2024 Weekend FOTD: 06.22/23

Hydrangea Nikko Blue

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Nikko Blue’

Cee’s Weekend FOTD:06.22/3

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Huntingtowne Neighbourhood; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Macro Monday: 06.17

Lantana camara

Wild-type Spanish flag

(Lantana camara)

Lantana camara, commonly known as lantana or shrub verbena, is native to Central and South America but has naturalized in much of the southeast United States. 

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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2024 Weekend FOTD: 06.15/16

Gladioli

Gladioli ‘Oscar’
Large-flowered

Cee’s Weekend FOTD

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2024 Floral Friday: Colouring Flowers #24

A Red Rose 🌹 for you!
Coloured by Me
Via Zen Color app

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day 

God Bless. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Smell the Roses. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.

2024 FOTD: 06.06 —

Hemerocallis ‘Cool Jazz’

‘Cool Jazz’ daylily

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Huntingtowne Neighbourhood; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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Macro Monday: 06.03 —

Rubus occidentalis

Dewberry
Black Raspberry
Another Common name
is Blackberry Blackcap

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2024 FOTD: 05.29

Calopogon tuberosus

Simpson’s grass pink and it is in the Orchid family (Orchidaceae) grasspink (Calopogon tuberosus var. simpsonii).

The genus name “Calopogon” is Greek and means “beautiful beard.” It refers to the hairlike structures on the upper petal. It has a bulb-like corm that resembles a tuber, hence the name “tuberosus.” The slender grass-like leaves give rise to the name “grass pink.” It is a stunning wildflower.

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Becky’s #SquareRenew

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. Take time to renew your body, mind, and spirit. Like the Garden we also need to renew ourselves to further our growth. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Weekend FOTD: Silently Burgeoning

Mountain laurels
(Kalmia latifolia)

Cee’s Weekend FOTD-2024.05.25/26

Silent Sunday

Becky’s Squares-Renew/Burgeoning

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Squared “142” Numbers Game #21

This is my first time participating in Judy’s Number Game. My entry is being combined with Becky’s Squares Challenge

Getting out in nature always helps to renew my mind, refresh my spirit, and rejuvenate my soul. This view is from the side porch of the Gibson House.

On Sunday, Coleman and I drove into Fort Mill to visit the newly renewed and reconstructed Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm at the Anne Springs Close Greenway. The newly reconstructed children’s farm is accessible through the Greenway Stables Entrance. We are moving forward ( I know you can’t see our movements, but you can imagine them) to visit the Farm animals (chickens, rabbits, alpacas, and cattle.)

After visiting the farm animals, Coleman and I went back to the car to grab our snacks and put my backpack in it as my camera battery had died. So then I continued taking photos with my iPhone as we proceeded to Move Forward through the horse stables on towards the trails for a bit of hiking. We hiked along on the Dogwood Trail, made a loop onto Peach Loop to watch out over Lake Haigler before heading back to the car and home.

While gazing out over Lake Haigler, I reminisced for a short while remembering a time of apple picking, fresh apple cider, and fresh bread with a dollop of fresh homemade apple butter in Julian, California.

Now that I have your mouth watering for the delicious delightful aroma of fresh homemade apple delicacies, I trust you’ll have a wonderful rest of your weekend and a blissful weekend.

Judy’s Numbers Game Challenge – 142

Becky’s #SquareRenew – Renew-Reconstruct-Moving Forward

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300 mm and Canon EF-S18-55mm lenses.

Location: 1-3) Greenway Stables Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA; 4) Julian, California, USA

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

2024 Floral Friday: Colouring Flowers #17

Lily of the Valley
Coloured by Me
Via Zen Color App

Lily of the Valley is the birth flower for May. Traditionally, lily of the valley is known to symbolise humility, sweetness, the return of happiness and motherhood. Lily of the Valley may be May’s birth flower, but I much prefer roses 🌹 and carnations.

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day 

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2024 Thursday Trios: 05.02 —

Petunias

Petunia hybrida
‘Queen of Hearts’

Thursday Trios

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Becky’s #SquaresRenew Challenge-May

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2024 Wordless Wednesday: 05.01

Spathiphyllum floribundum

AKA Snowflower
and Peace Lily

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day 

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

God Bless. Thanks for sharing your time and thoughts with me. Have a fabulous weekend. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Floral Friday: Colouring Flowers #16

Coloured by Me
Via Zen Color App

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day 

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2024 FOTD: 04.23

Dietes grandiflora

Dietes grandiflora,
AKA fortnight lily,
large wild iris,
African iris or fairy iris

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Photo Credit:©️2024 Sandy Burnett

Location: Fernandina Beach, FL

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2024 Floral Friday: Colouring Flowers #15

Coloured by Me
Via Zen Color App

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day 

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2024 Sunday Stills: April # Flowers

 “March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers”

Sunday Stills-April # Flowers

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2024 FOTD: 04.10 —-

Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri

Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri
Easter cactus

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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2024 FOTD: 04.09

Phlox subulata

Cee’s Flower of the Day:04.09

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF75-300mm lens and Altura CPL filter attachment.

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

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

Weekend FOTD: 2024 April 6 — Wisteria brachybotrys

Cee’s Weekend FOTD

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2024 CMMC: April – Close up or Macro

Calendula officinalis L.
Marigold
Bunias orientalis,
Warty-cabbage
Helleborus viridis,
AKA Green Hellebore
Brassica oleracea
Wild Cabbage
Euonymus japonicus
‘Aureo-Marginata’

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

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

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

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

Location: 1-4) The Heritage Garden; The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA; 5)Dairy Barn Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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

2024 FOTD: 03.31 — Lenten Rose

Helleborus orientalis
lenten rose

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge-03.31

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

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

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

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

2024 FOTD: 03.30 —

Wisteria floribunda

Wisteria floribunda,
Aka Japanese wisteria
(, fuji)

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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2024 FOTD: 03.23 —

The Yoshino Cherry

(Prunus x yedoensis)

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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A Trio of Daffodils to Bring You a Ray of Sunshine

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Thursday Trios

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

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

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

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Enjoy the beauty all around you. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

03.20.24 Lovely Spring Pansies to Brighten Your Day

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 11

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge-03.20

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

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

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

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

Words for Thought #10

Sedum kamtschaticum
Orange Stonecrop

Think About It Tuesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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2024 FOTD: 03.15

Lenten rose

Helleborus orientalis
Hellebore Lenten Rose
Helleborus orientalis,
the Lenten rose,
is a perennial flowering plant
and species of hellebore
in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter.

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

God Bless. Stop and Smell the Flowers. Enjoy the beauty of nature all around you. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

Floral Friday: Colouring Flowers #10

Coloured by Deb 
Via Zen Color App

Cee’s Flower of the Day 

Floral Friday

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Words for Thought #8

Mustard Plants
In the Garden
In the Farm
The Schiele Museum of Natural History

Think About It Tuesday

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2024 Cell Pic Sunday: 03.03

— Daffodils

Narcissus pseudo narcissus
AKA the wild daffodil
or Lent lily

John’s Cell Pic Sunday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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.

2024 Wordless Wednesday: 02.21

FOTD

Pansy ‘Delta Premium Neon Violet’

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

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

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.

2024 FOTD: 02.19

— Potted Perennials

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge-02.19

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

God Bless. Take time for yourself, take a walk, smell the flowers and enjoy your week. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

FOTD: 02.05.24 — Spring Flowers ’23

Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
Belmont, North Carolina, USA

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge-02.05.24

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max — Telephoto camera

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

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

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: 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

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2023 FOTD: Perennial Garden

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Photo Credit: (c) 2022 Deb L. Waters

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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.

Cell Pic Sunday: 12.10.2023 — Poinsettias

Red Poinsettia

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Christmas Poinsettias

John’s Cellpic Sundays

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2023 December CMMC: Close Up or Macro

Stormy Sky
Hog at the Farm
Schiele Museum of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Bird Feeder
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Crassula multicava succulent
Pumpkin
Poinsettia – Princettia Pink

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

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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.

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.