Tag: Canon Photography

Terri’s The #Flower Hour

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Camera: Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: Greenway Horse Stables; Greenway Stables and Farm Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a fantastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Silent Sunday: 12.14

Matching

*Canada Geese*
*Patterson Pond*
*Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm*
*Anne Springs Close Greenway*

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Debbie’s One Word Sunday – Matching

Silent Sunday

Camera: Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250 mm lens with Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: Patterson Pond; Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm; Greenway Stables and Farm Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take a hike/walk amongst God’s beautiful creatures. Have a funtastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

One White, One Brown, Baby Alpacas

Six Word

Saturday

On Saturday, Coleman and I were able to borrow my daughter’s car and go down to the Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm at Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina. It is an hour away from where we currently live, so it is a bit of a drive. Traffic was terrible. I very rarely drive in traffic (I don’t care for heavy traffic, I try to avoid it if at all possible).

Anyway, after we arrived and maneuvered around the Farm to the Alpaca section, we were delighted to discover the new Baby Alpacas born recently at the Greenway. There is One White, and One Brown Baby Alpaca.

Here are a few shots of the Baby Alpacas …

***Baby Alpacas***
***in Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm***
***at Anne Springs Close Greenway***

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Debbie’s Six Word Saturday-12.13.2025

Camera: Canon EOS 2000 D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.

Location: Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm; Greenway Stables and Farm Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Enjoy Nature’s Beautiful Creations. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 CosPhoChal: 03 December — Abstract

Dale host the weekly challenge The Cosmic Photo Challenge with a different theme each week. This week’s theme is Abstract.

Here are a few Abstract images from around the Carolinas …

*The Schiele Museum*
*of Natural History*
*and Planetarium Show*
*Gastonia, NC*

*Sky-view*
*Riverside Park and Greenway*
*Cramerton, NC*

*AI Abstract of Mountains*
*from my dad’s slides.*

Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge-Abstract

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Enjoy Nature. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Macro Monday Portrait: 08 December

Calopteryx maculata

*Ebony Jewelwing*
*Broad-winged Dragonfly*

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Monday Portrait

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

Location: Sesquicentennial State Park; Columbia, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a fantastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Last on the Card – November

Brian from Bushboys World hosts a monthly challenge called Last On the Card. His rules are simple to follow if you’re interested in participating.

Here are The rules:
1. Post the last photo on your SD card or last photo on your phone for the 30th or whenever your last photo was taken.
2. No editing – who cares if it is out of focus, not framed as you would like or the subject matter didn’t cooperate.
3. You don’t have to have any explanations, just the photo will do
4. Create a Pingback to this post or link in the comments
5. Use the tags The Last Photo and #LastOnTheCard

Here are mine for November …

From my Canon EOS T7 (2000D):

Coleman At Centennial Center
Cramerton, North Carolina

From my Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max:

*Playground at Ramsey Creek Park*
*Cornelius, North Carolina*

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#LastontheCard

God Bless. Have a funtastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 November #Shadows #25

A Fisheye View

*Human & Tree Shadowing*
*with Alona, Coleman, & Trisha (& myself)*

Becky’s November #Shadows #25

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens and Altura Wide Angle Fisheye lens attachment.

Settings: f/9 • 1/80s • 24mm • ISO100

Location: Baxter Village Trail; Baxter Village; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Grateful for all of y’all for following, commenting, liking, and sharing your photos and stories with us. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Monochrome Madness — 21 November

A Day

in the

Life of Coleman

Reflecting on a typical afternoon with Coleman if he had his chance to choose how it would go.

From beginning near the railroad tracks …

*Corner across from*
*the Railroad Tracks*

… Who needs school …

Let’s go meandering through Goat Island …

Can you see me? …

Better now? …

How am I doing about blending into my environment?

Shall we continue meandering?

The South Fork River is beautiful and has amazing reflections in the afternoons.

AI sometimes can remix an image pretty well. At other times you might wonder how it came up with its remix interpretation.

*AI remix of Coleman*
*on a dirt Trail.*

Camera: 1) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max; 2-7) Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; 8-9) Google Lens AI

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 November #Shadows #20

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Becky’s November #Shadows #20

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens

Settings: f/10 • 1/125s • 20mm • ISO100

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Macro Monday: 2025.11.17

Calendula officinalis

*Aka Pot Marigold, English Marigold,*
*Common Marigold, Poet’s Marigold*

Common Eastern Bumble Bees feasting on a beautiful Common Marigold. Nature’s bountiful beauty at work keeping the environment fresh and welcoming.

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Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens

Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 November #Shadows #17

Monochrome

#Shadow Reflections

*Shadowy Reflections*
*in the*
*South Fork Catawba River*

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Becky’s November #Shadows #17

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Monochrome

Terri’s Sunday Stills:Monthly Color Challenge – Any shade of brown and/or gray

Monday Monochrome

Monochrome Monday (MM)

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel 2000D with Canon EG-S55-250mm lens

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Cell Pic Sunday: 16 November

Storybook Walk Book 2

Previously on October 5th I shared with you Cramerton’s newly installed Story Walk in Goat Island Park and Greenway along with John Steiner (host of CellPic Sunday). The first Storybook was called “School is more than a Building” written by Kelley Donner. At the time I had not realized the Storybooks would be changing periodically. You may click to view the previous post here and view John’s CellPic Sunday post about the Storybook Walk here.

When Coleman and I went walking through Goat Island Park and Greenway last Sunday we discovered the Storybook for the Storybook Walk had been changed to “The Acorn & The Oak” written by Rhonda Accardo.

***The Acorn & The Oak***
***Storybook Walk***
***Goat Island Park and Greenway***
***Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max***

These first images of the Storybook were taken with my iPhone. The next set of images were taken with my Canon.

***Goat Island Park and Greenway’s***
***Storybook Walk with***
***“The Acorn & The Oak”***

If you ever get the opportunity to be near the Charlotte, North Carolina area, Goat Island in Cramerton is just a short drive south of the Airport. I would highly recommend stopping by to visit this lovely Greenway and take a walk along the Storybook Walk on the paved trail.

John’s Cell Pic Sunday-2025.11.16

Cameras: 1 set) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max; 2 set) Canon EOS Rebel 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

Location: Storybook Walk; River Link Trail; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA.

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Enjoy Nature. Take a Walk/Hike. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Sunday Stills: Monthly Color Challenge: Brown and Gray

This Trail,

That Trail,

& Trails Over There

This week Terri, host of Sunday Stills is offering the challenge prompt of Monthly Colour Challenge in Any Shade of Brown and/or Gray. I’ve scoured through my photos for shades of Brown, I have discovered many of them are from This Trail, That Trail & Trails Over There.

Here are my entries …

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Dawn’s Festival of Leaves

Becca’s Sunday Trees #611

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 November #Shadows #15

Shadows Along the Trail

*Coleman standing*
*amongst the #Shadows*

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Becky’s November #Shadows #15

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens

Location: River Link Greenway Trail; Goat Island Park and Greenway Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 SYD: 15 November

Clare from Clare’s Cosmos invites everyone to join her in Sharing Your Desktop (SYD). Below are her suggestions for participating in the Share Your Desktop Challenge .

To do so, simply share the photo (not a screenshot) you have set as your wallpaper; Provide as little or as much detail as you wish; Use a pingback, or post a link here so I know you have joined in on the fun; Then finally, share the fun around.

I am sharing my Wallpaper from both my Laptop and my Smartphone. I enjoy looking at different images each month. Most of which revolve around Coleman (my grandson) and nature.

Here are my Desktop Wallpaper and Screensaver for my Laptop:

From My HP Laptop:

Desktop Background Wallpaper

*Coleman*
*Pulling Up a Seat*
*on a Pipe*

Desktop Screensaver

*Coleman checking out*
*the new Storybook*

From My Apple iPhone 16 Pro:

Focus

*Coleman making faces*
*while waiting for the*
*Veterans Day Service to begin.*

Reading Focus

*Coleman*
*Pulling Up a Seat*
*on a Branch*

Hiking Focus

*Coleman on the Entrance Bridge to Goat Island*

Personal Focus

Television Focus

*Coleman*
*Pulling Up a Seat*
*on a Railing*

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Clare’s Share Your Desktop-November

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 46

Cameras: Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

God Bless. Having a Wonderful Week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Wordless Wednesday: November 12

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Wordless Wednesday

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens

Settings: f/10 • 1/250s • 55mm • ISO100

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful week and weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 November #Shadows #12

Discarded Pumpkin

Becky’s November #Shadows #12

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250 mm lens

Location: Disc Golf Trail; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful rest of your week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Macro Monday: 2025.11.10

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Macro Monday

Camera: Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Canon 2x converter

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Silent Sunday: 11.09

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Silent Sunday

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens

Location: Cross; Warlick Family YMCA; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a marvelous week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Monochrome Madness — 06 November

Shades of Yellow

Ranunculus acris
Meadow Buttercup
*The Schiele Museum of*
*Natural History Garden*

Which Way Challenge (CWWC)-Any Which Way with Autumn Colours

God Bless. Have a wonderful weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 November Squares #2

Squares are back hosted by Becky from The Life of B. Click the link in the previous line to Check out her post for details regarding the #NovemberShadows squares challenge.

*Coleman by the*
*South Fork Catawba River*
*Cramerton, NC*

Becky’s #NovemberShadows

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina. USA

God Bless. Happy Squaring. Have a fantastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Beautiful in Fuschia

Helleborus orientalis

Aka Christmas Rose,
Hellebore Lenten Rose,
Rose-colored Christmas Rose

Ragtag Daily Prompt-Saturday_Fuschia

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens

Settings: f/5.6 • 1/320s • 229mm • ISO1250

Location: The Nature Trail; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a funtastic weekend. Take Care. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way with Autumn Colours_Week Two (2)

Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). This week I have chosen Any Which Way with Autumn Colours Week Two (2) for this week’s theme. Autumn Colours can be on any path, sidewalk, trail, or road as long as the Which Way is clearly discernible. For further information regarding the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) feel free to check out the home page here.

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Thank you to all who have supported and contributed to the Which Way Challenge this past week or at any time. Be sure to check out other Which Ways by clicking on the links below.

Dawn’s Driving into Autumn Colors

Vanda’s CWWC 2025: Autumn Colours

Dan’s To Have or Have Not — SoCS

Suzette’s Festival of Leaves #4, Deb’s CWWC, SundayStills

Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery’s Walking in Autumn Colors

Lisa’s (CWWC)Which Way Challenge : Any Which Way with Autumn Colours

Dawn’s Festival of Leaves 2025 Week #4

Terri’s Sunday Stills-Autumn Plant Life

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Enjoy a hike/walk in Nature. Admire Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Silent Sunday: 19.10

Rhododendron indicum

Silent Sunday

Cee’s FOTD

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens

Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us.

An Autumn Look Back with Coleman

Coleman Hiking in
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Autumn 2022

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Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Dawn’s Festival of Leaves 🍁 2025 Week #4

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens

Location: Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a funtastic weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Floral Friday/FOTD: 17 October

Lantana

Bren’s Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Cee’s FOTD

Camera: Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens

Location:Centennial Center; Downtown Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a fantastic weekend. Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 SYD: 15 October

Clare from Clare’s Cosmos invites everyone to join her in Sharing Your Desktop (SYD). Below are her suggestions for participating in the Share Your Desktop Challenge .

To do so, simply share the photo (not a screenshot) you have set as your wallpaper; Provide as little or as much detail as you wish; Use a pingback, or post a link here so I know you have joined in on the fun; Then finally, share the fun around.

I am sharing my Wallpaper from both my Laptop and my Smartphone. I enjoy looking at different images each month. Most of which revolve around Coleman (my grandson) and nature.

Here are my Desktop Wallpaper and Screensaver for my Laptop:

From My HP Laptop:

Desktop Background Wallpaper

*Coleman hiking in*
*Goat Island Park & Greenway*

Desktop Screensaver

*Coleman Through the Trees*
*Goat Island Park and Greenway*

From My Apple iPhone 16 Pro:

Reading Focus

*Coleman Leaning Back on a Tree*
*Branch Goat Island Park and Greenway*

Hiking Focus

*Coleman*
*Hiking along the*
*South Fork Catawba River*
*at Goat Island Park and Greenway*

Personal Focus

*Coleman*
*Disc Golf Trail*
*Goat Island Park and Greenway*

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Clare’s Share Your Desktop-October

Cameras: Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens

God Bless. Having a Wonderful Week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Monochrome Madness #45 —- Ceramics

Early American Pottery

Brian from Bushboys World is this week’s host for Monochrome Madness he has given us a wide range of options to explore and choose from to select our own interpretations for his theme of Ceramics.

Here are my entries for this week’s challenge …

A glimpse into depicting Early American Pottery in the Graham Cabin at Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

Let’s look next at a display of Native American Indian Pottery in the Catawba Cultural Center at the Catawba Reservation in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

And now for discovering Early Native American Catawba Indian Pottery inside and outside The Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina.

Brian’s Monochrome Madness-Ceramics

Terri’s Sunday Stills: Monthly Colour Challenge- Black (and/or White)

Cameras: 1) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; 2) Apple iPhone 13 Pro; 3-5) Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Locations: As stated above.

God Bless. Have a fantastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 RDP: Tuesday! Reptilian!

Anolis carolinensis

The Anolis carolinensis (Green Anole) is a tree-dwelling species of anole lizards native to the Southeastern United States. It is small to medium-sized a trunk-crowned ecomorph green anole which can change its colour to several shades from brown to green. It is sometimes referred to as American chameleon due to its colour-changing ability, but it is not a true chameleon.

The dewlap is usually pink for Anolis carolinensis and is very rarely present in females. The color of the dewlap is variable and different from the lizard eye to the human eye. Green anoles are thought to be capable of seeing a larger range of the UV spectrum, and that the dewlap reflects ultraviolet light to attract mates.

Ragtag Daily Prompt (RDP) — Tuesday! Reptilian!

Cameras: 1) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; 2) Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max Telephoto

Locations: 1) Seven Oaks Preserve Trail, Belmont, North Carolina; 2) Anne Springs Close Greenway, Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Enjoy Nature. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Sunday Stills: Monthly Colour Challenge — Black as Seen in Nature

*Widow Skimmer*
*(Libellula luctuosa)*
*Anne Springs Close Greenway,*
*Fort Mill, SC*

*Norfolk Southern Railway*
*Cramerton, NC*

*Ebony jewelwing*
*(Calopteryx maculata)*
*Anne Springs Close Greenway,*
*Fort Mill, SC*

*Coleman holding*
*a Wild Blackberry*
*Crowders Mountain State Park*
*Kings Mountain, NC*

*Clyde Wilson (my father-in-law)*
*with a black horse*

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all be much.

Wordless Wednesday: 2025 08 October

Abstract Water Reflection

*#2 Abstract Water Reflection Comparison*

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #281

Camera: Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens

Settings: f/7.1 • 1/200s • 89mm • ISO100

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Tuesday’s Flower of the Day — 2025.07.10

Verbesina occidentalis

Seen on our walk through Goat Island Park and Greenway after church on Sunday. Beautiful yellow flowers popping out calling attention to their lovely blossoms.

Aka Small Yellow Crownbeard,
Southern Crownbeard, Stick Weed
Yellow Crownbeard

Cee’s FOTD

Terri’s The Flower Hour

Camera: Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens

Settings: f/5.6 • 1/250s • 152mm • ISO250

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Admire Nature’s Beautiful Flowers. Have a great weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Floral Macro Monday: 2025.06.10

Rosa carolina

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Macro Monday

Cee’s FOTD

Cee’s FOTD

Camera: Canon EOS 2000D with Canon Ef-S55-250mm lens

Settings: f/5.6 • 1/250 • 175mm • ISO160

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Last on the Card – September

Brian from Bushboys World hosts a monthly challenge called Last On the Card. His rules are simple to follow if you’re interested in participating.

Here are The rules:
1. Post the last photo on your SD card or last photo on your phone for the 30th or whenever your last photo was taken.
2. No editing – who cares if it is out of focus, not framed as you would like or the subject matter didn’t cooperate.
3. You don’t have to have any explanations, just the photo will do
4. Create a Pingback to this post or link in the comments
5. Use the tags The Last Photo and #LastOnTheCard

Here are mine for September …

From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:

*Rick Hubbard’s*
*Great American Kids Show*
*Cramerton, NC*

From my Canon EOS T7 (2000D):

Persicaria longiseta
Common name: Oriental lady’s-thumb

From my Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max:

#LastontheCard

Cee’s FOTD

God Bless. Have a funtastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Floral Silent Sunday: 28 Sunday

*Common Eastern Bumblebee*
*Feasting on a Marigold*

Silent Sunday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens

Location: The Garden in the Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Enjoy your Sunday and have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Sunday Stills — Fountains and Waterfalls

This week Terri is challenging us to display images of Waterfalls and/or Fountains we have seen. In our area we do not have any really huge waterfalls, but I have managed to visit a few smallish ones and fountains around the Carolinas.

Here are my entries … click on each image to enlarge.

Sesquicentennial State Park
Columbia, SC

Terri’s Sunday Stills-Fountains and Falls

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Enjoy Nature. Have a funtastic weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Not Pulling the Wool over You

Honestly, I would just like to show you some lovely Lanose creatures which can be seen at The Farm at The Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina.

My friends **Lanose**
are different shades than mine.

*Mine is lighter, more fluffier than theirs* ↖️.

*Bet you’d love*
*to run your fingers*
*through my Lanose.*

You know what? I’m not gonna come close enough for you to even try. You may look 👀 all you want, but you’re not gonna touch.

Ragtag Daily Prompt

#RDP-Lanose

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i

Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful weekend. Take time for yourself and relax. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Thursday Doors: 18 September

Hearts 2 Home

From Hearts 2 Home Carolinas is a nonprofit organization in Gaston County, North Carolina. It is dedicated to transforming lives.

Hearts 2 Home breathes life into empty spaces, for those who need it the most. They support underserved seniors, veterans, individuals and families transitioning from homelessness, helping them create a stable, welcoming home.

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Dan’s Thursday Doors

Location: Centennial Center; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a fantastic weekend. Hope to see y’all on Friday for the Which Way Challenge. This week the Which Ways will be CWWC: Any Which Way with Tunnels and/or Underpasses (Ways under Bridges or Trestles). Have fun and Remember signs are always welcome. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

One-Liner Wednesday – 17 September 2025

Badge by Laura
@ riddlefromthemiddle.com

*“It is often the Small steps,*
*not the Giant steps,*
*that Bring about the*
*Most Lasting Change.”*
*~ Queen Elizabeth II*

#1LinerWednesday

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens

Location: Disc Golf Trail; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Have a funtastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Silent Sunday: 14 September

Pasture Gazing

*Coleman gazing over*
*the Greenway Pasture*

Silent Sunday

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens and Altura Wide Angle Aspherical Fisheye for Canon Attachment.

Location: Dairy Barn Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Monochrome Madness (MM) — Pets (of Family, Friends, Strangers, & Strays)

Elke from pictures imperfect blog is the host for this week’s Monochrome Madness. She has chosen a theme of Pets. I personally do not have any Pets. Most of the places I have lived over the years have not allowed for Pets. My family did have a few different dogs over the years. Unfortunately I do not have any photos of them. The one I remember the most was a Chihuahua Dachshund, that I would walk around our neighborhood.

Now to show you an array of Pets owned by family members, neighbours, strangers, or stray animals.

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