clover is a good pollen and nectar source for bumblebees.
Red clover’s flowers and leaves are edible, and can be added as garnishes to any dish. They can be ground into a flour.
The flowers often are used to make jelly and tisanes, and are used in essiac recipes. Their essential oil may be extracted and its unique scent used in aromatherapy.
It is widely grown as a fodder crop, valued for its nitrogen fixation, which increases soil fertility. For these reasons, it is used as a green manure crop.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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