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2024 SYD: December 15

Clare from Clare’s Cosmos invites everyone to join her in Sharing Your Desktop (SYD). Below are her suggestions for participating in the Share Your Desktop Challenge

To do so, simply share the photo* you have set as your wallpaper;
Provide as little or as much detail as you wish;
Use a pingback, or post a link here so I know you have joined in on the fun;
Then finally, share the fun around.

I am sharing my Wallpaper from both my Laptop and my Smartphone. I enjoy looking at different images each month. Most of which revolve around Coleman (my grandson) and nature.

Here are my Desktop Wallpaper and Screensaver for my Laptop:

Desktop Wallpaper:

South Fork Catawba River
Goat Island Park and Greenway

Desktop Screensaver:

Smartphone Wallpapers:

Personal Focus

*Coleman playing in the Sand*
*Riverside Park and Greenway*

Hiking Focus

Work Focus

Reading Focus

*Coleman with*
*Santa & Mrs. Claus*
*Confluence, Town of Cramerton*

Remember you may click on each image for enlarged enhanced viewing. Looking forward to seeing y’all Desktops.

Clare’s Share Your Desktop-December

SYD

Photo Credit:©️1-5) 2024 Deb L. Waters; 6) Confluence Photographer; Courtesy of Catawba Riverkeeper

Cameras: 1-5) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 6) Nikon D3200

Location: Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Enjoy your Holiday Season. Enjoy Nature. Take time to Relax & Destress. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Last On the Card – November

Brian from Bushboys World invites everyone to post their Last Photo on the Card or smartphone. Here are Brian’s suggestions regarding his Last On the Card Challenge…

Your last photo doesn’t have to be on the very last day of the month if you didn’t take any photos on that day. Maybe it was earlier in the month when the last photo was taken.

So let’s see what you have for November

The rules are simple:
1. Post the last photo on your SD card or last photo on your phone for the 31st or whenever your last photo was taken.
2. No editing – who cares if it is out of focus, not framed as you would like or the subject matter didn’t cooperate.
3. You don’t have to have any explanations, just the photo will do
4. Create a Pingback to this post or link in the comments
5. Use the tags The Last Photo and #LastOnTheCard

For the past month of moving, unpacking, trying to organize our “Sweet, Sweet, Home” (as Coleman calls it); I have only been out photographing with Coleman and my iPhone. So here’s my last photo from November.

Last On the Card

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #248

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 CWWC: November Week 4 — Stairs, Steps, and/or Ramps

Cee’s Which Way My Which Way

I’ve missed Cee so much and know this is a difficult time for her and Chris. Praying for strength and comfort for them both. I’ve been trying to keep up with the Which Way Challenge even though Cee is unable to do so. I encourage everyone who wishes to show Cee our Which Ways by posting your Stairs, Steps, and/or Ramps this week. . Just post any Which Way you desire and link up to Cee’s Which Way Challenge.

This week I am again posting a Which Way My Way showing Which Ways one might use by venturing up or down Stairs, Steps, and or Ramps. This week I chose to post my Stairs, Steps, and Ramp in Monochrome. You may use Monochrome, but not necessary. You may choose any format you desire if you choose to participate.

We begin our Which Way by walking down our front Steps …

Journeying on our way Coleman decides to climb the Steps at Cramer United Methodist Church …

Next, we explore the Kayak Ramp and Stairs at Goat Island Park and Greenway …

Kayak Ramp & Stairs
Goat Island Park and Greenway

Coleman and I continue our wandering around Cramerton, the next day, after he walks down the School Bus 98 Steps …

After Coleman exits the school bus, we drop off his school backpack and grab his hiking backpack with snacks and drinks. Then, we head on down to Riverside Park and Greenway for a relaxing afternoon noon of hiking and exploring.

While hiking the trail, we come upon the Stairs to one of several Fishing Piers at the Greenway …

*Catawba Riverkeepers*
*Water Recommended Flow Sign*
*by the Fishing Pier Staircase*

Lastly, we see interesting Halloween Decorations on each side of a neighbouring house Front Porch Steps …

*House #89 Decorations*
*and Front Porch Steps*

Hope you enjoyed visiting our Which Ways this Week. I would love to see y’all’s Which Ways. Remember to click on each photo for larger enhanced viewing.

Cee’s Which Way Challenge

Which Way My Way

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Plus Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Enjoy the Outdoors. Take a Hike. Relax in a Park. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Thursday Trios: 11.28

Kayaks on the River

Capturing kayakers enjoying an afternoon on the South Fork Catawba River as seen from the banks at Riverside Park and Greenway in Cramerton, North Carolina. Care to Pull Up a Seat and join the fun on the South Fork Catawba River?

Carol’s Thursday Trios

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2024-Week 48

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #247

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Wordless Wednesday: 11.27

A Peek of Autumn

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Festival of Leaves #10

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Words for Thought #43: 11.26

*The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters. Psalm 23:1–2 (NIV)*

Think About It Tuesday

Hammad’s Weekend Sky

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #247

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: South Fork Catawba River; Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thank you for visiting. Have a wonderful week and enjoy nature. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Macro Monday: 11.25 —

Persicaria amphibia

**Aka Water Knotweed**,
***Water Smartweed***

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Leigha’s Sunny Sunday Challenge

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 47

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Riverside Park Pier; Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Monday Portrait: 11.25 —

Muscovy Duck

Monday Portrait

John’s CellPic Sunday

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 CWWC: November Week 3 — Any Which Way

Cee’s Which Way My Which Way

I’ve missed Cee so much and know this is a difficult time for her and Chris. Praying for strength and comfort for them both. I’ve been trying to keep up with the Which Way Challenge even though Cee is unable to do so. I encourage everyone who wishes to show Cee our Which Ways. Just post any Which Way you desire and link up to Cee’s Which Way Challenge.

This week I am again posting a Which Way My Way showing Which Ways Coleman and I discovered in Riverside Park and Greenway. My grandson, Coleman and I are beginning to roam around our new neighborhood and town investigating what interesting things and places we can find in the area. Riverside Park and Greenway is just a short walking distance away from our new home. Here are a few shots from our walk through Riverside Park and Greenway.

Coleman and I left our home and turned right out of the driveway; walked to the end of our street (which is curved downhill) and then proceeded to walk across the street onto the Carolina Thread Trail.

The Carolina Thread Trail leads into the Riverside Greenway Trail. We walked the entire length of the Riverside Greenway Trail and even a little bit of off trail hiking. During parts of the hike we were walking parallel to the South Fork Catawba River.

It was a fun enjoyable relaxing day out discovering a (new to us) local trail. Hope y’all have a wonderfully funtastic weekend.

Cee’s Which Way Challenge-11.16.2024

Which Way My Way

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

2024 Monochrome Madness: ‘Leading Lines’ in Nature

*Looking* 👀 *Towards*
*Robinwood Lake*
*Warlick Family YMCA*

*Coleman on*
*Exercise Equipment*
*Green Trail Warlick Family YMCA*

*Bridge at*
*Goat Island Park and Greenway*

*Panorama of Fishing Pier*
*Goat Island Greenway*

*Carolina Thread Trail*
*Riverside Park and Greenway*

Sarah’s, from Travel with Me, Monochrome Madness

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

Out of Storms & Marshes

Grows New Life

As Coleman and I were walking along the trail (and even a little off trail) around the Riverside Greenway, I noticed a marshy area where the flood waters were still surrounding many plants and vegetation. Other areas where the flood waters had recently receded were still mushy and difficult to walk through, but Coleman is a trooper and loves to explore everything. With all the devastation caused by the storm and strong winds, I was amazed to see signs of new plant life sprouting in amongst the tremendous amount of leaves near fallen trees. No matter how things may seem, God is in control. New life begins once again.

“The marsh did not confine them but defined them and, like any sacred ground, kept their secrets deep.”
From Where the Crawdads Sing.
– Delia Owens

*Marsh in Riverside*
*Park and Greenway*

“Every day is a fresh beginning; Every morn is the world made new.”
– Sarah Chauncey Woolsey

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.”
– T.S. Eliot

“Be a miracle that grows. Live deeply from the soul.”
Angie Weiland-Crosby

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Riverside Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 LAPC #323: Silence

Silence in Nature

“It is in the still silence of nature where one will find true bliss.” ©️(j.j.c) Pinterest

*Gaze upon the River*
*and enjoy the Silence*

“Be still and know that I am God”
Psalm 46:10

“For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him”
Psalm 62:1

“Silence provides a tranquil space that promotes a sense of peace, tranquility, and mental clarity.”
Whisperroom

*A Silent Playground*
*Waiting for Children*

“In the midst of chaos, silence is the key to serenity.”
Infinity Learn

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge-Silence

LAPC

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Locations: Riverside Park and Greenway plus Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 CPC: Reflections

Reflections in the South Fork River

I love capturing reflections, especially reflections in water. Coleman and I just happened to hike along a portion of the South Fork River on Saturday. It was a relaxing time walking along the (new to us) Riverside Greenway in Cramerton which runs alongside the South Fork River. We saw quite a few amazingly beautiful reflections in the river. Here an only a small portion of what I managed to capture with my iPhone.