Floral Friday: Impatiens walleriana

Impatiens walleriana,
also known as busy Lizzie,
balsam, sultana,
or simply impatiens,
is a species of the
genus Impatiens.
Impatiens sultanii

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Floral Friday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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2023 April: Last on the Card

From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:

Coleman
and
his VW buses

From my Canon EOS T3i:

Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
Belmont, North Carolina

Last Photo on Card Challenge

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MWM: 2023 May 4

Owl 🦉
Table Decoration
Wagon Wheel
against
Neighbours Tree
Coleman
looking 👀 at
a Caged Rabbit
Color Pop
of
Coleman showing
his Ford Van
in Walmart

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome 

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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Wordless Wednesday: Water Spillway @Schiele Museum

What do you see
in the Water?
Spillway
@ The Schiele Museum
Gastonia, North Carolina

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Water Water Everywhere

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2023 April FOTD: Azalea ‘Gloria’ Pink

Flowering Sawada Azalea
Azalea ‘Gloria’ Pink

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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Monday Portrait: 2023 May 1

American Alligator 🐊
The Schiele Museum
of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina

Monday Portrait

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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2023: Whatsoever is Lovely – Week 17

Grist Mill
The Schiele Museum
Gastonia, North Carolina

WHATSOEVER IS LOVELY CHALLENGE-2023 WEEK 17

John’s Cellpic Sunday

Silent Sunday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max Panorama

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Along Schiele Museum’s Nature Trail

Let’s walk the Nature Trail together. Coleman leads the way around the farm through a log house and later onto the trail.

Through a Log House
Around the Farm
Past the Grist Mill
Across the Bridge
Are you coming?
You need to
keep up, Mawmaw.
Working the Way
through the Maze
in Natural AMAZEment

Posting for Alive & Trekking’s Which Way Photo Challenge.

Which Way Photo Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Photos shot on a iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2023 WWE: @Schiele Museum of Natural History

Blending in …
Can you see me?
What am I?
First, I’ll Swim this Way
Then, I’ll Swim That Way

If you noticed me, you guessed I’m a turtle. I love to swim in the pond here at Schiele Museum of Natural History. You can spot me in the pond if you look closely. The pond is located along the Nature Trail.

The Schiele Museum of Natural History is located just a short distance of where we live in Gastonia, North Carolina. If you’re ever in the area, I’d encourage you to stop by & visit the Museum and take a walk around the nature trail.

Water Water Everywhere

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Lavenders & Sage

Lavender & Meadow Sage
Meadow Sage
Salvia x sylvestris
Lavender ‘May Night’ Sage

These Lavender & Sage plants and flowers are within the Memorial Garden which you can find along the Nature Trail at The Schiele Museum located in Gastonia, North Carolina.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Floral Friday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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2023 April: Pull Up a Seat for Thursday Trios

Three Benches
in Monochrome
For Friends
to Share
Sepia style

Pull Up a Seat

Thursday Trios

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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2023 CFFC: Wheels

Grist Mill Wheel
Wagon Wheels
Farmall Tractor Wheel
Car Wheel

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Wordless Wednesday: Viola Cornuta

Tufted Violet Violets
Horned PansyHorned Violet

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Macro Monday: Deidamia Inscriptum

Deidamia inscriptum,
also known as
the lettered sphinx,
is a species of moth
of the family Sphingidae.

Macro Monday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Silent Sunday: Carya cordiformis

Botanical Name:
Carya cordiformis
Common Name:
Bitternut Hickory

FOTD

Silent Sunday

John’s Cellpic Sunday

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Water 💦 Water 💦 Everywhere_Duharts Creek

This week’s features are from a neighbourhood creek we saw while taking a long walk. The Duharts Creek is located in the Gastonia – New Hope Acres area.

Water Water Everywhere

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2023 Share Your Desktop: April

This month my Desktop switches between three photos.

Coleman Color Pop
Crowders Mountain State Park
Kings Mountain, North Carolina
Coleman resting
against a crooked tree
Crowders Mountain State Park
Kings Mountain, North Carolina
Whales
Ocean Conservancy.com

Clare’s Share Your Desktop

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max for first two photos.

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Weekend Sky #96 — 2023 April 15

Puffy Fluffy
White Clouds

Weekend Sky

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2023 Pull Up A Seat: Coleman Style

Coleman on a Wooden Swing
Ashbrook High School
Gastonia, NC
Coleman on an Honor Monument
Al Hess Cross Country Trail
In Honor of Alfred John Hess Jr.
Ashbrook Cross Country Coach

Pull Up a Seat

John’s Cellpic Sunday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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Thursday Trios @ Ashbrook High School

2 Stationary
1 Swinging
Coleman stands
while Swinging

Thursday Trios

Photo Credit: Deb L Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max 24mm f1.78 ISO64

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RDP: 2023 – Log

It wasn’t hard to find logs while my grandson and I went walking through the backwoods of our neighborhood. The following is what we discovered.

Log 🪵 with Tree Fungus
Stacked Fire 🔥 Logs 🪵
Logs 🪵 in Firepit
Cut Logs 🪵
Fallen Tree 🌲 Log 🪵
More Cut Logs 🪵
Loose Cut Logs 🪵
and Branches
Logs 🪵 entwined
with Green Leaves 🍃

Ragtag Daily Prompt – Log

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Hallelujah, He is Risen!

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome #129

Photo Credit: Deb L Waters

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Rainy Day Expressions in B & W

It’s been raining off and on all week. Today, it been raining steadily since the wee hours of the morning. Ever try to keep a rambunctious three year old happy and entertained? That’s my world. It’s not always easy though. My grandson, Coleman prefers being outdoors in nature, especially in the woods.

So I decided to snap a few of his many expressions with my iPhone 14 Pro Max in Black and White.
These are all of my grandson, Coleman.
My most favorite subject to capture.
One never knows
the facial expressions
he’ll give you.
Anything from sticking his tongue out … to one showing irritationto smiles …
… to hugs
And loving.
I love the hugs
and the loving.
Decided to play around
with some collages.

What y’all think? What’s your favorite subject to capture on film?

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome #127

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School Bus Doors

Ashbrook High School
Gastonia, Gaston County
North Carolina
Public School Buses

Thursday Doors

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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Weekend Sky #94: 2023 April 2

Afternoon Sky:

Looking 👀 Upward
at the
Daylight Blue Sky

Evening Sky:

Nighttime Sky
with a
Smidgen of Light

Weekend Sky

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2023 Monday Windows: Shaded School Windows

Shaded Windows
Ashbrook High School
Gastonia, North Carolina
A Closer Look
Shaded Windows
Ashbrook High School
Gastonia, North Carolina

Monday Windows

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Last on the Card: 2023 March

iPhone 14 Pro Max:

Black and White
My grandson, Coleman

Canon EOS Rebel T3i:

Pink Azaleas
Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
Belmont, North Carolina

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Last on the Card

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FOWC: Succulent

Cacti
Cactaceae family
Prickly Pear,
Opuntia stricta

Fandango’s One Word Challenge

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CMMC: Words with Two E’s_Business Signs +

Lutheran Church
of the
REdEEmER
EastEr Sunday Worship
GErbEr Collision & Glass
HartsEll Bros.
FEnCe
GrEEn
StrEEt
Signs

CMMC: Two E’s In The Word

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Weekend Sky: 2023 March 26

Entrance to
Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
Belmont, North Carolina
Looking inward
Wondering how soon
the rains will begin

Weekend Sky

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NPC #5/CPC: First Hints/Signs of Spring in The South-Central Piedmont Region of North Carolina

Eastern Tree Caterpillar
nests are commonly found on
wild cherry, apple, and crab apple,
but may be found on hawthorn, maple,
cherry, peach, pear and plum as well.
There is one generation of the
Eastern tent caterpillar per year.
The insects overwinter
as egg masses on twigs,
and they hatch in April.
They turn into moths
which are reddish-brown
with two pale stripes running
diagonally across each forewing.
Photinia ‘ Red Robin ‘ P x fraseri
also known as the Christmas Berry
makes an attractive hedging plant
with its glossy red new growth.
Wisteria sinensis ‘Cooke’s Purple’
Hally Jolivette Cherry (Prunus)
is one of the best
flower ornamental
cherry trees available.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: First hints of spring

Nature Photo Challenge #5: Signs of Spring

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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Cell Pic Sunday: 2023 March 26_Ti Plant

Cordyline Fruticosa Ti Plant
Cordyline fruticosa

is an evergreen flowering plant
in the family Asparagaceae.
It is identified by a wide

variety of common names,
including ti plant,
palm lily, cabbage palm.

My grandson and myself saw many beautiful plant and flowers while we had a short visit (short due to rain) to Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens in Belmont, North Carolina. This photo was taken with my iPhone 14 Pro Max at f/1.8 • 1/57 • 6.86mm • ISO 250.

John’s Cellpic Sunday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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FOTD: Be Respectful _Garden Flowers

Be Respectful
No Poop & Pee
Neighborhood Garden Flowers
Gastonia, North Carolina

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Weekend Sky #92: Saturday, 2023 March 18

This is our view of the sky as my grandson and I took Chewbacca (the dog) for a walk through the neighborhood behind where we live.

We have had freeze warnings for the evenings and early mornings for this whole week. It was a beautiful sight to see the amazing views in the sky above us today.

Weekend Sky

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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Midweek Monochrome #124: 2023_In the Woods

In the Woods
At Boulders Access
Crowders Mountain
State Park
Coleman behind
the Trees

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome #124

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Pull Up A Seat: Coleman _Along Ridgeline Trail

On a Boulder:

On a Bench:

On a Tree:

Pull Up a Seat

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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Wordless Wednesday: Star Spangled Banner Waving

United States Flag
North Carolina State Flag
Waving Freely
O’er the Land
of the Free

Wordless Wednesday

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

©️2023@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com

Shot on an iPhone 14 Pro Max

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CBWC: Camellia

Camellia,
a genus of flowering plants
in the family of Theaceae.
Located in Gardner Park,
Gastonia, NC

Cee’s Black and White Challenge

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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FOTD: Violets

Viola,
a genus
in the violet
family Violaceae.
Common name: Violet

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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