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

Reflected View
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

Verbena rigida
Common Names:
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

Hello there!
A Goat &
our Shadows

Monday Portrait 

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.

Weekend Sky #104

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Cell Pic Sunday: A Child’s View

Coleman
looking at
carving in the wood
Coleman looking
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.

Silent Sunday

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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

Chickens 🐓
Pig 🐖
Farmall Tractor 🚜
Hay Stacks 🌾
Amish Horse Drawn Reaper-Binder 🐎
Throwback Photo
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

Leucanthemum vulgare,
commonly known as
oxeye daisy
Coleman’s
Floral Gift
to his Mom

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Floral Friday

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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SYD: 2023 June

Simpson’s grasspink
(Calopogon tuberosus var. simpsonii)
Coleman
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 Doors: View Through a Bus Door

Thursday Doors

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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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.

Thursday Trios

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max 

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2023 CFFC: Half of one Any Item

Half of Pier

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2023 RDP: Label

Bench Label
Park Bench with Label
Crowders Mountain State Park
Kings Mountain, North Carolina

Ragtag Daily Prompt- label

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

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

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.

Weekend Sky #104

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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2023 CMMC/OWS: June – Kelly Green Color

Hosta plantaginea,
the fragrant plantain lily
sprouting up
amongst the Green leaves
Green leaves
🍃 on Trees
The Lake & Green Vegetation
@Crowders Mountain State Park
Coleman checking out
Light Green Kayaks

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

One Word Sunday Challenge-Green

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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Macro Monday: Petunia axillaris

Petunia axillaris,
the large white petunia,
AKA: wild white petunia
or white moon petunia,
is an annual herbaceous plant
in the family Solanaceae, genus Petunia.

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2023 Sunday Stills: Shades of Pink

Pink Flamingos
Pink Ribbon
Pink Kalanchoe
Pink Carnations
Hibiscus mutabilis,
also known as
the Confederate rose,

Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge-Pink

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2023 Monday Windows: June 12_Bus View

Looking Out the Bus
Window at the Buses

Ludwigs Monday Windows

Photo Credit : Deb L. Waters

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2023 Monday Portrait: Eye Captivating

This horse’s EYE
captivated my attention.
The eye looked unusual,
and it drew me
to the horse.
Greenway Horse Stables
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina

Monday Portrait 

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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Silent Sunday: PPAC – Sidewalk Art

Natalie’s Photographing Public Art Challenge

Silent Sunday

John’s Cellpic Sunday

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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The Schiele Museum: The Henry Hall of the American Indian Exhibit

The Schiele Museum has many different types of artifacts in their many exhibit collections. My grandson loves the Dinosaur Exhibits. However, today I want to bring attention to The Henry Hall of the American Indian Exhibit.

The Schiele Museum of Natural History was established in 1961. From its very beginning, it has been a steward of Native American material culture and artifacts.

The Founders of the Museum, Bud and Lilly Schiele, donated agricultural tools, jewelry, and other items from Native groups across the country to form the basis of the museum’s collections.

The Exhibit tells stories of migrant Indians across North America, including in the southeast, northeast, southwest, far west and the plains. In each of these areas the curators present Native American perspectives. The Henry Hall addresses Native American views of nature and society depicting their differing views from their European and American counterparts. The Native American Advisory Committee provided assistance in developing mutually acceptable policies and procedures for collections, exhibitions, and programs.

I found the Henry Hall of the American Indian really interesting and unlike any others. The Schiele Museum has a section along its Nature Trail depicting an example of a Catawba Indian Village. The Catawba Indian Village was also interesting to see the types of homes they once lived in.

The Schiele Museum is open Monday through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm; Saturday 10 am to 5 pm; and on Sunday from 1 to 5 pm. All are welcome to visit for a minimal charge. It is well worth the visit. My grandson loves it and we would highly recommend everyone to come and visit the museum.

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Whatsoever is Lovely: 2023 Week 23 June 11

Located at the
Warlick YMCA
Gastonia, North Carolina

WHATSOEVER IS LOVELY CHALLENGE-2023 WEEK 23

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f1.78 48mm ISO80

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LAPC #252: What’s Bugging You?

Fire ants 🐜
on
Euphorbia rigida
Common Name(s):
Gopher Spurge
Rigid Spurge
Upright Myrtle Spurge
Eastern Carpenter Bee 🐝
on Rudbeckia hirta,
commonly called Black-eyed Susan
Bombus pensylvanicus,
the American bumblebee,
on Cosmos sulphureus
, also known as sulfur cosmos
and yellow cosmos.

The differential grasshopper

(Melanoplus differentialis)
is a species of grasshopper
belonging to the genus Melanoplus.

Leptoglossus oppositus

a species of
leaf-footed bug
on a picnic table

Donna’s Lens-Artist challenge

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2023 CBWC: In or on Water

Aquarium
in
The Schiele Museum
Great Egret
Grizzly Bear
in
San Diego Zoo
U. S. Naval Vessel
during World War I
Coleman
In
Kayak
at
Andrew Jackson State Park
Coleman
in
Small Pool

Cee’s Black and White Challenge

Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters

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2023 FOTD: Garden Roses

Roses located
along the side of
The Schiele Museum
The Schiele Museum
In
Gastonia, North Carolina

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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It’s Great to Be Outdoors: Sunday Stills

Outdoors at
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Coleman’s “playground “
in the woods
at
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Coleman Hanging
onto the
Swinging Bridge
at
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Coleman playing
in the Spillway
at
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Coleman playing
in the Catawba River

along the
Piedmont Medical Center Trail
Riverwalk Catawba River Trailhead
Throwback Outdoors Photo
taken on
Lake Fort Smith

in
Mountainburg, AR

Sunday Stills: June – Great #Outdoors Month

Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge.

Throwback Thursday

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2023 CMMC: June – Close Up or Macro

Northern Bobwhite
Bobwhite Quail

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge

Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters

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2023 Thursday Doors: Artistic Doors #6

Frog 🐸 in the Garden
Hot Air Balloon 🎈
above the Trees
Sunflower 🌻 Garden

Thursday Doors

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens. 

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2023 CFFC: Weathered Wood

Weathered Wood
with Fungi
Weathered Redwood
Weathered Wooden
Bird House
Weathered Cut Tree
Weathered Wood Barn

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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FOTD: 2023 June_Rubus idaeus ‘Caroline’

Caroline Raspberry Bush
Rubus idaeus ‘Caroline’

Rubus idaeus ‘Caroline’ (Everbearing Raspberry) is a fall-fruit big cultivar producing high yields of large, highly flavored, red raspberries which are perfect for eating or preserves.

Raspberry plants can fruit on different types of canes, and these are categorized into primocane and floricane. Both primocane (first year) fruiting and floricane (second year) fruiting raspberries have both primocanes and floricanes growing from the plant after the first year.

Primocane fruiting raspberries, commonly called Everbearing raspberries, produce flowers and fruit on first year canes. Primocane varieties will produce a moderate crop in June and a much larger crop from late August until frost.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with a Canon EF-S18-55mm lens f/8 1/160 55mm ISO100

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2023 Pull Up a Seat: June – Week 22_Around Gastonia with Coleman

… On Rocks
… On a Sun, Moon & Stars Bench
… In a Pool
… On a Library Floor
(Color Pop)

Pull up a seat

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome 

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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Wordless Wednesday: Gaston County Veteran’s Services

Gaston County
Veteran’s Services
Gastonia, North Carolina

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Wordless Wednesday: Gaston County Veteran’s Services

Gaston County
Veteran’s Services
Gastonia, North Carolina

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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FOTD: 2023 June 7_White Raspberry Blossom

White Raspberry Flowers

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens. f/9 1/200 300mm ISO400

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Wordless Wednesday: Gaston County Veteran’s Services

Gaston County
Veteran’s Services
Gastonia, North Carolina

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2023 FOTD: June 6_Erigeron annuus

Erigeron annuus (formerly Aster annuus),
AKA the annual fleabane, daisy fleabane
Eastern Daisy fleabane is a species of herbaceous, annual or biennial flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max Ultra Wide Angle f/2.2 13mm

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2023 NPC #15: Birds feeding and drinking

NPC #15: Birds feeding and drinking

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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2023 Monday Window: First Presbyterian Church

First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian
Columbarium Memorial Garden

Ludwigs Monday Windows

Photo Credit : Deb L. Waters

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FOTD: 2023 June 5 – Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora, montbretia

Crocosmia aurea, common names falling stars, Valentine flower, or montbretia, is a perennial flowering plant belonging to the family Iridaceae.

Crocosmia’s flowers are brilliantly colored and showy, making them a wonderful choice for flower arrangements. Sometimes called Montbretia, the tubular-shaped flowers are extremely attractive to hummingbirds. The brilliant red yellow or orange blooms appear in May or June with sword-shaped foliage.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Monday Portrait: 2023 June 5 – White Golden Doodle Dog

White Golden Doodle Dog

Monday Portrait 

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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OWS: Light

Ceiling Lights
Clover, South Carolina
Christmas Tree Lights
Lancaster, South Carolina
Lamppost
Cramerton, North Carolina
Outdoor Lighting
at
Anne Springs
Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Moonlight
Lancaster, South Carolina

One Word Sunday Challenge-Light

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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2023 RDP Sunday: Covert

The Sun is Covert.
Covert Coleman

Ragtag Daily Prompt-Covert

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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Silent Sunday: PPAC_Wall Art

Wall Mural
Schiele Museum & Planetarium
Gastonia, North Carolina

Natalie’s Photographing Public Art Challenge

Silent Sunday

John’s Cellpic Sunday

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2023 Weekend Sky #103_Y SKY

Views of the sky over the Warlick YMCA in Gastonia, North Carolina:

Fisheye View
Wide Angle shot
Fisheye View
of the
Y Sky
The cloudy Sky
above the YMCA
Flags flying high
in the Cloudy Sky

Weekend Sky #103

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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2023 Last Photo on the Card: May 31st

From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:

Happy Returns Daylily
(Hemerocallis ‘Happy Returns’)

From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:

Warlick YMCA
Outdoor Activity Center

Last Photo for May 2023

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: (c)Deb L. Waters

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