One Word Sunday – Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography

2025 OWS: 05 October — Hanging Around …

There are many ways the term Hanging could be interpreted, such as Hanging around (with friends) Hanging Upside down (like a “monkey”), Hanging In (Being persistent, carrying on under difficult circumstances), or perhaps used as in the expression How’s it Hanging. These types of Hanging are totally different and distinct from Debbie’s example of Curtains Hanging or any other object Hanging.

I’m going to show you some “Hanging” examples of “Like Mother … Like Son.”

Coleman’s Mom’s version of Hanging …

*Trisha,*
*my daughter/Coleman’s Mom*
*Hanging Upside Down*
*on a Tree. (2009)*

*Trisha*
*Hanging around*
*in a Tree. (2023)*

Coleman’s version of Hanging …

*Black & White of*
*Coleman Hanging*
*on a Metal Railing (2025)*

*Coleman*
*Hanging on*
*“Monkey” Bars (2023)*

Coleman Hanging
on low
Chin Up Bar
in the
Catawba Reservation (2022)

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Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Hanging

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

Coleman’s “Porch” Seating Scares His Mom

Pull Up a Seat

for

Six Word Saturday

In the afternoons Coleman enjoys being outdoors and often Pulls Up a Seat on our Home’s Porch railing which would scare his mom half to death if she was at Home. Luckily for him when he chooses to Pull Up a Seat like in the images below his mom is at work and NOT at Home. This week’s post is also being linked with Debbie’s Six Word Saturday and One Word Sunday Challenges.

Coleman’s
Pull Up a Seat
Selection of the Afternoon

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Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 39

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday-2025.09.27

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Home

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

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

2025 OWS: 21(on 22) September

Empty Picnic Site

The Vallecito Stage Station in Julian, California was rebuilt and is a part of the Vallecito County Park operated by the San Diego County Parks. The Vallecito Stage Station was one of the Home Stations along The Butterfield Overland Mail route which carried mail from San Antonio, Texas to San Diego, California beginning in 1857. Passengers on the Stage Coaches ate a good meal once every twenty-four (24) hours at what were called “Home Stations.” Vallecito was one of the “Home Stations” that provided good meals to the Butterfield-Overland travelers from produce and meat supplied by farmers on Mt. Palomar.

Vallecito has been preserved as a 71-acre county park built around a reconstruction of the historic Butterfield Stage Station. Vallecito has been a campsite for literally hundreds of years, beginning first with the native Kumeyaay Indians. This area is part of what is known as the Anza-Borego Desert.

When I was growing up my church youth group would come out here almost every year for camping and hiking. The campground area is primitive and you must bring in your own water supplies as wet as any other supplies you might need.

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Empty

Jude’s Bench Challenge

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 38

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

2025 OWS: 14 September

Togetherness

(Circle of Friends)

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Together

God Bless. May your life be filled with love and joy. Have a marvellous week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 OWS: 07 September — Straight (Leads the Way)

In life sometimes your paths lead Straight to your destination and sometimes your life zigzags until you realize the journey you’re meant to be on.

When you stay on the Straight Path the Views are stunning and life is filled with amazing fulfilling stories and an abundance of pure love and happiness.

… Leads to amazing views of Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies in beautiful fragrant blooms transcending across the Catawba River.

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Straight

Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Location: Spider Lily Viewing Area; Nature Trail; Landsford Canal State Park; Catawba, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. May your life be filled with love and joy. Have a marvellous week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Wiggly Lines Wiggle Waggle

… On a Map

*Wiggly Lines Wiggle Waggling*
*on a Floor Map*

*Coleman playing*
*by the Wiggling Waggling*
*blue lines*

The blue Wiggly lines represent rivers and lakes in our area. The floor map drawings showing the Wiggly Waggling lines are on the floor inside Confluence which is run by the Catawba Riverkeepers.

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Wiggly

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion and Ultra Wide Cameras

Location: Confluence; Downtown Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Wiggle Waggle if you please. Getting your Wiggly Waggle on might just be fun and bring smiles and laughter. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Repetitive Rippling Water

Good Day! As I right this this evening it is trying to rain, we’ve seen the dark clouds rolling in, heard the thunder banging like drums overhead, but yet to see the rain. I am thankful for the lovely sunshine we enjoyed today.

It was such a beautiful day and we hadn’t been out and about for the past week with all our on again off again thunderstorms; therefore, it was an excellent day to wander down to the river for a bit of hiking and Coleman playtime in the sandy river banks. Coleman is fascinated by the rippling effects of the water when he throws wood into the river.

I decided to capture his water ripples in black and white thereby linking this post to Jez’s Water Water Everywhere, Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Repeat and Monochrome Monday.

*A Thrown piece of Wood*
*& it’s Rippling effects*

*Natural Water Ripples*
*(Not by Coleman)*

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Repeat

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #277

Monday Monochrome

Monochrome Monday

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take a hike/walk out in Nature. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 One Word Sunday (OWS) : Looking Down

Last week Debbie had us Looking Up, it was fun to see everyone’s take on Looking Up. This week’s theme is Looking Down. There are many different and interesting things available to see all around us if we only Look and observe what’s all around us.

Coleman and I paid a visit to the expanded and upgraded Daniel Stowe Conservancy, formerly known as The Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens. Looking all around the trails surrounding The Trailhead Store at the Conservancy there were some interesting views which we Looked Down upon.

…. Such as the Pond down and slightly to the right of The Trailhead Store.

*Looking Down upon the*
*Reflections in the Pond*

…. Or this little Pond with a waterfall surrounded by rocks a short distance away from the Dog Park.

***Coleman looking down over the Pond***

Moving along further down the trail we spot an interesting painting on the pathway with a Trail crossing sign nearby.

*Looking Down upon*
*the painted pathway*
*before crossing the road.*

And lastly for today, I’m Looking Down upon Coleman looking down at something on a bench.

*Coleman Looking Down on the Bench* while I’m Looking Down the small incline at him.

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Looking Down

Cameras: 1 & 5-6) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV & CPL filter attachments; 2-4) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: The Trailhead Store; Carolina Thread Trail; Daniel Stowe Conservancy; Belmont, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Get Outdoors. Discover Nature’s amazing beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 OWS: Looking Up (From Underneath)

Daucus carota

Also Known as Bee’s Nest-Plant; Bird’s-Nest; Devil’s Plague; Queen Anne’s Lace; and Wild Carrot

Queen Anne’s Lace is a summer biennial wildflower from the Apiaceae (carrot) family. In some states it is considered invasive. It has naturalized in many states and can be found in sun to partial shade along roadsides, old fields, and waste places. In our area of North Carolina Queen Anne’s Lace can be found along trails, in wooded areas, and near the Catawba River.

The 2 to 4 foot tall umbels of white flowers appear in its second year of growth from mid-summer to mid-fall and have a lacy look. The basal rosette consists of 5-inch long arching leaves with a few leaves occurring alternately up the main stem.

Instead of looking straight at these flowers I chose to shot them looking up at them from underneath for a unique perspective.

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Looking Up (Continued)

Janet’s One Word Sunday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2025 Week 23

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV & CPL filter attachments.

Location: Rocky Branch Trail; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

OWS — Riverscape

Debbie over on Travel with Intent is the host for One Word Sunday. The theme she has chosen this week is —scape. We may use any word that ends with —scape.

Living within walking distance to the South Fork Catawba River I figured Riverscape would be a funtastic word to choose for this week’s One Word Sunday Challenge.

These are from the hike Coleman and I took yesterday after the Easter Egg Scramble.

Coleman always loves spending time playing and hiking near the River. Where do y’all enjoy spending your afternoons?

Debbie’s One Word Sunday- —scape

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; from the C.C. Dawson Bridge; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. A Happy Palm Sunday to y’all! Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 OWS: Blue Skies & Blue Autos at the Christmas Parade

Amongst all the Red and Green in the Christmas Parade we saw two Blue vehicles rolling down the Parade Route shining through amidst the bright blue skies.

*Chevy Truck*
*pulling a*
*Parade Float*

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Blue

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Downtown; Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Don’t let the blues get you down. You are Valued and Appreciated. Have a Merry Merry Christmas Holidays. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 OWS: Silver and Gold

This week Debbie’s theme for One Word Sunday is Silver and Gold. I didn’t find much in the way of Silver, but I have a little gold.

“But Peter said, ‘Silver and gold have I none; but what I have, that give I thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.’” — Acts 3:6 American Standard Version(ASV)

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Silver and Gold

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

OWS: Nature’s Framework

For One Word Sunday this week Debbie has chosen Framed. She is not referring to placing a photo in a frame, but rather using nature to frame a scene or subject.

Debbie’s One Word Sunday

Throwback Thursday

Cameras: 1-3) Minolta XG-7 35 mm; 4) iPhone 14 Pro Max

Locations: 1-3) Sequoia National Forest; Tulare County, California; 4) Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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

2024 OWS: 07.07 — Transport

While most will think of physical means of transport such as cars, airplanes, trains, and similar vehicles used for transportation; I am venturing into a different realm of transport.

The term transport has several different and yet similar definitions. It means an act or process of transporting; to transfer or convey from one place to another; a vehicle (such as a truck or airplane) used to transport persons or goods. It also means to carry away with strong and often intensely pleasant emotion; strong or intensely pleasurable emotion.

Transport applies to any powerful emotion(s) that lifts one out of oneself and usually provokes vehement expression or frenzied action.

It is these last definitions in which I am applying here for my interpretation on Debbie’s One Word Sunday Prompt of Transport.

“Books are the plane, the train, = and the ROAD. They are the Destination and The Journey.they are home.”
~ ANNA QUINDLEN

When I read books 📚 I am transported into another place and time. I feel the emotions along with the characters in whichever book or story I am reading. Books take me places where I might not otherwise be able to visit, help me to learn and understand what other places and people are all about. I can envision myself there right amongst the people,whether real or imagined by the other, they all seem very real to me. I can feel and visualize the events taking place and I am instantaneously transported to another city, state, or country as if I am one with the book and its characters.

“Books take you places you hope someday to go. They transport you to time in the future or long, long ago. The words paint the pictures, the author’s canvas is your mind. Surreal images greet you, you never know what you’ll find. Books take you places, whether fantasy or real. Some tales make you laugh while others make you squeal!”
~ Kimberly Beatty

What are your thoughts on books as a means of transport? Have you ever felt as if you have been transported to another time or place when you were reading a book?

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Transport

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

2024 OWS: Shadow

Shadows can be seen everywhere, at least when the sun is shining brightly. Shadows materialize along walkways, piers, and trails as well as anywhere imaginable.

Here are my entries for Debbie’s OWS Challenge this week which calls for us to show our SHADOW.

***Shadows of Bushes, Trees, & Coleman Warlick Family YMCA***

***Shadows of the Fencing & Coleman***
***Warlick Family YMCA***

***Shadows of Trees***
***The Schiele Museum of Natural History***

***Shadows of Trees, Coleman, & Myself***
***Anne Springs Close Greenway***

***Shadows along the Pier***
***& in the Lake***
***Anne Springs Close Greenway***

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Shadow

Cameras: 1-4) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 5) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

Locations: Various sites in North and South Carolina, USA

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

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