2024 CMMC: October Week 1 — Close Up or Macro

Close-Ups Around the Greenway

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Close Up or Macro

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

Cameras: 1-2) iPhone 13 Pro; 3-4) Canon EOS Rebel T3i

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

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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 …

we spot a Helicopter

Next, a look at (almost Coleman’s) eye level …

a beautiful Flower

And finally, gazing beneath us …

We see beautiful
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 CMMC: Pick Your Topic from My Photo

Cee’s photo:

Welcome to Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC), the topic is Pick Your Topic from My Photo below. Possible topics shed (small building), sign, mural, wood, coffee, tree, green, roof, green, black, red, yellow, etc. What else can you come up with?

Let’s begin our journey with a coffee cup of tea to get energized.

My daughter, Trisha
and Granddaughter, Alona

Walking Past the Sheds and observing the surroundings…

Spying cats on Rooftops

Continuing the journey to spot some intriguing murals …

And then venturing through the trees for a lovely enjoyable hike.

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

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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2023 CMMC: Close Up or Macro

My entries this week for Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge we’re all taken when Coleman and I went hiking at one of his favorite places, Anne Springs Close Greenway.

Muhlenbergia capillaris
(Hair-awn or Pink Muhly)
Checking you out …
The Gulf fritillary
or passion butterfly
(Dione vanillae)
on Zinnias

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Close Up or Macro

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 55-250 mm lens.

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

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2023 CMMC: October – Alphabet with “P” anywhere in the word

P Words Located along Nature Trails:

Located in Lindsay Pettus Greenway in Lancaster, South Carolina …

Located along the Piedmont Medical Center Trail which runs semi-parallel to the Catawba River in Rock Hill, South Carolina …

Located near the Persimmon Trail Entrance from Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens in Belmont, North Carolina …

Persimmon Trail …
Please Be Advised…

Located within Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens in Belmont, North Carolina …

Digitalis purpurea
‘Dalmatian Purple’

And can’t ignore Coleman …

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC): October Alphabet with “P” anywhere in the word

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

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2023 October CMMC: Close Up or Macro.

Happy October! This month has begun with several trips to the Schiele Museum and lots of hiking. First of was The Early Explorers program at the museum. Early Explorers is for preschoolers (2-5 year olds). They do interactive play, songs, story time , and a craft each week based on a weekly theme. This week’s theme was Pumpkin.

Coleman’s Pumpkin 🎃 Craft art

Later in the day we rode the city transit over to the Gaston County Warlick Family YMCA.

Tree 🌲 Fungi

We meandered down & around along the Green Trail to enjoy a hike and look at we saw. We noticed some interesting fungi and some very active bees 🐝.

Bee 🐝 Pollination

The bees were having a pollinating party 🎉 it seemed. They were flitting to and fro devouring the sweet nectar of these bright yellow flowers.

Windshield Leaf 🍂

Lastly, we spotted a autumn 🍂 leaf 🍂 clinging to the windshield of his mom’s car later in the afternoon.

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge – Close-Up or Macro

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

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2023 CMMC: September —Alphabet any word with a “Q”.

For this challenge I’m continuing the visit to the Schiele Museum of Natural History. This time I have selected photos taken inside the museum instead of outside photos in my last challenge entry.

Young Quails
Barbeque Pit
Turtle swimming
in an Aquarium

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: September —Alphabet any Word with a “Q”

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2023 CMMC: September Pick a Topic from my Photo

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC), the topic is Pick Your Topic from My Photo below.

Cee’s Photo

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge Pick a Topic from My Photo

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

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2023 CMMC: September (13) Quartz (light pink) Color

September Quartz (light pink) Color

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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2023 CMMC: September Macro or close up_Diodia virginiana

Diodia virginiana
common name

Virginia buttonweed
Black & White
Virginia buttonweed

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-September Macro or Close Up

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Floral Friday

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 • 1/303 • 6.86mm • ISO64

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina

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2023 CMMC: August- Books, Magazines, etc.

Book Presentation
Gaston County Library
Gastonia, North Carolina
Amish Romance & Mystery
Fiction Books for Sale
Genealogical Books
about
My Maternal Ancestors
Homeland & Family
Written by My Cousin, John Lane Idol Jr.
My brother’s
home Library
Coleman Visiting
a Little Library
Book Stop
Gastonia, North Carolina

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge- Books, Magazines, etc.

Leannes Monochrome Madness

Mid-Week Monochrome 

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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2023 CMMC – August: Any Word that Begins with an “O”

Ostrich
Riverbanks Zoo
Columbia, South Carolina
Orange Day-lily
OHIO
Atlantic Ocean
My Eldest Son and I
at the Atlantic Ocean
in Topsail Beach, North Carolina
February 2017

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Any Word that Begins with an “O”

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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2023 CMMC: Pick Your Topic from My Photo

Landscape, Green, Grass
Green, Grass, Landscape, Trees
Coleman’s Lawnmower, Green, Grass, Candid

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Pick Your Topic from My Photo

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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2023 CMMC: August Old Brick (deep rusty red) Color

Laurel Springs Baptist Church
Deep Gap, North Carolina
Fairfield Cemetery
West Lafayette, Ohio
Bobcat
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Coleman
on a
Farmall Tractor
Clover, South Carolina
North Carolina
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park
Raleigh, North Carolina

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge- August Old Brick (deep rusty red) Color

Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters

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2023 CMMC: Close Up or Macro

Catawba Woven Basket
Disc Golf Marker
Ipomoea pandurata
Wild Potato Vine

Shot on Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Campsis radicans
American Trumpet Vine
Coleman
on his New
2-Wheel Bicycle

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Close Up of Macro

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Camera: Photos 1-2 & 4-5 ~> iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2023 CMMC: July Pick a Topic from my Photo

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Ocean, Blue, Shore, Sand, Sky, Water, White

Throwback Photo
Atlantic Ocean, Florida,
Water, Ocean,
Sky, White, Sand
About 1936

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Water Water Everywhere

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2023 CMMC: July Magenta Color

Shades of Magenta

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge – July Magenta Color

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters

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CMMC: 2023 June – Any word that starts with “K”

Koala
Kid in Kayak
Kings Mountain State Park

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Photo Credit: 1-3 ~ ©️Deb L. Waters

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2023 CMMC: Pick Your Topic from My (Cee’s) Photo

My entry for Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC), the topic is Pick Your Topic from My Photo below. This week Cee is combining it with Kammie’s, Oddball Challenge.

Surf board,
Drawn by my friend,
@normhere (Norm Daniels)
Surfboards,
Van Artwork
painted by my friend,
Norm Daniels
Surfboards, Truck, Sand, Beach, Summer Photographed by my friend Julee Vaughan
Summer, Seashells, Ocean waves, Blue
North Topsail Beach,
Onslow County, North Carolina
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Kammie’s, Oddball Challenge

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2023 CMMC/OWS: June – Kelly Green Color

Hosta plantaginea,
the fragrant plantain lily
sprouting up
amongst the Green leaves
Green leaves
🍃 on Trees
The Lake & Green Vegetation
@Crowders Mountain State Park
Coleman checking out
Light Green Kayaks

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

One Word Sunday Challenge-Green

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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2023 CMMC: June – Close Up or Macro

Northern Bobwhite
Bobwhite Quail

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters

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2023 CMMC: May — Alphabet any word with an “I”.

AnolIs carolInensIs
Aka AmerIcan Chameleon
(Green Anole LIzard)
They are closely related to Iguanas.
GraffItI Art
under the BrIDge
SmIley Face
FootprInt
In the Tree
Coleman
sIttIng on the FIrepIt
at
Anne SprIngs Close Greenway

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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CMMC: Pick Your Topic from My Photo – Oddball Challenge

Oddball, Green
Oddball, Grass, Green
Oddball Laundry
Oddball Storage, White,

Cee’s Midweek Madness ChallengePick Your Topic from My Photo

Kammie’s, Oddball Challenge

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CMMC: Imperial Purple

Viola
(Viola cornuta Penny Primrose Picotee)
Marantha Siberian Iris
Salvia Lyrical Blues
Meadow Sage

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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CMMC: 2023 May – Close Up or Macro_Bobwhite Quail

The Northern Bobwhite Quail
AKA Virginia quail

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Macro Monday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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CMMC: 2023 April – Any word Ending with a G

My selections for Cee’s April CMMC were all shot at The Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina when I took my grandson, Coleman there this week.

Quail egG
PiG
Bush HoG Disc Harrow
LoG House
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

God Bless. Thank you for visiting the Farm at The Schiele Museum with me. I appreciate y’all.

CMMC: Pick Your Topic from My Photo – 2023 April

Landscape, Outdoors, Bird Houses,
Grey, Green, Yellow,
Cloudy, Trees,
Building, landscaped,
green, bird HOUSES, outdoors
Grey Cloudy Sky,
Building, Grass, Tree, Outdoors
Landscaped Covered Walkway,
Trees, Green, Yellow, Grey, Outdoors
Grey, Green, Yellow,
Landscaped Garden,
Flowers, Grass, Trees,
Outdoors, Spring, Cloudy
Building, Landscaping,
Grey, Green, Grass, Trees,
Pathway (Sidewalk)
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

All photos were taken at Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i

Lenses: Canon EF 18-55mm, Canon EF 74-300mm, Altura Macro Fisheye Lens for Canon

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time in the Gardens with me. I appreciate y’all.

CMMC: 2023 – Granny Smith Apple (light green) Colors

Multiple Shades of Green
Lake Crandall
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Coleman in
Light Green Kayak
Andrew Jackson State Park
Elaeagnus umbellata
(Autumn Olive)
Laurus nobilis,
Aka Bay Laurel,
True Laurel,
& Sweet Bay
Euphorbia seguieriana
Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
Belmont, North Carolina
Coleman & Alona
Ashbrook High School
Greenwave Sign
Light Green Flag Shirt
Mental Health Awareness
Til Valhalla Project.Com
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

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Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC): 2023 April – Close Up or Macro

Viburnum: Old Fashion Snowball
Viburnum Opulus Roseum
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Alura Fisheye Macro Lens for Canon

Also posting as part of Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Wordless Wednesday

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CMMC: Words with Two E’s_Business Signs +

Lutheran Church
of the
REdEEmER
EastEr Sunday Worship
GErbEr Collision & Glass
HartsEll Bros.
FEnCe
GrEEn
StrEEt
Signs

CMMC: Two E’s In The Word

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CMMC: 2023 March – Pick Your Topic from My Photo

Geometric Shapes
Clover, South Carolina
Brown, Geometrical Shapes, Walkway, Green, Trees Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Brick, Brown, Chairs
James K Polk Museum
Charlotte, North Carolina
Sidewalk, Brick, Windows, Green
Billy Graham Library
Charlotte, North Carolina
Trees, Green, Brick, Sidewalk, Windows,
Billy Graham Library
Charlotte, North Carolina

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

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CMMC: Macro or Close-Up_Japanese Camellia

Camellia japonica
‘Moire Variegata’
Japanese camellia
Japanese camellia
Japanese camellia

These were take at Glencairn Gardens in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Most of the plants and flowers are not in bloom. It appeared as if the had been trimmed way down for winter. Best time to visit the Gardens is in the springtime.

The next entry isn’t a flower and is added just for kicks. The photo was taken with my iPhone by my three year old grandson. All other photos were taken by me with my Canon Rebel EOS T3i.

Coleman’s foot & sippy cup

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

CMMC

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Macro Monday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Copyright: ©️2023@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com

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CMMC: Beginning with the Letter A

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge for this week is the Alphabet Letter A at the beginning of a word.

Here are my entries….

Andrew Jackson on screen
Andrew Jackson Statue
Alabama We Dare Defend Our Rights
Alabama Motto
Alabama Welcome Center
Wall Art
North Carolina Transportation Museum
Piedmont Airlines
Airplane
Aquilegia formosa

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Copyright: ©️2022gfpacificbeeintrospection.com … All Rights Reserved.

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CMMC: Pick Your Topic – Costa Maya, Mexico

Lighthouse, Building, Blue
Lighthouse, Building, Beach, Blue, Green
Building, Beach, Green, Blue, Lighthouse
Building, Blue, Green, Beach

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Copyright: ©️2020@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com

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CMMC: January – Amber Colours

Red tussock (Chionochloa rubra)
Sunset
over the
Gulf of Mexico
Amber Autumn 🍂 Leaves 🍁
Greenway Horse 🐎

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

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Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC): January Close Up or Macro.

Eye 👁️ of a Horse
Look 👀 closely
See the Reflection?
Yellow Dandelion
Monochromatic Dandelion
Coleman
Take August 24, 2021
with an
iPhone 11 Pro Max

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: January close-up or macro.

Photo Credit: Deb L Waters

Copyright: ©️2021@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com

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CMMC – December 2022 Alphabet Letters V or W at the beginning of a word

Here’s my entries for Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge.

Wednesday morning Ho Ho Waffles 🧇.

Into the Woods
Coleman Wanders
Coleman Walking
across a Wooden Bridge
into the Woods 🪵.
Coleman Watching
the Water 💦
in the Creek.
Windmill
at the Dairy Barn
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Photo Credit: Copyright ©️2022@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com … All Rights Reserved

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CMMC: Pick Your Topic from My Photo – December 2022

From my archives: Disney Frozen on Ice

Special Lighting
of
Fake Animal
on Ice
Mickey and Minnie Mouse

The above photos were taken at a performance of Disney’s Frozen on Ice at the Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina back on April 16, 2016.

Coleman
Christmas 🎄Tree
2022

We just barely got a tree this year. This is Coleman’s first HoHo (Christmas) Tree. He was so delighted that he finally has a HoHo Tree.

Fern and Forest.
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, SC

Another Throwback from my Archives.

Fireworks
taken July 4, 2012
in Lancaster, South Carolina
Cee’s
Midweek Madness
Challenge

Photo Credit: (c)2022@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com … All Rights Reserved.

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CMMC: Violet or White Color – At the Gibson House

It’s been cold and rainy all week. On Wednesday, Coleman and I decided to try to beat the rain and ventured out to visit Forest at Anne Springs Close Greenway Horse Stables. It was sure cold 🥶 though. However, Coleman enjoyed his time visiting the horses. [Those pictures are saved for another post].

Hanging Planter
on the ground
at the
Gibson House

We spotted these Violet and White Flowers by the Gibson House on the way back to the car whilst trying not to get the camera wet. So naturally I had to capture them with a few snapshots. After all I did have my camera around my neck.

Posted as par Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC) and Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge.

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CMMC: Macro or Close-up – December 2022

Western
Honey Bee
on
Goldenrod
Lilium Candidum,
the Madonna Lily
or White Lily
Hemerocallis
Common Name:
Daylily or Day Lily

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC)

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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Trucks, trucks, and more trucks….CMMC – 5th Week of November

Blue Toyota Tundra
following a
Black Honda Pilot
White Chevrolet Z71
Off Road
Averitt Express
18 Wheeler
GMC Pickup
Hidden within
the Trees
PTC
Pilot Mountain, Inc.
Gas Tanker
A line of
18 Wheelers
parked along
the trees
Silver Toyota Tacoma T
RD 4 x 4 Sport
Wildlife Removal
ALL ABOUT ANIMALS NC

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC)

Walking Squares

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CMMC: Alphabet T at the middle or end of a Word – November Challenge

Twisted Trees
along the Trail
Baxter Community
Center Association
Posted on a Tree
along the Trail
Slightly Tilted
and Twisted Trees
from a
Slanted View
Cactus Plant
spotted
while Hiking

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC)

Mid-Week Monochrome

Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness photography challenge

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