Dan’s Thursday Doors
Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
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2023 Share Your Desktop—December
On my iPhone:
I actually have a different wallpaper for three different focus pages:
Gastonia Fire Department Station 4
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
1954-2018
Vietnam Veteran
On my Laptop:
Lake Haigler Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
laying on the grass
after sliding down the “Slide”
Lake Haigler Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
Clare’s Share Your Desktop-December 2023
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved
Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm Lens.
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2023 CWWC: December—Which ways on a cloudy or stormy day
Not sure if wintery frigid cold days count or not, however, I couldn’t resist adding a couple anyway-
Historic Hutchinson Homestead;
Stone Mountain State Park;
Roaring Gap, North Carolina, USA
while Driving the
Blue Ridge Parkway
Near
Boone, North Carolina, USA
Cee’s Which Way Challenge-Which ways on a cloudy or stormy day
Photo Credit: ©️2017-2022 Deb L. Waters
Cameras: Apple iPhone 7 Plus and Apple iPhone 13 Pro
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2023 Floral Friday: 12.15 — Orchid
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF75-300mm lens
Location: Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens; Belmont, North Carolina, USA
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2023 CFFC: From Sky to Sea the Blues Always Shine
Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved
Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
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2023 CMMC: December—Teal Color
Founders Trail
Carolina Thread Trail
Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
Catawba Indian Nation Greenway Trail
Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
BMX Playground
Riverwalk
Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Teal Color
Natalie’s Photographing Public Art Challenge
Photo Credit:©️2022 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro
Location: Various near the Catawba River; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
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Wordless Wednesday: 12.13.2023
Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday
Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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2023 FOTD: Orchids
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: Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden; Belmont, North Carolina, USA
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Holiday Laser Lights Show
Whatsoever Is Lovely – Week 50
Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday-Almost
Photo Credit: (c) Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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2023 WWE — Beautiful Reflections
of Lake Haigler
near Wild Azalea
of
Lake Haigler
on the Backside
of Lake Haigler
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #202
Photo Credit: (c)2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: 1-2) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 3-4) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 55-250mm lens.
Location: Lake Haigler; Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
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Seating near the Post Office
For the past two weeks (since Thanksgiving) I haven’t been able to get out and capture any scenery around me. Coleman and I have been sick with a bacterial infection consisting of chest congestion and a really bad cough. Over the counter medicine was not working for him so we finally took him to the doctor who prescribed an antibiotic. Hopefully all will be better soon.
We’ve been having issues in our townhome with pests and so today we bombed our place. (The pest controls the complex uses does not work!) So, we took it upon ourselves to try to remedy the problem. With bombing the place, we needed to get out of the place for a few hours, therefore we decided to go for a drive.
Driving around down in the Clover area, I noticed this table and seating outside the Clover Post Office and located near the drop off area. I have never seen seating outside of a post office before. My daughter obliged me to stop the vehicle a moment so I could snap a photo of the unusual (to me anyway) seating at the post office.
XingfuMama’s Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge: Week 50
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Clover, South Carolina, USA
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2023 December 11 — Broken Windows
Clover, South Carolina, USA
Former Southern Industries Mill in Clover, SC was a Yarn Spinning Mill that closed in 2007. This was originally built in 1923 (per tax records) as part of the Hampton Spinning Mill (until 1945), then American Thread Company until 1985.
In 1945, it was home to the American Thread Company.
This abandoned mill was one of the last textile mills in South Carolina to fall, following a long line of closures throughout the second half of the twentieth century as competition from foreign countries like China and India crippled an industry that once dominated South Carolina’s Upstate. Called Southern Industries of Clover, its doors closed in 2007.
Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Clover, South Carolina, USA
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2023 Monday Portrait: Throwback of Doc Watson
Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson was my fourth cousin, but more importantly than that he was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, and gospel music. He won the Grammy Awards seven times as well as earning the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Doc Watson was born in Deep Gap, North Carolina on March 3, 1923, and passed from this life into the next on May 29, 2012, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina at the age of 89. Doc was blind from infancy. He grew up on a farm and was encouraged at an early age, by his father, to learn to play the guitar, banjo, and harmonica. He often picked out tunes he heard on the radio or on old records. He introduced a flat-picking style which elevated the acoustic guitar from a rhythmically strummed background instrument to a leading role in bluegrass, country, folk, and rock music.
Doc’s Appalachian culture and roots enabled him to be presented to become the region’s unofficial ambassador to the world stage. He made appearances all across the country and recorded his first solo album in 1964. Je also recorded an album with his son, Merle in 1965. In 1973, Arthel “Doc” Watson received his first honorary doctorate. He continued to perform his musical talents until 2012, when he made his final appearance at MerleFest. MerleFest was started in 2009 in honor of Doc’s son Merle who passed on in 1985.
Doc Watson recorded over 40 albums; been awarded eight Grammys; held honorary doctorates from University of North Carolina Asheville and Berklee College of Music as well as Appalachian State University at the time of his death. He also received the North Carolina Award, the North Carolina Folk Heritage Award, a National Heritage Fellowship, and the National Medal of the Arts; been inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor; and was honored with a life-size statue on King Street in Boone, North Carolina.
Monochrome Monday
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Cell Pic Sunday: 12.10.2023 — Poinsettias
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Buick for Two: Care to share a Ride
XingfuMamas Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge: Week 49
Photo Credit: ©️2021 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 11 Pro Max
Location: North Carolina Transportation Museum; Spencer, North Carolina, USA
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2023 LAPC #278: Uniquely Christmassy
For this challenge I decided to go with a holiday/Christmassy take on Unique. A different perspective on Christmas trees and a snowman for the winter season.
on the Beach
Len-Artists Photo Challenge #278: Unique
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2023 December CMMC: Close Up or Macro
Schiele Museum of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-December Close Up or Macro
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Floral Friday: Narcissus tazetta
bunch-flowered daffodil, Chinese sacred lily,
cream narcissus, joss flower,
and polyanthus narcissus
Narcissus tazetta ( bunched-flowered daffodil) is a perennial ornamental plant that grows from a bulb.
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens
Location: Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens; Belmont, North Carolina, USA
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A Day Which Will Live in Infamy: December 7, 1941
The day Pearl Harbor, a U. S. Naval Base in Hawaii was attacked in a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. This attack devastated Pearl Harbor enormously. The United States lost 2,403 Americans, and 1,178 others were seriously wounded. This strike also produced significant naval and military asset losses some of which included battleships and aircraft. The attack on Pearl Harbor was the major factor that impelled the United States to enter World War II.
Remembrance Day
December 7, 2023
(twitter.com)
President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that this day would live in ‘infamy.’ This day also noted a significant shift in the global conflict and was a pivotal moment in the History of the United States of America.
Every year on December 7, Pearl Harbor Survivors, veterans, and visitors from all around the world unite together to honour and remember those 2,403 service members and civilians who were killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
It was on August 23, 1994 that the United States Congress designated December 7 as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Each year events are held in remembrance at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, concluding with a commemoration ceremony on December 7.
This year marks the 82nd Commemoration of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Events were held at the USS Utah, USS Oklahoma, USS Arizona (the Pearl Harbor National Memorial) as well as many other locations around the country.
Many here as well as myself were not alive yet when this attack took place, however its significance still impacts people tremendously.
As a personal note, a friend I knew in the church I grew up in was a Pearl Harbor Survivor. His name is Stuart Hedley. He was my church’s Sunday School Superintendent, an usher, a much loved father, friend, business man, and a much honoured U.S. Navy Veteran having served during World War II, Korean War, and a Pearl Harbor Survivor. He was an active member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and participated in many Veteran ceremonies including Pearl Harbor National Remembrance Day ceremonies. He amongst the many survivors and those who lost their lives that day will forever be remembered in infamy.
Pearl Harbor Survivor
World War I Veteran
For more information on Stuart Hedley and is remembrance of Pearl Harbor click here.
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2023 Thursday Trios: Baa Baa Sheep
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: 1-3) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens along with Altura (for Canon) Macro Wide-Angle Fish-Eye attachment; 4) iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
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2023 Thursday Doors: Meeting House
Dan’s Thursday Doors
Photo Credit: ©️2018 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone X
Location: Andrew Jackson State Park; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
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2023 CFFC: Any type of tool
My entry for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is a variety of tools seen or used throughout time.
given as a Christmas gift
to my daughter in 2020
seen on
Battleship USS North Carolina
in
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
The Farm
at the
Schiele Museum of Natural History;
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
using an Agricultural Pitchfork
at Anne Springs Close Greenway;
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
an Anvil Pruning Lopper
used during Volunteer Day
at Kings Mountain State Park;
Blacksburg, South Carolina, USA
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Any Type of Tool
Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters
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2023 SYW: Week of December 4th
Here are this week’s questions:
1. Would you rather bake or buy a cake?
I would rather bake a cake, but however, with a lactose intolerant family member we usually do not bake or eat cake. I have not found a lactose free icing recipe I really like and therefore we do not celebrate special occasions with cake. We do occasionally eat lactose free ice cream for special days.
2. Do you have your main meal during the day or in the evening?
If I lived alone, I would have main meal in the middle of the day, but since I don’t, we have it in the evening.
3. Do you have a sweet tooth or prefer Savoury food?
I prefer savory foods nowadays. When I was younger, I enjoyed sweet foods, but not anymore.
4. What is one food you absolutely detest?
Pickles, if I had to pick just one. I do not care for anything salty or vinegary.
Gratitude:
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Wordless Wednesday: Rhododendron ‘conlec’
Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S75-300mm lens
Location: Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens; Belmont, North Carolina, USA
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2023 FOTD: 5 December – Viola x wittrockiana
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with Altura for Canon Macro Wide-Angle Fisheye lens attachment.
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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2023 SYW: Week of 11.27
Here are this week’s questions:
1. Do you watch and enjoy reality TV shows?
No, I do not watch or enjoy reality TV shows. Years ago, I would watch American Idol, but lost interest over the years.
2. If you had the power, where would you send anyone you didn’t like?
Timbuktu. A place often referred to in the heat of the moment when one wants to be far away from someone regardless of whether there is a dislike of the person or just infuriated with them currently. Most times I would not want to send someone away permanently, maybe I might distance myself for a time, but would be better to just show kindness and ask the Lord to help you to understand and show love towards others.
3. Do you enjoy your own company and what do you do with your ‘Me Time’?
I do enjoy my own company and I think I always have. When I have “me time,” which is rare lately, I read and work on blog posts. I used to go on walks or hikes by myself, however, that is currently impossible as am the primary caretaker of my grandson. The only “me time” I get is when I can finally get him to sleep for the night which means I am awake very late into the early morning doing what I love to do, read and write.
4. If you wanted to change anything about your partner/pet/family what would it be?
If I could change anything about my family, I would change some of their habits like vaping, but I know I cannot do that, that can of habitual behavior change had to come from within themselves. I would instead change, if it were possible, our current living environment. I would live in a completely different and separate dwelling and possibly different environment than now. I would prefer, not financially possible currently, to live in a camper van and travel continuously across America visiting relatives and seeing parts of this vast great country I have never seen before.
Gratitude:
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2023 Macro Monday: Anolis carolinensis
Photo Credit: ©️2021 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens
Location: Fort Mill Dam; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
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2023 Monday Window: Courthouse Windows
New Braunfels, Texas
Comal County Courthouse
New Braunfels, Texas
Photo Credit: (c) 2020 Deb L. Waters … All rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Location: New Braunfels, Texas
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2023 Monday Portrait: Lucky Turkey
lucky enough
to not be
on a Dinner Plate
Photo Credit:©️2010 Deb L. Waters
Location: Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
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2023 Cell Pic Sunday: 12.3
at Westminster Park
Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
Photo Credit: ©️2022 Deb L. Waters
Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro
Location: Westminster Park; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
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2023 Silent Sunday: 12.3 -San Diego Sunset
When you have Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey …
Turkey sandwiches
with stuffing and gravy
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2023 FOTD: Rosa multiflora
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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2033 Last on the Card: November
From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:
wearing his new
Fireman’s Hat
from Station #4
From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:
at the Schiele Museum
of Natural History
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters
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2023 CWWC: November – Which ways with the color green
Good Morning, my entry for this challenge is a compilation of Coleman out in the GREEN woods hiking through nature trails.
Cee’s Which Way Challenge-Which ways with the color green
Photo Credit: ©2023 Deb L. Waters
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2023 CFFC: Any type of light fixture
Holiday Lighting
These Light fixtures and Christmas Lights were taken during a tour of the Biltmore Estate by a friend of mine.
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Lynne Traxler
Location: Biltmore Estate; Asheville, North Carolina, USA
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Painted Doors & Windows
Is it too Early for Christmas decorations? For Christmas themed store Windows and Doors? Evidently not for some businesses. These Festive Holiday Doors and Windows were painted by a friend of mine out in San Diego County. Hope y’all enjoy them.
Dan’s Thursday Doors
Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Karen Myers
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2023 CMMC – November Alphabet “R” at the end of a word
Here is my entry for this week’s challenge:
First, Looking up to the sky above …
Next, a look at (almost Coleman’s) eye level …
And finally, gazing beneath us …
reflections in the
Water of Lake Haigler
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters
Cameras: 1) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2-3) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.
Locations: 1) Gastonia, North Carolina; 2-3) Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA.
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2023 Thursday Trios: Goats at The Farm
The Goat in the middle of the trio was getting a shot and medicinal cream for his eczema. It took two to hold him during the process he wouldn’t buck, sometimes precautions are necessary.
can relax and
have fun now.
at The Farm
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens along with Altura (for Canon) Macro Wide-Angle Fish-Eye attachment.
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
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Edible Plants at The Farm
These are Collard Green Plants grown at The Gardens in The Farm at The Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina. Many people in the South eat Collard Greens on a regular basis. Personally, I did not grow up as a child eating Collard Greens even though I was born in the South. My mom never fixed them. Now we ate plenty of Spinach and other types of greens just not Collards. What are your thoughts on eating Collard Greens?
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens and Altura (for Canon) Macro Wide-Angle Fisheye lens attachment.
Location: The Garden; The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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2023 Wordless Wednesday: 11.29
Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday
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2023 Daily Prompts: 11.20 — Favorite Place
What is your favorite place to go in your city?
The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium is our favorite place to go to in our city, however, the most favorite place we love to go, and hike is in a town called Fort Mill. Fort Mill has many interesting places to visit where you can hike, or just enjoy the scenery.
The place we like to go and hike the most is called Anne Springs Close Greenway. The Greenway has five (5) different points of entrance and one can hike any one of the many trails on the 2,100 acres of nature preserve. The trails cover thirty-six (36) miles of hiking pleasure for hikers, runners, walkers, mountain bikers, and horseback riders to enjoy. Dogs are welcome but must be on a leash.
Whenever we are able to visit the Greenway, we like to enter at a different entrance point every time. Visiting different entrances gives us access to the many different trails and beautiful scenery accessible at the various locations. The most popular entrance is the Lake Haigler Entrance and is used by guests frequently. The entrances are:
- Lake Haigler Entrance/Greenway Gateway – activities my include hiking, horseback riding, kayaking, paddleboarding and fishing (free for members only, must have an SC Fishing License), or enjoy a meal at the Canteen. A new children’s playground is being constructed at this entrance.
- Points of Interests: Greenway Gateway (Visitor Center), Gateway Canteen (Dining), Bruce Rush Pavilion, Historic Nation Ford Road, Kayak Launch, Swinging Bridge, and Scoville Dock.
- Dairy Barn Entrance – hiking, close to the main Suspension Bridge and the Greenway Spillway.
- Points of Interest: Founders Dairy Barn, Betsy McLean Plant-A-Row for the Hungry Garden, Comporium Amphitheater, Faires-Coltharp Cabin, Graham Cabin, and Swinging Bridge.
- Adventure Road Entrance – hiking and mountain biking, fishing (members only), disc golf, dog park play (Add-on membership required).
- Points of Interests: Bob Reid Field Trial Barn, Lake Crandall, Lake Frances, Marion Walsh Outdoor Classroom, Mary Warner Mack Dog Park, Stumpy Pond, Swinging Bridges (3).
- Greenway Stables Entrance – hiking, horseback riding (Advanced registration required), visit farm animals, a new children’s farm is in process of being constructed. Coleman loves to visit the many horses and farm animals at this location.
- Points of Interest: Greenway Stables, Farm animals
- Blue Star Entrance – Mountain biking and hiking
- Points of Interest: Garrison-Webb Grist Mill, North Tunnel
I encourage y’all if you are ever in the area to stop by and visit the Anne Springs Close Greenway. Beautiful Nature Preserve, Wildflower Garden, and many amazing sights to see and photograph. My grandson, Coleman, and I love to visit the Greenway any and every opportunity we receive. I highly recommend visiting.
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Water Reflections and Autumn Leaves
When Coleman and I took an early morning hike along the Nature Trail at The Schiele Museum of Natural History, just before Thanksgiving, I was amazed at the spectacular view of the tremendous number of leaves which had fallen on the ground and in the Pond. It was such an amazing sight I had to capture the moment with my camera. This slideshow is my entry for Dawn’s Festival of Leaves and Jez’s Water Water Everywhere.
Dawn’s Festival of Leaves Challenge
Photo Credit: (c)2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens and Altura (for Canon) Macro Wide-Angle Fisheye lens attachment.
Location: Nature Trail; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
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2023 Macro Monday: Raindrops in the Garden
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens
Location: The Farm Gardens; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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2023 LAPC #277 — Empty Space
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge (LAPC) #277 – Empty space
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Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography 