Silent Sunday: February 18 —- Daffodil Bulbs

Silent Sunday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Garden in The Farm; 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.

Floral Friday: Colouring Flowers #6

Coloured by me
Via Zen Color
iPhone App

Cee’s Flower of the Day 

Floral Friday

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.

2024 Sunday Stills: The Colours of Life – Red & Pink

Red Cab of 18-Wheeler
Life Breadth of America
The American Trucker
Red Hood
on Coleman’s Spidey Jacket
My Life, My Heart
Pink Dianthus caryophyllus
AKA Carnation or Clove Pink
Red Heart “Plant”
Happy Valentine’s Day!

Sunday Stills-Red and Pink, the Colors of Life

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters

God Bless. Happy Valentine’s Day! Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.

2024 Macro Monday — One-to-Three

Roses

Original
Google stylized
Processed with Pixlr
Pixlr Splash
Tolerance 2
Tint -153

Macro Monday

One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge-February 2024

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Floral Friday: Colouring Flowers #5

Red Roses 🌹 for Your Friday

Coloured by Me
Via Zen Color App

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Floral Friday

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.

2024 FOTD: 01.30.24__Narcissus ‘Delibes

Large-Cupped Daffodil
(Narcissus ‘Delibes’)

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Floral Friday: Colouring Flowers #3

Kingfisher Bird
on a Pink Flower
[Coloured by me
via Zen Color
iPhone app]

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Floral Friday

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.

2024 Floral Friday: Colouring Flowers #1

Colored by me
Via Zen Color App
on iPhone

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Floral Friday

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.

2024 FOTD: Verbesina alternifolia

Yellow Wingstem
Yellow Ironweed
(Verbesina alternifolia)

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: (c)2023 Deb L. Waters

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

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

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.

2024 Floral Friday: Mother of Millions

Mother of Millions
(Kalanchoe laetivirens)

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Floral Friday

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

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

Location: Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden; Belmont, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.

2024 FOTD: 01.11 — Appalachian Spring Dogwood

Appalachian Spring Dogwood
Cornus florida ‘Appalachian Spring’

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit:©️2023 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

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 FOTD: Nectar for Two

1) Delta Flower Scarab
(Trigonopeltastes delta)
2) Papilio troilus,
the spicebush swallowtail

Both the Delta Flower Scarab and the Black Swallowtail butterfly enjoy feasting on the nectar of the Cephalanthus occidentalis, also known as the Buttonbush; Button Bush.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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

Location: Haigler Loop; Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

Haigler Loop’s Sunshiny Yellow Canada Goldenrod

Solidago canadensis
Common Name(s): Canada Goldenrod
Canadian Goldenrod

Six Word Saturday

Sunny Sunday

Silent Sunday

XingfuMama’s Whatever is Lovely Challenge: 2024-Week 1

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

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

Location: Haigler Loop; Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina,USA.

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

2024 FOTD: January 6 — Verbena

Verbena peruviana purple

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

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

Settings: f/6.3 • 1/320 • 250mm • ISO1250

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.

Wordless Wednesday: 01.03.24 — Orchids

Oncidopsis orchids

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Photo Credit: (c) 2023 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

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.

Whatsoever is Lovely: Along the Catawba River

Aquilegia canadensis
Ranunculaceae
Wild Columbine
Eastern Red Columbine

John’s Cellpic Sunday

XingfuMama’s Whatever is Lovely Challenge: 2023 – Week 52

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2022 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 13 Pro

Location: Landsford Canal State Park; Catawba, South Carolina

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

2023 CMMC: December — Pick a Topic from my Photo

Cee’s Photo

Greetings, Christmas Day maybe over , but not necessarily the celebrations and we still have the new year a coming. Since we’ve been sick and not out much I’m choosing to make my selections from the last time I was able to get out ( this respiratory infection, RSV, doesn’t seem like it was to disappear.)

I’m taking you on a walk through The Farm ( one of Coleman’s favorite places) at The Schiele Museum of Natural History.

Entering The Farm

Shapes, sign, green, lines

Turning Right past the farm you enter the Nature Trail. This directional sign points the way.

Poles, Signs, Green, Black,
shapes, bushes (and trees in background)

Now let’s enter The Farm and have a look around…

Let’s take a look to see what we can find growing in the garden …

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-December Pick a Topic from my Photo

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️ 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250 mm lens. Also used Canon EF-S18-55mm lens on the directional signs (Second Photo.)

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

God Bless. Thank you for walking around The Farm with us. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all very much.

A Radiately Beautiful Ray of Sunshine

Calendula arvensis (Yellow)
Field Marigold

Silent Sunday

Sunny Sunday

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

XingfuMama’s Whatever is Lovely Challenge: 2023 – Week 52

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 55-250 mm lens

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

God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

Floral Friday: 12.22.23 — Penny Yellow Pansy

Viola cornuta ‘Penny Yellow’

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Floral Friday

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

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2023 FOTD: 12.20 — Poinsettias

Tapestry Poinsettias

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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Christmas Pine Wreath

Welcoming Pine Wreath
Holiday at The Farm
Christmas Pine Wreath

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit:©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Holiday at The Farm; 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.

2023 FOTD: Orchids

Orchid
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

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

Wordless Wednesday: Rhododendron ‘conlec’

Azalea Autumn Royalty

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

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.

2023 FOTD: 5 December – Viola x wittrockiana

Red Pansy

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

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.

2023 FOTD: Rosa multiflora

Aka: multiflora rose

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.

Edible Plants at The Farm

View from Below
View from Above
Side View

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

God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.

2023 Macro Monday: Raindrops in the Garden

Purple Pansy

Macro Monday

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

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.

2023 FOTD: 11.26 — Pink Roses

Pink Roses 🌹 🥀 from my archives

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Location: Lancaster, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all very much.

Spattering of Raindrops on a Pansy

Purple Pansy

Debbies Six Word Saturday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Whatsoever Is Lovely-Week 47

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Floral Friday: 11.24 – Fallen Leaves

Maple Leaf
surrounded by
Bald Cypress
(Taxodium Distichum)

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens

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

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. Hope y’all had a terrific relaxing Thanksgiving! I appreciate y’all.

Sunny Sunday: 11.19 – Symphyotrichum ericoides

Symphyotrichum ericoides
AKA White Heath Aster

Sunny Sunday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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

Location: Haigler Loop; Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.

2023 FOTD: 11.18 – Asclepias syriaca

Common milkweed
is a deciduous, native,
herbaceous perennial wildflower
in the Apocynaceae (dogbane) family.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit:©️2023 Deb L. Waters

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.

2023 LAPC #275 – Filling the Frame

Filling the frame and be anything from animals to flowers to in-ground layouts to people to whatever you can imagine.

First off, we come upon a black and white horse and his shadow …

Horse Stables Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

Next up is a beautiful flower …

Snowball Viburnum
Viburnum macrocephalum ‘Sterile’
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
Belmont, North Carolina, USA

Below is a landscape design …

Decorative Concrete
Blue Star Trail
Lake Haigler Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

And last but certainly not least, people like Coleman can fill the frame.

Lens-Artists Challenge #275: Filling the Frame

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Canon EF-S18-55mm lens

Location: 1) Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA. 2) Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden; Belmont, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2023 CMMC: November – Red Devil (dark red) Color

Autumn is the time of year we can see beautiful and colorful leaves abounding in nature from the greens trying to hang around, varying shades of orange and yellow and the awesome shades of Red in the leaves on the many plants and flowers amassed in our surroundings.

Seeing Autumn Leaves and …

Amazing shades of Red in flowers

And not to deter from the Red in the plants and flowers; I’m throwing in a Throwback photo from the early 60’s.

Throwback Thursday Photo

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Red Devil (dark red) Color

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Throwback Thursday

God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

Floral Asymmetry: Multicolored Chrysanthemums

Lens-Artists Challenge #274 – Asymmetry

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.

2023 FOTD: November 5 – Rudbeckia fulgida

Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii
Black-eyed Susan

Silent Sunday

Sunny Sunday – November 5

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens. Settings: f/5 • 1/1000 • 146mm • ISO100

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

God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all very much.

2023 FOTD: Dianthus

Dianthus
(Telstar Carmine Rose)

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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.

FOTD: 2023 October 20_Contrasting Leaves

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #271: Contrasts

Photo Credit: (c) Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

God Bless. Thank you for sharing you time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.

FOTD: 2023 October 16 –

CALENDULA ‘AMBER ARCTIC’

Calendula officinalis
AKA: Calendula,
English Marigold,
Pot Marigold

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.

2023 FOTD: October 14

Clematis

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.