Judy from Life Lessons blog hosts a weekly photo challenge called The Numbers Game.This week’s number is 748. Her instructions for playing along are listed below …
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 Judy’s 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.
God Bless. Have a lovely week. Enjoy a walk/hike if possible. Keep Cool. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
In 1978, my parents and I took a trip north on the I-5 and switching over to Highway 101. We went up the coast of California to a small Danish-inspired village called Solvang. Solvang is located approximately a half-hour north of Santa Barbara, California. Solvang is known as the “Danish Capital of America.”
Solvang, California
It was founded by Danish immigrants in 1911. The village is prominently known for its authentic half-timbered architecture, iconic windmills, and world-class Danish bakeries. It has a unique offering of a slice of Scandinavian culture blending with the Central California sunshine.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens
Location: Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Stop and smell the flowers. Admire them and the beauty found in nature. Have a fantastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Location: Riverbanks Zoo and Garden; Columbia, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Stay Cool. Stay Hydrated. Have a funtastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Location: Walmart Supercenter Parking Lot; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Hope you’re having a great weekend. Have a wonderful week ahead. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
God Bless America! God Bless you! May y’all have and enjoy the freedoms we enjoy in America. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Location: Hume Lake Campground; Sequoia National Forest; Hume, Fresno, California, USA
God Bless. Be Gentle as the ‘Gentle Giant’. Be Passionate, with soft and nurturing words towards all. Have a fantastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
And for the Support of this Declarationwith a Firm Reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence WE Mutually Pledge our lives and fortunes AND OUR SACRED HONOR
Creative Artistry by California Artist Norm Daniels
God Bless. God Bless the USA! Hope you’ve enjoyed your Weekend. Have a wonderful week ahead. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Location: Haigler Loop; Lake Haigler; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina. USA
God Bless. Stay Cool. Have safe and Happy 4th! Happy Birthday America! Have a fantastic weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Wishing it wasn’t extremely hot this year with temperatures in the mid to high 90’s (99°F today) and a heat advisory index ranging up to 109°F. The Weather Service states poor weather weather conditions for hiking, running, cycling, and basically for all outdoor activities.
Lake Haigler by the Canoe Access
Reflecting back to Four years ago (7/03) when Coleman and I were enjoying a long relaxing hiking adventure along Haigler Loop, North Steele Creek and Muscadine Trails at Anne Springs Close Greenway. The Reflections in Lake Haigler are strikingly stunning with their beautiful colours.
Location: Lake Haigler; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Happy 4th of July! Have a wonderful weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). I trust everyone has had a good week and able to spend some time to take a walk or hike in the vast outdoors. This week’s theme for the Which Way Challenge is (CWWC): Any Which Way Along a Dirt Trail, Dirt Pathway, or Dirt Road (aka with Brown). The Which Way can be Any Which Way you choose in your along any Dirt Trail, Dirt Pathway, Dirt Road (aka with Brown) as long as the Which Way is clearly discernible. As always signs are always welcome.
Location: Dogwood Trail; Stables Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take a Walk/Hike. Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Next Week’s theme: Which way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way with the colours of Brown and/orBlack[07.10.2026]
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; Apple iPhone 13 Pro; Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
God Bless. Stop and smell the flowers. Admire them and the beauty found in nature. Have a fantastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
I’m a few days behind, lots of stuff going on right now. I started this on time, but needed time to ponder over my thoughts and reflect on Debbie’s One Word Sunday choice of Inspiredfor this week. I may be taking a different approach than some of you in that my train of thought is based on what inspires me.
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.”
— Aristotle
Quote by Anne Springs Close
As some of you may realize, Coleman and I enjoy (if not thrive) in nature. Nature inspires me to relax, reevaluate, and reflect on my life. It inspires me to strive for peace and calmness in my everyday life. Nature’s Beauty and Stunning Views inspire me to capture it to preserve the memories which I love sharing with others.
“I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.”
— Anne Frank
The Jane Spratt McColl Wildflower Meadow A Dedicated Native Habitat Anne Springs Close Greenway Fort Mill, South Carolina
The core inspiration for the Jane Spratt McColl Wildflower Meadow is based on a lifelong friendship, native roots, and a commitment to environmental stewardship.
The Wildflower Meadow was designed with the follow key elements:
The lifelong friendship between York County native Jane Spratt McColl and the preserve’s namesake, Anne Springs Close.
The garden was designed to mimic the historical, untamed Piedmont prairies that once covered parts of the Carolinas.
A primary ecological catalyst was creating a controlled habitat specifically optimized to save the Schweinitz’s sunflower, an endangered species endemic exclusively to the Piedmont region of the Carolinas.
The physical layout includes the Path of Honor. It was inspired by a desire to let community members permanently weave their own stories into the landscape. Visitors can dedicate plantings to loved ones, transforming the conservation project into a living memorial.
“To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Coleman in the Walkway of the Wildflower Meadow
“May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day.”
Location: Lake Haigler Entrance; Greenway Gateway; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Get Outdoors. Commune with Nature. Be inspired by its beauty, serenity. and peacefulness. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Sun’s Glistening Light at Murrells Inlet, SCSky or Water? Using a Star Filter Gastonia, NCSun’s Bright Rays Myrtle Beach, SCSparkling Fireworks at Myrtle Beach, SCColeman Sweating in the Hot Sun Cramerton, NCFireworks Brightly Bursting the Night Skies Cramerton, NCSun’s Rays Shining on the Water Gulf of Mexico Eclipse
Cameras: Apple 14 Pro Max; Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max; Canon EOS Rebel T3i, and Canon EOS Rebel 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.
Locations: As stated above.
God Bless. Have a funtastic week ahead. May your week be filled with love, laughter, and happiness. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Anyone wishing to join in and participate, please go to the Monochrome Madness page to find out how.
God Bless. Spread love ❤️ around for all to see. Have a great weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Brian from Bushboys Worldhosts a monthly challenge called Last On the Card. His rules are simple to follow if you’re interested in participating.
Here are The rules: 1. Post the last photo on your SD card or last photo on your phone for the 30th or whenever your last photo was taken. 2. No editing – who cares if it is out of focus, not framed as you would like or the subject matter didn’t cooperate. 3. You don’t have to have any explanations, just the photo will do 4. Create a Pingback to this post or link in the comments 5. Use the tags The Last Photo and #LastOnTheCard
Here are my contributions …
From my Canon EOS T7 (2000D):
Gastonia burgei, skeleton of an herbivorous ankylosaurian dinosaur at The Schiele Museum of Natural History Gastonia, NC
Beth from Wandering Dawgs is this week’s host for the Lens-Artist Photo Challenge with the theme of Subjects Beginning with the Letter ‘B’. We all like to have fun with the variety themes chosen by the various artists who hosts this challenge each week. I hope y’all enjoy my selections.
Here are my entries …
Boy (aka Coleman) sitting on a Branch wearing Blue Jean shorts
Bird on the Beach Bird on the BeachBirds in the Beautiful Blue Sky Subject is BIRDS
BUTTERFLY Limenitis arthemis, aka Red-spotted Purple is a North American Butterfly Belonging to the Brush-footed Butterfly family.
Boy (aka Coleman) on a Bench with a Blue snack Box and a Blue Camouflage Backpack and wearing a Blue shirt
God Bless. Be Happy. Be Cool. Be a Blessing to those around you. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
I will also be sharing a Mixture of Brown found in the vast outdoors along Dirt Roads, Dirt Pathways, and Dirt Trails as part of Friday’s CWWC post (Stay tuned to more Brown and feel free to share your Brown with Cee’s Which Way Challenge as well as Dan’s CFFC challenge this week.
Here are my entries …
Brown Anole A Brown spotted deerBird flying over the Catawba River Brown horses at Anne Springs Close Greenway Coleman walking along a fallen tree limb Coleman at the Brown Bear Exhibit The Schiele Museum Coleman on railing of a footbridge Coleman on a swinging bridge My Brown & Black BearsThe underside of a Gazebo roof Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC) Dan’s CFFC- The Crayola Box of 8–Brown
God Bless. Enjoy your week. May it be filled with love, joy, laughter, and lots of fun. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
For this week’s Monday Window I went searching through my archives, specifically my dad’s old slides to find an image I might could consider using for today’s post. Well, I found one I sharing with y’all. However, I could not locate any information on the location or history of the place. The only information I could find was that it was taken by my dad in February of 1965.
In Monochrome
It was hard to distinguish the original colours from the digital conversion of my dad’s old slide. The house number is 720, but I have no idea what street it was on, what city or town it was in, or even which state it was located. I know the in February of 1965 we lived in San Diego, California. We visited Tecate, Baja California during this time period as well as other places.
God Bless. Open up the Window of your mind to unique opportunities for creativity. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
The Cave Bear is an extinct species which lived in Europe and Asia approximately 27,000 years ago. It is an early relative to many bears living in North America. Cave Bears are a type of ursine bear.
The Ursine group includes the brown, grizzly, Kodiak, polar, and black bears. All these bears originally lived in Europe and Asia before traveling across a land bridge during the Pliocene time period.
Ursus spelaeus The Cave Bear
A Cave Bear’s weight possibly ranged from 880 to 2,200 pounds. The largest of these would be comparable in size to today’s polar bears.
The Cave Bear skeleton in The Schiele Museum of Natural History comes quite a distance from the Ural Mountains in Russia. If you ever get the opportunity to visit The Schiele Museum come and say hello to The Cave Bear … don’t worry he won’t bite you.
Location: South Fork Park; McAdenville, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. May you have clear skies, warm hearts, and an abundance of happiness. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Sophia Ruthann is growing, learning, increasing in her abilities to move about via crawling, climbing, and standing all at just six (6) months of age. She shows emotion and determination in going after what she wants.
When she’s on her mat on the floor she crawls over to her big brother (aka Coleman). When she’s hungry, if I’m in the kitchen, she crawls into the kitchen as if saying where’s my food.
Besides her bottle of formula mixed with rice cereal she also eats various teething biscuits (she has 2 teeth now), oatmeal, baby food jars of fruit and vegetables as well as vegetables I purée for her. She enjoys gripping food with her hands like her teething biscuits, Melba toast, strips of Vienna sausage, as well as holding spoons while I feed her.
Sophia Ruthann playing with Little Tikes Blocks in a Box
She plays with her toys like her teething ball, her Stuffed Stitch, a red toy that was once my eldest son’s toy, and her teething elephant. She climbs from the floor to a lounge chair and then onto the couch, especially if her brother is sitting on the couch.
I just bought her some Little Tikes SoftBlocks that look similar to Lego Duplo Blocks except these are made from food-grade, BPA-free materials, these pliable blocks double as safe teethers and are completely noise-free when knocked over. The other day I was trying to eat while sitting on the lounge chair and she kept standing by it and trying to grab my plate. She had been curious about the box the Blocks came in so I placed her in the box with her new soft blocks. She was thankfully entertained with the simplicity of being in a box and able to play with her soft blocks. I was grateful that, with her entertaining herself, I could enjoy my chicken and roasted vegetables.
Occasionally, when Coleman and I visit The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium, we choose to watch one of Planetarium shows it offers for an extra fee. On this particular we decided to pay the extra fee to watch “Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction”.
Coleman
On the day we visited Planetarium shows were being offered at 11:15 am, 1:30 pm, and 2:30 pm. The “Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction” show we chose was scheduled to begin at the 2:30 pm show time. We walked around the natural trail for about 45 minutes then came back inside to wait for the show time.
Here Coleman has Pulled Up a Seat at one of the tables to wait to closer to the scheduled time to line up for the show.
III Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). I trust everyone has had a good week and able to spend some time to take a walk or hike in the vast outdoors. This week’s theme for the Which Way Challenge is (CWWC): Any Which Way with Blue Along a Trail, Pathway, or Walkway [06.26.2026. The Which Way can be Any Which Way you choose in your along any trail, pathway, or walkway with blue as long as the Which Way is clearly discernible. As always signs are always welcome.
For further information regarding the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) feel free to check out the home page here.
Here are my entries …
Coleman on Trekker LoopColeman on Trekker LoopLake Crandall Anne Springs Close GreenwayTrekker Loop along Lake Crandall Adventure Road Entrance Anne Springs Close Greenway Coleman Archers Loop Anne Springs Close GreenwayColeman at Lake Crandall Coleman at Lake CrandallColeman at Lake CrandallColeman at Lake CrandallColeman at Disc Golf Course Coleman on Trekker LoopColeman Archers LoopColeman on Lake Crandall PierColeman on Lake Crandall PierLake Crandall Anne Springs Close GreenwayLake Crandall Anne Springs Close GreenwayColeman on Fern Forest Trail CWWC Cee’s Which Way Challenge CFFC Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Crayola Blue
Click on each image to enlarge.
Thank you to those who have participated and supported the Which Ways Challenge. I appreciate y’all sharing your Which Ways with us.
For an idea of other’s Which Ways from this past week’s challenge, be sure to click on the following links below.
Location: Trekker Loop, Archers Loop, & Fern Forest Trails; Adventure Road Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take a Walk/Hike. Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Next Week’s theme: Which way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way Along a Dirt Trail (aka with Brown) [07.03.2026]
As the months pass by it seems like there’s another plant deciding to bloom sharing its exquisitely alluring beauty for all to see and admire.
Hosta ‘Fragrant Bouquet’ (aka the Plantain Lily)
This variegated foliage plant, I had thought was just an ornamental landscaping element (to me) surprisingly blossomed recently. Coleman said to me, “Take a picture.” So I complied with his request and am sharing a couple with y’all.
Plantain Lilies
The Hosta ‘Fragrant Bouquet’ also referred to as Plantain Lily is a fast growing perennial with variegated foliage and is highly aromatic with its summer blooms. It forms a lush, open mound of heart-shaped, apple-green leaves highlighted by creamy-yellow margins.
It has large trumpet-shaped flowers that range in colour from near-white to pale lilac. The sweet fragrance is said to attract hummingbirds and butterflies, however, I have not seen evidence of that on this plant.
First stage of Blooming Plantain Lily
It is planted next to a hydrangea bush and almost covering it completely as if hidden from view until it began to increase in growth and its blossoms became evident in the summer breeze.
Location: Unity Community; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Stop and smell the flowers. Admire them and the beauty found in nature. Have a fantastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
My dad, Nornal H. Waters, grew up in Great Falls, South Carolina. Before he joined the U.S. Navy he worked for this Ford Dealership in Great Falls. He also worked here again for a couple of years after he married my mom after his service was completed.
Bradley Motor Company Great Falls Ford Dealership
These images were taken in 1963, by my dad, on a trip home to visit his parents and siblings. Our family had moved to San Diego, California in 1958 when I was 2. This was our first trip back to the Carolinas since moving to California. (I would have been seven (7) years old during this time period.)
Bradley Motor Company Your Friendly Ford Dealer Great Falls, South Carolina
Can you name the make and models of all these cars? I’m not sure that I am capable of naming them. For a small town, a population of approximately 2,875 residents, the dealership did a thriving business maintaining the needs of its residents.
Digitization done via Wolverine Digital Converter by Deb L. Waters in 2020.
Location: Bradley Motor Company; 721 Chester Avenue; Great Falls, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have a funtastic rest of your week and weekend ahead. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with w. I appreciate y’all very much.
This week’s Ragtag Daily Prompt of Trail fits perfectly into the activities which Coleman and I enjoy the most. This Trail is one we haven’t hiked in a while, but always enjoyed.
The Piedmont Medical Center Trail (a part of the Carolina Thread Trail system) runs adjacent to the Catawba River in Rock Hill/Fort Mill, South Carolina. The header image is of the Catawba River as seen from the Trail on the Rock Hill side.
The Trail on the Rock Hill side of the Catawba River is predominantly a smooth paved surface trail. The Trail on the Fort Mill side of the Catawba River is a natural surface trail. Coleman and I have hiked the Trails on both sides of the Catawba River. Coleman loves to be near the river, as well as in the river, whenever and wherever possible.
Location: Piedmont Medical Center Trail; Carolina Thread Trail; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take a Hike/Walk along a Trail. Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
God Bless. Take time to Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Smell the amazing fragrance of flowers. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Dan from No Facilitieshosts the Fun Foto Challenge at and this week he is asking for our The Crayola Box of 8 – Blue . I have gone into my recent and archive files to see what I could locate to best represent this week’s theme. I will also be sharing Blue Along Trails as part of Friday’s CWWC post (Stay tuned to more Blue and feel free to share your blue with Cee’s Which Way Challenge as well as Dan’s CFFC challenge this week.
Here are my entries …
Robinwood Lake Warlick YMCA Gastonia, NCBlue American Agave Plant Abilene, TXColeman Trekker Loop Anne Springs Close Greenway Fort Mill, SCColeman sliding at Warlick YMCA Gastonia, NCCommelina communis, aka Asiatic dayflowerColeman on Trail Warlick YMCA Gastonia, NCThe Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium Gastonia, NCColeman playing in sand Warlick YMCA Gastonia, NCEarly Explorers The Schiele Museum of Natural History Gastonia. NCBlue Glove made into a Balloon The Schiele Museum of Natural History Gastonia. NCThe Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium Gastonia, NCColeman on Trail Warlick YMCA Gastonia, NCBlue Mask 2020 Abilene, TxLake Crandall AnneSprings Close Greenway Fort Mill, SCBlue Leisure Suit My dad and Pawpaw Great Falls, South Carolina
American Airlines Flying through the Blue Skies Robinwood Lake Warlick YMCA Gastonia, NCCee’s Fun Foto Challenge Dan’s CFFC -Blue
God Bless. Enjoy your week. May it be filled with love, joy, laughter, and lots of fun. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
I’m joining Terri Webster Schrandtin her new Sunday Stills theme of Animal of the Month. This challenge will be for posting photos of an Animal, Bird, insect, reptile or other Creature of the Month. This month she also has a subtheme of Wild. I am focusing my images on Reptiles in the Wild areas of the Southeastern United States (mainly the Carolinas).
Pond Slider The Pond The Schiele Museum of Natural History Gastonia, NCEastern Spiny Softshell TurtleBrunswick, Georgia Pond Sliders South Fork Catawba River Goat Island Park and Greenway Cramerton, NCRed-eared SliderSouth Fork Catawba River Goat Island Park and Greenway Cramerton, NCRed-eared Slider South Fork Catawba River Goat Island Park and Greenway Cramerton, NCCommon Box Turtle Rocky Branch Trail Cramerton, NCPond Sliders Lake Haigler Anne Springs Close Greenway Fort Mill, SCPond Sliders, Red-eared Slider, Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtles, and Common Box Turtle
God Bless. Have an adventurous week. Stay Cool. Enjoy the Outdoors. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
On a recent visit to the Anne Springs Close Greenway Coleman greets a Horse (with owner’s permission) with a gentle petting. Coleman loves to see the horses and pet them. However, it is always best (like we do) to ask the horse’s owner prior to petting a horse.
Coleman Greets a Horse
Coleman loves to see the horses and pet them. However, it is always best (like we do) to ask the horse’s owner prior to petting a horse.
Coleman petting a Horse at Anne Springs Close Greenway
Location: Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Get Outdoors. Take a Hike/Walk. Enjoy Nature’s Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
A Look back to 1965 through the window of my dad’s slides of a past adventure at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. One can look out the window while riding the Monorail around the park.
Disneyland Monorail 1965
Have you ever had the opportunity to ride in a Monorail? The only one I remember riding in is this one at Disneyland.
Location: Catawba River; Catawba Indian Reservation; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Enjoy your Lovely surroundings. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
God Bless. Have a safe and funtastic weekend. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
The Mexican Fire Bush (Hamelia patens) is grown as an annual in Gastonia, North Carolina. It is a vibrant, fast-growing tropical shrub known for its fiery orange-red tubular flowers. It is highly prized for attracting pollinators like hummingbirds and butterflies. It typically grows 2 to 4 feettall in a single season. Sinc North Carolina winters are too cold for it to remain evergreen, the plant will experience dieback, but it serves as an exceptional summer filler for local gardens.
The gardens at The Schiele Museum of Natural History are supported and maintained by the Master Gardener Group of Gaston County. This is not your traditional private garden club, but instead it is an organization that is a specialized volunteer network extension of theNC State Extension Master Gardener Program. The certified Extension Master Gardener Volunteers manage and improve the specialized flora spaces at The Schiele Museum which include The Farm and Along the entrance and nature trail. The Garden in the Farm at The Schiele Museum showcases Piedmont-native agricultural crops and plant varieties.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7 (2000D) with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter Attachment.
Location: Entrance Gardens; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Take Care. Help those in need. Spread Love and Kindness all around you. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). I trust everyone has had a good week and able to spend some time to take a walk or hike in the vast outdoors. This week’s theme for the Which Way Challenge is CWWC: Any Which Way in Your Neighbourhood 06.19.2026]. The Which Way can be Any Which Way you choose in your own neighbourhood as long as the Which Way is clearly discernible. As always signs are always welcome.
For further information regarding the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) feel free to check out the home page here.
Here are my entries …
T Jeffers CenterUnity Baptist Church Easter Activities Prunella vulgaris, aka common self-heal, heal-allRosa × damascena aka the Damask roseLoropetalum chinense, aka loropetalum, Chinese fringe flower and strap flowerMount Zion Restoration Church CWWC Cee’s Which Way Challenge
Click on each image to enlarge.
Thank you to those who have participated and supported the Which Ways Challenge. I appreciate y’all sharing your Which Ways with us.
For an idea of other’s Which Ways from this past week’s challenge, be sure to click on the following links below.
My Cousins Congregating together Centennial Center Congregating for a ConcertCongregating for a Candlelight Service Cousins Congregate Around the Tables Anne Springs Close Greenway Waiting for MonksRagtag Daily Prompt Congregating (of Friends and Family)
Congregating of Canada Geese …
Goat Island Park and Greenway Cramerton, NCGoat Island Park and Greenway Cramerton, NCGoat Island Park and Greenway Cramerton, NCGoat Island Park and Greenway Cramerton, NCAnne Springs Close Greenway Fort Mill, SCRagtag Daily Prompt Congregating Canada Geese
God Bless. Appreciate Friends and Family. Congregate together whenever and wherever possible. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
This week’s host for Monochrome Madness is Brian from Bushboys World. He has chosen a theme of Jugs for this week’s challenge. Jugs have been around for ages and made from varies materials like clay, glass, and even plastic. I much prefer sun-dried clay or glass-blown jugs to the more modern lightweight high-density polyethylene (plastic) jugs.
These are a few of the Jugs I have found in my archives to share with y’all.
Located in Fairies-Coltharp Cabin Anne Springs Close Greenway Fort Mill, SCNative Indian Pottery Jugs Catawba Cultural Center Rock Hill, SCUsed for Barbecue Sauce Carolina Barbecue display at The Schiele Museum of Natural History Gastonia, NCLocated in The Farm The Schiele Museum of Natural History Gastonia, NCCatawba Indian Village Pottery Jugs The Schiele Museum of Natural History Gastonia, NC3-Jug Fountain Farmhouse Garden Center Daniel Stowe Conservancy Belmont, NCJugs of All Kinds and Purposes Monochrome Madness
Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm & EF-S18-55mm lenes; Apple iPhone 13 Pro; Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Locations: As stated above.
God Bless. Have a funtastic week ahead. May your week be filled with love, laughter, and happiness. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Anyone wishing to join in and participate, please go to the Monochrome Madness page to find out how.
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