2025 SYD: 15 November

Clare from Clare’s Cosmos invites everyone to join her in Sharing Your Desktop (SYD). Below are her suggestions for participating in the Share Your Desktop Challenge .

To do so, simply share the photo (not a screenshot) you have set as your wallpaper; Provide as little or as much detail as you wish; Use a pingback, or post a link here so I know you have joined in on the fun; Then finally, share the fun around.

I am sharing my Wallpaper from both my Laptop and my Smartphone. I enjoy looking at different images each month. Most of which revolve around Coleman (my grandson) and nature. 

Here are my Desktop Wallpaper and Screensaver for my Laptop:

From My HP Laptop:

Desktop Background Wallpaper

Coleman
Pulling Up a Seat
on a Pipe

Desktop Screensaver

Coleman checking out
the new Storybook

From My Apple iPhone 16 Pro: 

Focus

Coleman making faces
while waiting for the
Veterans Day Service to begin.

Reading Focus

Coleman
Pulling Up a Seat
on a Branch

Hiking Focus

Personal Focus

Television Focus

Click on each image for enlarged viewing. 

Clare’s Share Your Desktop-November 

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 46

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

Cameras: Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

2025 Thursday Trios: 14 November

Autumn Trios

I know I’m a day late, but still wanted to share these trios with y’all.

Autumn Leaves

Hydrangea paniculata

These Hydrangeas change colors from seasonally, They change from white to limelight to brown tones in late autumn through winter. They are beautiful regardless of the colours they are displaying.

Carol’s Thursday Trios

Terri’s The Flower Hour

Also For:

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Bren’s Floral Friday

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens

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 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way in Black and White

This Friday’s Which Way Challenge we will be continuing with Any Which Way in Black and White in memory of Cee and her Black and White Challenge (CBWC).

In Memory of
Cee’s Black & White Challenge

I have selected to post Black & White shots of Bridges in memory of Cee’s love of Bridges.

Coleman and I had such a lovely time together walking through the trails in Goat Island Park and Greenway on Sunday …

… I just had to share a little bit of our hike with y’all.

This is the first Bridge you cross when you enter Goat Island. Coleman is waiting for me to catch up …

Continuing on the Bridge, we see some amazing #Shadows ( I know this is not squared).

Here we’ve come to the second Bridge one crosses leading to the Dog Park.

And Finally, here is the third Bridge

From here it is just a little bit further to the end of the trail where there are benches you can relax and rest up for the hike back to the entrance of Goat Island Park and Greenway where our adventures began.

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.

Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery Which Way in black and white

Brian’s Looking back (CWWC in CBWC)

Dawn’s Which Way in BnW for Cee

Suzette’s Azalea – Remembering Cee —#1Day4Cee

Majka’s Which Way Challenge: Remembering Cee with BW photos

Suzette’s Deb’s Which Way – Black and White

John’s CBWC (Cee’s Black & White Challenge) – In Memory of Cee Neuner

Deb’s Which Way Challenge

Cee’s Black & White Challenge

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

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

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

2025 November #Shadows #14

Early Morning Shadows
Coleman & his shadow

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Becky’s November #Shadows #14

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion 

Location: Bus Stop; Old Town; 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 Thursday Doors: 13 November

Emergency Exit

Plus Pull Up a Seat

The other week we had a rare occasion to eat out. Normally, I do all the cooking at home, but on this day after my daughter’s and grandson’s doctors appointments we decided to stop for a bite to eat before going home.

Emergency Exit Only
Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

We were all hungry (Coleman tends to be hungry all the time right now). We decided to stop at Olive Garden, a rare treat for us.

Trisha Pulled Up a Seat
by the Emergency Exit Doors

Trisha (my daughter & Coleman’s mom) doesn’t like her pictures taken as you might can tell from her facial expression.

Coleman

Sometimes Coleman loves his picture being taken and at other times not. He does love looking at himself in pictures though.

Coleman making faces
Trisha too busy on phone to notice
Coleman,
gotta love
his expressions

Dan’s Thursday Doors

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 45

Pull Up a Seat

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Olive Garden Italian Restaurant; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Take Care. Treat yourself to an amazing meal or outing. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 November #Shadows #13

Military Flags
Veterans Day Service

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Becky’s November #Shadows #13

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: Cramerton Independent Presbyterian Church; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Be Thankful for our Freedoms, our Friends, and our Families. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Wordless Wednesday: November 12

South Fork Catawba River

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Wordless Wednesday

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens

Settings: f/10 • 1/250s • 55mm • ISO100

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 November #Shadows #12

Discarded Pumpkin

Pumpkin 🎃 Left Behind

Becky’s November #Shadows #12

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250 mm lens

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

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

2025 CFFC: November —Churches

This week Dan, the host for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge is asking us to share photos of Churches, a specific type of Cultural Venue. Here are my contributions …

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Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)-Churches

Note: This Friday’s Which Way Challenge we will be continuing with Any Which Way in Black and White in memory of Cee and her Black and White Challenge (CBWC).

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

Tuesday’s Flower Hour (of the Day) — 2025.11.11

Camellia japonica

Aka Common Camellia;
Japanese Camellia

Terri’s The Flower Hour

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD) 

 Cee’s FOTD

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Admire Nature’s Beautiful Flowers. Have a great weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 November #Shadows #11

Happy Veterans Day!

ROTC Honor Guard
Andrew Jackson State Park

Becky’s November #Shadows #11

Photo Credit:©️2019 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone XR

Location: Andrew Jackson State Park; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a warm and safe funtastic day. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Monday Portrait: 10 November

Equus

Equus is a genus of mammals that includes Horses, Donkeys, Asses, and Zebras.

These Jackasses were introduced to us by our former landlord. He brought to a portion of his land adjacent to our rental property to raise with the assistance of his daughters.

A Jackass is an adult male donkey, females are called Jenny. Jacks or Jackasses (male donkeys) are often mated with female horses to produce mules. At one time the more common term for the donkey was Ass.

From the 18th century, donkey gradually replaced ass and jenny replaced she-ass, which is now considered archaic.

Click on each image to enlarge.

Monday Portrait 

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Location: Lake Wylie, South Carolina, USA

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

2025 November Autumnal #Shadows #10

Shadows of Acer negundo Trees

Aka Ash-Leaf Maple,
Ashleaf maple, Box elder

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Becky’s November #Shadows #10

Becca’s Sunday Trees – 611

Dawn’s Festival of Leaves 2025-Week # 7

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

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.

Macro Monday: 2025.11.10

Coleman’s Leaf
Eastern Cottonwood

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Macro Monday (MM)

Macro Monday 

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

Camera: Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Canon 2x converter

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 Silent Sunday: 11.09

Cross at
Warlick Family YMCA

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Silent Sunday

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

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

Location: Cross; Warlick Family YMCA; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 November #Shadows (#9) on the Trail

Coleman on the Trail
Catawba Indian Reservation

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Becky’s November #Shadows #9

John’s Cell Pic Sunday 2025.11.09

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Location: Catawba Indian Reservation; Rock Hill, South 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 Skywatch Friday/Weekend Sky: 11.07/.08

A Train Approaching

through the Sunrise

Skywatch Friday

Hammad’s Weekend Sky-2025.07.11

Weekend Sky
Weekend Sky 

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

Coleman’s #Shadow on his “sister” Sophia

Coleman loving his “Baby Sister “

Becky’s November#Shadows #8

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Our Home; Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina? USA

God Bless. 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 #7

Coleman
playing in the
#Shadows
at the YMCA

Becky’s November Shadows #7

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Warlick Family YMCA; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA 

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 Floral Friday/FOTD/The Flower Hour: 07 November

Zinnias

Terri’s The Flower Hour

Remembering:
Bren’s Floral Friday

Cee’s FOTD

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South 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 Monochrome Madness — 06 November

Shades of Yellow

Rocky Branch Trail
Cramerton, NC
South Fork Catawba River
Wildflowers
Ranunculus acris
Meadow Buttercup

 The Schiele Museum of
Natural History Garden

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

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 #NovemberShadows with Thursday Doors

Refuge Baptist Church
Refuge Baptist Church
2814 Lockhart Road
Kershaw, SC 29067
When Life Gets You
Down Take Time
to Look Up

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Becky’s #NovemberShadows

Dan’s Thursday Doors 

Thursday Doors

Thursday Doors

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

Location: Refuge Baptist Church; Kershaw, South Carolina, USA

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

2025 Numbers Game #97-219

Judy from Life Lessons blog hosts a weekly photo challenge called The Numbers GameThis week’s number is 219. 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 #97-219

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.

Let’s Explore Squaring with Nuts

#NovemberShadows#5

Coleman enjoys Exploring along the banks …

… of the South Fork Catawba River searching for Nuts.

He often finds Acorns …

which are true botanical Nuts from Oak trees.

He thinks the squirrels will eat them, however, …

the squirrels near us tend to enjoy …

swiping the bird seeds from our feeder.

As you can see he has gathered a handful of Acorns (Nuts).

RDP Tuesday! Explore!

Ragtag Daily Prompt

Becky’s November #Shadows

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-N

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion & Ultra Wide Cameras

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Wordless Wednesday: November 5

Coleman walking by the
South Fork Catawba River

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 Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge — Grey

Grey squirrel statue
McDowell Nature Preserve
Charlotte, NC

Click on image to enlarge.

Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge-Grey

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max

Location: McDowell Nature Preserve; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 CFFC: Libraries and Bookstores

Libraries and

Little Libraries

Dan Antion our host for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge has chosen a theme of Libraries and Bookstores for the challenge. I’m including Little Libraries as well as a few Libraries.

Here are my entries …

Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)

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. 

Noteworthy News: This week’s Which Way Challenge on Friday, November 7th, we’ll be joining Dan Antion from No Facilities(https://noFacilities.com) and Marsha from (https://alwayswrite.blog/), to post Black and White photos to remember Cee on her birthday. For the Which Way Challenge they can be Any Which Way in Black & White in memory of Cee’s Black and White Challenge (CBWC). It would be fantastic if you could include Bridges and/or Old Barns as Cee loved photographing them. If you desire include a thought or memory about Cee or your experiences with her challenges. You may also include flowers in your Which Way for this challenge.

Tuesday’s Flower Hour (of the Day) — 2025.04.11

Viola x wittrockiana

Viola x wittrockiana
Aka Pansy
Aka Garden Pansy

Interesting fact: Pansy flowers are edible and have a mild, slightly sweet flavor. They can be used as a garnish, in salads, or to decorate cakes and desserts. Care for a taste?

Terri’s The Flower Hour

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD) 

 Cee’s FOTD

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

God Bless. Admire Nature’s Beautiful Flowers. Have a great weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 November Shadows #4

Early Morning Sunrise

Look closely
To See a Silhouette
Of Coleman Walking

Becky’s November Shadows #4

Hammad’s Weekend Sky-2025.01.11

Weekend Sky
Weekend Sky 

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

Floral Macro Monday: 2025.03.11

Hydrangea macrophylla

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Macro Monday (MM)

Macro Monday 

Cee’s FOTD

Cee’s FOTD

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

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 Festival of Leaves #6/Sunday Trees #610

Capturing Leaves and such along the South Fork Catawba River before church this beautiful Sunny morning with Coleman. We enjoy walking along the riverbanks whenever the opportunity arises. And since we were feeling a bit better after being sick, it was an opportune time.

Platanus occidentalis

Leaves of American Sycamore trees …

The American Sycamore tree is native to Eastern North America; which includes the eastern and central United States, the mountains of northeastern Mexico, extreme southern Ontario, and extreme southern Quebec.

The American Sycamore is a long-lived species, typically surviving at least 200 years and likely as long as 500–600 years. Interestingly the species epithet occidentalis is Latin for “western,” referring to the Western Hemisphere and named as such by Carl Linnaeus since the only other species in the genus was P. orientalis (“eastern “), native to the Eastern Hemisphere. Therefore, it became confusing due to the fact that the American Sycamore was first known in the Eastern United States. Hence, it is sometimes referred to as the Eastern Sycamore in order to distinguish it from Platanus racemosa which was discovered later in the Western United States and called western sycamore.

Dawn’s Festival of Leaves

Becca’s Sunday Trees #610

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion & Telephoto Cameras

Location: Banks of the South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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 November Squares #3

Squares are back hosted by Becky from The Life of BClick the link in the previous line to Check out her post for details regarding the #NovemberShadows squares challenge.

Coleman at the door of the
Faires/Coltharp Cabin
Anne Springs Close Greenway

Becky’s #NovemberShadows

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

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

Location: Faires/Coltharp Cabin; Anne Springs Close Greenway, Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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

2025 November Squares #2

Squares are back hosted by Becky from The Life of BClick the link in the previous line to Check out her post for details regarding the #NovemberShadows squares challenge.

Coleman by the
South Fork Catawba River
Cramerton, NC

Becky’s #NovemberShadows

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

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

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina. USA

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

2025 Silent Sunday: 11.02

Stony Fork Baptist Church
Deep Gap, North Carolina

Silent Sunday

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 November Squares #1(-to-3) — Shadows

Squares are back hosted by Becky from The Life of B. Click the link in the previous line to Check out her post for details regarding the #NovemberShadows squares challenge.

I’m combining my first #NovemberShadows entry with XingfuMama’s One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge.

Here is my #NovemberShadows contribution …

#One – Original …

Original
Afternoon Tree Shadows

#Two …

Black and White

#Three …

Watercolor +Film 9 effects
PicCollage Photo Editor

#Four …

Moody 4 + Sparkle 4 Effects
Pic Collage Photo Editor

#Five -Bonus …

Default 13 Effects
Pixlr Photo Editor

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#NovemberShadows

One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge-November 2025

One-To-Three Challenge

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: Railroad Tracks; Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a funtastic weekend and week ahead. Happy November to everyone. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Last on the Card – October

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 October… 

From my Canon EOS T7 (2000D):

South Fork Catawba River
Goat Island Park and Greenway
Cramerton, NC

From my Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max:

Norfolk Southern Railway
Old Town – S. Main Tracks
Cramerton, NC

#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.

Watching Train in Early Morning Sky

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday 

Skywatch Friday-11.01.2025

Hammad’s Weekend Sky-2025.01.11

Weekend Sky
Weekend Sky 

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

2025 Pull Up a Seat (In a Waiting Room) #4 Plus

Atrium Health Rock Hill Medical Plaza main lobby waiting area seating.

Coleman

Atrium Health OB/Gyn Patient room seating waiting for the doctor to arrive.

Trisha (Coleman’s mom)

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 44

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Atrium Health Rock Hill Medical Plaza; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

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

Happy Halloween (to those that celebrate)

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

2025 Floral Friday/FOTD: 31 October

Camellia japonica

The Ella Drayton

Remembering:
Bren’s Floral Friday

Cee’s FOTD

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

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

Location: Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens; Daniel Stowe Conservancy; Belmont, 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 in Monochrome

On the Road …

A Stray Dog Wandering the Streets
A Country Lane

On the Trail …

In Anne Springs Close Greenway …

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 The Road to Visit My Sister

Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery’s Walking in Autumn

Chava61’s Festival of Leaves 2025 CWWC Autumn Colors & Sunday Trees

Suzette’s Deb’s Which Way Challenge- Autumn Colors Week 2

Dan’s This Too Shall Pass — 1LinerWeds

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

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

Noteworthy News: Next Week’s Which Way Challenge on Friday, November 7th, we’ll be joining Dan Antion from No Facilities(https://noFacilities.com) and Marsha from (https://alwayswrite.blog/), to post Black and White photos to remember Cee on her birthday. For the Which Way Challenge they can be Any Which Way in Black & White in memory of Cee’s Black and White Challenge (CBWC). It would be fantastic if you could include Bridges and/or Old Barns as Cee loved photographing them. If you desire include a thought or memory about Cee or your experiences with her challenges. You may also include flowers in your Which Way for Cee.

Remembering Cee

2025 Monochrome Madness — 30 October

This week Elke from Pictures Imperfect Blog is the host for Monochrome Madness. She has selected a theme of Farm Animals for our Monochrome Photo Challenge.

There’s nothing better than watching your cows enjoy the life you gave them.

Falling Sun Ranch

Cows in the Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm at Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina. This is a wonderful place to visit with children of all ages.

“Pigs are not a symbol of dirt, laziness or clumsiness, but a mirror to view our relationship with nature.”

Yi-Fu Tuan
The Farm at
The Schiele Museum
of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina
Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina

“Alpacas represent all that
is good in this world.”

~ National Alpaca Association

Young Alpacas in the Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm at Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

“To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that
of a human being.”

~ Mahatma Gandhi
tryst
The Farm at
The Schiele Museum
of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina
The Farm at
The Schiele Museum
of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina

“Most of us are here to make the world happier and better. Even the goats.”

Lisa Kaplin
The Farm at
The Schiele Museum
of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina

“There’s something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.”

~ Winston Churchill
Working Horses
on an Amish Farm
in Millersburg, Ohio

Horses in the pasture at Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

Click on each image to enlarge. 

To learn more about Monochrome Madness check out Leanne’s Monochrome Madness page here.

Elke’s Monochrome Madness-Farm Animals

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

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 Thursday Doors: 30 October

Atrium Health Doors

Inside and Outside

Coleman and I haven’t been feeling well, so we haven’t been out and about hiking and enjoying the outdoors this past week. We did manage to get him to see a doctor (When did doctors to charging a fortune for a short visit — no tests?). While at the medical plaza waiting for him and his mom’s doctors’ appointments, I managed to capture a few doors with my iPhone.

Here are a couple of Inside Doors …

A couple of
decorative doors
seen from a patient room.
Doors and windows
of the downstairs lobby.

And now to view the Doors scene from the Outside …

Click on images to enlarge. 

Dan’s Thursday Doors 

Thursday Doors

Thursday Doors

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

Location: Atrium Health Rock Hill Medical Plaza; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

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

2025 CFFC: Cultural Venues (Here, There, and Yonder)

Dan Antion our host for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge has chosen a theme of Cultural Venues for the challenge. 

Here are some of my intakes on Cultural Venues we have enjoyed at one time or another. Some venues are close by while others are further away, but all are in my opinion interesting Cultural Venues.

Here are my entries …

Let’s first take a look at some Cultural Venues in our surrounding area …

The Daniel Stowe Conservancy
Belmont, NC
Charlotte Symphony
in the Comporium Amphitheater
at Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, SC
President James K. Polk
Birthplace Visitor Center-Museum
Pineville, NC

Now let’s wander a bit further out and a few other Cultural Venues of interest around the country.

Flat Top Manor
Moses H. Cone Memorial Park
Blowing Rock, North Carolina

on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Hall of Presidents
Colorado Springs, Colorado
It Once was a Wax Museum featuring Wax Figures of the Presidents of the United States. The Museum was opened in 1969
and closed in 1996
Bureau of Engraving and Printing Washington, D.C.
Julian Memorial Museum
Julian, California

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

God Bless. Hope you enjoyed the tour. 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 week’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC) will be focusing on Any Which Ways in Monochrome ( Monochrome doesn’t need to be strictly Black and White). 

2025 Numbers Game #96-218

Judy from Life Lessons blog hosts a weekly photo challenge called The Numbers GameThis week’s number is 218. 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 #96-218

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.