Crassula ovate

God Bless. Bloom where you are. Take Care. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography
This blog is for my insights on life, the Bible, hiking adventures with my grandson and whatever is important to me
Crassula ovate

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

Photo Credit:©️1978 Nornal H. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm
Location: San Diego Wild Animal Park ( Now known as San Diego Safari Park); Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA
God Bless. Take Care. Stay Warm. Stay Safe. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Lantana camera

Photo Credit:©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF75-300mm lens
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.
Wintertime Hydrangeas


Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.
Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have a fantastic day. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us.
“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.”
~ Luther Burbank

“We don’t ask a flower any special reason for its existence. We just look at it and are able to accept it as being something different for ourselves.”
— Gwendolyn Brooks
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. I am Grateful for each and every one of y’all. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
Judy invites us to join in with her to play “The Numbers Game #56.” Today’s number is 177. To play along, she suggests you 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 her 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.This prompt will repeat each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog in comments below.
Here are my contributions to The Numbers Game Challenge:























God Bless. Take Care. Enjoy Nature. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much
Camellia japonica

Photo Credit:©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens
Location: Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden; Belmont, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Take Care. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
“Each time a flower blooms, the world is reminded that there is beauty in new beginnings.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

“The seeds of kindness that you plant today will one day bloom in the hearts of all that you touch.”
Author Unknown
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. I am Grateful for each and every one of y’all. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
Judy invites us to join in with her to play “The Numbers Game #55.” Today’s number is 176. To play along, she suggests you 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 her 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.This prompt will repeat each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog in comments below.
Here are my contributions to The Numbers Game Challenge:




















God Bless. Take Care. Enjoy Nature. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Blanc in Nature







Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge-Blanc
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
“Each time a flower blooms, the world is reminded that there is beauty in new beginnings”.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
via Goodreads

“May this New Year add a burst of colors and fragrance into your life just like a new blooming flower!”
~ Alex Montt
Alex Montt
Flowers BloomHope.com
Flowers BloomHope.com
God Bless. Happy New Year to one and all. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. I am Grateful for each and every one of y’all. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
Dedicating this post
to our beloved friend, Cee.
Where I live we still have a little over two and a half hours before 2025’s arrival. I do not normally do year end reviews and I’ve long since given up on making any New Year’s Resolutions. This year Sunday Stills is asking us to do an Annual Year in Review. Therefore, I decided to give a few tidbits of my 2024.
Other Activities outside of Blogging:
Now for my Floral Year in Review:
January Flowers (sad to say not many):

February Flowers:



March Flowers:





April Flowers:



May Flowers:






June Flowers:



July Flowers:




August Flowers:



September Flowers:



October Flowers:


November Flowers:



December Flowers:


I am grateful for each and everyone who has visited, liked, and or commented on my blog. I hope to see y’all participating in the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) in 2025. Happy New Year!
Sunday Stills: Annual Year in Review

God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Love to all from Coleman and myself.
Plumeria

God Bless. Praying for Cee & Chris. Take Care. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
Wood Spurge




Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
La Flor de Nochebuena
“Let us all come together and spread happiness and joy using the poinsettia plant, which has always been special.”
MindsQuotes

“When families gather everywhere, and carols fill the frosty air, May peace come knocking at your door, and dwell within forever more.”
Zazzle
Someone Is Missing At Christmas
Copyright 1992 Genie Graveline
Let this be a loving reminder That someone is missing today, Someone our hearts still hold on to, As we travel along life’s way. Someone who made life so special, For all those who gather here. Someone who won’t be forgotten, But cherished from year to year. And now, as we pause to remember,
Let us all fondly recall, How dearly each of us loved her, And oh…how she loved us all!
God Bless. Happy New Year to one and all. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. I am Grateful for each and every one of y’all. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
Wildlife Habitat Flowers
Coleman and I spotted these flowers while hiking along the trail in Central Park the other week. There’s not much in this Wildlife Habitat that we could see, but maybe it’ll seem more appealing in the Spring.


Carol’s Thursday Trios-12.26
Cee’s Flower of the Day (Does Metal Flowers count?)
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Wildlife Habitat; Hiking Trail; Central Park; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. As we approach 2025, may God watch over you, keep you safe, fill you with hope, joy, peace, and love. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Prunus caroliniana

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; 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.
Euphorbia pulcherrima

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
“Christmas magic is silent. You don’t hear it – you feel it. You don’t see it – you believe it.”
Virgin Experience Days

“When compassion for the common man was born on Christmas Day, with it was born new hope among the multitudes.”
Frank Laubach
pioneer woman
“The loving, sharing, and giving of Christmas should not just be enjoyed for one day, it should never be put away.”
Virgin Experience Days
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. I am Grateful for each and every one of y’all. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
Floral Macro


Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: By the South Fork Catawba River; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thank you visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Sulfur Cosmos

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 49
Photo Credit: 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
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.
“May the beauty of Christmas, make your heart bloom with joy!”
123Greetings.com
Mery Christmas
“The holiday season is a perfect time to reflect on our blessings and seek out way to make life better for those around us.”
~ Terri Marshall ~
MONDAY’S FLOWER QUOTE
2018 Hoating Petals, LLC

“It’s not about your presents, but it is about your presence. Therein lies the spirit of the holiday season.”
~ JulieAnne O’Connor ~
MONDAY’S FLOWER QUOTE
“Let the spirit of love gently fill our hearts and homes. In this loveliest of seasons may you find many reasons for happiness.”
Quotes Yard
Happy Holidays
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. I am Grateful for each and every one of y’all. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
Crape Myrtle

Photo Credit:©️2022 Deb L. Waters .., All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro Wide Camera
Location:Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.


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

Photo Credit:©️2015 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 6 Plus Rear Camera
Location: Lancaster County Library; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
A Garden of Flowers

Photo Credit:©️2011 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Location: Holmes County, Ohio
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
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.
A Bouquet of Roses

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
As I write on this Thanksgiving Day, I am grateful for the friends and followers I have made on WordPress and in my life. I am grateful for all y’all’s insights, inspirations, and encouragement. I am grateful y’all have come into my life and I am able to call y’all my friends.
“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Gratitude is a flower
~ Pope Francis
that blooms noble souls.”
“May your day unfold with love
~ Kathy Hallowell/pinterest.com
and grace. May your heart
be filled with gratitude.”
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. I am Grateful for each and every one of y’all. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
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
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #247
Photo Credit: (c) 2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved
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.
A Walk Through a Garden

Photo Credit:©️2019 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone XR Rear Camera
Location: Glencairn Garden; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
“Flowers leave some of
– Chinese proverb
their fragrance in the
hand that bestows them.”

“Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.”
~ Helen Keller
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
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.
























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

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
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.
Multiflora Spreading/Trailing Petunia

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
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.
Cee, I have loved being apart of all your challenges for the past three years. You have always been encouraging and inspiring with all your challenges, comments, and friendly kindness and support of my (all of our) photography and posts. I’m thinking of you and praying for you.
Here’s a Bouquet of Flowers for You




One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge-November 2024
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thank you Cee for all your support and encouragement. I have cherished our blogging friendship. Chris, thank you for keeping us informed and taking care of Cee for us. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
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.
Once Silent, Now Lively
The playground at Goat Island Park and Greenway had been “Silent” since the winds and storms caused by Hurricane Helene came through our area flooding many a Greenway including Goat Island Greenway. While there is still work to be done around the Greenway and the playground area, enough has been done to allow the playground to mostly reopen with the exception of the big green slide and a few other insignificant areas (at least as far as the children are concerned). The Goat Island Park and Greenway’s Playground now welcomes children once again inviting them to play, climb, and enjoy its equipment; hence the Playground is Alive and Lively once more.



























Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2024-Week 45
Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 45
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #243
Photo Credit: © 2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
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.
Chrysanthemum × morifolium

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
Sweetunia Burgundy Petunia

Petunia ‘Sweetunia Burgundy’

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location:Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Smell the Flowers. See the Beauty in Simplicity. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
For You
to
Brighten Your Day
“Amidst life’s chaos, find your happiness in the simple elegance of tulips.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Tulips are the poets of the garden, whispering tales of strength and beauty to those who listen with their hearts.”
Alice Hoffman
Simplybeyondherbs.com
No matter your circumstances, tulips/flowers bring about a smile, happiness, peace and strength to see you through all your tomorrows.
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Flowers. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
Tall Morning Glory

The morning glory plants entwine themselves around structures, growing to a height of 2-3 m (6 ft 7 in – 9 ft 10 in) tall. Their leaves are heart-shaped and the stems are covered with brown hairs. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, predominantly blue to purple or white.


These Purple Morning Glories are located on the side of a small hill below railroad tracks up the street from our home. I found it interesting how they are entwined with the gravel as they climb the hill and how they rise up towards the sky in the mornings.
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location:Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Smell the Flowers. See the Beauty in Simplicity. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
For Judy’s “The Numbers Game #46” Game she invites all to play along. Here are her ideas on how to play along in this challenge. This week’s number is 167. 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.






























Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 44
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
God Bless. Take Care. Don’t be Upset and Angry about Political Results; Remember God is in Control. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
For C & B
I miss Cee when I do not see her posts and pray she is well. I love Squaring for Becky & appreciate all she & Cee do for our blogosphere.






Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thinking of Cee & Becky. Pray you’re feeling better. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Grows New Life
As Coleman and I were walking along the trail (and even a little off trail) around the Riverside Greenway, I noticed a marshy area where the flood waters were still surrounding many plants and vegetation. Other areas where the flood waters had recently receded were still mushy and difficult to walk through, but Coleman is a trooper and loves to explore everything. With all the devastation caused by the storm and strong winds, I was amazed to see signs of new plant life sprouting in amongst the tremendous amount of leaves near fallen trees. No matter how things may seem, God is in control. New life begins once again.
“The marsh did not confine them but defined them and, like any sacred ground, kept their secrets deep.”
From Where the Crawdads Sing.
– Delia Owens

“Every day is a fresh beginning; Every morn is the world made new.”
– Sarah Chauncey Woolsey

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.”
– T.S. Eliot

“Be a miracle that grows. Live deeply from the soul.”
Angie Weiland-Crosby
Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thank you for visiting, listening, and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location:Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Smell the Flowers. See the Beauty in Simplicity. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.