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.

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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 #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 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way in Black & White in Remembrance of Cee

This week I’m doing something a little different. I am joining Dan with No Facilities and Marsha from the alwayswrite.blog in posting black and white photos (may include flowers) in memory of Cee Neuner. Cee hosted several challenges over her blogging career and as many know we lost a good friend and mentor earlier this year in March. Cee is missed tremendously, she is in our hearts, our thoughts, and her legacy lives on.

Dan Antion is continuing her Fun Foto Challenge and I’m continuing her Which Way Challenge. We are celebrating her birthday with black and white photos, with our memories, with flowers to remember Cee. I will continue the Which Way Challenge with the Any Which Way in Black and White for two (2) weeks to give anyone who wishes to join us in remembering Cee to participate.

For this Friday, November 7th I am posting One Day/One Photo in memory of Cee.

A collage for Cee

The Black and White photos for the Which Way Challenge can be Any Which Way, but remember Cee loved bridges and old barns. As you might recall Cee loved photographing Flowers so you may include flowers in your which ways or anywhere in your posts.

Cee Neuner,
Friend and Legacy Blogger

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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.

Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery’s Which Way In Monochrome

Dawn’s through the sumac in bnw

Indira’s 2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way in Monochrome

Dan (https://noFacilities.com)

Marsha (https://alwayswrite.blog/)

Which Way Challenge (CWWC)

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 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.

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 Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge — Grey

Grey squirrel statue
McDowell Nature Preserve
Charlotte, NC

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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 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 #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.

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.

2025 Wordless Wednesday: 29 October

Five Panel Jerusalem Canvas Artwork
Discovery Center
Abilene, Texas

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Wordless Wednesday

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max

Location: Discovery Center; Abilene, Texas, 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 OWS: 26 October

DOUBLE Stacked

J.B. Hunt Intermodal

These are from one of the freight trains that pass by everyday while I(we) wait for the school bus. Coleman will never meet his maternal pawpaw during his lifetime, but he knows about him and what he looks like. He also knows that his Pawpaw drove an 18-wheeler for J. B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc..

When we saw these the other day Coleman recognized the J.B. Hunt logo and stated that that was the company his Pawpaw drove for. His Pawpaw drove an 18-Wheeler for J.B. Hunt from 1992 until a couple of years before his passing in 2018.

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Double

John’s Cell Pic Sunday-2025.10.26

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion Camera

Location: Railroad Tracks; Corner of S. Main St. & 7th St.; Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. May you experience Double the fun, Double the happiness, and Double the love this week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Shining Bright in the Evening Sky

Street Lamps
Fort Mill, SC

Maybe not exactly street lamps, but maybe close enough??

Airport Lights
Charlotte, NC

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday 

Ragtag Daily Prompt-Thursday_Street Lamp

Photo Credit:©️2022-2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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 Autumn Colours_Week Two (2)

Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). This week I have chosen Any Which Way with Autumn Colours Week Two (2) for this week’s theme. Autumn Colours can be on any path, sidewalk, trail, or road as long as the Which Way is clearly discernible. For further information regarding the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) feel free to check out the home page here.

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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 Driving into Autumn Colors

Vanda’s CWWC 2025: Autumn Colours

Dan’s To Have or Have Not — SoCS

Suzette’s Festival of Leaves #4, Deb’s CWWC, SundayStills

Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery’s Walking in Autumn Colors

Lisa’s (CWWC)Which Way Challenge : Any Which Way with Autumn Colours

Which Way Challenge (CWWC)-Any Which Way with Autumn Colours 

Dawn’s Festival of Leaves 2025 Week #4

Terri’s Sunday Stills-Autumn Plant Life

Photo Credit:©️2020-2025 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 Floral Friday/FOTD: 24 October

Rudbeckia laciniata

Aka Cutleaf Coneflower
Andrew Jackson State Park

Thursday Trios
Cee’s FOTD
Bren’s Floral Friday

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

2025 Monochrome Madness — 22 October

This week is a no theme week for Monochrome Madness, so I thought I’d share some from Standing on the Corner. Shots taken while waiting on the school bus watching the Train rolling slowly down the track. It was going slow … slower … slowly creeping to a stop not having enough power to complete its journey.

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

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness-2025.22.10

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

Location: Standing on the Corner; Old Town; Riverside Community; 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 Wordless Wednesday: 22 October

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Wordless Wednesday

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Corner of S. Main St. & 7th St.; 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: Retail Markets Around the World

Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)-Retail Food

Photo Credit: 1975-2019 Deb L. Waters & Nornal H. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

The last two(2) photos were taken pre-1940. They belonged to my maternal grandfather and given to me on his passing.

Cameras: 1-4) Minolta XG-7 35mm film; 5-6) Apple iPhone 7 Plus; 7) Apple iPhone XR; 8) Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Locations: As stated with each image.

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

2025 OWS: 12 October — Teeth (of T-Rex)

Coleman
checking out the
Teeth of Tyrannosaurus Rex
King of the Dinosaurs

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Debbie’s One Word Sunday (OWS)-Teeth

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; 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 Cell Pic Sunday — 19 October

Lake @ Andrew Jackson State Park

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John’s Cell Pic Sunday-2025.10.12

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max

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

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

2025 Sunday Trees #608

Acer saccharum

Aka Sugar Maple

Sunday Trees #608-2025.10.19

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Location: Rock Hill, South Carolina

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

2025 Flower of the Day: 18 October

Helianthus angustifolius

Aka
Narrow-leaf Sunflower 

or Swamp Sunflower

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro

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

God Bless. Stop and Admire Nature’s Beauty. 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) #3

This week I am continuing with Pull up a Seat (In a Waiting Room) #3. You may view the first Waiting Room post here & the second post here.

Every couple of weeks we are Pulling Up a Seat in Waiting Room. Pretty soon it will be every week that we’ll be Pulling Up a Seat in a Waiting Room.

This week’s Waiting Room …

Coleman
Coleman
waiting to go
with his mom
for her to
see the doctor.

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 41

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Atrium Health Women’s Care Piedmont OB/GYN; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA 

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

2025 Flower of the Day: 16 October

Clematis terniflora

Clematis terniflora, also known as Japanese clematis is a weedy, twining perennial vine in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae that is native to Japan, Korea and central and southern China.

Aka Japanese Clematis,
Japanese virgin’s-bower

Japanese Clematis, even though it may look beautiful, it is a vigorous grower in full sun or partial shade and spreads by self-seeding, layering, and runners.

Aka Sweet Autumn Clematis,
Sweet Autumn Virginsbower

It has escaped cultivation to invade forest edges, right-of-ways, and areas along streams and roads. It climbs other vegetation, forming dense blankets that block sunlight to the plants underneath. The showy white flowers appear in late summer. It is considered an invasive species in some states in the eastern US.

Aka Yam-Leaved Clematis

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

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

Camera: Apple 16 Pro Max Ultra Wide Camera

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

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

2025 LAPC #369 – Dreamy

Lens-Artists

Photo Challenge #369

Ann-Christine from Leya is this week’s host for the Lens-Artist Photography Challenge. She has chosen a theme of Dreamy which is different and thought worthy for determining what to post. I think I might have figured out a couple of options.

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”

Henry David Thoreau
Coleman
beyond a
Field of Wildflowers

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”

Harriet Tubman
South Fork Catawba River

“Dream what you dare to dream. Go where you want to go. Be what you want to be.”

Earl Nightingale
Coleman
waiting on the
Bank above the
South Fork Catawba River

Ann-Christine’s Land-Artist Photo Challenge #369 -Dreamy

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. Dream a little Dream or two, make your Dreams a Reality. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Monochrome Madness #45 —- Ceramics

Early American Pottery

Brian from Bushboys World is this week’s host for Monochrome Madness he has given us a wide range of options to explore and choose from to select our own interpretations for his theme of Ceramics.

Here are my entries for this week’s challenge …

A glimpse into depicting Early American Pottery in the Graham Cabin at Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

Early American Pottery

Let’s look next at a display of Native American Indian Pottery in the Catawba Cultural Center at the Catawba Reservation in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Catawba Indian Pottery

And now for discovering Early Native American Catawba Indian Pottery inside and outside The Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina.

Catawba Indian Village
Henry Hall
of the
American Indian
Henry Hall
of the
American Indian

Brian’s Monochrome Madness-Ceramics

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Photo Credit:©️2022-2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Cameras: 1) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; 2) Apple iPhone 13 Pro; 3-5) Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Locations: As stated above.

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 Wordless Wednesday: 15 October

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Wordless Wednesday

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: 8th Avenue Street Underpass; 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 RDP: Tuesday! Reptilian!

Anolis carolinensis

Green Anole
(Anolis carolinensis)

The Anolis carolinensis (Green Anole) is a tree-dwelling species of anole lizards native to the Southeastern United States. It is small to medium-sized a trunk-crowned ecomorph green anole which can change its colour to several shades from brown to green. It is sometimes referred to as American chameleon due to its colour-changing ability, but it is not a true chameleon.

Green Anole
(Anolis carolinensis)

The dewlap is usually pink for Anolis carolinensis and is very rarely present in females. The color of the dewlap is variable and different from the lizard eye to the human eye. Green anoles are thought to be capable of seeing a larger range of the UV spectrum, and that the dewlap reflects ultraviolet light to attract mates.

Ragtag Daily Prompt (RDP) — Tuesday! Reptilian!

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

Cameras: 1) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; 2) Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max Telephoto

Locations: 1) Seven Oaks Preserve Trail, Belmont, North Carolina; 2) Anne Springs Close Greenway, Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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 Sunday Stills: Monthly Colour Challenge — Black as Seen in Nature

Widow Skimmer
(Libellula luctuosa)
Anne Springs Close Greenway,
Fort Mill, SC

Common Raven
(Corvus corax)
Saki Monkey
Riverbanks Zoo
Columbia, SC
Norfolk Southern Railway
Cramerton, NC
Ebony jewelwing
(Calopteryx maculata)
Anne Springs Close Greenway,
Fort Mill, SC
Coleman holding
a Wild Blackberry
Crowders Mountain State Park
Kings Mountain, NC
Clyde Wilson (my father-in-law)
with a black horse

Terri’s Sunday Stills: Monthly Colour Challenge- Black (and/or White)

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

2025 Monday Portrait: 13 October

Unwanted

Southern

House Spider

Original
Edit One
Soft Tri-Colour Blend
Pixlr Editor
Edit Two
Eiffel Black and White effect
Google Editor
Edit Three
Al Generative Expand & illuminated
Pixlr Editor

Monday Portrait

One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge-October 2025

Photo Credit:©️Trisha L. Wilson … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Plus

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 Monday Window: 13 October

Kitty by a Window – 2
— AI creation by PR

JCB 220X LC

Crawler Excavator

JCB 220X LC Crawler Excavator

Click on image to enlarge. 

Monday Window 

Monday Window

See Monday Window posts in Reader

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Fort Mill, South 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.

Floral Macro Monday: 2025.10.13

‘Limelight’ Panicle Hydrangea

Panicle Hydrangea
‘Limelight’ Panicle Hydrangea

Click on image for enlarged Viewing

Macro Monday (MM)

Macro Monday 

Cee’s FOTD

Cee’s FOTD

Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters 

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: 8th Ave; 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 RDP: Saturday — Sandwich

Pita Sandwich

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Ragtag Daily Prompt:Saturday-Sandwich

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max Ultra Wide Camera

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 OWS: 12 October — (Remember the) Fallen

Our Fallen Brothers

Our Fallen Brothers is called Marine Corps Interrogator Translator monument, it honours those who died in combat. The monument is a 38,000 pound stone and is etched with the names of nine Marines who died in combat, some in World War II, Vietnam, Korea, and Afghanistan.

Marine interrogators and translators worked to question prisoners of war in their native language and translate the information for intelligiance purposes.

The Marine Corps Interrogator Translator Monument serves as a symbol of their sacrifice. This Monument is one of several Memorial Monuments honouring Fallen Soldiers located within the Lejeune Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, North Carolina near Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base.

Always Remember our Fallen.

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Fallen

Photo Credit:©️2017 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 7 Plus

Location: Marine Corps Interrogator Translator Monument; Lejeune Memorial Gardens; Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Remember the Fallen. Honour their Sacrifice. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Silent Sunday: 12 October

View of Bass Lake
Moses H. Cone Memorial Park
Blue Ridge Mountains

Silent Sunday

Photo Credit: ©️2017 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 7 Plus

Location: Bass Lake; Moses H. Cone Memorial Park; Blue Ridge Mountains; Blue Ridge Parkway; North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Cell Pic Sunday — 12 October

Cramerton Independent Presbyterian Church

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John’s Cell Pic Sunday-2025.10.12

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

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

Soaring High Above the Cloudy Skies

I had plenty of time to look and Skywatch (Weekend Sky) on Friday afternoon waiting and waiting and waiting on the school tbus to bring Coleman back from school. I walked to the bus stop, arrived in plenty of time before the bus was supposed to arrive, but alas I had to wait what seemed like forever before it finally arrived.

I was traffic going up the hill and down the hill and no bus came from either direction for a long, long time. I watched the clouds up above in the sky, then watched a lone black bird soaring overhead. It soared back and forth and to and fro giving a very entertaining show for me while I stood, and stood, and stood some more. Is it a Coragyps atratus (Black Turkey Vulture) or a Ictinaetus malaiensis (Black Eagle)? I’ll let y’all decide and give me your feedback.

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I know that the image may not be the best to determine the species. I only had my smartphone with me at the bus stop. Google Lens gives both as suggestions. Go figure.

Now how about looking at some zooming on “land” instead of in the “air.”

You may see the Sky contrast from the early morning Sky above the Amtrak to the afternoon Sky. All images taken from the bus stop up the street from our home.

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Skywatch Friday-10.10.2025

Hammad’s Weekend Sky-2025.10.10

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.

Looking Back to Autumn Leaves

LAPC #368 —

Lens-Artists Challenge

# 106: Autumn Plus

Festival of Leaves Week #3

This week John from Journeys with Johnbo is hosting the Lens-Artist Photo Challenge. He has come up with the “Looking Back” theme of Autumn. With mainly the Northern Hemisphere being in the Autumnal Season and the Leaves are changing colours, it seems appropriate that we show off our Fall/Autumn colours. I am linking up with Dawn’s Festival of Leaves, which I feel is definitely appropriate due to the Autumn Colours of Leaves being displayed. You can find out more about Dawn’s Festival of Leaves challenge here.

Here are my entries for these challenges …

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John’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #368-Autumn

Dawn’s Festival of Leaves 2025-Week #3

Photo Credit:©️2022-2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel T3i and Apple 14 Pro Max

Locations: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina and Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina

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