Tag: Photography Challenge

Camera: iPhone XR

Location: BabyLand General Hospital; Cleveland, Georgia, USA

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2024 Wordless Wednesday: 10.16 — Almost

A Place of Quiet Reflection

“Art is not a reflection of reality, it is the reality of a reflection.”
~ Jean-Luc Godard

“It’s on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.”
~ Claude Monet

Wordless Wednesday

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #241

Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max

Location: Lake at Garden of the Waxhaws Trail; Andrew Jackson State Park; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA

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2024 SYD: October 15th

Clare from Clare’s Cosmos hosts the Share Your Desktop Challenge. She invites everyone to share what is on the desktop and/or our smartphones wallpapers and/or screensavers.

Here are my wallpapers and screensavers for October.

From My Laptop:

From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:

Clare’s Share Your Desktop

SYD

God Bless. Share your desktops, I’m looking forward to seeing them. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Words for Thought #39 — 10.15

Sing from your Heart

Give Thanks for Everything

*Ephesians 5:19-20 (NIV)*
*Japanese Garden*

Pray for all those affected by Hurricane Helene.

Think About It Tuesday

God Bless. Thank you for visiting. Have a wonderful week and enjoy nature. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Monday Portrait: 10.14 —

Coleman’s Horse Affection

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250 mm lens

Location: Greenway Stables Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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2024 Macro Monday: 10.14 — Red Leaf

Macro Monday

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF75-300 mm lens.

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2024 Silent Cell Pic Sunday: 10.13 —

In The Beginning God …

*Discovery Center Creation Museum*
*Science • History • The Arts*

Silent Sunday

John’s Cell Pic Sunday

Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max

Location: Discovery Center Creation Museum; Abilene, Texas, USA

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Our Which Way Relaxing Hike — AJSP

This week Cee is allowing us to post any type of road, path, step, bridge or sign. I have chosen to post some paths, steps, dirt trails, and wooden paths and bridges along the Lake Nature Trail at Andrew Jackson State Park. I took these photos when was camping there the summer after my mom passed. It was a relaxing, peaceful, meditative experience of communing with nature.

Cee’s Which Way Challenge-10.10.2024

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

In Loving Memory of.pptx Download

Camera: Apple iPhone XR and iPhone 11 Pro Max

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

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Remembering …

Doyce Eileen (Watson) Waters

October 11, 1931 — January 18, 2019

Five years ago I received an expected yet saddening phone call from my brother. I was working when I received the call that my mother had passed.

My mom and I were not close after I became an adult and was on my own. I was felt she favored my brother and his family. I harbored ill feelings for the longest time towards my mother. I guess you could say I was jealous of the close relationship I felt she had with my brother and his family. I felt she spent much more time with his family and only gave me and my family a few minutes of her time. To me it seemed she cared more about them and even my dad’s sister’s family more than she cared about me.

Regardless of how I felt about her as an adult, she was still my mother. She is here any longer, I can’t let her know how I felt. I was never open with her about my thoughts and feelings. Sometimes I wish I had felt like I could have been open with her and closer. You can never get back the time lost with loved ones. Regrets can never be taken back once loved ones are no longer with us. I still think about my mom, especially on her birthday.

CHERISH EVERY MOMENT AND EVERY PERSON IN YOUR LIFE, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE THE LAST TIME YOU SEE SOMEONE.

quoteslife101.net

Cherish Your Loved Ones

Cherish your family each and every day Life is unbelievably unpredictable Enjoy the people in your life, Invest in forgiveness Stop wasting precious time And be thankful for what you have Cherish your loved ones. You never know when God will call them home.

— Rosie Bourget

Ragtag Daily Prompt—TIME

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2024 CMMC: October Fern Green Color

Green in the Garden

Green by the Lake

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

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2024 Thursday Door & Monday Window #15

This is my Fifteenth & Final installment of my combination of Thursday Doors & Monday Window featuring Antique Automobiles.

My dad loved cars shows, history, and anything to do with FORD. He started working for a FORD dealership while in high school in Great Falls, South Carolina. He worked there until he joined the United States Navy in 1948. After leaving the Navy, he again went to work for a FORD dealership. This time he worked of Pearson Ford in San Diego, California and continued working for FORD until he retired.

This week I’ll be showing three Antique Automobiles from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The Haynes Automobile Company, better known as Haynes, was an American automotive manufacturer that was established in 1905. The company produced a range of cars that included open and closed top offerings such as the Light Six and Light Twelve. Haynes was operational until 1924, when the company declared bankruptcy, before being entirely dissolved in 1925.

The Oakland Motor Car Company located out of Pontiac, Michigan was an American automobile manufacturer and a division of General Motors. The company was named for Oakland County, Michigan where it was based.The first Oakland used a vertical two-cylinder engine that rotated counterclockwise. The Oakland’s were first produced in 1908 with a production of 278 vehicles. General Motors acquired the rights to the Oakland just one year later in 1909. GM continued production of the Oakland automobiles until 1931.

The American Locomotive Company (ALCO) was found in 1901. The company was successful in manufacturing locomotives which included massive steam trains that traversed America. Having succeeded in producing locomotives, the company began to build automobiles in 1905. They boasted that their vehicles were so well built that each one took 19 months to complete. In 1909 and 1910, ALCO won the Vanderbilt Cup, and it competed in the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in 1911.

This car is one of 12 surviving Alcos and one of still fewer propelled by a 487 cubic-inch four-cylinder engine with dual-chain drive to the rear wheels. It resided at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum from 1961 through 2011, when it was purchased by its current owner.

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2024-Week 40

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm

Location: Indianapolis Motor Speedway; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

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

2024 FOTD: 10.09 — Helianthus agrestis

Camera: iPhone 11 Pro Max

Location: Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Take time to smell the flowers and enjoy nature. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – Mainly Orange — Autumn Orange +

— Autumn Orange

Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – Mainly Orange

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2024 Words for Thought #38 — 10.08

Create – Renew – Restore

Pray for all those affected by Hurricane Helene.

Think About It Tuesday

God Bless. Thank you for visiting. Have a wonderful week and enjoy nature. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Monday Portrait: 10.07 — Baby Donkey

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Close Up of a Lovely Pink Rose

Macro Monday

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Cracker Barrel; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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Firetrucks Gather for Fire Safety Presentation

Three Red Firetrucks +

Carol’s Thursday Trios

Camera: Apple iPhone XR

Location: Walmart Parking Lot; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA

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2024 Cell Pic Sunday: 10.06

God Bless America

*American Flag*
*Held by 2*
*Ladder Fire Trucks*

John’s Cell Pic Sunday

Weekend Sky

Bird of the Week LXXXIV

Camera: Apple iPhone XR

Location: Walmart Parking Lot; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA

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2024 Weekend FOTD: 10.05/.06 —

Phoebis philea on Canna indica

Aka Orange-barred Sulfur
on Indian shot,
African arrowroot

Cee’s Weekend FOTD

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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2024 CWWC: October Week 1 — Any Which Way

Cee is back and allowing us to post any type of road, path, step, bridge or sign this week for her Which Way Challenge. This week I have mixed it up with a little new with a little from my favourite place from my archives. Hope you enjoy!

*Highway 200 leading from Lancaster to Great Falls, South Carolina closed due to Hurricane Helene.*

*Nature Trail Andrew Jackson State Park*

Cee’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC)

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Bird of the Week LXXXIV — Carolina Gull

What is most commonly referred to as the Carolina Gull is the Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla). Laughing Gulls can be typically observed swirling over beaches like Springmaid and Myrtle Beach in South Carolina. Laughing Gulls provide sights and sounds evocative of summer on the East Coast. Large numbers of these Gulls at beaches, docks, and parking lots, where they wait for handouts or fill the air with their raucous calls.

In the Northeast, Laughing Gulls are summer visitors. However, in the Southeast and along the Gulf of Mexico they can be spotted year round along the coasts.

Some interesting cool facts about Laughing Gulls are:

The male and female Laughing Gull usually build their nest together.
The Laughing Gull is normally diurnal, or active during the day. During the breeding season it forages at night as well.
The adult Laughing Gull removes the eggshells from the nest after the eggs hatch.
The oldest known Laughing Gull was at least 22 years old when it was killed in Maine in 2009, the same state where it had been banded in 1987.

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Pull Up A Seat — Then & Now

Boone, North Carolina

Comparing the Doc Watson “Man of the People” Statue from 2016 to 2024. The first photo was taken when I was in Boone, North Carolina for a family reunion. [Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson is my fourth cousin].

The Statue was dedicated on June 24, 2011. It commemorates the Grammy Award-winning artist and Watauga County (Deep Gap) native Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson. The depiction of “Doc” Watson sitting on a bench playing a model of his favorite guitar, customized Gallagher was created
Alexander M. Hallmark, a local Blowing Rock, NC, Sculptor. The inscription on the statue reads Doc Watson / “Just one of the People.”

The bronze statue of Doc Watson is located at the Northeast corner of North Depot and West King streets in downtown Boone, North Carolina.

Pull Up a Seat 2024 Week #40

Six Word Saturday

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2024 Thursday Door & Monday Window #14

This is my Fourteenth installment of my combination of Thursday Doors & Monday Window featuring Antique Automobiles.

This week I’ll be showing five Automobiles from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2024-Week 39

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm

Location: Indianapolis Motor Speedway; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

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2024 Numbers Game #41 – 162

To play along, go to your photos file and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find under that number and include a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title.

This prompt will repeat each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog in comments below. Below are my contributions to the album:

I am choosing to post photos of volunteers helping across Western North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Appreciate Prayers for every affected person, family, animal in the areas impacted.

You might not think about this being Weird, Wild, or Oddballs, however, I think it is in an amazing way. Weird in that this is not something you see or experience every day. Wild to see all the Numerous Volunteers leaving their homes to come and help communities, towns, cities, families in tremendous need. Oddballs in that I never imagined the Pack Mule Teams, helicopter pilots, and many others coming together for a single mission.

All of this unity coming together to restore, rescue, and rebuild to lovely to see. This is the very essence of Whatsoever Is Lovely.

Thank you Cajun Navy! Thank you Mike Tobber and crew with Cajun Navy! Thank you National Guard! Thank you Garrett Mitchell and Volunteer Helicopter Pilots! Thank you Linemen! Thank you Search and Rescue Teams! Thank you Mountain Mule Packer Ranch! Thank you to all Volunteers for helping those affected by Hurricane Helene. I appreciate all you’ve accomplished and will continue to do to support the community and families impacted by the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene.

Judy’s Numbers Game

Sunday Stills-A World of Weird, Wild, and Oddballs

Whatsoever Is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 39

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

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2024 Last on the Card — September

Brian from Bushboy world would like us to show the last photo on our SD card or smartphone for September 30th or whenever your last photo was taken. No editing. Explanations are not necessary. Create a pingback to Brian’s post. Use tags The Last Photo and #LastOnTheCard.

Here are mine. Mine are mostly of Coleman plus one from my dad’s camera. If desired, you may click on each image for enhanced clarity.

From my Dad’s Minolta XG-7:

From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:

From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:

Brian’s Last on the Card-September 2024

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. Please continue to Pray for those affected by Hurricane Helene. Many of my friends and cousins are affected by. 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

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2024 CFFC: October — Old buildings: barns, sheds, houses

Old Buildings Houses, School, & Church:

Old Sheds:

Old Barns:

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Old Buildings

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. Please Pray for Hurricane Helene Victims, Relief Workers, & Volunteers during this difficult time. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Monday Window: 09.30 —

Guggisberg Cheese Factory

Guggisberg Cheese Factory is located in the heart of Ohio’s Amish Country. My daughter and I had the privilege to visit Guggisberg Cheese Factory April of 2012 while visiting maternal cousins.

Alfred Guggisberg came to America, in 1947, from Switzerland to pursue his dream of cheesemaking. When he arrived in the United States, he settled in Holmes County, Ohio. He began by creating Baby Swiss cheese, known for its smaller holes and milder flavor. Now world-famous and a household name, Baby Swiss is a true product of Ohio’s Amish Country.

Guggisberg Cheese, especially their Baby Swiss, is a favourite of cheese lover’s everywhere. [I am not fond of cold cheese, but I love all the cheeses made by The Guggisberg Cheese Factory including the goat cheeses.] One sample of any Guggisberg Cheese and you’ll understand why they’re award-winning quality. Guggisberg Cheese has been the winner of the Ohio Grand Champion Cheesemaker title numerous times and their Baby Swiss is recognized as the “best cheese in the country.”

When visiting the Guggisberg Cheese Factory, besides sampling their cheese products, you may watch firsthand how Guggisberg Cheese is made and understand how it has become world famous. They have over 60 varieties of cheese to choose from. It was our good fortune to discover that the cheeses Guggisberg Cheese manufactures have always been and always will be lactose-free. This is possible by their process of converting lactose to lactic acid, and their special cultures which utilize or consume the lactose during the cheese-making process. [My daughter is lactose intolerant so this which a wonderful discovery.]

Here is a list of cheeses which are safe for the lactose-intolerant:

• Premium Swiss
• Baby Swiss
• Amish Butter Cheese
• Lacerne
• Vintage Select
• Emmental

Guggisberg Cheese offers other products other than cheese such as Trail Bologna, Beef Jerky, Pepperoni Sticks, Summer Sausage, and fruit preserves for cheese.

If you ever have the opportunity to visit Ohio’s Amish Country, I would highly recommend stopping by and paying a visit to the Guggisberg Cheese Factory.

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

Macro Monday: 09.30 — Bee 🐝 Happy 🐝 Bee Grateful 🐝

Dahlia coccinea

***Bombus impatiens,***
***common eastern bumblebee***

Macro Monday

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

God Bless. Pray for Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina & Tennessee as they try to recovery from Hurricane Helene. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Monday Portrait/#Seven for September: 09.30

7 Riverbanks 🦒 Giraffes 🦒

This week I am combining Monday Portrait with Becky’s Squares-#Seven for September. I am posting Seven (7) Giraffes from 7 years ago in 2017.

#Seven for September

Camera: Apple iPhone 7 Plus

Location: Riverbanks Zoo & Garden; Columbia, South Carolina, USA

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2024 Silent Sunday: 09.29

Winter In Germany

Silent Sunday

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm

Location: Germany, Europe

God Bless. Enjoy winter scenery, but not the cold. How’s your weather? I’m thankful Hurricane Helene has passed and won’t do anymore damage in our area. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Throwback Scenic Views Around Heidelberg, Germany

In the Winter of December 1978/January 1979 my parents flew over to Germany to visit my brother & his family. [My brother was stationed there for a few years while serving in the United States Air Force.]

I previously posted their visit to Heidelberg Palace/Castle; you can view that post my clicking here and here to view the statues on Heidelberg Castle.

*Germany, Heidelberg,*
*Neckar valley,*
*view of the castle*

The Karl Theodor Bridge
(Karl-Theodor-Brücke),
*commonly known as the*
*Old Bridge (Alte Brücke)*

*Old lock on the Neckar,*
*Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg,*
*Germany, Europe*

Thank you for visiting and sharing my parents memories with me. They enjoyed their time in Germany, however, I do not recall seeing their slide photos before I began digitizing my Dad’s slides.

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Monochrome Madness #17 – Bridges

Monochrome Madness

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm

Location: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe

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2024 Thursday Door & Monday Window #13

This is my Thirteenth installment of my combination of Thursday Doors & Monday Window featuring Antique Automobiles.

This week we are continuing with Antique Automobiles from the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation with four Antique Automobiles from 1903 – 1952. Displaying the Antique Automobiles from most recent to oldest.

An interesting fact about this 1940 Chrysler Crown Imperial is that it was an Official Parade Car which carried VIPs through New York City for almost 20 years.

It carried more than a hundred dignitaries including politicians, military leaders, diplomats. They rode in the car in ticker-tape parades through Manhattan’s famed “Canyon of Heroes.” Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ralph Bunche, Winston Churchill and A. Philip Randolph were just some of the parade car’s many distinguished passengers.

***1903 Packard Model F “Old Pacific”***

This 1903 Packard Model F is known as “Old Pacific.” In 1903 it became the second car to cross the United States.

Hope you enjoyed seeing the Antique Automobiles from the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. Next week I’ll be showing Automobiles from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana. Till next time, stay safe. Stay Strong. Stay Enthusiastic and Stay Positive.

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2024-Week 39

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm

Location: Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation; Dearborn, Michigan, USA

God Bless. Thank you for visiting the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation with us. Thank sharing your time and thoughts with us. Have a wonderful weekend. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 LAPC #317 – Walking Around the Neighbourhood

For Tina’s Lens-Artist Challenge this week I chose to show a recent neighbourhood belonging to a friend which we meandered around to check out the area. Our friend’s neighbourhood is in southern Lancaster County in South Carolina.

We enjoyed our stroll through the neighbourhood; hope you enjoyed sharing our walk.

Tina’s Lens-Artists Challenge #317 – Walking the Neighbourhood

Xingfumama’s Pull Up A Seat challenge

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Springdale, Lancaster, South Carolina, USA

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A Look Back at Penguins from 2017

Posting for Becky’s Squares-Seven for September Challenge and Bird of the Week LXXXII

1(or 2) + 1 + 2 + 2 (or 3) = 7 (or 7)

While visiting the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia, South Carolina we were able to observe the King Penguins. King Penguins have a mobile nest – right on top of their feet! Who would have guessed? The female will lay one egg and both parents will take turns incubating the egg by balancing it on top of their feet under a warm fold of skin.

King Penguin nest sites are on sub-antarctic islands surrounding Antarctica. They spend long stretches of time at sea. [Except those found in zoos like the Riverbanks Zoo.) They eat fish, krill, crustaceans, and squid.

Riverbanks Zoo supports penguins of all species by encouraging sustainable seafood consumption through Seafood Watch. Riverbanks’ Satch Krantz Conservation Fund and Field Conservation Associates have also supported sustainable guano harvest in Peru and chick bolstering and rehabilitation in South Africa.

Bird of the Week LXXXII

Camera: Apple iPhone 7 Plus

Location: Riverbanks Zoo & Garden; Columbia, South Carolina, USA

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2024 Flower of the Day: 09.26 — Heliantus Anuus

Sunflower

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A Bird’s Eye View — Judy’s Numbers Game #40

Judy’s The Numbers Game #40 is this week and this week’s number is 161. To play along, go to your photos file and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find under that number and include a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title.

This week in lieu of trying to find 161 in my photos, I have chosen a theme (instead of a single word) of A Bird’s Eye View. These were all taken by my dad from an airplane ✈️ in 1979 while flying back to San Diego from Germany.

Judy’s Numbers Game #40-161

Hammad’s Weekend Sky

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm

Location: Across the Skies from Germany to San Diego, California

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

2024 CFFC: September – Piles or Stacks

Here are entries for this week’s CFFC:

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC) – Piles or Stacks

Cameras: 1 & 3) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2, 4-5) Canon EOS Rebel T3i; 6) iPhone XR

Locations: 1-5) Gastonia, North Carolina; 6) Babyland General Hospital; Cleveland, Georgia, USA

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

2024 Wordless Wednesday: 09.25

Squirrel 🐿️ Watching

***Sciurus carolinensis***
***Eastern gray squirrel***

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i

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

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

Words for Thought #36: 09.24

Love ❤️ One Another

Think About It Tuesday

Location: Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA

God Bless. Thank you for visiting. Have a wonderful week and enjoy nature. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

Seven Pebbles for #Seven for September

Ludwig’s Monday Window

Macro Monday

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2024 Monday Window — Windows & Statues on …

HEIDELBERG CASTLE

Heidelberg Castle was one of several historical sites my parents saw while visiting with my brother and his family when he was stationed in Germany in 1979. My brother was his tour guide showing them the various interesting and historical sites. These statues surrounded by windows are just a few of the many contained around the walls of Heidelberg Castle.

Sculpture of Ruprecht I the elder, Count Palatine on the Rhine, Elector, 1309, 1390, Friedrichsbau, built 1601to 1607. Sculpture and Windows on Heidelberg Castle.
Statue of Ruprecht III on the Friedrich’s Wing of Heidelberg Castle
Heidelberger Schloss Friedrichsbau; Statue Ludwig VI Heidelberger Schloss; Statue von Ludwig VI am Friedrichsbau; Heidelberg Castle.

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm

Location:HEIDELBERG CASTLE, Heidelberg, Germany.

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Monochrome Cell Pic Sunday/Monday Portrait

John’s Cell Pic Sunday

Monochrome Monday

Hammad’s Weekend Sky

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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Flashback Seven Years to 2017 —- A Fun Drive

Destination Fun

Blue Ridge Parkway

Driving the Blue Ridge Parkway from South Carolina to the Virginia Border and back down to Pisgah National Forest and then on into South Carolina once again was a trip I’ll always remember.

It has been seven years since I made that trip with my eldest son. We took the drive on his birthday weekend in October 2017. We stopped at various milestones along the Blue Ridge Parkway to see the beautiful views and tour a few different places along the route. We stopped at Stone Mountain State Park in Roaring Gap, North Carolina and hiked the Stone Mountain Loop Trail beginning at the Upper Trailhead. We continued driving the Blue Ridge Parkway once we left Stone Mountain State Park; we drove to Wilson, North Carolina (Wilson was my married name & the surname of my children.)

On the adventure South on the Parkway, we took a detour to my Cousin Jim’s Produce Market for some fresh produce & a break to stretch our legs. Before we arrived at Jim’s Produce, we stopped for a photo by the Doc and Merle Watson Highway sign ( Doc & Merle Watson are my fourth cousin & fourth cousin once removed respectively).

Venturing further south, we stopped at several more milestones to enjoy the beautiful scenery and views overlooking the valley. We stopped for supper at The Pisgah Inn’s restaurant. The food was delicious and the views were spectacular. The Pisgah Inn is located in the Pisgah National Forest amongst the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway (Blue Ridge Pkwy Milepost 408.6, Waynesville, NC).

It was a lovely and enjoyable trip, not just for the scenery, but always for the quality time spent with my son. Click on each photo for enhanced viewing. Have a wonderful day!

Lens-Artists Challenge #316 – Destination: Fun

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Memories

Camera: Apple iPhone 7 Plus

Location: Various locations along the Blue Ridge Parkway; North Carolina

God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing in our adventure memories. If you have the opportunity I’d recommend driving the Blue Ridge Parkway. You’ll enjoy the scenery as much as we did. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Silent Sunday: 09.22

Silent Sunday

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

Experimenting with Various Effects — 1-to-3 Processing

AI Magic Editor
Google Photos Magic Editor

Abstract AI Magic Editor
Google Photos Magic Editor

Holiday Spirit effect with Sparkle1 Overlay
Pic Collage

One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge-September 2024

Six Word Saturday

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

2024 CPC: The nights are drawing in

Soon Nightfall will begin earlier and earlier, as Autumn approaches the sunsets come more quickly (or so it may seem) and we adjust accordingly. These are some of my favourites, hope you enjoy them. Click on each photo to enlarge for enhanced viewing.

Cosmic Photo Challenge

#CosPhoChal

Hammad’s Weekend Sky

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

2024 Numbers Game #39 – 160 — Let’s Play!

Judy’s Numbers Game begins each Monday with a new number. This week we are on Numbers Game #39 and the number is 160.

To play along, go to your photos file and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find under that number and include a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title.

Here are my entries for this week’s Numbers Game. Click on photos to enlarge.

Judy’s Numbers Game #39-160

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

2024 Thursday Door & Monday Window #12

This is my Twelfth installment of my combination of Thursday Doors & Monday Window featuring Antique Automobiles.

This week we are continuing with Antique Automobiles from the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation with four Antique Automobiles from 1908-1949.

Next week I’ll be continuing with Antique Automobiles from the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn, Michigan. Then the week after I’ll be showing Automobiles from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana. Till next time, stay safe. Stay Strong. Stay Enthusiastic and Stay Positive.

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2024-Week 38

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Diagonal Lines(s)

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm

Location: Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation; Dearborn, Michigan, USA

God Bless. Thank you for visiting the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation with us. Thank sharing your time and thoughts with us. Have a wonderful rest of your week. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 CFFC: September Week 3 — Diagonal Lines(s)

This week Cee is chosen to post a theme of diagonal line(s) for her Fun Foto Challenge. I went searching through my photos to see what diagonal lines I could find. Below are the diagonal line(s) I managed to select from my fotos.

As you might have noticed, I selected various different versions of diagonal line(s) for you to observe. From diagonals on a fire engine to power towers, to an airplane at a diagonal angle inline with a diagonal wire and even diagonal shadows. What interesting diagonal line(s) will you decide to share with all of us? Be sure to link your posts to Cee’s blog here.