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Crowders Mountain State Park is a 5,217-acre North Carolina state park located in Gaston County, North Carolina in the United States. Gaston County is located 32 miles west of Charlotte. It is on the outskirts of Gastonia, North Carolina.
Crowders Mountain State Park includes two mountain peaks with fabulous views of the surrounding Piedmont area. The peaks include Crowders Mountain and The Pinnacle. There are three different Access Points to the state park.
My grandson and I entered the Crowders Mountain State Park via the Boulders Access Point. This was the first time I took him to this location. We didn’t go far on this trip, only 2.8 miles round trip. We hiked a small portion of the Ridgeline Trail. The entire Ridgeline Trail runs along both North and South Carolina.
The Ridgeline Trail is only one of many trails in the state park. The Boulders Access has a visitor center, restrooms, and picnic areas along with the hiking trails. At this location are quite a number of various sizes of boulders. Some of the boulders were close to the trail and too much of a temptation for my grandson to resist climbing. The Boulders Access area is less crowded then the main access at the Sparrow Springs Access point. The trail is rocky and traverses up and down and around the mountain.
Park Information:
Crowders Mountain State Park 522 Park Office Lane Kings Mountain, NC 28086
Posting for Alive & Trekking’s Which Way Photo Challenge.
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Cees’s Flower of the Day Challenge
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Cee’s Black and White Challenge
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
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Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge: The Birds
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WHATSOEVER IS LOVELY CHALLENGE-2023 WEEK 10
Cee‘s Flower of the Day Challenge
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Today wasn’t a day for being out in nature like my grandson loves to be with me. Instead it was a day of running errands and a trip to the barbershop. The last few years I’ve mostly seen beauty shops or hair salons. Sometimes those places just do not perform to one’s satisfaction. We too my grandson to a Great Clips hair salon and were not satisfied with the performance the hairdresser gave on his haircut.
After the poor experience, we let his hair grow and put off taking him anyway to get a better haircut. The other day Coleman, my grandson, held up a portion of his hair and made cutting motions with his fingers. Therefore, it was time to take him somewhere for a better haircut. After googling the area for a barber shop, I found several possibilities. Still I waited though until today. While out on our errands, one of those barbershops was right in the same shopping center we were at for another purpose. I felt it was a sign, so I took him inside for a haircut.
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Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge
Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome #125
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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.
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Shot on a Canon EOS Rebel T3i with a Canon 75-300 mm lens.
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Ludwig Keck’s challenge Monday Windows
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
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Horse Eyes:
Goat Eye:
Dog Eyes:
Denzil’s Nature Photo Challenge #2: Eyes
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Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon 75-300mm lens
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Denzil Nature: Patterns
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Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Lens: Canon 75-300mm
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Posted for Bren’s Floral Friday and Cee’s Flower of the Day
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Taken with my iPhone 13 Pro on Tuesday, February 28 @ 3:26 pm.
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A Church …
A Park …
A Country Store …
A Playground …
A Beach …
A School …
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There were many photos to choose from, however, I decided to choose some current and others from my archives. Hope you enjoy the selections.
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Numbered Trail Posts with Coleman signifying the numbers.
Cee’s Black and White Challenge – Numbers
Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome #124
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Hidden trail in the neighborhood behind the soccer field. My grandson, Coleman loves to find natural trails regardless of whether it is an actual trail or just a path to who knows where. This is a path or trail we discovered the other day while walking and investigating our new neighborhood,
Posting for Alive & Trekking’s Which Way Photo Challenge.
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WHATSOEVER IS LOVELY CHALLENGE-2023 WEEK 8
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Cee’s Black and White Challenge
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Monday Portrait is not hosted by anyone. It is for you to post a photo of any portrait you want. Creativity is up to you.
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Taken with my iPhone 13 Pro.
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Ludwig’s Monday Windows
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Coleman’s hand in mine.
Coleman showing numbers with his Hands
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Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Settings: f/5.6 • 1/200 130mm ISO 100
Taken: 2023 February 18 12:04 pm.
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Views looking THROUGH a tunnel.
Travel With Intent blog, One Word Sunday Challenge.
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What do you think about when you hear the term home?
According to Wikipedia, Home or domicile is a space used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for one or many humans and sometimes animal companions.
Do you have to have an actual house to have a home? Some might say you do; regardless of whether it be a house, an apartment or a mobile home. Still others would disagree. Myself, I would disagree.
One of my favorite sayings is “Home is Where the Heart is.” What does it mean by “Home is Where the Heart is?” It means simply that your home that your home will always be the place for which you feel the deepest affection, no matter where you are. Often times the place I have the greatest affection for has no walls at all. I am most at home in the woods surrounded by trees and the vast beauty of God’s creation out in nature.
Recently I have been living with my daughter and her son taking care of him 24/7. We moved a week ago from an apartment in Rock Hill, South Carolina to a townhome in Gastonia, North Carolina. Really only a little less than an hour away from where we were. Do I consider it my home? Not really. But maybe temporarily, since my heart lies with my grandson.
Moving from one dwelling to another can be extremely stressful. Packing, unpacking, all while trying to keep a three-year-old entertained can take a toll on a person. I know all too well. Especially if the move is not well planned in advance. I do not handle last minute decisions or moves all that well.
We are now in a townhome in a very quiet neighborhood unlike our last one which was very very noisy. Here no one live above us. It is so wonderful not to hear footsteps all hours of the night or day.
Coleman and I have been taking walks around the neighborhood investigating our new surroundings. Seeing what we can see and taking photos of interesting sights.
Coleman is still adjusting having only been here for a week and a half so far, however, I think he likes the new place so much more than the old one and is happier here being able to feel free to walk around, I know I do not know what I would do if I did not have him to love and share my love of nature.
Fandango’s One Word Challenge: Home
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Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge
Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome #123
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Blue benches like this one are located all around the park and trails at Goat Island Park and Greenway. Punched into it is Cramerton, NC.
This post was taller than any of us are, so it took two of us to help her up onto the post.
Coleman demonstrating his many expressions while perched on the same post his half-sister was on above.
These were taken with my Canon EOS Rebel T3i on Saturday, February 18th when we visited Goat Island Park and Greenway. The Goat Island Park and Greenway is located in Cramerton, North Carolina just a few miles from where we recently moved (a week ago). The Park and Greenway have many different features for people of all ages and abilities. It has two separate playgrounds: one for children 1-4 years old and another one for children 5-12 years old. It has two pedestrian bridges which cross over the South Fork River, a fishing pier, river access, 1/2 mile of asphalt walking trail, and an Adult Fitness Pavillion. In addition to these features, it also has Large and Small Picnic Shelters, three permanent cornhole courts, two permanent ping pong tables, and an 18-hole Disc Golf Course. For the cornhole, ping pong, and Disc Golf one3 must bring their own equipment in order to play.
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
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Photos taken while hiking 🥾 at Anne Springs Close Greenway Horse Stables Entrance. This is a pond Coleman & I saw as we were walking to see Forest, a young foal.
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Camera: iPhone 13 Pro Telephoto —- 77mm f2.8 12mp ISO 32
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Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters
Taken with an iPhone 13 Pro.
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Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f4-5.6
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
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Camera: iPhone 13 Pro
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This is a fun challenge not hosted by anyone, so if you want to join in, just post a photo.
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We just moved and these are the windows in the kitchen area. All the windows have the same type of blinds on the windows. Our old home didn’t have any windows in the kitchen. It’s gonna be nice being able to look outside while I cook or wash dishes.
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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Things People Play With
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During my junior high and high school years, I would actually walk up to the Fotomat drive-through and drop off my 35mm film to get developed. At the time I lived just down the street from one of the Fotomat Kiosks.
The Ferry ran from San Diego to Coronado between 1930 and 1969. During this time there was no bridge with easy access to Coronado so people would drive their cars onto ferries to take them across the bay from San Diego to Coronado or from Coronado to San Diego. I did not drive a car onto the ferry; however, I was in a car that drove onto the ferry during the 60’s. Once aboard the ferry, you could get out of your car and enjoy the views from the sides of the ferry.
The USS Consolation (AH-15) was a Haven-class hospital ship originally in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1955. My dad, Nornal Hule Waters, was stationed on the USS Consolation (AH-15) during the Korean War.
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For this challenge I went to my archives. I grew up in San Diego. California. I miss the beaches, the warm sunshiny weather, and friends I had there. Some still live there while many others have moved away, like me, due to the high cost of living.
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Hammad’s Weekend Sky Challenge.
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters Taken with an iPhone 13 Pro
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
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Clare’s Share Your Desktop
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
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