Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
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Tag: #PhotographyChallenge
Thursday Doors: At the Firehouse
Coleman peeping
in the
Firetruck Door
the inside of
Firetruck Equipment Door
telling Coleman
all about what is kept
in this Equipment Door
investigating the
Firetruck Generator Door
at Coleman
through a
Firetruck Door
Firetruck Door,
Who do we see?
Coleman Smiling Ear to Ear
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Fire Station 10 North 321 VFD Lincolnton, North Carolina
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2023 CBWC: Bigger than a Bread Box
Black and White
Cee’s Black and White Challenge and Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Leannes Monochrome Madness
Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF75-300mm lens.
Settings: f/7.1 1/320s ISO500 210mm
Location: South Fork Trail and Blueway Access, McAdenville, North Carolina
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FOTD: HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA ‘HARVEST MOON’
’HARVEST MOON’
Witchhazel
This type of plants are DECIDUOUS SHRUBS. Their typical butter yellow autumn leaves fall leaving the flowers exposed on this later flowering selection with slightly larger flowers than the species.
These particular witch-hazels were located near the Lake Trail at Crowders Mountain State Park in Kings Mountain, North Carolina.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.
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WWE #180 – South Fork River
Water Rippling
Jez’s WWE challenge
Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: Photos 1 & 4 – iPhone 14 Pro Max
Camera: Photos 2 & 3 – Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF75-300mm lens.
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CosPhoChal: Music on Film
in
Costa Maya, Mexico
was an American guitarist,
songwriter, and singer
of bluegrass, folks, country,
blues, and gospel music.
[ He was also my 4th maternal cousin]
& His Banjo
[my maternal cousin]
my grandson
Cosmic Photo Challenge-Music on Film
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CFFC: Front of one Any Item
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FOTD: Gaillardia pulchella
AKA: firewheel, Indian blanket, Indian blanketflower, or sundance
It is a North American species
of short-lived perennial
or annual flowering plants
in the sunflower family.
may refer to the resemblance
of the inflorescence
to the brightly patterned blankets
made by Native Americans,
or to the ability of wild taxa
to blanket the ground with colonies.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Crowders Mountain State Park Visitors Center, Kings Mountain, North Carolina, USA
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Pull Up a Seat: 2023 – Week 25
Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2023-Week 25
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Altura Macro Wide-Angle Fisheye Lens for Canon EG-S18-55mm.
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Macro Monday: Double Hemerocallis fulva #Kwanso”
Tawny Daylily, and Double Tiger Lily
My grandson and I spotted these spectacular flowers near the entrance to the Nature Trail at The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium located in Gastonia, North Carolina when we went there to go hiking this past week.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: (c)Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm Lens.
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Weekend Sky #105 – 2023 June
South Fork River
the
Trees
View
Below
in the
River
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Monday Window: Coleman’s View through a Playscape Window
Ludwigs Monday Windows
Photo Credit : Deb L. Waters
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WWE: Ripples and Reflections
Jez’s WWE challenge
Johns Cellpic Sunday
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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RDP: Visiting the Greenway Horses +
Photo Credit: ©Deb L. Waters
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NPC #17: Bees & Informative Signs
More than just Bees
Lindsay Pettus Greenway
Lancaster, South Carolina
McDowell Nature Center and Preserve
Charlotte, North Carolina
sometimes referred to as
the Eastern Carpenter Bee 🐝
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Eastern Bumble Bee
McDowell Nature Center and Preserve
Charlotte, North Carolina
Lake Haigler
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Fall Scarecrow Display
Fort Mill, South Carolina
in a Bee 🐝 Outfit
April 15, 2014
Charlotte, North Carolina
Nature Photo Challenge #17: Bees
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2023 CMMC: Pick Your Topic from My (Cee’s) Photo
My entry for Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC), the topic is Pick Your Topic from My Photo below. This week Cee is combining it with Kammie’s, Oddball Challenge.
Drawn by my friend,
@normhere (Norm Daniels)
Van Artwork
painted by my friend,
Norm Daniels
North Topsail Beach,
Onslow County, North Carolina
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Kammie’s, Oddball Challenge
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LAPC #254 : Spiritual Sites
Andrew Jackson State Park
Lancaster, South Carolina
@
Andrew Jackson State Park
Lancaster, South Carolina
Fishing Pier
at
Andrew Jackson State Park
Lancaster, South Carolina
Bethune, Kershaw County, South Carolina
[Cemetery for my paternal ancestors]
Tina of Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters
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Floral Friday: Helianthus schweinitzii
Schweinitz’s sunflower
of the
sunflower family
(Asteraceae).
The Helianthus schweinitzii is a perennial wildflower endemic to the Piedmont physiographic province of North Carolina and South Carolina. It is one of the rarest species of sunflower in the United States. It is common along utility and highway rights-of-way in North Carolina and South Carolina. These particular Schweinitz’s sunflower are located along the Lake Trail at Crowders Mountain State Park.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens
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Thursday Doors: Rustic Cabin
go inside?
The Door 🚪
is locked .
through the
Door 🚪
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Altura Macro Wide-Angle Lens for Canon EF-S18-55mm with Fisheye Attachment.
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CBWC: Lost or Left Behind
Don’t Follow
the Rules
Leave No Trace
& Chain Link Fencing
Hiking 🥾 Stick
Cee’s Black and White Challenge
Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters
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MWM: Throwback Homes
on
Water Street
in
Coshocton, Ohio
[My Mom at 8 yrs old on Porch]
And
Vintage Horse 🐎 Trailer
Coshocton, Ohio
[ My Mom & Her Brother, Jerry]
Ocean Beach, California
[My Mom & Jerry]
2912 E Street
San Diego, California
Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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Wordless Wednesday: Rubus cuneifolius
the sand blackberry
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Altura Macro Wide-Angle EF-S18-55mm lens for Canon
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RDP: JAUNT
For Coleman and me, The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium is just a short jaunt of a bus ride away. The bus stop is an even shorter jaunt away from our place than the Planetarium.
The following is what we saw at the Planetarium when we jaunted out for an amazing adventure.
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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CFFC: Whole of one Any Item
Located at
The Schiele Museum Pond
filled with Water,
Toys, & Coleman
Radio Flyer
Big Wheel
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
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Macro Monday: Trifolium pratense
red clover,
is a herbaceous species
of flowering plant
in the bean family Fabaceae,
native to Europe, Western Asia,
and northwest Africa,
but planted and naturalized
in many other regions.
Interesting Facts:
Red clover is a good pollen and nectar source for bumblebees.
Red clover’s flowers and leaves are edible, and can be added as garnishes to any dish. They can be ground into a flour.
The flowers often are used to make jelly and tisanes, and are used in essiac recipes. Their essential oil may be extracted and its unique scent used in aromatherapy.
It is widely grown as a fodder crop, valued for its nitrogen fixation, which increases soil fertility. For these reasons, it is used as a green manure crop.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Summer Views Around Gastonia
Cosmic Photo Challenge-Summer Views
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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FOWC: Balloons Adrift
These Hots Air Balloons Adrift over Plano, Texas and New Mexico were photographed by my brother approximately in 2002. These photos were among ones he gave to me along with old pictures of my mom’s and dad’s.
The last photo (Slide 7) I dedicate in memory of Barcardi Girl, Bren.
Fandango’s One Word Challenge:Adrift
Water Water Everywhere
Photo Credit: Larry D. Waters
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Monday Window: Seeing the World through Reflection
The Schiele Museum
Gastonia, North Carolina
Ludwigs Monday Windows
Photo Credit : Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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FOTD: Verbena rigida
Purple Verbena
Rigid Verbena
Sandpaper Verbena
Slender Vervain
Tuberous Vervain
Slender Vervain is a perennial that spreads by rhizomes and is native to South America. Is an annual north of zone 7 but needs winter protection in that zone. It has naturalized from southeastern North Carolina to Florida and is very tolerant of heat and drought.
These Verbena rigida are in the garden in front of The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium in Gastonia, North Carolina.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit :©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Monday Portrait: A Goat’s Greeting
our Shadows
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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In memory of Bren: Flowers For a Beautiful Lady
Like many others I was saddened to hear of Bren’s passing. I couldn’t just pick one flower. Bren loved photographing flowers so much and she loved life. I didn’t know her very long, but still I called her my friend. She liked my posts, made encouraging comments, and I enjoyed participating in her challenges. She was always kind, compassionate, and supportive.
In Memory Of Bren Brashley
I hope you understand one flower was just not sufficient. It took me awhile to be able to write this post. The day I found out about Bren was the anniversary of my husband’s passing from Cancer. Even though the news made me feel sad inside, i know she’ll live on in are heart’s and memories forever.
Her images of flowers were exquisite and inspirational.
Debbies One Word Sunday: One
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm and Altura macro wide angle fisheye lens for Canon lenses.
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Weekend Sky: Flying High Amidst the Clouds
Except for a few clouds it was a beautiful day even though it was a bit humid. Coleman and I still loved being hiking outside in nature.
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Cell Pic Sunday: A Child’s View
looking at
carving in the wood
at the water
Crowders Mountain State Park
Johns Cellpic Sunday
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Forever Memories —- I miss my Dad!
My Dad, Nornal Hule Waters in Monochrome:
Nornal Hule Waters,
Forever in my Heart ♥️
My Dad in Color:
This last picture of my Dad with my mom , my brother & myself is the very last picture I have of him before he passed from Cancer. It was taken in 1994, he passed 12-31-1996.
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2023 Which Way Photo Challenge – Crowders Mountain
Coleman
trekking along the trails
at
Crowders Mountain State Park
Kings Mountain, North Carolina
It was a beautiful day for hiking until the rains came pouring down. Luckily Coleman and I completed our hike and were headed to the car before the rains began pounding down upon us.
Posting for Alive & Trekking’s Which Way Photo Challenge.
Photo Credit: (c) Deb L. Waters
Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Altura Wide-Angle Macro Lens with Fisheye Attachment for Canon.
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2023 CBWC: All Things Farm Related
My mom with pony
in Coshocton, Ohio
Cee’s Black and White Challenge – All Things Farm Related
Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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WWE: Water Abstract+ – Robinwood Lake
All photos taken of Robinwood Lake from the Warlick YMCA in Gastonia, North Carolina were shot with my iPhone 14 Pro Max.
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #178
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FOTD: A Child’s Gift
commonly known as
oxeye daisy
Floral Gift
to his Mom
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Altura Macro Lens for Canon EF-S18-55mm f/5.6 ISO 200 55mm 1/100s
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Thursday Doors: View Through a Bus Door
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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SYD: 2023 June
(Calopogon tuberosus var. simpsonii)
on a
Curved Tree
Duke Kimbrell Trail
Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
Belmont, North Carolina
Clare’s Share your Desktop; June 2023
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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Thursday Trios: Vintage Wooden Paddles
These Vintage Oars and Paddles are just a few of the ones on display at the Warlick YMCA located in Gastonia, North Carolina. These evoke the memories of summers on the lake canoeing and kayaking and having the most fabulous time of one’s life.
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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2023 CFFC: Half of one Any Item
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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2023 RDP: Label
Crowders Mountain State Park
Kings Mountain, North Carolina
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Altura Macro Lens for Canon. EF-S18-55mm
Settings: f/9 ISO100 53mm 1/200s
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Wordless Wednesday: A Peaceful View
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Weekend Sky #104: 2023 Sunday June 11 @ Crowders Mountain
The Weekend Sky changed throughout the day as my Grandson, Coleman, and I were hiking 🥾. By the time we were finishing our hike around the Lake at Crowders Mountain State Park; the gray clouds started rolling across the sky and later the rains 🌧️ began pouring down upon us.
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Altura Macro Wide-Angle Fisheye Lens for Canon.
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