with Fungi
Bird House
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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2023 CFFC: Weathered Wood
with Fungi
Bird House
Tag: #PhotographyChallenge
with Fungi
Bird House
FOTD: 2023 June_Rubus idaeus ‘Caroline’
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
(Color Pop)
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
Gastonia, North Carolina
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Wordless Wednesday: Gaston County Veteran’s Services
Gastonia, North Carolina
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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FOTD: 2023 June 7_White Raspberry Blossom
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
Gastonia, North Carolina
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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2023 FOTD: June 6_Erigeron annuus
AKA the annual fleabane, daisy fleabane
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
Columbarium Memorial Garden
Ludwigs Monday Windows
Photo Credit : Deb L. Waters
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FOTD: 2023 June 5 – Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora, montbretia
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
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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OWS: Light
Clover, South Carolina
Lancaster, South Carolina
Cramerton, North Carolina
at
Anne Springs
Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Lancaster, South Carolina
One Word Sunday Challenge-Light
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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2023 RDP Sunday: Covert
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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Silent Sunday: PPAC_Wall Art
Schiele Museum & Planetarium
Gastonia, North Carolina
Natalie’s Photographing Public Art Challenge
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:
of the
Y Sky
above the YMCA
in the Cloudy Sky
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:
(Hemerocallis ‘Happy Returns’)
From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:
Outdoor Activity Center
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: (c)Deb L. Waters
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2023 RDP: Saturday – Hills_Are Alive Along the Parkway
Blue Ridge Parkway
North Carolina
Moses H. Cone Memorial Park –
Blue Ridge Parkway,
Milepost 294,
Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Roaring Gap, North Carolina
All photos were taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina back October of 2017 when my eldest son and I took a scenic drive on the Parkway to delight and enjoy the amazingly beautiful autumn views.
Ragtag Daily Prompt (RDP) Saturday Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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2023 CBWC: Any Kind of Seating
My any kind of seating involves any seating that Coleman deems acceptable for a place for him to sit. His choices of seating are not always what I would choose, but hey, if he’s happy with his choice of seating who am I to say it’s not his kind of seating.
An Adirondack Chair
& a Picnic Table
with benches
Anne Springs Close Greenway
on an Adult Exercise Equipment
at Avon and Catawba Creeks Greenway
on another piece of
Adult Exercise Equipment
at Avon and Catawba Creeks Greenway
along the Green Trail
at the Warlick YMCA
( A Rock 🪨 for Seating)
On a Bar
on Exercise Equipment
on the Power Loop
of the Styz Trail System
at the Warlick YMCA
of Coleman Sitting
on the Exercise Bar
Warlick YMCA
SYTZ Trail System
Cee’s Black and White Challenge
Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome
XingfuMama’s Pull Up a Seat Photo Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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FOWC: Trails Devoid of Hikers
Fandango’s One Word Challenge: Devoid
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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2023 May CMMC: Iris, Ice, Independent or Index Finger.
AKA the yellow flag,
yellow iris, or water flag
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters
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2023 Thursday Trios: Trio of Horses
This week’s selections come from the Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina. These were taken when I took my grandson, Coleman to visit the horses he so enjoys visiting. Most of the horses were in or near the stables. You can see in slide three, the horses do love to run around in the pasture.
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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2023 CFFC: Colorful Monochromes
Green:
Mostly Yellow:
Mostly Blue:
Mostly Reddish:
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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LAPC #251: Buildings and Other Structures
Greenway Stables Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
Belmont, North Carolina
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Watauga County, North Carolina
[This is an old school my
maternal grandfather &
ancestors attended.]
San Diego, California
[This is the elementary school
I attended from Kindergarten
through sixth grade.]
San Diego, California
[This is the home
where I often visited
my maternal grandparents]
Annd of Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #251
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2023 Thursday Doors: Artistic Doors #5
Artistic Door
near the picnic tables
Along the path
towards the
children’s gardens
in the Birdbath
looking over
the Flowers?
with Butterfly 🦋
on Light Blue Door
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.
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2023 Wordless Wednesday: May 31st_Loving Hugs
Loving
Hugs
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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FOTD: Antirrhinum majus
Costa Rose II
pink snapdragon flowers
Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
Belmont, North Carolina
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S-18-55mm lens f/5.6 • 1/250 • 55mm • ISO100
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2023 Monday Window: Transportation Museum
inside the
North Carolina Transportation Museum
Spencer, North Carolina
The N.C. Transportation Museum is a historic site, once home to Southern Railway’s largest steam locomotive repair facility in the southeast, and a museum featuring all types of transportation history – railroading, automotive, aviation, and more.
Ludwigs Monday Windows
Photo Credit : Deb L. Waters
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NPC #14: Your Haven of Peace
The place I consider my Haven of Peace would be around the lake at Andrew Jackson State Park. Whenever I feel stressed and need a breath of fresh air and communion with nature, AJ State Park has been my go to place for years. It used to be a short distance from where I lived, not so much now.
Nowadays,my circumstances have changed. I do not have ready access to a vehicle anymore, so I can not just jump in a car and go to AJ like I used to.
What I do lately is to go out to a park, a greenway, or any place out in nature where I can be amongst the trees, creeks, rivers, or lakes. I often (when I have transportation) go hiking with my grandson. He loves being out in the woods with me. It is so peaceful. We enjoy gazing out upon the water wherever we might wander. When we are out in the woods the trails we hike are more likely than not next to or parallel to a lake or river.
When near a lake or river we stop, relax, and breath it all in and let the stress or worries flow out of us. The waters emanate a soothing, calming affect which is extremely peaceful.
These are all photos taken around the lake at Andrew Jackson State Park, my Haven of Peace.
Nature Photo Challenge #14: Your haven of peace
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #178
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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Macro Monday: Salsa Red Coneflower
Echinacea Sombrero Salsa Red displays single rows of drooping, deep orange-red ray petals around a sombrero-shaped, orange-brown cone. The lightly fragrant flowers attract butterflies! They provide long lasting color in the garden.
Salsa Red
Coneflower
These are reded daisy-like flowers with dark cones and are produced on strong, well branched stems. Echinacea is well known for its large, daisy-like flowers. It is a bold, sturdy perennial sporting flowers with a large cone-shaped center, hence its common name of Coneflower.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Settings: f/2.2 1/381 2.22mm ISO40
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2023 CosPhoChal: I’ll See You In The Trees
See
in
Trees
if
Do
Not
See
Me
In
The
Trees.
Avon and Catawba Creeks Greenway
Cosmic Photo Challenge: I’ll see you in the trees.
Posting for Alive & Trekking’s Which Way Photo Challenge.
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Monday Portrait: Howdy NEIGHbor
from a
Greenway Horse
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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Sunday Stills: Everything Water
Seen
in
Creek
In
Creek
the
Apart of the
Carolina Thread Trail
Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge.
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #177
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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OWS: Shadow(s) in Nature
Bridge,
&
Coleman shadows
sign,
&
Coleman shadows
Railing,
Trees,
Coleman,
&
my shadows
&
benches
shadows
&
Trees
Shadows
&
my
shadow
Debbies One Word Sunday: Shadow
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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2023 May: A Relaxing View
Relaxing
in the Pond
Horse Stables Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
John’s Cellpic Sunday
Kate’s Whatsoever Is Lovely Challenge.
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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FOTD: Canna indica
known as
Indian Shot
It is also known by African Arrowroot, Arrowroot, Canna, Edible Canna, and Wild Canna Lily among a few other names.
The rhizomes of cannas are rich in starch, and have many uses in agriculture. All of the plant material has commercial value, rhizomes for starch (consumption by humans and livestock), stems and foliage for animal fodder, young shoots as a vegetable, and young seeds as an addition to tortillas.
Other interesting uses include the hard black seeds of the Arrowroot having been used in the 19th century as bullets when ammunition was limited. The seeds are also used for making jewelry and musical instruments such as rattles.
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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2023 CMMC: May — Alphabet any word with an “I”.
Aka AmerIcan Chameleon
(Green Anole LIzard)
They are closely related to Iguanas.
under the BrIDge
SmIley Face
In the Tree
sIttIng on the FIrepIt
at
Anne SprIngs Close Greenway
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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2023 CBWC: Patterns in Nature
Found in Plants, Flowers, & Trees:
Found in & Around Animals:
Cee’s Black and White Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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CFFC: Farm Animals at the Greenway
American breed of indicine cattle
The Brahman is an American breed of zebuine-taurine hybrid beef cattle. Zebuine (Asian humped) cattle were present in the United States from 1849, when a single bull of Indian origin was imported from the United Kingdom to South Carolina. Cross-breeding of these with local taurine cows was the first step in the creation of the Brahman breed.
Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Floral Friday: 2023 May 26_Coneflower
(Eastern purple coneflower)
Echinacea purpurea is recognisable by its purple cone-shaped flowers. It is native to eastern North America and present to some extent in the wild in much of the eastern, southeastern and midwest United States. It is often known as the purple coneflower.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Horse Stables Entrance, Anne Springs Close Greenway
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A Glance Under the Bridge
Coleman & I went hiking along the Avon and Catawba Creeks Greenway and spotted the sand and water underneath the bridge. He loves looking at the water and sand fascinates him. He would have loved to go down and play in it.
While he was watching the movement of the water, I decided to play around the the different black and white settings on my iPhone. The above photos are the results.
Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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2023 Thursday Doors: Artistic Doors #4
Inside
Botanical Gardens
Along the Path
in the Gardens
Different Path
one Finds
Interesting Artwork
within the Gardens
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.
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Horsing Around X 3
and
Resting
to
Roam
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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New Path for Adventuring: Highland Rail Trail
Bus Stop
for the Bus
to Arrive
first city
Bus Ride
to Highland Rail Trail
for a short Hike
Paved Trail
We Go
Coleman Goes
Carolina Thread Trail
Gastonia, North Carolina
Posting for Alive & Trekking’s Which Way Photo Challenge.
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Wordless Wednesday: 24 May 2023 ___ Louisiana Blue Star
Louisiana Blue Star
(Amsonia ludoviciana)
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Lens-Artists Challenge #250– Skyscapes or Cloudscapes
over
Carowinds
Charlotte, North Carolina
(taken with an iPhone X in May 2018)
over
Port of Galveston
Galveston, Texas
(taken with an iPhone 11 Pro Max in February 2020)
South Carolina Welcome Center
Fair Play, South Carolina
Looking at Lake Hartwell State Park landing
(Taken with an iPhone 11 Pro Max in April 2020)
Dairy Barn
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
(Taken with an iPhone 13 Pro in December 2022)
Horse Road Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
(Taken with an iPhone 14 Pro Max on May 22, 2023)
from our Backyard
Gastonia, North Carolina
(Taken with an iPhone 14 Pro Max)
Amy of Lens-Artists Photo Challenge.
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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RDP Sunday: Nap
Natural and necessary
Antidote to Acquire and
Promote improved Performance
Naps are beneficial and not just for children. Naps can be a way to refresh and recharge mid-day. They can give you the boosted energy you need to meet the demands of your afternoon and evening. They can help to improve your mood, mental awareness, and added energy levels. They help in reducing daytime sleepiness, also boosts your learning and performance. For children, they can improve their behavior and emotional self-regulation, as well as aid their memory and language learning.
Coleman doesn’t like or want to take naps if you suggest or tell him to take one. That being said, when he is worn out he will nap basically anywhere. Sometimes I just wish he would nap sooner so he would listen and follow instructions better, instead of falling asleep when he’s supposed to be eating.
Naps are not for everyone, but if you feel like you need to take a nap do not feel guilty about taking one. Remember naps are beneficial to the mind as well as the body.
Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters
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2023 May: Whatsoever Is Lovely — Week 21
Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies
Landsford Canal State Park
Catawba, South Carolina
Landsford Canal
Catawba, South Carolina
WHATSOEVER IS LOVELY CHALLENGE-2023 WEEK 17
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Mischelle Oyko (Shared with me from friend in hiking club)
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2023 May 21: Pets and Playgrounds
Gable Oaks Apartments
in Rock Hill, SC
Gardner Park
Elementary School
Gastonia, NC
Schiele Museum
Gastonia, NC
preferred “playground”
out on a trail.
Persimmon Trail
Carolina Thread Trail
Belmont, North Carolina
Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge.
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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Weekend Sky: 2023 May 20-21
Saturday Evening:
Red Rose Festival
Lancaster, South Carolina
(Photo Credit: Shirley Hunter)
Sunday Afternoon:
to Watch
the
Flit about
the Sky Above
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