Cee’s Black and White Challenge-Silhouettes (August 3)
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2023 CBWC: Silhouettes (August 3)
Tag: #iPhone14ProMax
Seating Around a Museum
Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2023-Week 31
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina
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Floral Friday: 2023 August 4 – Carolina Phlox
is a lovely long-flowering native
with clusters of purple-pink flowers.
the thickleaf phlox,
is a species of flowering plant
in the family Polemoniaceae.
The specific epithet carolina refers to its native habitat in the eastern United States. It grows in woodland edges and openings. Flowers attract bees, hummingbirds, and butterflies.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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2023 CMMC: Close Up or Macro
Wild Potato Vine
Shot on Canon EOS Rebel T3i
American Trumpet Vine
on his New
2-Wheel Bicycle
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Close Up of Macro
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters…All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Photos 1-2 & 4-5 ~> iPhone 14 Pro Max
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TBT: Library Cards: What? When?
What is a library card? A library card is a card provided by a library so that library patrons can borrow a variety of materials including books and magazines. A library card is often required if a person wants to take advantage of other library services as well. Public libraries issue library cards free of charge to people who live in the library’s city but require patrons to pay for replacement cards.
The early libraries were non-circulating libraries. That meant that patrons needed to use the book or books in the library, and could not check out any books to take home for usage by themselves or their families.
In the 19th century, a free public library movement began. Before 1850, libraries consisted of subscription collections for members only to use. The first known publicly funded library was established in Peterborough, New Hampshire, where in 1833 the town meeting voted to use a part of the state literary fund for the support of schools instead to purchase books for a free town library.
However, the free public library movement really began in 1849, when the New Hampshire legislature authorized towns to levy taxes for the establishment and support of public libraries.
When did library cards become necessary? With the public library movement in the 19th century, it became necessary to register users who were permitted to borrow books and connect those users with the borrowed items. Originally this was done with cumbersome ledger systems, with each page representing a borrower and the books borrowed (and returned) listed.
San Diego, California
The above library card was issued to my mother with an expiration date of May 1955. My mom was avid reader all her life. I do not remember going to a brick and mortar public library in my grade school days. Where we lived a bookmobile came onto our street approximately a long block away from our home. I do recall going into the bookmobile and being allowed to check out books 📚 to bring home to read. In the beginning, my mom would accompany my brother and me to the bookmobile.
As you can see the contrast from the San Diego Library Card from the 1950’s and the present day Library Card, there are several differences and yet they both serve the same exact purpose. That of allowing someone to check out various materials such as 📚 to take home to peruse at their leisure.
I have had several library cards over the years and have taken great pleasure in checking out books, movies. I also enjoyed the ability to use the libraries resources and computers for family research, search for jobs or for whatever purpose I needed at various times.
How about you? Do you or have you owned a library card? A library card opens the world to a vast resource of knowledge.
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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2023 MWM: Early Log House
Catawba Indian Village
Schiele Museum of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina
A Look Inside an Early Log House:
Outside an Early Log House:
Weakened by diseases. broken treaties , and the loss of tribal lands to European settlers, many Catawba people moved westward into the North Carolina Mountains where they were greatly influenced by their Cherokee neighbors, This cabin known as a Log House (ca. 1860) contains European-style fumiture, crockery, and other items that reflect the time period. It reflects the continued assimilation of the Catawba People into European settler culture and is similar to many 19th century homes found in non-native seftlements of the mountains and piedmont.
These photos of an Early Log House and its contents are examples of how the Catawba Indians lived and how European culture influenced their everyday existence.
Leannes Monochrome Madness
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Catawba Village; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina.
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2023 Last on the Card – July
From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:
and North Carolina Flags
at The Schiele Museum of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina
From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:
Warlick Family YMCA
Gastonia, North Carolina
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: (c) Deb L. Waters
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2023 OWS: Circle
Hello, my community circle of friends. We do live in a big world in the atmosphere of Earth. We all share a common interest in a blogging universe. We want to share our voice, with the world. We may share it through our words, through our photography, or through our stories. Regardless of our methods we all share a love with our circle, our community of friends both online and in person, within our vast differences and our commonalities.
Thank y’all for being my friends, for being a part of my community, for being within my circle of friends, and sharing your photos, your gracious comments, your interests, your challenges and also your encouragement. I am blessed to be in this community, having each of you in my circle of friends. Thank you!
Photo Credit: (c)Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: The Planetarium; Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina
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Macro Monday: Liriope muscari
These flowers are really small herbaceous perennial. They have grass-like evergreen foliage and lilac-purple flowers which produce single-seeded berries on a spike in the fall.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/2.2 • 1/231 • 2.22mm • ISO40
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Weekend Sky: As Seen Through a Child’s Eyes
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/2.8 • 9mm • ISO250
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Sunny Sunday: 2023 July 30
is a variable species
that provides a splash of color
in the summer garden
with its brightly-colored
yellow and gold blooms.
Sunflowers follow the sun… But did you know
When it is cloudy and gray, they face each other and share their ENERGY. Imagine if PEOPLE would do this too.
~Unknown
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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2023 Monday Windows: July Week 4
Designed by
Stewart Cooper Newell Architects
Ludwigs Monday Windows
Photo Credit : Deb L. Waters
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Silent Sunday: 2023 July 30 – Gardenia jasminoides
Johns Cellpic Sunday
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Disc Golf @Anne Springs Close Greenway
Disc golf, formerly known as frisbee golf, is a flying disc sport in which players throw a disc at a target; it is played using rules similar to golf.
Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill recently installed a Disc Golf Course which can be accessed through their Adventure Road Entrance. The first “hole” is just off the first parking lot.
141 ft
Par 3
Basket
The sport is usually played on a course with 9 or 18 holes (baskets). Players complete a hole by throwing a disc from a tee pad or area toward a target, known as a basket, throwing again from where the previous throw landed, until the basket is reached.
The Greenway’s Disc Golf Course consists of 9 “holes” which wind around through the woods near Lake Crandall. Coleman and I didn’t bring a disc with ( discs are not provided ). I’m not sure that he’s ready to land a disc in the baskets yet. He still needs to learn how to throw one first.
126 ft.
Par 3
to next Basket
Basket/Hole 3
Usually, the number of throws a player uses to reach each basket is tallied (often in relation to par), and players seek to complete each hole in the lowest number of total throws. Par is the number of strokes an expert player is expected to make for a given hole or a group of holes (usually 9 or 18).
Have you ever played Disc/Frisbee Golf? I actually have never played Disc Golf even though in my youth I has thrown a Frisbee a time or two. Maybe one day I’ll give it a try. I’m sure the Disc Golf Course at the Greenway will get much use given time. It was only I stay couple of months ago so people need time to become aware of its existence.
Photo Credit : ©️Deb L. Waters …All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Adventure Road Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina
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RDP: A WORD TYPED on CLIMATE
Here I sit thinking about what words to type regarding Climate. Where I live now the climate can change within a matter of minutes sometimes catching you unaware. It can be bright and sunny 🌞 needing shades 😎 in the morning, beautiful white ☁️ clouds ⛅️ rolling in the afternoon, and pouring down rain with thunder and lightning ⚡️ ⛈️ by early evening.
Now the Climate in the county where I lived when I was growing up you could travel to the beach, the mountains, and the desert all in one day. If you did ; the Climate would be so you’d need your bathing suit and sunglasses 😎 and sunscreen at the beach, a warm jacket 🧥 in the mountains, and possibly all of the above in the desert 🏜️ depending on time of day and how long you intended to be there. Now don’t forget to bring along an umbrella 🌂 ☂️ ☔️ because you never know when the rains will come tumbling down upon you.
From Morning to Afternoon (Rains came a few later):
Fandango’s One Word Challenge (FOWC)-WORD
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2023 CBWC: Everyday Moments
on the bus
at the Y
in the Sand
Round and Round
in the Maze
on his 4th Birthday
07/25/23
Cee’s Black and White Challenge- Everyday Moments
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Y Thursday Trios
Eastern Sensitive-Briar
(Mimosa microphylla)
waving in the breeze
Leannes Monochrome Madness
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i and iPhone 14 Pro Max
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WWII Fuel Rationing in the U. S.
Have you lived through any type of rationing during your lifetime? Rationing has occurred off and on throughout the United States for various reasons. I remember back in the early seventies one could only buy gas on odd or even days. During the seventies Odd-even rationing was introduced — meaning that if the last digit on your license plate was odd, you could get gas only on odd-numbered days. The same reasoning was applied if the last digit on your license plate was even, you could only buy gas on even-numbered days.
What is rationing? Maybe you’ve heard about rationings throughout history. Maybe it is a new concept for you. However, some form of rationing has occurred for various reasons throughout history and not just in the United States.
Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, or services, or an artificial restriction of demand. Rationing controls the size of the ration, which is one person’s allotted portion of the resources being distributed on a particular day or at a particular time.
Rationing in the United States was introduced in stages during World War II. During World War I food rationing was mandatory, however, it was highly suggested for people to curb their food consumption.
During the summer of 1941, Americans were warned of potential gasoline, steel, aluminum, and electricity shortages. It was believed that due to factories converting to military production and their consuming a tremendous number of critical supplies, rationing would be deemed a necessity when the country entered the war. The Office of Price Administration (OPA) established a rationing system after the attack on Pearl Harbor. They came up with the idea to issue ration books and the use of exchanging used stamps for certificates. These were handled by some 5,500 volunteer workers selected by local officials.
Fuel oil and gasoline were rationed only to those who could justify a need. Each ration stamp had a generic drawing of an airplane, gun, tank, aircraft carrier, ear of wheat, fruit, etc. and a serial number. Some stamps had alphabetic lettering.
The above fuel oil ration stamps are numbered with the amount a person could get per ration stamp. These ration stamps and the ration book belonged to my paternal grandfather and were among my father’s belongings I acquired after my mom passed. I had never seen a ration book or ration stamps prior to going through this particular collection of objects my dad had accumulated and preserved. Growing up I heard about the various wars the United States had been involved in including World War I and II. Hearing about them at the time I just figured that was a part of our country’s history. I never considered previously how the wars affected my parents, grandparents and ancestors. Seeing the ration book and ration stamps makes what people, my family, went through during those times of war. Learning how the war affected my family members makes everything more real and brought an understanding of their struggles.
Photo Credit: (c) Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
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NPC #22: Tree Bark
Hiking 🥾 Trails marked on Tree Barks:
surrounded by
Tree Bark
Denzils Nature Challenge #22: Tree Bark
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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CosPhoChal: Freestyle
Dale of The Cosmic Photo Challenge prompt is Freestyle this week.
Since this is freestyle week I decided to let you visit with me on one of the hikes Coleman and I took this past week. This hike was a little bit different in that we had my daughter, Coleman’s mom, along with us. On Tuesday we needed to be out of the home for awhile because a pest control company was going to come in and spray per the Complex management.
Therefore, we decided to go hiking in one of Coleman’s favorite places. The place we chose was Anne Springs Close Greenway about twenty minutes or so from our residence. Mind you now my daughter is not fond of hiking at all. When we arrived, we should them my membership card and proceeded to park. We thought Trisha, my daughter, was just gonna sit and relax near the canteen while Coleman and I hiked. It didn’t exactly go like we had thought. You see, Trisha brought her dog along with on our adventure ( he had to be out of the home as well).
Chewbacca, Trisha’s dog, decided he wanted to hike with us, therefore she had to tag along. We walked down to the lake and proceeded along the trail, Lake Haigler Loop, around the lake.
Coleman loves to run along the trail. I prefer a slower pace since I normally take many photos along the trail of the various sites we see. Often we observe different angles around the lake, seeing flowers, butterflies, sometimes turtles, bees, and even dragonflies.
(Verbena brasiliensis)
At other times we see amazing reflections in the water.
in
Lake Haigler
I love seeing various creatures feasting on the nectar of wildflowers her at the Greenway.
and Delta Flower Scarab Beetle
feasting on Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis.
Further down the trail as we hike around the lake I notice what appears to be a shape of a triangle formed with the reflections in the lake.
from the water reflections.
plus water shimmering
As we keep going I slow down observing butterflies flittering to and fro. Naturally I stop to snap a photograph. Meanwhile, my daughter’s trying to convince me to stop taking pictures. Guess what? She didn’t convince me, not one single solitary moment.
Next on our hike we come across a dragonfly and several turtles along the edge of the lake.
on a log
By this time my daughter is tired and wants to get this hike over with. Naturally, Coleman and Chewbacca want to keep going. They’re enjoying the outdoors adventure. Hence, we keep chugging along.
After awhile we decide to pull up a seat and relax a bit before finishing our hike. But first there’s more to observe as we near the picnic tables along the backside of the lake.
with Coleman
leading the way.
[He knows the trails better than most adults].
Priocnemis monachus
delighting on
Angelica genuflexa
Finally to a spot to snack relax near the water’s edge.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Freestyle
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2023-Week 29
Alive and Trekking’s Which Way Photo Challenge.
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i and iPhone 14 Pro Max
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2023 Sunday Stills: Doubles – July 22_Schiele Museum
Rhododendron indicum
is an Azalea
Rhododendron species.
AKA: the autumn onion,
prairie onion, cliff onion,
or glade onion,
is a North American species
of wild onion in the
Amaryllidaceae family.
times Two
from Big Dipper
Sunday Stills-Doubles
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters …All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Whatsoever is Lovely: 2023 – Week 29_Sedum middendorfianum
of Sedum middendorfianum –
Middendorf Stonecrop,
a succulent groundcover with jagged leaves
WHATSOEVER IS LOVELY CHALLENGE-2023 WEEK 29
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters. All Rights Reserved
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Monday Windows via Schiele Planetarium’s Moon & Sky Show with Big Bird
discuss the Moon 🌙 & ✨ 🌟⭐️
on Hooper’s Store
Ludwigs Monday Windows
Photo Credit : Deb L. Waters
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2023 OWS: Empty
Watching You
Chocolate Syrup Bottle
on an
Empty Water Bottle
Debbies One Word Sunday: Empty
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Which Way ??
In a maze one chooses to go this way or that way. Sometimes the way you choose leads to a dead end and sometimes other choices lead you on the path that leads you out of the maze. In life it is similar; we decide which pathway we want to venture on. Sometimes the choices we make lead us to no where and other choices lead us to a more fulfilling path for our lives.
Alive and Trekking’s Which Way Photo Challenge.
John’s Cellpic Sunday
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History’s Nature Trail; Gastonia, North Carolina
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2023 RDP: Ladders
Zinnia Bouquet to Brighten Your Day
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 1/120 6.86mm ISO50
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A Different Way of Cooling off
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2023 Sunday Stills: July – Small/Tiny In/Out the House
the white clover,
is a herbaceous perennial plant
in the bean family Fabaceae.
pillbug, or roly-poly
(Armadillidium vulgare).
It can roll itself into a ball
(thus “pill bug”).
– Fannia canicularis
with his
Small Cars
Sunday Stills-Tiny or Small
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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2023 RDP: Troll
Please don’t troll on by, stop and have a look. Trolling doesn’t always have a negative connotation. Fishermen troll the waters while trying to catch fish. Bargain Hunters troll Flea Markets and Yard Sales for terrific finds to take home.
My small trolls are packed away
somewhere in a box.
I bought for my daughter
when she was a little girl.
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Monday Portrait: Narragansett turkey
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2023 Which Way Photo Challenge: ASCG
Alive and Trekking’s Which Way challenge
Photo Credit: (c) Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Location: Anne Springs Close Greenway, Dairy Barn Entrance, Fort Mill, South Carolina
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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2023 Silent Cell Pic Sunday: Spider Prey
Johns Cellpic Sunday
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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2023 July: Share Your Desktop
The following are the two photos I’ve been enjoy on my desktop from June 16 through the present July 15th.
AKA
Schweinitz’s sunflower
looking out into
Shorts Lake at
Crowders Mountain State Park
Clare’s Share Your Desktop
Photo Credit:©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved
Camera: 1st – Canon EOS Rebel T3i 2nd – iPhone 14 Pro Max
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TBT: Metal Driver’s License
Have you ever seen a metal driver’s license? I had never seen one before myself until I started going through my dad’s old photo albums. This particular album had various items my dad saved over the years.
SC Driver’s License
Expires June 30, 1957
According to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, from 1933 to 1957, motorists were required to carry their South Carolina driver’s license on a stamped brass tag, usually carried on a key ring. This required drivers to turn off the ignition to show an officer their license. The brass tags were not used during the time immediately before and after World War II when metals were scarce.
Nornal H. Waters
South Carolina Drivers License
The stamped brass South Carolina Driver’s License Tag included the year of expiration on top, followed by the driver’s name, address, city, & state. On the bottom of the Brass Tag is stamped South Carolina Driver’s License.
My dad’s Brass South Carolina Driver’s License tag was definitely an interesting item for me to discover. I have barely started going through this photo album with the various items he saved over the years. Stay tuned for more interesting discoveries.
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2023 RDP: Strike a Pose
Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2023-Week 28
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Subject: Trisha Lynn Wilson, my daughter and Coleman’s mom.
Location: Playscape, The Schiele Museum, Gastonia, North Carolina
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Cell Pic Sunday – 2023 July 9
@ The Schiele Museum
Nature Trail
by Grist Mill
Johns Cellpic Sunday
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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2023 OWS: Two
South Fork River Access
McAdenville, North Carolina
( Shot on iPhone 14 Pro Max)
to practice Jousting
and a White Pekin Duck
Debbies One Word Sunday: Two
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Location: Last 2 – Rankin Lake Park, Gastonia, North Carolina Shot on Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.
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Weekend Sky #106 – 2023 July
Soaring through the Clouds:
My grandson kept watching the skies today. He has amazing vision and can see much better than I, so much so he’ll point to where things are in the vast sky when I can only hear and am unable to see. He recognises the sound of airplanes ✈️ and wants me to capture them on camera. Unfortunately I only had the camera on my iPhone today. You’ll need to click on each photo and look closely by zooming, if necessary, to be able to the various images of aeroplanes.
Hammad Rais’s Weekend Sky #106
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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FOTD: Arum italicum
Botanical name: Arum italicum
Other name(s): Italian or Large Cuckoo Pint,
Italian Lords-and-Ladies
Family: Araceae
Edible: no, all plant parts are toxic.
white spathes of flowers
are followed by spikes
of bright orange red berries.
Noteworthy Characteristics:
Note that the berries
may cause severe discomfort
or illness if ingested.
Contact with sap may irritate skin.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)
Photo Credit: (c) Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: The Schiele Museum, Grist Mill Area, Gastonia, North Carolina
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FOTD: Dionaea muscipula
is a carnivorous plant native
to subtropical wetlands
on the East Coast
of the United States
in North Carolina
and South Carolina.
who gave the plant
its scientific name in 1768,
wrote that the plant name tippitywichit
was an indigenous word
from either Cherokee or Catawba.
These particular Venus Fly Trap plants are on display in an aquarium in The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium in Gastonia, North Carolina.
Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD) Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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2023 Thursday Trios: July 6
Hung in the Goat Area
The Schiele Museum Farm
Gastonia, North Carolina
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Dairy Barn Entrance
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Dairy Barn Entrance
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Dairy Barn Entrance
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF75-300mm Lens
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CPC: Three shots from one spot.
While Coleman and I were visiting The Schiele Museum Nature Trail; I took several shots of Coleman’s actions.
of the
Natural Amazement
of
Coleman entering
the Amazement
turning and
Zooming In
Cosmic Photo Challenge-Three shots from one spot.
Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Natural Amazement, The Schiele Museum of Natural History’s Nature Trail, The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium, Gastonia, North Carolina
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2023 CFFC: Back of one Any Item
Back of Firetrucks:
Back of
Ladder Truck
checking out back
of Firetruck E-103
Firetruck S-107
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: North 321 VFD Station 10, Lincolnton, North Carolina
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2023 RDP: Itch
After a week of solid rainfall Coleman and I were itching to get outside to roam around in nature. It was decided on Friday that we should be adventurous, after errands were completed. Our errands took us down to Lancaster which is an hour and a half away from our current home. Coleman was being extremely patient, he deserved a break on the way make home. Therefore, to relieve his itch to run around, we stopped at one of his favorite places.
What is that favorite place, you ask? It is the expansive Anne Springs Close Greenway. It was an extremely hot 🥵 and humid summer day. We walked around along the trails, across the swinging bridge, and up to the Wildflower Meadow to observe which flowers were thriving.
AKA: Black-eyed Susan,
Common Black-eyed Susan,
Brown-eyed Susan, Blackeyed Susan
Asteraceae (Aster Family)
These coneflowers are common in the Mountains and the western Piedmont of the Carolinas. They are abundantly growing throughout the Greenway’s grounds.
We took a short break for a bite to eat at the Greenway’s Canteen. Enjoying the cool air was nice, but Coleman was itching for a different kind of relief from the hot 🥵 sunny summer weather. What kind of relief do you think he was desiring?
He was itching to get relief splashing in the water at the Greenway’s Spillway. The Spillway was low, however, it still produced enough water flowing across for many to cool 😎 off and enjoy a splashing 💦 wonderfully amazing good time. Coleman delighted in sloshing and splashing through the Spillway’s water 💦.
in the
Greenway’s Spillway
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
John’s Cellpic Sunday
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Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography 