Tag: Nornal H Waters
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Rectangular Monochrome Monday Windows
This is Great Falls Elementary School (formerly called Mebane Grammar School.) This is the school my dad attended when he was growing up in Great Falls, South Carolina. Lens-Artists Challenge #305-Rectangles Ludwig’s Monday Window Monochrome Monday Throwback Thursday Photo Credit:©️1963 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved. Location: Mebane Grammar School; aka Great Falls…
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2024 Silent Sunday: 06.23
Blue Ridge Mountains Blue Ridge Mountains Silent Sunday Photo Credit:©️1972 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved. God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
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2024 CWWC: June – Week 3
Roads/Dirt Roads This week I’m continuing Cee’s Which Way Challenge doing it My Way. Therefore for this the third week of June I have chosen a theme of Roads/Dirt Roads. I welcome anyone who desires to join me on this week’s Which Way Challenge. As I have been working to digitize my dad’s old slides…
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Hearst Castle’s Magnificent Sculptures and Art
CosPhoChal Art for Art’s Sake For this CosPhoChal, Dale has challenged us to post photos depicting Art for Art’s Sake. I chose to continue on our tour of Hearst Castle by allowing you to see some of the art and sculptures we saw when we were there that day. I formatted the pictures into a…
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2024 FOWC-Cemetery
Familial Grounds This FOWC is in alignment with the latest of my dad’s slides I have recently (just yesterday) digitized. They are of the familial burial grounds of my paternal grandparents. My father took them on one of our trips to visit his dad, his brother, his sister and her family. The location of the…
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Prefer Crashed, Smashed, or Public Service Doors?
Rummaging through my dad’s old slides I ran across these pictures of a crashed and smashed car where you could clearly see the damage done to the doors, the windows, the hood, and trunk of the car. I am not sure who the car belonged to, but I know the children who are shown looking…
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Numbers Game #26 – My 147 & the Word Hearst
Hearst Castle and Ranch Judy’s Numbers Game can bring about interesting results and insights from those who choose to participate. The challenge is alive, let’s get Blogging. In searching for the #147 and its variations the results that popped up all had the central focus around Hearst. Therefore, I selected a variety of photos around…
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2024 LAPC #304: Behind
Ritva is this week’s host for the Lens-Artist Photography Challenge; she has chosen the theme of behind. What backgrounds to choose may seem easy, but some thought process may determine just the right background & balance you what to achieve and capture when you are snapping your photos. BATTLE OF BECKHAMVILLE May 1780 Inscription. British…
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2024 CWWC: June — Week 2
Bridging the Waters of Time Thru Architecture While on our San Francisco Bay Discovery Cruise we were able to see beautiful views surrounding the Bay. We were able to view unique perspectives of the amazing architectural features of the Bay Area Bridges. Looking at The Golden Gate Bridge from the waters below … The Golden Gate…
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2024 PULL Up a Seat: Week 24
Seating inside Hearst Castle Hearst Castle is located up on a hill in San Simeon, the land was originally purchased by George Hearst. After his & his wife’s passing, the ownership of the property was transferred to William Randolph Hearst, their son. William Randolph Hearst expanded on the property growing it to encompass approximately 250,00…
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2024 Monochrome Madness #10: People
Throwback to 1974/5 Aboard the Queen Mary I have been reminiscing about the good old days as I go thru processing my dad’s old slides into a digital format. These are from 1974 and 1975 when we toured the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. Here I am looking out over the ships railing into…
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Abandoned in California — Now Tourist Attraction
Janet from sustainabilitea.wordpress.com is offering us all to participate in her “One Word Sunday” word Abandoned. I am choosing to participate, how about you? Alcatraz Have you ever thought about visiting or touring a federal prison? How about touring an Abandoned maximum security prison like Alcatraz? It is possible, you know. Alcatraz was not always…
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2024 Wordless Wednesday: 06.12
Albatross Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday Throwback Thursday Photo Credit: ©️1979 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved. Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm Location: San Francisco Bay Cruise; San Francisco Bay; San Francisco, California, USA God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
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2024 Sunday Stills: Pastels in California’s Beautiful Outdoors
California has some beautiful coastline. These were taken way back in 1974 in Long Beach, California. This first one was taken looking over the Pacific Ocean and Pier J, Port of Long Beach. The view was taken from aboard the Queen Mary. The next two photos are of the Shoreline of the Long Beach Harbor…
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2024 Monday Window: 06.10
Historic Windows/Doors FDR’s The Little White House Growing up we made several vacation trips to the Carolinas from San Diego. On one of our trips to the Carolinas we made a stopover in Georgia to visit Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s (FDR) The Little White House in Warm Springs. When you arrive at The Little White House…
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Breaching the Waters of Time
Seven Seas Marine Life Park Breaching the Waters of Time, we drift back to 1972 when my family stopped for some time of relaxing entertainment at the Seven Seas Marine Life Park in Arlington, Texas. Seven Seas Marine Life Park was a marine mammal park, and animal theme park built and owned by the city of Arlington, Texas, United States. It…
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Long Hilly Road to Great Falls
This long straight hilly 15-mile stretch of US 21 is the road that leads us to Great Falls, South Carolina coming out of Georgia. We would travel this road every three (3) to five (5) years to visit my dad’s parents and his brother and sister’s families. My dad grew up in Great Falls, but…
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2024 RDP: Older /|\ Rise
Welcome Friends, Guests, and Visitors! This is June 2024, I am realizing that the Older I get the harder it is for me to Rise. It is harder for me to Rise in the mornings, and harder for me to Rise from the floor. Let’s face it the Older I get the harder it is…
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2024 CWWC: 05.31 ———Any Way You Choose
At Stone Mountain Park We begin our journey in n July of 1972, having made it from California to Georgia we stop for a bit of fun. We were glad to pull into the park and finally be able to get out of the car and stretch our legs. After traveling cross country for days…
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Moving Forward In & Around …
Murrells Inlet In the Car … On the Road Again driving from Charlotte, North Carolina to Murrells Inlet, South Carolina for some Deep Sea Fishing. At Murrells Inlet … Let’s Keep Moving Forward to See What We Can See. The Marshes of Murrells Inlet … Moving Forward on a Fishing 🎣 Expedition … Moving Forward…
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Words for Thought #20
Think About It Tuesday Becky’s #SquaresRenew Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday Photo Credit: ©️1972 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) … All Rights Reserved. Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm Location: Alex Marina; Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, USA God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
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Moving Forward — Wanna Race?
And they’re off … Hey, What’s that Mini Kart doing on the track? Look at them Go … Number 1 is about to Catch Up Watching Races at the Cajon Speedway was one of my dad’s favourite things to do on a weekend. It is not something he was able to enjoy that often, but…
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Presidential Garage & Doors of a Death Car
Roosevelt’s Little White House Warm Springs, Georgia Growing up almost three thousand miles (actually 2,512 by today’s calculations) away from my dad’s family in South Carolina; we only traveled the long distance every three (3) to five (5) years. My parents always drove straight through switching off driving every several hours and/or miles as deemed…
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2024 CFFC: May – Outdoor Seating
We’ve been having a lot of thunderstorms lately, so for Cee’s CMMC this week I’ve dug into my archives (actually my dad’s archives) to select photos of Outdoor Seating. I’m combining this post with Becky’s Squares Challenge and XingfuMama’s Pull Up a Seat Challenge. For this journey of discovery we are beginning in Southern California…
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Moving Forward Through the Desert
Come on along for the ride, we’re just gonna meander around through the desert here in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Growing up in San Diego, California my church youth group would practically make annual camping trips out to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Several church families would bring their dune buggies, dirt bikes and give rides…
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2024 CosPhoChal: March 11 +
—- Interesting buildings These photos were taken back in the mid 1970’s (probably around 1975 or 1975) by my father when my parents travelled to Germany to visit my brother & his family which were stationed at the Air Force Wiesbaden, Germany. They were most likely taken with my dad’s Minolta XG-7 35 mm camera…
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