Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography
This blog is for my insights on life, the Bible, hiking adventures with my grandson and whatever is important to me
Ragtag Daily Prompt (RDP) Saturday Challenge-Sepia
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Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Ragtag Daily Prompt (RDP) Saturday Challenge-Sepia
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Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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My entries today for the Ragtag Daily Prompt are a reminder of the times I enjoyed visiting the Museum of Man in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. I spent a lot of time walking around Balboa Park as a teen visiting all the various museums and just enjoying a fabulous time in the park. So many memories of long ago, but never far from my heart and mind.
RDP Sunday challenge-Dome
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I’d like to share some advice for everyone whether or not you are a hiker, enjoy visiting parks ( local, state, and/or national) please Leave No Trace.
What does it mean to Leave No Trace? The 7 Principles of Leave No Trace are as follows:
I want to emphasize and strongly urge everyone especially to adhere to Principle #3 – Dispose of Waste Properly.
This is extremely important and were established by the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics, and built on work done by the United States Forestry Service, National Park Service, and Bureau of Land Management in the mid 1980’s.
There has been too many times I’ve taken my grandson hiking in local parks and greenways, state parks where we have seen trash discarded along the side of trails or in nearby waterways such as creeks, streams, rivers, and lakes.
I have been trying to teach and emphasize to him how important it is to leave what’s in the park or on the trail to leave it on the trail and in the park. I want him to learn the vital role he has in protecting our local, state, and national parks. I am trying to instill in him the effects his actions may have on the plants,, animals, other people, and even our entire ecosystem. He maybe too young to fully understand and appreciate the importance of Leave No Trace, however, he is not too young to know that it is important to not leave trash/waste behind.
Finding trash/waste along the trails we hike is sad to know that some are not contentious enough to leave an environment clean and not care how their actions may effect the environment or wildlife in the surrounding areas.
Please use the waste receptacles provided in our many parks and greenways. If none are available, carry your trash items out with you and dispose of them later at a proper disposal area.
Ragtag Daily Prompt-Advice & Waste
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It just seems fitting that the Prompt for Wednesday is Cat. Coleman and I went to The Schiele Museum of Natural History and then across the road to the Gaston County Library. While we we walking around The Farm at the Museum I spotted a cat 🐈 roaming around behind the chicken coop.
Normally cats are not the type of animals one sees in The Farm. Goats 🐐, Sheep 🐑, Chickens 🐓, Rabbits, and Turkeys 🦃 are the farm animals that are kept and cared for here. Cats 🐈, however, are not what’s cared for here.
Evidently, this cat 🐈 thought it belonged roaming around at The Farm. Therefore, I snapped a few photos of it. Then, I read what the Prompt was and knew that it was fate that I spotted the cat 🐈 yesterday.
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina
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Hello, my community circle of friends. We do live in a big world in the atmosphere of Earth. We all share a common interest in a blogging universe. We want to share our voice, with the world. We may share it through our words, through our photography, or through our stories. Regardless of our methods we all share a love with our circle, our community of friends both online and in person, within our vast differences and our commonalities.
Thank y’all for being my friends, for being a part of my community, for being within my circle of friends, and sharing your photos, your gracious comments, your interests, your challenges and also your encouragement. I am blessed to be in this community, having each of you in my circle of friends. Thank you!
Photo Credit: (c)Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: The Planetarium; Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina
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Congratulations to me! I have successfully posted every day for the past three hundred sixty-five (365) days. One year ago, today I decided to make a commitment to post at least one blog post every day for a year. I thought it might be difficult, but you know what. It was too difficult at all. I actually found it very therapeutic to write or post something every day. Sometimes I would post something of interest to me, or a reflection of a past event. Then at other times I found it thrilling to participate in other bloggers challenges. For me, participating in other’s challenges was inspiring and encouraging to me. I have no plans to stop blogging or participating in challenges. Here’s to another year of inspiring and exciting blogging.
Ragtag Daily Prompt-CONGRATULATIONS!
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RDP TUESDAY-Ferns
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After a week of solid rainfall Coleman and I were itching to get outside to roam around in nature. It was decided on Friday that we should be adventurous, after errands were completed. Our errands took us down to Lancaster which is an hour and a half away from our current home. Coleman was being extremely patient, he deserved a break on the way make home. Therefore, to relieve his itch to run around, we stopped at one of his favorite places.
What is that favorite place, you ask? It is the expansive Anne Springs Close Greenway. It was an extremely hot 🥵 and humid summer day. We walked around along the trails, across the swinging bridge, and up to the Wildflower Meadow to observe which flowers were thriving.
These coneflowers are common in the Mountains and the western Piedmont of the Carolinas. They are abundantly growing throughout the Greenway’s grounds.
We took a short break for a bite to eat at the Greenway’s Canteen. Enjoying the cool air was nice, but Coleman was itching for a different kind of relief from the hot 🥵 sunny summer weather. What kind of relief do you think he was desiring?
He was itching to get relief splashing in the water at the Greenway’s Spillway. The Spillway was low, however, it still produced enough water flowing across for many to cool 😎 off and enjoy a splashing 💦 wonderfully amazing good time. Coleman delighted in sloshing and splashing through the Spillway’s water 💦.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
John’s Cellpic Sunday
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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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Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
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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
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Tantalizing and refreshing leaves
Emitting aromas which are
Agreeable and pleasurable to my taste buds.
Tea is a refreshing drink that can be fixed many different ways. It can be made hot or cold depending on one’s preference. Various flavors can be added to it to soothe and calm one’s senses or just for the enjoyment of added flavor. Most of the time I prefer to drink ice cold tea. I usually drink black tea, but occasionally drink flavored white or green teas. When I drink flavored teas, my go to flavors are a combination of peach and mango. Even though a good percentage of people will brew hot tea to make ice tea, I have always used Lipton unsweetened instant tea. It is quick an easy to fix and can be used for hot or cold and flavors can be easily added however you desire.
Ragtag Daily Prompt – Saturday: Tea
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Driven is having a compulsive or urgent quality; highly motivated and energetic. Do you have a Driven personality? What is the force behind being driven?
Not everyone has a driven personality. I currently do not myself. People with driven personalities are ambitious, persistent, and have a strong desire to succeed. They put in a tremendous amount of work in order to achieve their goals. You might wonder what traits appear in someone with a driven personality. Let me make a list for you containing some of these traits:
There are many different things which can be the driving factor for a successful person. What a person is driven by is affected by what they value. Below is a list of some of the things which successful people value and are driven by to succeed.
Don’t be addicted to money. Work to learn. don’t work for money. Work for knowledge.
Robert Kiyosaki
/ http://www.geckoandfly.com
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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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Ragtag Daily Prompt Saturday: Vanish
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Ragtag Daily Prompt Saturday: Bucket
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Nature Photo Challenge–Yellow
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Ragtag Daily Prompt: Sunday – Colorful
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS T3i
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f5.6 ISO 125 250mm 1/400s
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It wasn’t hard to find logs while my grandson and I went walking through the backwoods of our neighborhood. The following is what we discovered.
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters
Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Ragtag Daily Post Monday: Stable
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Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters
Taken in February 2020 with an iPhone 11 Pro Max from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship.
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Stone Mountain State Park stands prominently just beyond the eastern edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. Straddling the border between Wilkes and Allegheny County, Stone Mountain, NC is a beloved place for locals to hike, fish, picnic, ride horses, and survey the Piedmont spreading eastward.
The 15,000 acres encapsulated by Stone Mountain State Park includes historic sites where homesteaders settled in the 1800s, first-rate camping facilities, miles of trails for hiking or horseback riding, numerous streams, and extensive picnicking grounds for day visitors.
State Mountain State Park
ADDRESS: 3042 Frank Parkway, Roaring Gap, NC 28668
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters
Copyright: ©️2017@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com
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All shots taken with a Canon EOS Rebel T3i camera.
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters
Copyright: ©️2023@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com
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Limit is a point or level beyond which something does not or may not extend or pass.
Trail Limits:
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Ragtag Daily Prompt for Sunday January 8th is FOLLOW. One of the things I think about when I hear the word follow is the song “I have Decided to Follow Jesus.” Following Jesus is something I try to dop on a daily basis, but I know I fail miserably at times. Most of us follow something or someone whether we realize it or not. Children follow their parents’ instructions; employees follow their employer’s rules and regulations, we all follow the laws of our governments, and when I go hiking with a group or just with my grandson, I follow the group leader or follow my grandson, Coleman.
This Sunday I had the opportunity to go on a short hike with my grandson and my granddaughter. It is a rare occasion when my granddaughter, Alona, is allowed to spend time with her mother or myself. Whenever possible I enjoy taking her out to the Greenway or to a State Park and spend time with her out in nature. Today, we took her to the Anne Springs Close Greenway to have her meet Forest, a foal at the Greenway Horse Stables.
On the trail by the stables, we followed Coleman, we followed Alona, and sometimes we followed their mom to know the direction we should go. Most of the time Coleman is the one who runs ahead and leads the way on the trails.
Wherever the paths my lead you, I trust you’ll follow the path with the least resistance and follow you heart whenever possible. May God guide your paths, may He bless you and keep you safe and fill your life with love and happiness.
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Photo Credit: Deb L Waters
Copyright: (c)2023@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com … All Rights Reserved.
The prompt for today is Esculent.
Esculent means fit to be eaten, edible; especially a vegetable.
This sweet potato 🍠 and carrots 🥕 🥕 were eaten with sweet deliciousness. It was so esculent to devour.
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Photo Credit: Deb L Waters
Copyright: ©️2023@gfpacificbeeintrospection.com
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According to the Oxford Dictionary Morass means an area of muddy or boggy ground.
Here’s my photo of a muddy area on the Wagon Loop at Anne Springs Close Greenway. So muddy the horses left their shoe impressions.
And according to Webster Thesaurus.com synonyms include: chaos, quagmire, tangle, and snarl to name a few.
So here’s my pick for a tangled mixed up mess.
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On a blustery
cold wintery
rainy morning.
Mama Cormier’s Thursday Trios.
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Ragtag Daily Prompt (RDP) Saturday Challenge
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