Pull Up a Seat: 2023 – Week 13

One can select a variety of seating of your choosing around the beautiful picturesque Gardens.

In Loving Momory
of
Maria Ann Smal
Enjoy the views
as you relax
in a Adirondack Chair
Or have a snack
or drink by one
of the patio tables
However,
it is not wise
to choose Coleman’s
choice of Seating.

Pull up a seat

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Down a Garden Path

Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
Belmont, North Carolina

Which Way Challenge

FOTD

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NPC #5/CPC: First Hints/Signs of Spring in The South-Central Piedmont Region of North Carolina

Eastern Tree Caterpillar
nests are commonly found on
wild cherry, apple, and crab apple,
but may be found on hawthorn, maple,
cherry, peach, pear and plum as well.
There is one generation of the
Eastern tent caterpillar per year.
The insects overwinter
as egg masses on twigs,
and they hatch in April.
They turn into moths
which are reddish-brown
with two pale stripes running
diagonally across each forewing.
Photinia ‘ Red Robin ‘ P x fraseri
also known as the Christmas Berry
makes an attractive hedging plant
with its glossy red new growth.
Wisteria sinensis ‘Cooke’s Purple’
Hally Jolivette Cherry (Prunus)
is one of the best
flower ornamental
cherry trees available.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: First hints of spring

Nature Photo Challenge #5: Signs of Spring

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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Cell Pic Sunday: 2023 March 26_Ti Plant

Cordyline Fruticosa Ti Plant
Cordyline fruticosa

is an evergreen flowering plant
in the family Asparagaceae.
It is identified by a wide

variety of common names,
including ti plant,
palm lily, cabbage palm.

My grandson and myself saw many beautiful plant and flowers while we had a short visit (short due to rain) to Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens in Belmont, North Carolina. This photo was taken with my iPhone 14 Pro Max at f/1.8 • 1/57 • 6.86mm • ISO 250.

John’s Cellpic Sunday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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FOTD: 2023 – Prunus Serotina

Prunus serotina var. serotina
COMMON NAME:
Black Cherry,

Eastern Wild Black Cherry,
Bird Cherry

Cee‘s Flower of the Day Challenge

Floral Friday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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2023 Nature Photo Challenge: PINK

Pink Carnations

Loropetalum chinense

is commonly known
loropetalum,
Chinese Fringe Flower
and Strap Flower
Flowers on an
Eastern Redbud
(Cercis canadensis)
Pink Rose
Pink for Breast Cancer
No one should
FIGHT ALONE
Til Valhalla Project
No Hero Left Behind

Denzil Nature Photo Challenge:Pink

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Bren’s Floral Friday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

©️2023@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com … All Rights Reserved.

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Macro Monday: Pansy

Purple Pansy
Shot on Canon
at Martha Rivers Park

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Macro Monday

Cees’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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WHATSOEVER IS LOVELY CHALLENGE-2023 WEEK 10

Garden Flowers
Martha Rivers Park
Gastonia, North Carolina

WHATSOEVER IS LOVELY CHALLENGE-2023 WEEK 10

Cee‘s Flower of the Day Challenge

Floral Friday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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

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Wordless Wednesday: Dandelions

I decided to display a slide show of Dandelions and Coleman blowing Dandelion seeds into the wind instead of just one picture for today’s post.

Wordless Wednesday

FOTD

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Shot on a Canon EOS Rebel T3i with a Canon 75-300 mm lens.

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FOTD: Redbud Dogwood Japanese Maple Willow

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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Floral Friday: Cherry Plum (Prunus cerasifera)

Cherry 🍒
Plum
Prunus
Cerasifera

Posted for Bren’s Floral Friday and Cee’s Flower of the Day

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Taken with my iPhone 13 Pro on Tuesday, February 28 @ 3:26 pm.

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Floral Friday: 2023 February 24 – Yellow Garden Pansies

Viola × wittrockiana
Yellow Garden Pansy
Container Garden Pansies

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Floral Friday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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FOTD: 2023 Tuesday February 21 – Daffodils

Large-Cupped Daffodils
(Narcissus’Ice Follies’)
White and Yellow
Daffodils
Close up view
of a
Large-cupped
Daffodil

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 13 Pro

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FOTD: 2023 February 17 – Viola Garden Pansy

Purple Violet Pansy

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Floral Friday

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Wordless Wednesday: Phalaenopsis Jillion | Orchid flower

Phalaenopsis Jillion |
Orchid flower,
Orchid tree,
Orchid

Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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A Rose Bouquet: A Beauty for your day.

Rose Orange Crush

John’s Cell Pic Sunday

FOTD

Floral Friday

CFFC

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Color My World Challenge: Forest Green

Green plants
and
Trees along
Baxter Village Trailhead
Coleman
in Green shirt
observing
Rosmarinus officinalis Arp
(Rosemary)

Color My World’s Forest Green challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon Rebel T3i Lens: Canon18-55mm with Altura Super Macro Lens plus Altura Fisheye Lens

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FOTD: 2023 – Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia L.)

Buds of Sorbus aucuparia Fastigiata

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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Sunny Sunday! #6 – Helianthus

Helianthus

Helianthus annuus is the taxon name for this flower. Most people would recognize the common name for it though. The common name is Common Sunflower.

Sunny Sunday!

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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FOTD: 2023 – Floral Arrangements @ Doc Watson Statue

Floral Arrangements
Arthel “Doc” Watson Statue
Boone, North Carolina

Arthel “Doc” Watson (1923-2012), an 8-time Grammy winner, was born down the road in Deep Gap and always remained “Just One of The People,” as this sculpture states. [As a side note: “Doc” is my maternal 4th cousin.]

Doc became part of the Folk Revival and is known worldwide for his flat-picking style of guitar playing. The Town of Boone celebrates Doc Watson Day every year with a concert at the Jones House. This bronze statue of Doc Watson was dedicated on June 24, 2011, and sculpted by Alexander M. Hallmark.

Sitting by my cousin,
Arthel “Doc” Watson’s Bronze Statue
Boone, North Carolina

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Floral Friday

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FOTD: 2023 – Christmas Star

Euphorbia pulcherrima (Stelle di Natale)
Christmas Star, Poinsettia

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: Jim Elder

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FOTD: 2023 – Gazania rigens


Gazania rigens, Treasure Flower,

Histadrut flower/Union flower


Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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FOTD: 2023 – Euryops pectinatus_Asteraceae

Common Name: Bush Daisy (other common names: Golden Euryops, Golden Daisy Bush, Yellow Bush Daisy, Euryops Species)

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Floral Friday

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FOTD: 2023 – Indian Hawthorn Bush Berries

Indian Hawthorn
Bush Berries,
Rhaphiolepis indica

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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FOTD: 2023 – Jazmín azul

Jazmín azul
also known as
Plumbago auriculata.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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FOTD: 2023 – Geranium

Cardinal fuchsia
with nuanced leaf

Photo Credit: Jim Elder

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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Silent Sunday: Black Chokeberry Aronia

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Silent Sunday

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Floral Friday #82: Aloe arborescens


Aloe arborescens, the krantz aloe or candelabra aloe

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: Jim Elder

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FOTD: Plumeria

Plumeria (Plumeria rubra ‘Lani’)

Photo Credit: Mike Atkinson Atkinson Plumeria

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Wordless Wednesday: Aloe Arborescens

Aloe Arborescens
Laguna, California
Photo Credit: Andrew Dussault

Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)

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FOTD: 06 January 2023 – A Greenway Floral Garden

Floral Garden
Gibson House
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Horse Stables Entrance

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L Waters

Copyright ©️2022@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com

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Floral Friday: 12/30/2022

Small White Wildflowers
They grow everywhere around here.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Floral Friday

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FOTD: Kalanchoe Provincial 2

Kalanchoe Provincial 2

Captured this plant with my iPhone 13 Pro at my local Aldi’s.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Cell Pic Sunday

Photo Credit: Copyright (c)2022@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com … All Rights Reserved.

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Floral Friday #83: December 23, 2022

Spotted this plant by the checkout counter at our local Aldi’s.

Christmas Kalanchoe

The Kalanchoe is a group of exotic succulents prized for their unusual foliage and flowers. The scientific name is Kalanchoe blossfeldiana. It is a herbaceous and is commonly cultivated as a house plant of the genus Kalanchoe native to Madagascar. A few of the English common names are flaming Katy, Christmas kalanchoe, florist kalanchoe and Madagascar widow’s thrill.

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

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CMMC: Violet or White Color – At the Gibson House

It’s been cold and rainy all week. On Wednesday, Coleman and I decided to try to beat the rain and ventured out to visit Forest at Anne Springs Close Greenway Horse Stables. It was sure cold 🥶 though. However, Coleman enjoyed his time visiting the horses. [Those pictures are saved for another post].

Hanging Planter
on the ground
at the
Gibson House

We spotted these Violet and White Flowers by the Gibson House on the way back to the car whilst trying not to get the camera wet. So naturally I had to capture them with a few snapshots. After all I did have my camera around my neck.

Posted as par Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC) and Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge.

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Floral Friday # 81: December 16, 2022 – Salvia lyrata

Salvia lyrata

It is sometimes grown in gardens for its attractive foliage and flowers, though it can prolifically seed, easily becoming a lawn weed.

Photo taken @ Andrew Jackson State Park in April 2018 with an Apple iPhone X.

Photo Credit: ©️2018@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com

Bren’s Floral Friday Challenge.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge.

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Wordless Wednesday: December 14, 2022

Wordless Wednesday

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CMMC: Macro or Close-up – December 2022

Western
Honey Bee
on
Goldenrod
Lilium Candidum,
the Madonna Lily
or White Lily
Hemerocallis
Common Name:
Daylily or Day Lily

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC)

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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FOTD: Zonal Geranium

AKA
Garden Geranium

Cee’s Flower of the Day Photography Challenge.

Bren’s Floral Friday Challenge

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Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge: Pinkish – Rose

A Pink Rose
from my
Garden
years ago

Posted as part of Weekly Prompts Color Challenge.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge.

Wordless Wednesday

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Cell Pic Sunday: December 4, 2022 – Butterfly

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Blossoming Bird Cherry
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
nurturing on
(Prunus padus, hagberry, mayday tree)

Photo Credit: ©️2022@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com

Posted as part of John’s Cell Pic Sunday Challenge

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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FOTD: December 3, 2022 – Viola

Haven’t traveled too far since Covid-19 lockdown, however, in early 2020 I visited relatives in Texas. While there I would walk around the neighborhood or wherever the opportunity arose.

VIOLA TRICOLOR VAR. HORTENSIS PENSEER

I spotted these lovely flowers while walking around my Aunt’s neighborhood in Abilene, Texas. It was taken with the cell phone I had at the time, an iPhone 11 Pro Max.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge. FOTD.

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FOTD: Decorated For Christmas

Decorated with
Christmas 🎄 Lights

Cee’s Flower of the Day and Becky’s Walking Squares Photo Challenges.

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Bren’s Floral Friday Challenge: 11/25/2022

Wildflowers –
Purple Cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus

Posted as part of Bren’s Floral Friday Challenge.

FOTD

Walking Squares

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FOTD: November 19, 2022 -Wildflower

Cosmos bipinnatus,
commonly called
the garden cosmos
or Mexican aster.

These Garden Cosmos are located in the Jane Spratt McColl Wildflower Meadow at Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

Flower of the Day

FOTD

Photo Credit: ©️2022@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com

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