Tag: Dad’s Slides
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Rectangular Monochrome Monday Windows
This is Great Falls Elementary School (formerly called Mebane Grammar School.) This is the school my dad attended when he was growing up in Great Falls, South Carolina. Lens-Artists Challenge #305-Rectangles Ludwig’s Monday Window Monochrome Monday Throwback Thursday Photo Credit:©️1963 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved. Location: Mebane Grammar School; aka Great Falls…
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2024 Silent Sunday: 06.23
Blue Ridge Mountains Blue Ridge Mountains Silent Sunday Photo Credit:©️1972 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved. God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
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2024 CWWC: June – Week 3
Roads/Dirt Roads This week I’m continuing Cee’s Which Way Challenge doing it My Way. Therefore for this the third week of June I have chosen a theme of Roads/Dirt Roads. I welcome anyone who desires to join me on this week’s Which Way Challenge. As I have been working to digitize my dad’s old slides…
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Hearst Castle’s Magnificent Sculptures and Art
CosPhoChal Art for Art’s Sake For this CosPhoChal, Dale has challenged us to post photos depicting Art for Art’s Sake. I chose to continue on our tour of Hearst Castle by allowing you to see some of the art and sculptures we saw when we were there that day. I formatted the pictures into a…
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2024 FOWC-Cemetery
Familial Grounds This FOWC is in alignment with the latest of my dad’s slides I have recently (just yesterday) digitized. They are of the familial burial grounds of my paternal grandparents. My father took them on one of our trips to visit his dad, his brother, his sister and her family. The location of the…
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Prefer Crashed, Smashed, or Public Service Doors?
Rummaging through my dad’s old slides I ran across these pictures of a crashed and smashed car where you could clearly see the damage done to the doors, the windows, the hood, and trunk of the car. I am not sure who the car belonged to, but I know the children who are shown looking…
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Numbers Game #26 – My 147 & the Word Hearst
Hearst Castle and Ranch Judy’s Numbers Game can bring about interesting results and insights from those who choose to participate. The challenge is alive, let’s get Blogging. In searching for the #147 and its variations the results that popped up all had the central focus around Hearst. Therefore, I selected a variety of photos around…
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2024 LAPC #304: Behind
Ritva is this week’s host for the Lens-Artist Photography Challenge; she has chosen the theme of behind. What backgrounds to choose may seem easy, but some thought process may determine just the right background & balance you what to achieve and capture when you are snapping your photos. BATTLE OF BECKHAMVILLE May 1780 Inscription. British…
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2024 CWWC: June — Week 2
Bridging the Waters of Time Thru Architecture While on our San Francisco Bay Discovery Cruise we were able to see beautiful views surrounding the Bay. We were able to view unique perspectives of the amazing architectural features of the Bay Area Bridges. Looking at The Golden Gate Bridge from the waters below … The Golden Gate…
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2024 PULL Up a Seat: Week 24
Seating inside Hearst Castle Hearst Castle is located up on a hill in San Simeon, the land was originally purchased by George Hearst. After his & his wife’s passing, the ownership of the property was transferred to William Randolph Hearst, their son. William Randolph Hearst expanded on the property growing it to encompass approximately 250,00…
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2024 Monochrome Madness #10: People
Throwback to 1974/5 Aboard the Queen Mary I have been reminiscing about the good old days as I go thru processing my dad’s old slides into a digital format. These are from 1974 and 1975 when we toured the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. Here I am looking out over the ships railing into…
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Abandoned in California — Now Tourist Attraction
Janet from sustainabilitea.wordpress.com is offering us all to participate in her “One Word Sunday” word Abandoned. I am choosing to participate, how about you? Alcatraz Have you ever thought about visiting or touring a federal prison? How about touring an Abandoned maximum security prison like Alcatraz? It is possible, you know. Alcatraz was not always…
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2024 Wordless Wednesday: 06.12
Albatross Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday Throwback Thursday Photo Credit: ©️1979 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved. Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm Location: San Francisco Bay Cruise; San Francisco Bay; San Francisco, California, USA God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
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2024 Sunday Stills: Pastels in California’s Beautiful Outdoors
California has some beautiful coastline. These were taken way back in 1974 in Long Beach, California. This first one was taken looking over the Pacific Ocean and Pier J, Port of Long Beach. The view was taken from aboard the Queen Mary. The next two photos are of the Shoreline of the Long Beach Harbor…
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2024 Monday Window: 06.10
Historic Windows/Doors FDR’s The Little White House Growing up we made several vacation trips to the Carolinas from San Diego. On one of our trips to the Carolinas we made a stopover in Georgia to visit Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s (FDR) The Little White House in Warm Springs. When you arrive at The Little White House…
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Long Hilly Road to Great Falls
This long straight hilly 15-mile stretch of US 21 is the road that leads us to Great Falls, South Carolina coming out of Georgia. We would travel this road every three (3) to five (5) years to visit my dad’s parents and his brother and sister’s families. My dad grew up in Great Falls, but…
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2024 RDP: Older /|\ Rise
Welcome Friends, Guests, and Visitors! This is June 2024, I am realizing that the Older I get the harder it is for me to Rise. It is harder for me to Rise in the mornings, and harder for me to Rise from the floor. Let’s face it the Older I get the harder it is…
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Stunning Views From Atop Stone Mountain
Further Adventures @Stone Mountain As I continue to look back on time through the digitization process of my dad’s old slides I am reminded and am amazed by the wonderful world we live in and the freedom we have to create/recreate and share our experiences, our memories with others. The slideshow is a digital representation…
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2024 CWWC: 05.31 ———Any Way You Choose
At Stone Mountain Park We begin our journey in n July of 1972, having made it from California to Georgia we stop for a bit of fun. We were glad to pull into the park and finally be able to get out of the car and stretch our legs. After traveling cross country for days…
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Moving Forward In & Around …
Murrells Inlet In the Car … On the Road Again driving from Charlotte, North Carolina to Murrells Inlet, South Carolina for some Deep Sea Fishing. At Murrells Inlet … Let’s Keep Moving Forward to See What We Can See. The Marshes of Murrells Inlet … Moving Forward on a Fishing 🎣 Expedition … Moving Forward…
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Moving Forward — Wanna Race?
And they’re off … Hey, What’s that Mini Kart doing on the track? Look at them Go … Number 1 is about to Catch Up Watching Races at the Cajon Speedway was one of my dad’s favourite things to do on a weekend. It is not something he was able to enjoy that often, but…
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Pull Up a Seat: 2024 Week 21
Zion National Park In Monochrome Resting up before the big hike climbing to the top, the Summit of Lost Peak. Pull Up a Seat … on the Summit of Lost Peak Wow, we made it the Summit. It took all our energy and determination, but we did it. Look at the views, they are so…
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2024 FOTD: Castle Garden Flowers
Hearst Castle Garden Cee’s Flower of the Day Becky’s Squares Throwback Thursday Photo Credit: ©️1969 Nornal H. Waters (my dad)… All Rights Reserved. Camera: Minolta XG-7 with Kodak Ektachrome 35 mm slide film. Location: Hearst Castle; San Simeon, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and…
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