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2023 RDP: Saturday – Sepia

***Dinosaurs*** 🦕🦖🦕
***in Playscape***
***Schiele Museum***
***Gastonia, North Carolina***

***Coleman playing***
***with a soccer ball*** ⚽️

Ragtag Daily Prompt (RDP) Saturday Challenge-Sepia

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Coleman’s Dinosaur Day at Schiele Museum

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Silent Sunday

John’s Cellpic Sunday

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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

FOTD: 2023 September 30_Spotted touch-me-not

***Impatiens capensis,***
***the orange jewelweed, common jewelweed,***
***spotted jewelweed, jewelweed,***
***spotted touch-me-not, or orange balsam***

Impatiens capensis, also known as, Jewelweed has a long history of use in Native American medicine. When applied topically, sap from the stem and leaves is said to relieve itching and pain from a variety of ailments, including hives, poison ivy, stinging nettle, and other skin sores and irritations.

Jewelweeds are found in locations all over the Piedmont region and other areas of the Carolinas. As you can see from the top picture the flowers are rather small. They feature 1″ long, rear-spurred, cornucopia-shaped, orange to orange-yellow flowers with reddish-brown spotting.

The flowers bloom from June to frost. Each flower dangles from a leaf axil on its own slender stalk. It is a herbaceous annual that may grow 3 to 5 feet tall. It can be naturally found in areas of moist soil including forests, streambanks, and bogs.

These particular Spotted touch-me-nots are located along a dense moist trail behind an unused soccer field. The dirt trail winds around and contains many elevated manholes which are accessible to city or county utility officials.

We have seen Jewelweeds in other areas we have hiked but until searching for more information I had not known the many medicinal applications it contains. They are attractive to hummingbirds for their nectar from June until early frost.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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NPC #30: Moons over the Years

This challenge is different for me. Compared to others most of my moon 🌙 shots seem rather small and insignificant. I do not have proper equipment to get really close up photographic shots of the moon, however, I capture what I am able. The really close-up images were taken by a friend of mine or taken via a planetarium show of the moon 🌝 . I decided to post the photos through a video instead of individual images. I hope y’all enjoy the show.

Moons over the years
Moonlight Sonata (by Beethoven)

Denzils Nature Challenge #30: Moon

Ragtag Daily Prompt-Moon

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2023 CWWC: Any type of Signs

Roadway Signs:

Caution Signs:

Nature Trail Signs:

Cee’s Which Way Challenge-Any type of Signs

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

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Farm Floral Friday: Dahlia coccinea

***Its common name is red dahlia,***
***although the flowers can be orange***
***or occasionally yellow,***
***as well as the more common red.***
***Common Eastern Bumblebee***
***feasting on its nectar.***

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts. Have a fantastic weekend. I appreciate y’all.

2023 CMMC: September —Alphabet any word with a “Q”.

For this challenge I’m continuing the visit to the Schiele Museum of Natural History. This time I have selected photos taken inside the museum instead of outside photos in my last challenge entry.

Turtle swimming
in an Aquarium

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: September —Alphabet any Word with a “Q”

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

Martha Rivers Park Monochrome Style

***Coleman Hang-time***
***in the Fitness Track***

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max Telephoto and Ultra Wide Cameras.

Location: Martha Rivers Park; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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2023 CFFC: Autumn – Metal in The Farm

All Autumn – Metal photos included in my entry this week were taken during the Autumn Festival this past Saturday at The Schiele Museum of Natural History & Planetarium in Gastonia, North Carolina.

***Turkey in a***
***Metal & Wood Coop***
***The Farm***
***Schiele Museum of Natural History***

***Potatoes*** 🥔
***in a Metal Basket***
***The Farm***
***Schiele Museum of Natural History***

***Coleman in an***
***Artificial Metal Pumpkin***
@ ***Autumn Festival***

Coleman
on a haystack
surrounded by pumpkins
@ The Autumn Festival
@ The Schiele Museum of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina

***Coleman***
***Autumn Festival***
***Schiele Museum***
***Gastonia, North Carolina***

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Autumn – Metal

Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

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

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

Monday Portrait: 2023 September 25 – Cornelius

Monday Portrait

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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2023 Monday Windows: Gastonia Dormers

***Dormer***
***in need of***
***a little repair***

Ludwig’s Monday Windows

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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2033 Whatsoever is Lovely: Autumn 🍂 Mums

***Autumn Spice Igloo***
***Perennial Mums***

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2023 Week 38

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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Weekend Sky #115: 2023 September 23

I do not often see such amazingly beautiful sunsets where I live amongst all the buildings and such. This night I was lucky to be outside at just the right time.

Hammad’s Weekend Sky Challenge- #115

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Backyard View; Gastonia, North Carolina

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Cell Pic Sunday: 2023 September 24

Coleman Climbing
Gardner Park
Elementary Playground

John’s Cellpic Sunday

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gardner Park Elementary School Playground; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA 🇺🇸

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Thursday Doors: Gardner Park Neighborhood

Walking around the neighborhood this week we saw these two doors that were slightly different than the ordinary doors on the majority of houses.

Thursday Doors, hosted by blogger and author, Dan Antion.

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gardner Park Neighborhood; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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2023 CWWC: Bridges Found in Nature

***Bridge @ Lineberger Park***
***Gastonia, North Carolina***

***Kings Mountain State Park***
***Blacksburg, South Carolina***

GARDEN OF THE WAXHAWS TRAIL
Andrew Jackson State Park
Lancaster, South Carolina

***The Founders Trail***
is a beautiful natural surface trail along the Catawba River with a sidewalk connection to the Riverwalk: Piedmont Medical Center Trail and River Park. Located in the Fort Mill/Rock Hill area of South Carolina.

***These bridges are at various locations***
***along the Blue Star Trail within***
***Anne Springs Close Greenway***
***which crossover the many***
***creeks, streams, and other waterways***
***connecting many trails for individuals***
***to enjoy hiking and exploring the Greenway.***
***Fort Mill, South Carolina***

CWWC: Any Type of Bridge

Sunday Stills

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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2023 NPC #29: Spiders and Their Webs

I mostly see Spider Webs. It is a rare occasion when I can see and capture a Spider 🕷️ in its web. I’m not well mastered in the art of capturing Spiderwebs when I’m snapping photos out in nature. That being said; here is my contribution for Denzil’s Nature Photo Challenge #29.

Spider Webs:

Spiders:

***Argiope aurantia Yellow garden spider***

Spider-Man shirt:

Nature Photo Challenge #29 – Spiders and their Webs

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

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FOTD: Lampranthus spectabilis

Lampranthus spectabilis,
the trailing iceplant
is a species of flowering plant
in the family Aizoaceae.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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Macro Monday: 2023 September 18

**SunPatiens Compact**
**Tropical Rose**
***Impatiens x hybrida***

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 * 1/2890 * 6.86mm * ISO64

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

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2023 OWS: Window

Beautiful View through the Windshield:

One Word Sunday-Window

Ludwig’s Monday Windows

Weekend Sky (oops Monday Sky-Actually taken on 9/11)

Photo Credit : ©️ 2023 Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Have a Seat Around the Lake

For our time of reflection and remembrance of the events of September 11, 2001 Coleman and I paid a visit to Andrew Jackson State Park we we could have a time of relaxation, hiking 🥾, and just plain ole fun.

Mostly Coleman’s choices
for Pulling Up a Seat.

Coleman had some fun time at the Playground 🛝, then we walked around most of the lake (ignoring a trail closed sign for a short bit) and then proceeded back towards the Picnic tables 🧺 for a small snack. After his snack, it was back to the playground for him to burn off more energy and to enjoy himself in the Playground.

Pull Up a Seat – Week 37

Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Seat

Cameras: Slides 1-6: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens. Slides 7-8: iPhone 14 Pro Max.

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

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Monday Portrait: Hogs at the Farm

Monday Portrait

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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Almost Hidden

Stegosaurus
Dinosaur Exhibit
Schiele Museum

John’s Cellpic Sunday

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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2023 FOTD: Solidago velutina

Goldenrod soldier beetle on
Solidago velutina
***(Velvety Goldenrod)***

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max Telephoto

Location: By the Lake at Andrew Jackson State Park; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA

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Delightful Trios

***Opuntia humifusa***
***Fall Fruits***

Thursday Trios

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max.

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2023 WWE: September – Views around the Pond

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #191

Camera: (2)Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens. (1, 3-9) iPhone 14 Pro Max Telephoto.

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2023 SYD: 15 September

On My Laptop:

On My Phone:

Share Your Desktop – September

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2023 CosPhoChal: In the evening

As Coleman and I stepped outside our front door we had unexpected visitors greet us before we sojourned on a short walk around the complex. These unexpected guests were overjoyed to show us some loving.

Around 5:30pm this evening:

The first two photos in the slideshow below were take around 7:25pm from the back patio. The rest were taken between 7:30 and 8:00pm tonight. Notice how quickly the weather changes our view.

Taken between 7:25 & 8pm:

Cosmic Photo Challenge-In the evening

One Word Sunday-Unexpected

The Hammad’s Weekend Sky Challenge- #114 (Continued)

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Macro Monday: Setaria pumila

***Setaria pumila***
***is a species of grass***
***known by many common names,***
***including yellow foxtail,***
***yellow bristle-grass,***
***pigeon grass, and cattail grass.***
***It is native to Europe,***
***but it is known***
***throughout the world***
***as a common weed.***
***It grows in lawns,***
***sidewalks, roadsides,***
***cultivated fields,***
***and many other places.***

Macro Monday

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 • 1/1085 • 6.86mm • ISO64

Location: Bus Stop; Gastonia, North Carolina

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2023 Monday Windows: September 11

***Myers Memorial***
***United Methodist Church***

Ludwig’s Monday Windows

Photo Credit : ©️ 2023 Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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NPC #27: Ladybirds

In the USA, the name ladybird was popularly americanized to ladybug, although these insects are beetles (Coleoptera), not bugs (Hemiptera).

Now, the word ladybird applies to a whole family of beetles, Coccinellidae or ladybirds, not just Coccinella septempunctata.

I had not seen any ladybugs 🐞 around our area in a very long time. Today as I was reaching for an item out of an upper cabinet this ladybug 🐞 landed on my arm and then proceeded to fly onto the overhead lighting. Couldn’t get that good off a shot looking onto the light fixture to obtain a shot, but at least I tried.

Nature Photo Challenge #27: Ladybirds

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2023 Weekend Sky #114 – Accumulation of this week’s Sky

I decided to do a slideshow for this post to show the change in the sky from mid-week through the weekend. If you look closely, you’ll see more than blue skies cloudy skies.

https://videopress.com/v/1XUmHZuM?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true

Saturday Evening

The Hammad’s Weekend Sky Challenge- #114

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Backyard View; Gastonia, North Carolina

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2023 OWS: 10 September- Counterfeit

One Word Sunday-Counterfeit

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 • 1/60 • 6.86mm • ISO320

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Sunny Irish Eyes for Sunday

Rudbeckia hirta ‘Irish Eyes’
(Black-Eyed Susan)

Leigha’s Sunny Sunday Challenge

Silent Sunday

Johns Cell-pic Sunday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2023 Week 36

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 • 1/918 • 6.86mm • ISO80

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2023 CWWC: September – Any type of Walk

For this week’s challenge I decided to share our Walks in a different format than normal. Hope y’all enjoy.

Video showing our latest walk
The Schiele Museum of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina

Cee’s Which Way Challenge – Any type of Walk

Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with an Altura Wide Angle Fish-Eye attachment.

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

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2023 CMMC: September Macro or close up_Diodia virginiana

Diodia virginiana
common name
***Virginia buttonweed***

***Black & White***
***Virginia buttonweed***

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

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Floral Friday

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 • 1/303 • 6.86mm • ISO64

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina

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LAPC: Black & White and Monochrome

I normally try to take photos as we go hiking in our neighborhood, along the various trails and sometimes we hike more than one trail in a given day. As always my hiking buddy is my (recently turned 4) grandson, Coleman. He loves spending time outdoors especially when he gets to go hiking in the woods, along the creeks, rivers, and lakes.

On this particular day we rode the transit bus from near our home to the Avon Catawba Creeks Greenway. We hiked the Greenway seeing many amazing sights along the way. We hiked the entire 2.7 mile paved greenway. The Avon Catawba Creeks Greenway connects Lineberger Park to Ferguson Park. The Catawba Creek Greenway portion runs through wooded and open creek areas between several residential areas and junctions at the Avon Creek Greenway. Combined, the Avon and Catawba Creeks Greenway is approximately 3 miles. We ventured over onto Robinwood Road from the Greenway and on down to the Gaston County Warlick Family YMCA to continue hiking some more after a bit of a rest and a snack while overlooking Robinwood Lake.

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge-Black & White and Monochrome

Leannes Monochrome Madness

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time as we hiked along the Greenways to the Warlick YMCA. It was a pleasurable afternoon. We appreciate y’all and any thoughts you’d like to share.

Wordless Wednesday: Field of Flowers

***Field of Flowers***
***Schiele Museum of Natural History***
***Gastonia, North Carolina***

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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One-To-Three Photo Processing Challenge: Turtle 🐢 Sand Time

I know there are more than three photos, however, I couldn’t resist trying out different processing effects so I included all of them.

One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge-September 2023

Taken: 2023 September 4 1:38pm

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max Telephoto Camera. f/2.8 77mm

Location: Back patio; Gastonia, North Carolina

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Monday Portrait: In Black & White

Coleman’s Expressions:

Leannes Monochrome Madness

Monday Portrait-Coleman

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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Bedazzled Dormer Windows

Ludwigs Monday Windows

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2023 Macro Monday: Azalea Rhododendron ‘Hino Crimson’

Macro Monday-Azalea Rhododendron ‘Hino Crimson’

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Johns Cellpic Sunday

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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2023 Weekend Sky: Afternoon Cloud Show

Hammad’s Weekend Sky Challenge-Afternoon Cloud Show

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Backyard View; Gastonia, North Carolina

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2023 Pull up a Seat: Week 35_September

On this day Coleman and I hiked from Avon Catawba Creeks Greenway to the Warlick Family YMCA approximately a 2.5 mile hike. Coleman enjoys hiking with me, he also loves to test out the fitness equipment and Pull Up a Seat wherever he chooses. It is good to sit and rest occasionally along the trail.