2024 CWWC: Which ways with snow or the color white

I have not seen any snow recently or in the past year, so I am going to let y’all see some of the WHITE which I have seen along the various trails that Coleman and I have hiked in 2023.

First up is a hike with the Anne Springs Close Greenway Hiking Club where some of the hikers are wearing white. Everybody was not ready for the photo; I like to catch people unaware when I can. you may also notice the white in the Archers Loop sign and the white clouds in the sky. It was a beautiful, picturesque day.

Archers Loop
Adventure Road
Anne Springs Close Greenway Hiking Club
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

Next up is the white Riverwalk Bridge as seen from the Piedmont Medical Center Trail that we have hiked with the hiking club and on our own. Coleman loves to hike along the Catawba River whenever we get the opportunity.

Riverwalk Bridge
over the Catawba River
Riverwalk Trailhead
Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

Below is capturing a hike we were able to do with Coleman’s mom and sister. It is near one of the locations his mom works at sometimes. Here we are on the Baxter Village Trail, a part of the Carolina Thread Trail System.

Baxter Village Trail
Carolina Thread Trail
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
Baxter Village Trail
Carolina Thread Trail
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

This next trail is one Coleman and I hiked on our own. I parked at the Boulder Access Parking lot, and we found the entrance to the trail. We hiked approximately two and a half miles before we turned around and headed back to the car. The trail goes on for miles crossing from North Carolina into South Carolina. We were not prepared to go that distance on this hike.

Boulders Overlook
Boulder Access Area
Crowders Mountain State Park
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, USA

For another hike we stopped at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden to hike and enjoy the many marvelous flowers grown there. This is the covered walkway leading into the gardens. Notice the vines growing around the white pillars and Coleman trying to balance on the brick edging along the walkway.

Coleman
at
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
Belmont, North Carolina, USA

Lastly, I know you cannot see the trail, but I wanted to leave you with a beautiful white flower of Queen Anne’s Lace to enjoy.

Queen Anne’s Lace
(Daucas carota)
Lake Haigler Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

Cee’s Which Way Challenge-Which ways with snow or the color white

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

God Bless. Thank you for tagging along with us as we remembered our amazing hikes. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2023 CMMC: December — Pick a Topic from my Photo

Cee’s Photo

Greetings, Christmas Day maybe over , but not necessarily the celebrations and we still have the new year a coming. Since we’ve been sick and not out much I’m choosing to make my selections from the last time I was able to get out ( this respiratory infection, RSV, doesn’t seem like it was to disappear.)

I’m taking you on a walk through The Farm ( one of Coleman’s favorite places) at The Schiele Museum of Natural History.

Entering The Farm

Shapes, sign, green, lines

Turning Right past the farm you enter the Nature Trail. This directional sign points the way.

Poles, Signs, Green, Black,
shapes, bushes (and trees in background)

Now let’s enter The Farm and have a look around…

Let’s take a look to see what we can find growing in the garden …

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-December Pick a Topic from my Photo

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️ 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250 mm lens. Also used Canon EF-S18-55mm lens on the directional signs (Second Photo.)

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

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

MWM: Coleman’s Christmas in Silvertone

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.

God Bless. Have a wonderful enjoyable weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all.

SS: Red & Green

Christmas Wreath
Green with Red Ribbon

Sunday Stills – Monthly Color Challenge – Red & green

Photo Credit:©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. Have a Wonderfully Blessed Holiday. I appreciate y’all.

2023 CFFC: From Sky to Sea the Blues Always Shine

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Blue

Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved

Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

2023 December 11 — Broken Windows

Southern Industries Mill
Clover, South Carolina, USA

Former Southern Industries Mill in Clover, SC was a Yarn Spinning Mill that closed in 2007. This was originally built in 1923 (per tax records) as part of the Hampton Spinning Mill (until 1945), then American Thread Company until 1985.

In 1945, it was home to the American Thread Company.

This abandoned mill was one of the last textile mills in South Carolina to fall, following a long line of closures throughout the second half of the twentieth century as competition from foreign countries like China and India crippled an industry that once dominated South Carolina’s Upstate. Called Southern Industries of Clover, its doors closed in 2007.

Ludwig’s Monday Window

Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Clover, South Carolina, USA

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

2023 CFFC: Any type of tool

My entry for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is a variety of tools seen or used throughout time.

Small screwdriver set
given as a Christmas gift
to my daughter in 2020
Paper Cutter
seen on
Battleship USS North Carolina
in
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Farm Tools
The Farm
at the
Schiele Museum of Natural History;
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Coleman
using an Agricultural Pitchfork
at Anne Springs Close Greenway;
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
?? (Me) Holding
an Anvil Pruning Lopper
used during Volunteer Day
at Kings Mountain State Park;
Blacksburg, South Carolina, USA

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Any Type of Tool

Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters

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

Wordless Wednesday: Rhododendron ‘conlec’

Azalea Autumn Royalty

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S75-300mm lens

Location: Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens; Belmont, North Carolina, USA

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

2023 Cell Pic Sunday: 12.3

Living Water Chapel
at Westminster Park
Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

John’s Cellpic Sundays

Photo Credit: ©️2022 Deb L. Waters

Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Location: Westminster Park; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

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

Painted Doors & Windows

Is it too Early for Christmas decorations? For Christmas themed store Windows and Doors? Evidently not for some businesses. These Festive Holiday Doors and Windows were painted by a friend of mine out in San Diego County. Hope y’all enjoy them.

Dan’s Thursday Doors

Ludwig’s Monday Window

Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Karen Myers

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

2023 Wordless Wednesday: 11.29

Lancaster, SC

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

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

2023 LAPC #277 — Empty Space

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA

Springmaid Beach

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge (LAPC) #277 – Empty space

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

Floral Friday: 11.24 – Fallen Leaves

Maple Leaf
surrounded by
Bald Cypress
(Taxodium Distichum)

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens

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

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. Hope y’all had a terrific relaxing Thanksgiving! I appreciate y’all.

2023 CMMC: Pick Your Topic from My Photo

Cee’s photo:

Welcome to Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC), the topic is Pick Your Topic from My Photo below. Possible topics shed (small building), sign, mural, wood, coffee, tree, green, roof, green, black, red, yellow, etc. What else can you come up with?

Let’s begin our journey with a coffee cup of tea to get energized.

My daughter, Trisha
and Granddaughter, Alona

Walking Past the Sheds and observing the surroundings…

Spying cats on Rooftops

Continuing the journey to spot some intriguing murals …

And then venturing through the trees for a lovely enjoyable hike.

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge- Pick Your Topic from my Photo

Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters

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

2023 MWM: Prone/Supine Sliding

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max Monochrome setting

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2023 LAPC #275 – Filling the Frame

Filling the frame and be anything from animals to flowers to in-ground layouts to people to whatever you can imagine.

First off, we come upon a black and white horse and his shadow …

Horse Stables Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

Next up is a beautiful flower …

Snowball Viburnum
Viburnum macrocephalum ‘Sterile’
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
Belmont, North Carolina, USA

Below is a landscape design …

Decorative Concrete
Blue Star Trail
Lake Haigler Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

And last but certainly not least, people like Coleman can fill the frame.

Lens-Artists Challenge #275: Filling the Frame

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Canon EF-S18-55mm lens

Location: 1) Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA. 2) Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden; Belmont, North Carolina, USA

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

2023 Silent Sunday: 11.12

Shadowy Affects

Silent Sunday – Shadowy Affects

Photo Credit: (c)2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved

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

Settings: f/5.6 * 1/160s * 116mm * ISO200

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

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

2023 Cell Pic Sunday: November 12

John’s Cellpic Sunday

Terri’s Sunday Stills – Monthly Color Challenge – Brown

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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

2023 Which Way Challenge: Any which way with lines

Our first stop here was actually our last time of Coleman’s Friday Adventures. The Gastonia Municipal Airport showing the runway and some airplanes.

At Gastonia Municipal Airport
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

Next up was our first stop of the day; the Lake Haigler Entrance to the Anne Springs Close Greenway for a hike around the lake. It is always a great day when we can spend time in nature at the Greenway. There are always amazingly beautiful views and is filled with tremendous fun.

Fishing Pier
Lake Haigler
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
A Gaggle of Geese
Lined up in a row
by the Horse Hitching Post
Lake Haigler Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
Springmaid Trail Race
Signs & Coleman
point the Way
Haigler Loop
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
Panorama of the Kayak Pier
Lake Haigler
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

Cee’s Which Way Challenge-Any which way with lines

Photo Credit: (c)2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and iPhone 14 Pro Max

Locations: 1) Gastonia Municipal Airport; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA 2) Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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

2023 MWM: Patio Views

From Cirrocumulus to Coleman and downward to Chewbacca:

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Backyard; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.

God Bless. Have a wonderful enjoyable weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all.

2023 Floral Friday: November 10_Zinnias

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 55-250mm lens.

Location: By Gibson House; Horse Stables Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina. USA

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

2023 Thursday Trios: November 9

Three people walking
to an Airplane
Three Airplanes at
Gastonia Municipal Airport

The next selections are from the Anne Springs Close Greenway’s Lake Haigler Entrance which we visited on the same day as the Gastonia Municipal Airport.

Thursday Trios

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

Locations: 1,2) Gastonia Municipal Airport; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA 3-6) Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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

2023 CMMC: November – Red Devil (dark red) Color

Autumn is the time of year we can see beautiful and colorful leaves abounding in nature from the greens trying to hang around, varying shades of orange and yellow and the awesome shades of Red in the leaves on the many plants and flowers amassed in our surroundings.

Seeing Autumn Leaves and …

Amazing shades of Red in flowers

And not to deter from the Red in the plants and flowers; I’m throwing in a Throwback photo from the early 60’s.

Throwback Thursday Photo

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Red Devil (dark red) Color

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Throwback Thursday

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

2023 CFFC: Makes You Laugh or Smile

What or who makes me laugh? The answer to that is easy to answer. It is hands down, my grandson, Coleman. He has been my joy and inspiration since he came into my world four years ago. I have had the privilege of watching him grow and develop into an awesome little boy. Yes, at times he annoys and frustrates me when he doesn’t listen or follow given instructions, but then he’ll want a hug and says, “I love you”! You have to listen carefully; he talks with a lisp, so it is sometimes difficult to understand what he is saying. Even though some people have a difficult time, most of the time I can understand him and when he tells me he loves me; it brings a smile to my face and joy to my heart.

Coleman makes me Smile 😊

The joys and laughter Coleman brings throughout his life

And sometimes Laugh.
2021 v. 2023

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Makes You Laugh or Smile

Photo Credit: (c)2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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

2023 OWS: Autumn Brightness

Debbie’s One Word Sunday – Bright

Cosmic Photo Challenge-Autumn Colors

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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

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

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

Cell Pic Sunday: 2023 November 5 – Autumn Water Reflections


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

John’s Cellpic Sunday

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #196

Terri’s Sunday Stills – Leaves, Autumn or Spring & Monthly Color Challenge – Brown

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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

2023 FOTD: November 5 – Rudbeckia fulgida

Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii
Black-eyed Susan

Silent Sunday

Sunny Sunday – November 5

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens. Settings: f/5 • 1/1000 • 146mm • ISO100

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

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

2023 CWWC: Hiking the Greenway in Black & White

Our first stop, always, when we arrive at the Greenway is to make a track to the restrooms. When we get hiking it could be an hour or more before we reach one again, therefore we want to be prepared.

The Ramp to the
Gibson House porch
and restrooms.

Next we gaze out upon the pond to the right of the Gibson House. Horses are often in view as are various birds at times. The beauty of the reflections in the lake are always amazing to see. The walkway around the pond is new and still under construction.

The Pond
Horse Road Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway

After that short period, we venture towards one of several hiking trails. On this particular day we chose to hike the Dogwood Trail. Coleman is leading the way. In case you were wondering, he usually always leads the way as we hike along the trails.

Coleman leading the way
to the Dogwood Trail

On this day and almost any day in the Fall, the trails are covered with leaves 🍁 🍃 🍁 of varying shades. Coleman pauses to wait for me to catch up. He goes a but fast for my pace.

Coleman standing
on Dogwood Trail

Hiking Trail signs are posted at regular intervals along the Trail. This is one of the many signs hikers will encounter as they hike along the trail. It designates directions for you to decide which way you’d prefer to hike. It informs you of which trail you are hiking so you do not get lost or sidetracked from your desired route. If you scan the QR code, it will bring up an online map and other pertinent information about the trail.

Coleman standing behind
the Dogwood Trail signs.

Cee’s Which Way Challenge-Black and White

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: 1, 3-5) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 55-250 mm lens.

Location: Horse Road Entrance; Dogwood Trail; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA.

God Bless. Thank you for trekking along the Dogwood Trail with us. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all very much.

2023 Floral Friday: November 3

View from Down Under:

Looking Upward
Zinnia

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 55-250mm lens.

Location: By Gibson House; Horse Stables Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina. USA

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

Peek-A-Boo I See You – Thursday Doors

Thursday Doors, hosted by blogger and author, Dan Antion.

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 55-250 mm lens.

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

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

2023 CMMC: Close Up or Macro

My entries this week for Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge we’re all taken when Coleman and I went hiking at one of his favorite places, Anne Springs Close Greenway.

Muhlenbergia capillaris
(Hair-awn or Pink Muhly)
Checking you out …
The Gulf fritillary
or passion butterfly
(Dione vanillae)
on Zinnias

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Close Up or Macro

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 55-250 mm lens.

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

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

Sticks and Stones Around the Carolinas

Sticks and Stones can be found high and low and all around. Some stones can be walked on, but be careful you don’t stumble and get hurt. Some stones draw your attention to an amazing object or view. While other stones bring about sadness and the memories you wish you could still feel and hold onto.

Sticks can be a nuisance or extremely useful, as in an outdoor fire pit. Sometimes branches and limbs break off of tress during storms and cling together along a body of water. Sometimes sticks need to removed from a trail so hikers don’t stumble over them and get hurt. At other times a fallen tree is cut up and the wood is out to good use. I’m not sure why my maternal grandfather and his sister were sitting on top of the pile of sticks (wood), they may have needed a break after piling it all up in a neat stack.

Throwback Photo
Maternal Grandpa & Grand Aunt
Sitting Atop of a Pile of “Sticks”
Deep Gap, North Carolina

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Sticks and Stones

Throwback Thursday

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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

Last on the Card: 2023 October

From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:

My Delicious Supper
Tostada on Naan Bread

From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:

Autumn 🍂 Colors & Reflections
Airport Pond
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

Last on the Card – October 2023

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

Cameras: 1) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 55-250mm lens

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

2023 LAPC #273 Symmetry

Here are my entries for this week’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge hosted by Sofia.

Wine Vineyard
Raffaldini Vineyards & Winery
Ronda, North Carolina, USA
Garden in
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Fence Gates
The Schiele Museum of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Balboa Park
San Diego, California, USA

Lens-Artists Photography Challenge #273- Symmetry

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

Wordless Wednesday: Ilex cornuta

Ilex cornuta,
the Chinese Holly,
is one of the old reliables
of southeastern landscapes.
AKA Horned Holly.
Aquifoliaceae plant family.

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 55-250mm lens.

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

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

2023 FOTD: Splashing 💦 Zinnias

Garden of Zinnias

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 55-250mm lens. f/8 • 1/200 • 65mm • ISO100

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

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

Pull Up a Seat: Among Nature

When Coleman and I were near completion of our hike his mom met us along the trail. The first picture is of Coleman Pulling Up a Seat near his mom in front of the horse stables. The next two pictures of him choosing to Pull Up a Seat along the Dogwood Trail which we were hiking. For Coleman it does not better whether or not he has a chair, a log, or just decides to Pull Up a Seat upon the ground. He will Pull Up a Seat whenever and wherever he pleases.

… By the Horses
… On a Trail
surrounded by Leaves 🍁
… On a Log 🪵
Examining its Contents

Pull up a Seat-Week 43

Photo Credit: (c) 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 55-250mm lens.

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

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

Monday Window: Under Construction #2

Coleman and I hiked at Anne Springs Close Greenway on Friday. When we were there, we noticed a tremendous amount of construction work going on. They are making improvements to the Farm area, adding a Childrens Farm area, and adding additional animals to the Farm. Some of these improvements include adding buildings, bathrooms, and educational shelter areas with a wooden walkway to be able to observe the farm animals more effectively. Given the construction work is ongoing and is not estimated to be completed until approximately April 2024, the windows for these buildings are still under construction.

The new improvements will really enhance the Farm and Children’s Farm areas in the Greenway. I know my grandson; Coleman is super excited to be able to pet the animals and be able to better watch and pet them up close and personal. If you’re ever in the area I would encourage you to drop by the Greenway for a visit.

Ludwig’s Monday Window 

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 55-250mm lens.

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

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

Macro Monday Portrait – You Said You Wanted a Close-Up

While hiking at the Anne Springs Close Greenway, we stopped by to visit with the horses. I took plenty of photos during our hike, most of the horses we’re approachable and really do not mind the many visitors to the Greenway looking at them or petting them. Then sometimes you see a horse that really wants to get a Close-Up view of you or let you get an extremely Close-Up view of him.

Is this Close Enough?
Okay, I’ll Cooperate.
Is this Better?

Monday Portrait

Macro Monday

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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

Masked & Ready …

Hammad’s Weekend Sky #121

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters…All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. 

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all. Take care Hammad. Already had this one ready to go. Happy Halloween 👻!

Cell Pic Sunday: 2023 October 29

A Horse and Coleman
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Horse Stables Entrance
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

John’s Cellpic Sunday

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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

Beautiful Sunset

Horse Road Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway

Fort Mill, South Carolina

WHATSOEVER IS LOVELY CHALLENGE-2023 WEEK 43

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

CWWC: Roads with vehicles in the photo.

Old US 421 S
Deep Gap, North Carolina
Doc and Merle Watson Highway
US – 421
Deep Gap, North Carolina
Tractor Pull
The Bethune Chicken Strut
Bethune, South Carolina
Spots and Stripes Railroad
Riverbanks Zoo & Garden
Columbia, South Carolina
Bobcat smoothing a Trail
Horse Road Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, South Carolina
Coleman’s Railroad
with his Railway &
miscellaneous vehicles
Rock Hill, South Carolina

Cee’s Which Way Challenge – Roads with vehicles

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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Floral Friday: Nicotiana tabacum

Tobacco
(Nicotiana tabacum)
Flowering Tobacco Plant
Close-Up of Tobacco Flowers

Floral Friday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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2023 Thursday Doors: Decorated for the Season

Decorations on Doors can be interesting and insightful this time of the year. Some choose to keep it simple; others minimalistic, and still others go all out in their decorations for Halloween. Whether you choose to decorate for Autumn or for Halloween is entirely up to you. Not everyone chooses to decorate their doors or their yards to coincide with the holidays/seasons. That is perfectly okay. Me, myself, I choose not to decorate the outside of our apartment for Halloween. It is a holiday I celebrated as a child, but as an adult I no longer do. These are a few doors I seen lately displaying Autumn/Halloween decorations.

Dan’s Thursday Doors

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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