2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): 12.05 — Any Which Way (Your Choice)

Welcome back to the Which Way ChallengeThis Friday’s Which Way Challenge theme is Any Which Way (Your Choice). Your Which Ways can be Any Which Way on any Road, Pathways, Walkways, Sidewalks, Stairs, etc. as long as your Which Ways are clearly visible.

This week I am sharing our hike along the dirt trail at Ramsey Creek Park in Cornelius, North Carolina. Here are my entries …

Click on each image to enlarge. 

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 Around the Tree in Gettysburg

Pepper’s The Road to Adventures in Maui

NOTE: For the next two (2) weeks the theme for the Which Way Challenge will be CWWC: Any Which Way with a Holiday theme. (Will run for two (2) weeks).

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion 

Location: Ramsey Creek Park; Cornelius, North 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 Thursday Doors: 04 December

Caterpillar 349F Excavator

Last week we visited the CLT Airport Overlook in Charlotte, North Carolina. While watching for Airplanes to take off or come in for a landing, Coleman noticed an Excavator and went over to the fence to take a closer look at it working in the construction area just a short distance from the playground area.

CAT 349F

The CAT 349F Excavator is built with a powerful, 49-ton hydraulic excavator known for heavy-duty digging and earthmoving tasks. Its features a CAT C13 ACERT engine with advanced hydraulic systems for efficiency and precision. 

Coleman
watching the
CAT 349 Excavator
at Work.

The CAT 349F has a spacious and ergonomic cab which is designed to be quiet and comfortable. It features air suspension seats and intuitive controls to reduce operator fatigue during long shifts.

Dan’s Thursday Doors-2025.12.04

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Construction site by Charlotte-Douglas International Airport Overlook; Charlotte, North 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.

Peering Out Across the Pier

Monochrome Madness

Can you see where
Coleman is standing?
View From
Lake Norman
Lake Norman
Cornelius, North Carolina

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness-2025.12.03

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Lake Norman; Pier at Ramsey Creek Park; Ramsey Creek Park; Cornelius, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 LAPC #376 — Wings

Feathered or Not

Beth from Wandering Dawgs is this week’s host for the Lens-Artist Photo Challenge . She is challenging us to show off Wings of any kind. I am displaying Non-Feathered Wings as well as Wings on a variety of Feathered Friends with Wings.

Let us first take a look at some of my Feathered Friends that grace my pathways.

Female Northern Cardinal
grace my porch railing
enjoying a nice snack.
A Northern Mockingbird
stopped by for a visit.
A Lovely Mourning Dove
graces us with a beautiful song.
A Chipping Sparrow
(Spizella passerina)
graces our pathway
while on a hike.

Now to display a few Non-Feathered Wings Landing and Taking off from Charlotte-Douglas International Airport.

Beth’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #376-Wings

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Locations: Feathered Friends) Cramerton, North Carolina, USA; Non-Feathered Wings) Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, 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 CosPhoChal: 03 December — Reflections

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

“Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.”

– Ernest Holmes

Here are a few Reflections from around the Carolinas …

“Your life is a reflection of your thoughts. If you change your thinking, you change your life.”

– Brian Tracy 

Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge-Reflections

Photo Credit:©️2020-2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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 Wordless Wednesday: 03 December

South Fork Catawba River
from Goat Island Bridge

Click on image to enlarge. 

Wordless Wednesday

Photo Credit: ©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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 CFFC: 02 December —Travel Hubs

Dan, the host for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge is asking us to share photos of Travel Hubs. Looking through my files I did not find many actual Travel Hubs, but just maybe what I did find might somewhat be along the lines even if they’re not actually hubs.

Here are my contributions …

Are Ports Hubs?

Bus Stations …

Now how about let’s take a look at Trains. These aren’t actually Train Stations where you would board a train, but you could.

And last but not least, let’s look at views of the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport.

Click on images to enlarge. 

Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)-Travel Hubs 

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

Note: This Friday’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC) will be a free week with Any Which Way (Your Choice).

2025 Last on the Card – November

Brian from Bushboys World hosts a monthly challenge called Last On the CardHis 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

Click on each image to enlarge.

#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.

One Day Walking Through the Woods

One Day while hiking along a trail Coleman and I came across a section with textured wood that had seen better days.

Trail near
Gardner Park Elementary
Gastonia, North Carolina

One Day while hiking in Anne Springs Close Greenway we spotted a mysterious hole within a rotting tree stump that drew our attention.

At Anne Springs Close Greenway
in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

One Day we decided to take a break in the shade to catch our breath before contour hike. (Coleman was just under 2 at the time.) we found some interesting shadows and a Dragonfly.

Chestnut Trail;
McDowell Nature Preserve;
Charlotte, North Carolina

One Day during a hike to Coleman’s favourite sandpit in Riverside Park and Greenway we noticed some interesting texture of Hypnum cupressiforme, (the cypress-leaved plaitmoss or hypnum moss).

Textured hypnum moss growing on a tree Coleman enjoys climbing.

One Day at Riverside Park and Greenway I was trying to locate the log I usually sat on while Coleman played in the sand. It took some looking around before we spotted it. Someone had decomposed our log by using it as a fire log. (No fires are to be built in the park especially during the summer fire season.)

Burnt Log destroyed by fire.
So much for my sitting on it.

Terri’s Sunday Stills-Textures

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Decay

Becky’s #NovemberShadows #30

Weekly Prompts The One Day Prompt-(19 )

Patti’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #375-Mysterious

Photo Credit :©️2020-2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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

2025 Monday Window: 01 December

Bob Evans Restaurant

Kitty by a Window – 2 
— AI creation by PR

For Monday Window this week I am taking you to the Bob Evans Restaurant in Huntersville, North Carolina. It has been awhile since we’ve been out to eat at a Bob Evans, the one closest to us closed & the building was demolished.

We decided to go out to eat on Thanksgiving first a Turkey Dinner (Our oven quit working & cooking a Turkey on the stovetop was highly impractical and improbable.) The closest Bob Evans near us was in downtown Charlotte or up a little further in Huntersville. We chose to go to the one in Huntersville and then go somewhere for a little holiday hiking.

Here are a few shots of the Bob Evans Restaurant; its doors, windows, and seating.

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Monday Window 

Monday Window

See Monday Window posts in Reader

Dan’s Thursday Doors

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 48

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 Monday Portrait: 01 December

Northern Mockingbird

Northern Mockingbird

Monday Portrait

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Telephoto

Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North 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.

Pull Up a Seat on a Jude’s Bench or Two+

On Thanksgiving, my grandson, (Coleman) and I were joined by his mom for a lovely chilly afternoon. After devouring a delicious Turkey dinner (except for Coleman-He doesn’t like meat), my daughter (Trisha) drove us to a quaint park on the edge of Lake Norman called Ramsey Creek Park. At first, Coleman and I were not sure if his mom was going to join us hiking around the park.

Coleman and I started out walking by ourselves walking along the waters edges absorbing all the beautiful scenery. After a while, his mom joined us whilst he was picking up small seashells from the sandy seashore.

We noticed several Benches throughout our time walking around; from park benches to picnic tables and benches, they were scattered all around the park for visitors to relax and enjoy.

Here are some of the views and Benches we encountered …

Jude’s Bench Challenge -2025.11.30

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 48

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Ramsey Creek Park; Cornelius, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 November #Shadows #30

American Airlines

Shadows on the Runway

American Airlines
on the Runway
American
lined up
for Takeoff

Becky’s #NovemberShadows

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Telephoto

Location: CLT Airport Overlook; Charlotte-Douglas International Airport; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Stay Safe. Stay Warm. Chill is in the Air. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Cell Pic Sunday: 30 November

Coleman gazing
upon Lake Norman
Coleman
Trisha watching Coleman
watching a speedboat

John’s Cell Pic Sunday-2025.11.30

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Cameras: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max;

Location: Lake Norman; Ramsey Creek Park; Cornelius, 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 Silent Sunday: 11.30

Lake Norman
Ramsey Creek Park
Cornelius, North Carolina

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Silent Sunday

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Lake Norman; Ramsey Creek Park; Cornelius, 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.

Will It, Won’t It, Maybe Not

Hawthorne’s Inducer Pizza

Hawthorne’s Buffalo Wing Pizza
Aka “The Inducer”

You may be wondering about my title of Will It, Won’t It, Maybe Not especially when you see the image of a pizza. Let me tell you this is no ordinary pizza.

Hawthorne’s NY Pizza & Bar makes a specialty pizza many Pregnant women from all over Charlotte and the surrounding areas are coming to get. Why are they coming to Hawthorne’s from all over to get this specialty? That is an excellent question. What is this specialty pizza that is attracting pregnant women?

Pregnant women from all over Charlotte and the surrounding areas are determined to come to Hawthorne’s for their Buffalo Wing specialty pizza. It is layered with chicken, mozzarella cheese, and our very own Hawthorne’s in-house, SPECIAL medium-hot buffalo sauce. People are referring to the Buffalo Wing pizza as “The Inducer.”

Now, mind you, that there is no scientific proof that any certain foods (like the Buffalo Wing pizza) can induce labor, however, it is not stopping expectant mothers from enjoying and sharing the speedy power of Hawthorne’s Buffalo Wing Pizza. Even though many pregnant women have reported to giving birth within forty-eight hours or less from the time that they ate The Inducer” pizza, that is not true for every pregnant woman who ate Hawthorne’s “Inducer” pizza.

With all this discussion regarding “The Inducer” pizza; my daughter eating “The Inducer” pizza is pizza; what do y’all think the outcome was? Did “The Inducer” pizza do the job with its expected success? Did it not work? Or will it eventually work, but take longer than expected?

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 48

Photo Credit :©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: Hawthorne’s NY Pizza & Bar; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

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

Answer to the questions … so far the expected results have not happened. Still waiting … and waiting. ( She ate it “The Inducer” on Wednesday afternoon around Two (2) pm. And we are still waiting for Baby Sophia to arrive.)

2025 Skywatch Friday/Weekend Sky: 11.27/28

Skywatching over

Lake Norman

2025 Skywatch Friday – Thanksgiving at Lake Norman/Ramsey Creek Park

Hammad’s Weekend Sky-2025.11.27

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2025 Week 47

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: Lake Norman; Ramsey Creek Park; Cornelius, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 November #Shadows #29

Ramsey Creek Park

Coleman at
Ramsey Creek Park

Becky’s November #Shadows #29

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion 

Location: Ramsey Creek Park; Lake Norman/Cornelius, North Carolina, USA 

God Bless. Hope y’all having wonderfully pleasant Thanksgiving weekend. 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 (Your Choice)

Welcome back to the Which Way Challenge. I trust y’all had a lovely Thanksgiving week so far. I know we certainly did. Now we didn’t spend the day cooking over a hot stove or oven, but we did enjoy a delicious turkey dinner courtesy of Bob Evans Restaurant. Let me tell you they were doing a pretty good business on this (yesterday’s) Thanksgiving. I’ll tell y’all more about Bob Evans Restaurant during a future post.

We also didn’t stay home bored to death thinking there was anything to do. We might not have had any family or friends to gather with and enjoy the day together, but we (at least I think) enjoyed a tremendous afternoon together (my daughter, my grandson, and myself) visiting a park we had not been to previously and did a wee bit of hiking.

If you’ve read my posts before, you’ll understand my grandson loves to hike and spend as much time as possible in the outdoors among nature. After devouring our delicious turkey meal (Coleman only ate the vegetables (he doesn’t like meat) at Bob Evans in Huntersville, we (actually my daughter) drove to Ramsey Creek Park which is along Lake Norman in North Carolina.

This being a holiday weekend I decided to make this Friday’s Which Way Challenge  theme;  Any Which Way (Your Choice). Your Which Ways can be Any Which Way on any Road, Pathways, Walkways, Sidewalks, Stairs, etc. as long as your Which Ways are clearly visible.

Here are my entries for this week … from our Thanksgiving Day Hike …

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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 Fisherman Among the Foliage of Passage Creek

TGeriatrix’s In The Forest

Vanda’s CWWC: Any Which Way With People

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: Ramsey Creek Park; Cornelius, North 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 Monochrome Madness #48 — Leaves and Petals

Dawn from The Day After is hosting this week’s Monochrome Madness; she has chosen a theme of Leaves and Petals. A few of the leaves are from here in Cramerton and the rest are from an outing we took on Thanksgiving Day to do a little bit of hiking.

Dawn’s Monochrome Madness-Leaves and Petals

Dawn’s Festival of Leaves #10

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #48-Leaves and/or Petals

Terri’s The #Flower Hour

Also posting for

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Bren’s Floral Friday

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: 1-3) Cramerton, North Carolina; 4-8) Cornelius/Lake Norman, 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 #28

Ramsey Creek Park

Ramsey Creek Park Sign
in front of Lake Norman

Becky’s November #Squares #28

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion 

Location: Ramsey Creek Park; Lake Norman/Cornelius, North Carolina, USA 

God Bless. Hope y’all had a wonderfully pleasant Thanksgiving! Have a fantastic weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Thursday Doors: 27 November

The Plunge

The Plunge in San Diego, California was originally called The Natatorium. It was constructed in 1925 as the centrepiece of Belmont Park, along with the Giant Dipper Roller Coaster.

Closeup of The Plunge’s Front Door

Belmont Park is located at Mission Beach. It was once the world’s largest saltwater pool. In 1940, The Plunge’s pool was converted from a saltwater pool to a freshwater pool. After the conversion, it became Southern California’s largest heated indoor pool. However, in the 1970’s, the pool and the rest of Belmont Park fell into disrepair. [It was during the 70’s when I was able to spend many days, especially in the summer, at Mission Beach enjoying the rides, the ocean, and the pool within The Plunge.]

In 2014, The Plunge was closed due to structural issues. After undergoing a major restoration, it reopened in 2019 as a completely modern, heated facility with a retractable roof and new amenities including floor-to-ceiling windows, while still maintaining its historical character.

The Plunge
Belmont Park
San Diego. California

The renovation was done in coordination with San Diego’s Historical Resources Board and the Save Our Heritage Organization. Great efforts were made to restore and replicate historic architectural features, including the original-style archways and decorative tilework.

During the mid-twentieth century, The Plunge served as a community gathering spot for swim lessons, school meets, and summer outings.  The Plunge has been and continues to be a beloved landmark for Mission Beach residents and the entire city of San Diego. 

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Dan’s Thursday Doors 

Dan’s Thursday Doors
Thursday Doors

Location: The Plunge San Diego; 3115, Ocean Front Walk, San Diego, CA 92109, USA

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

Note: This Friday’s Which Way Challenge theme will be Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way (Your Choice)

2025 November #Shadows #27

CLT Overlook Playground

Charlotte-Douglas International
Airport Overlook with Coleman

Becky’s November #Squares #27

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: Charlotte-Douglas International Airport Overlook; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 November #Shadows #26

Streets,

Sidewalks,

& Shadows

Riverside Park and Greenway
Carolina Thread Trail
Cramerton, North Carolina

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Becky’s November #Shadows #26

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Settings: f/1.78 • 1/1131s • 24mm • ISO80

Location: Carolina Thread Trail; Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North 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 Wordless Wednesday: November 26

Who’s Ready

for Christmas??

Neighbourhood Decorations

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Wordless Wednesday

Photo Credit: ©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; 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 CFFC: November 25 —Professional Offices

Dan, the host for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge is asking us to share photos of Professional Offices. Looking through my files I did not find many professional offices that I had not already posted previously for other challenges. I did find a few though.

Here are my contributions …

Click on images to enlarge. 

Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)-Professional Offices

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

Note: This Friday’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC) will be a free week with Any Which Way (Your Choice).

2025 Numbers Game 11.25 — 200-222

Judy from Life Lessons blog hosts a weekly photo challenge called The Numbers Game. This week’s number is 222. Her instructions for playing along are listed below …

To play along, go to your photos file and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find under that number and include a link to your blog in Judy’s  Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title.

Please click on photos to enlarge.

Here are my entries …

Please click on photos to enlarge.

Judy’s Numbers Game #100-222

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

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Take Care. 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

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

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 CFFC: November —Sporting Venues

 Dan, the host for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge is asking us to share photos of Sporting Venues (actually I’m a week late), a specific type of Cultural Venue. Here are my contributions …

Typical Sporting Venues …

Stadiums …

The top two (2) stadiums are ones my cousins and nieces attend to watch their local sporting events. The third (3rd) stadium in San Diego is the old stadium which served as a venue for both the San Diego Padres and the San Diego Chargers. I only attended Padre games here.

Non-typical Sporting Venues …

Racetracks …

My dad loved watching car races. He grew up watching NASCAR races. The Cajon Speedway was an oval racetrack near El Cajon, California. The racetrack was originally a 0.25 mile dirt oval track which opened in 1961. In 1964 the track was expanded to a 0.375 mile dirt track and then was paved. The track was located between Gillespie Field and the San Vicente Freeway. The track held many Stock Car races throughout the years. Some of the more notable events were USAC National Midget Series, NASCAR Winston West Series, NASCAR Southwest Series, and the USF2000.

The Cajon Speedway ceased operations after the 2004 season and was demolished sometime after the lease ended in 2005. At this time it is unsure if or when a new NASCAR short track will be built on the property.

Horse Shows …

The top two (2) are from a horse show held on the grounds of the Lake Haigler Entrance for Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The third (3rd) is of a horse show held at the San Diego Wild Animal Park (now known as the San Diego Safari Park) in 1978.

Water Sport Venues …

The first two (2) are of my eldest son’s high school CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) swim finals competition held in 1998 in Long Beach, California. My son competed in the butterfly event and the 4 x 100 meter medley and the 4 x 400 meter medley relays. The third (3rd) is from a paddling competition at the Port O’ Call, San Pedro, California.

Youth Baseball/T-ball Venues …

Here we have Coleman at his T-ball practice and one of his games on the local T-ball field. The last is of our local high school’s baseball field.

Click on images to enlarge. 

Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)-Sporting Venues

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

Note: This Friday’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC) will be a free week with Any Which Way (Your Choice).

2025 November #Shadows #24

The Anthem

Veterans Memorial

The Anthem Veterans Memorial

The Anthem Veterans Memorial in Community Park, Anthem, Arizona is a tribute to United States Military Veterans. It features five (5) pillars with unique elliptical openings which align strategically with the Sun on Veterans Day (November 11) at 11:11 a.m. (Mountain Standard Time) to project a spotlight on the Great Seal of the United States.

Each of the five (5) pillars represent a branch of the United States Armed Services; Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard. The pillars (monoliths) are composed of white marble.

The memorial also includes a “Circle of Honor” with engraved brick pavers dedicated to individual service members. The Circle of Honour is a surrounding area which contains inscribed brick pavers that can be purchased to honor individual veterans with their name, rank, and service dates.

The Anthem Veterans Memorial is designed with significant symbolism; the white colour of the pillars, red pavers, and the blue sky represent the American Flag.

Becky’s November #Shadows #24

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

2025 Monday Window: 24 November

Looking Beyond the Trees

Kitty by a Window – 2 
— AI creation by PR
Charlotte-Douglas
International Airport

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Monday Window 

Monday Window

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

Macro Monday: 2025.11.24

Gerbera jamesonii

Gerbera Daisies
(Gerbera jamesonii)

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Macro Monday (MM)

Macro Monday 

Terri’s The Flower Hour

Cee’s Flower of the Day 

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters… All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; 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 OWS: Steering Wheels

Good Sunday Morning to y’all. This week Debbie from Travel with Intent has chosen Steering Wheels for the theme for One Word Sunday (OWS). I’ve scoured my archives searching for a few Steering Wheels and I’ve managed come come across a few.

Here are my entries …

Coleman behind the
Steering Wheel of
a Fire Engine
Coleman testing out
the Steering Wheel
of a Tractor
at The Farm
at The Schiele Museum
of Natural History.

These next two are located at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina.

Coleman Turning
a Steering Wheel
outside the main
Museum building.
Here Coleman
is checking out
the Steering Wheel
of a Train.

Debbie’s One Word Sunday (OWS)-Steering Wheels

Photo Credit:©️2021-2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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

2025 November #Shadows #23

Nighttime Shadows

Goat Island Bridge

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Becky’s November #Shadows #23

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

God Bless. Happy Shadowing. 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 Stills …

Whatsoever Is Lovely

Is Bright and Beautiful

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Terri’s Sunday Stills-All Things Bright and Beautiful

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2025 Week 47

Silent Sunday

Sunday Trees-2025.11.23

Ragtag Daily Prompt-Variegated

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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 Cell Pic Sunday: 23 November

Gorgeous Reflections

South Fork Catawba River

John’s Cell Pic Sunday-2025.11.22

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Cameras: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max;

Location: South Fork Catawba River; 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.

On the Move by Curb Walking

Curb Walking

for — LAPC

#SWS

This week John from Journeys with Johnbo is the host for the Lens-Artist Photo Challenge. He has challenged us to post photos of our being On the Move. He has shown us some of the typical ways that people choose to travel (Aka being On the Move). Some of the typical means of being “On the Move” are traveling by car, by train, by airplane, or by a cruise ship or another type of boat.

However, I am not going to show you any typical form of being “On the Move.” You might ask what are some other ways one can be “On the Move?” Well, some of the other methods are walking, running, skiing, skipping, skating, swimming, or our favourite hiking. Even though hiking is Coleman and my favourite method of getting from point A to point B and sometimes C in one day, that is not the method or means of being “On the Move” I am going to show you today.

What method of being “On the Move” am I going to discuss with y’all? Let me tell you. The method is called Curb Walking. Ever heard of Curb Walking? I hadn’t really heard much about it or how or why it is done.

Curb Walking is a unique type of walking which involves walking with one foot on the Curb and the other foot on the street. Ever tried Curb Walking? If you did; did you enjoy it? Was it Beneficial?

My daughter, Trisha, Curb Walking with Coleman close by (not that he’d be much help if she fell, but he’d try).

The uneven gait of Curb Walking is thought to help the pelvis (of pregnant women) to open and shift, which is predicted to encourage the baby to move lower and into a better position for birth.

Curb Walking around the playground at Goat Island Park and Greenway.

Curb Walking can help create flexibility in the hips and pelvic floor over time. It can also be a part of overall exercise for endurance. However, it is not a guaranteed way to start labor.

How long should you Curb Walking when you first start? It is recommended to begin with 10 minutes. When you are Curb Walking you should listen to your body and take it slow at first. You may gradually increase the duration and frequency (emphasis on gradual). It is suggested to aim for a total of 30 minutes of Curb Walking on the majority of days for overall fitness.

Before beginning Curb Walking (especially while pregnant), it is highly recommended (if not crucial) to consult your doctor or midwife prior to your first time. (My daughter, however, consulted her physician after her first adventure into Curb Walking). Everyone’s personal health and pregnancy situation is different, so it is best to consult with your medical professional ahead of time. ( I do need to mention she consulted her physician the next day & it was favorable for her to Curb Walk.)

If your doctor gives you the go ahead to begin Curb Walking, it is advised to start between 37 and 39 weeks to specifically try and induce labor. (She is so tired of being pregnant and so ready to meet her daughter.)

John’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #374-On the Move

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday-2025.11.22

Bonus:

Becky’s November #Shadows

I love multi-linking to various challenges.

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

God Bless. Take Care. Be safe. And have some fun walking around your surroundings. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Shhh … my daughter doesn’t like her picture taken & doesn’t know I took these.

2025 November #Shadows #22

Sock Skating Shadows

Every Winter The Schiele Museum of Natural History converts the Block Party room into a Winter Holiday Themed Sock Skating area for kids of all ages, however, primarily for preschoolers and elementary age children.

The first time Coleman visited the Sock Skating area “rink” he was hesitant about “skating” across the “rink.”

He gradually learned to relax and enjoy himself.

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Becky’s November #Shadows #22

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

1) Settings: f/1.78 • 1/41s • 35mm • ISO1000

2) Settings: f/1.78 • 1/23s • 63mm • ISO640

Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; 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 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 …

Disc Golf Trail

Let’s go meandering through Goat Island …

Coleman

Can you see me? …

Coleman

Better now? …

How am I doing about blending into my environment?

Disc Golf Trail

Shall we continue meandering?

South Fork Catawba River

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

AI of Coleman
in the Playground

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.

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way with People

This Friday’s Which Way Challenge we will be continuing with Any Which Way with People. Your Which Ways can be Any Which Way on any Road, Pathways, Walkways, Sidewalks, Stairs, etc. as long as your Which Ways contain People.

Here are my entries for this week …

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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.

Brian’s Black and white (bridges and walkways)

Vanda’s CWWC: Any Which Way in Black and White 2

Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery’s Which Way In B&W

Dawn’s Which Way: From Inside Meems Covered Bridge

Suzette’s Deb’s Which Way CWWC : Black and White Week – 2

Deb’s 2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way in Black and White

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: 1-8) Canon EOS Rebel 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; and 9-21) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

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

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

2025 November #Shadows #21 — The #Flower Hour

Bren’s Floral Friday

Cee’s FOTD

A Red Rose 🌹

Becky’s November #Shadows #21

Terri’s The #Flower Hour

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: CB Huss Recreation Complex; Cramerton, North 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 Thursday Trios: 20 November

Three” Out

for a Evening Walk

My daughter (Trisha),
my grandson (Coleman),
and my future
granddaughter (Sophia).

This was taken on Tuesday evening at the entrance to Goat Island Park and Greenway as we were preparing to head back home. This was a rare occasion for us. My daughter normally doesn’t care to go walking and I do not see well at night to attempt walking anywhere.

However, my daughter is so ready to be over being pregnant that she decided she needed to try to start walking some on her days off. She is trying Curb Walking to try to speed the process up of Sophia being ready to make her entrance into this world. [I’ll be discussing Curb Walking further in a future post soon.]

Coleman loves to go walking/hiking at any given opportunity. He loved having his mom come along on an evening walk with us.

Carol’s Thursday Trios

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North 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 Thursday Doors: 20 November

Tesla Cybertruck 
2025 Tesla Cybertruck

The 2025 Tesla Cybertruck is an electric pickup truck which has a distinctive stainless steel, wedge-shaped design. [When Coleman and I saw this Tesla Cybertruck near the Post Office in Downtown Cramerton it reminded me of the “Back to the Future’s” car. I know the “Back to the Future’s DeLorean DMC-12 does not exactly look like the new Tesla Cybertruck, but it to me back to memories of watching the “Back to the Future” movies with Michael J. Fox.]

Driver’s Side View

The Tesla Cybertruck is available in two main trims: 1) the Dual-motor all wheel drive; and 2) the tri-motor “Cyberbeast”. Cybertruck is available with Full Self-Driving (Supervised), a suite of advanced driver-assistance features designed to provide more active guidance and assisted driving under your active supervision. [I’m not sure if I’m ready for a Self-Driving car. Are you?]

It also features Blind Spot Monitoring which uses illuminated warning lights and on-screen visualizations to help you safely check your surroundings.

Passenger Side View

The Cybertruck features a range of up to 325 miles, a 123kWh battery on the all-wheel drive model, and a 600 horsepower output for the dual-motor version.

The Tesla Cybertruck is designed to be the safest truck on the road. It has a low center of gravity, impact-absorbing castings and the lowest probability of rollover for any truck tested by NHTSA.

I’m not sure who in town owns this Tesla Cybertruck, but it was interesting to see in our small town. Would you drive one?

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Dan’s Thursday Doors

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: Front & Center Street Parking Lot; Downtown Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

Note: This Friday’s Which Way Challenge theme will be Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way with People.

2025 November #Shadows #20

Goat Island Bridge @11:49 am in 2023

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Becky’s November #Shadows #20

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

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.

One-Liner Wednesday 19 November 2025

Badge by Laura 
@riddlefromthemiddle.com
Love is a Vine
that Grows into
our Hearts
~ Victor Hugo

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#1LinerWednesday

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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.