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
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.
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.
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.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 55-250 mm lens.
Location: Horse Stables Entrance; Dogwood Trail; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA.
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From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:
From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:
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
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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.
Location: The Garden in The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
Solar Eclipse
The previous post photos were all shot on my iPhone 14 Pro Max. These photos were all Shot on Canon. The Solar Eclipse in my area was only a partial solar eclipse, however it was still amazing to observe. These probably would have turned out better if I had the proper filter to use for the occasion. [Filters for Canon are on my wish list]. I hope you enjoy the video of my view of the Solar Eclipse.
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters…All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. Please share your eclipse photos if you have any. I’d love to see them. I appreciate y’all.
Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters… All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF75-300mm lens.
Location: Gaston County Warlick Family YMCA; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
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XingfuMama’s Whatever is Lovely Challenge: 2023 – Week 41
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: 1,3-4) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters… All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens. f/5.6 • 1/80 • 55mm • ISO500.
Location: Rooftop Garden; The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
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Debbie’s One Word Sunday Challenge-Barrier
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: 1) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with Altura Wide-Angle Fisheye Lens attachment.
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Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: 1) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.
Location: Gaston County Warlick Family YMCA; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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On my iPhone 14 Pro Max:
From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:
Last on the Card – September 2023
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.
Coleman brings joy and sunshine to my soul. It brightens my day to see him smile and express himself in amazing ways.
Coleman does not get to have special treats like ice cream or popsicles on a normal basis when we are out at the museum or other places. He is lactose intolerant and cannot have any dairy or soy products. So on this rare occasion when I found out the ice cream vendor outside the museum had dairy free popsicles; I gave in and bought him one.
The joy I saw on his face as he was eating the strawberry mango popsicle brought a smile to my face and sunshine to my soul.
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History Nature Trail; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all.
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.
Location: The Farm and Nature Trail; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.
Location: Nature Trail; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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All Autumn – Metal photos included in my entry this week were taken during the Autumn Festival this past Saturday at The Schiele Museum of Natural History & Planetarium in Gastonia, North Carolina.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Autumn – Metal
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
God Bless. Thank you for visiting the farm and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Blue dashers live near still, calm bodies of water, such as ponds, marshes, slow-moving waterways, and ditches, in warm areas typically at low elevations. The adults roost in trees at night.
The blue dasher hunts by keeping still and waiting for suitable prey to come within range. When it does, they dart from their position to catch it.
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250 mm lens. f/6.3 • 1/320s • 250mm • ISO320
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.
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.
Location: Memorial Wildlife Garden; The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts. Have a fantastic weekend. I appreciate y’all.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.
Location: Andrew Jackson State Park; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
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For our time of reflection and remembrance of the events of September 11, 2001 Coleman and I paid a visit to Andrew Jackson State Park we we could have a time of relaxation, hiking 🥾, and just plain ole fun.
Mostly Coleman’s choices
for Pulling Up a Seat.
Coleman had some fun time at the Playground 🛝, then we walked around most of the lake (ignoring a trail closed sign for a short bit) and then proceeded back towards the Picnic tables 🧺 for a small snack. After his snack, it was back to the playground for him to burn off more energy and to enjoy himself in the Playground.
Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Seat
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: Slides 1-6: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens. Slides 7-8: iPhone 14 Pro Max.
Location: Andrew Jackson State Park; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all.
Photo Credit:©️2023 Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens. f/5.6 • 1/200 • 135mm • ISO320
Location: Andrew Jackson State Park; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA.
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On My Laptop:
On My Phone:
Share Your Desktop – September
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
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On Monday, Coleman and I ventured down to Andrew Jackson State Park for a relaxing afternoon of hiking around the lake and in the playground.
The following depicts Coleman’s version on how to approach and go down a slide.
Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday-Almost wordless
Photo Credit: ©️2023Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. Enjoy the show. I appreciate y’all.
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters…All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.
Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all very much.
For this week’s challenge I decided to share our Walks in a different format than normal. Hope y’all enjoy.
Cee’s Which Way Challenge – Any type of Walk
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with an Altura Wide Angle Fish-Eye attachment.
Location: Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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Why do you blog?
I blog because I can. That’s a simplistic answer I know. In all honesty, I blog as an outlet for release of my thoughts and feelings. I used to right my thoughts down in a daily planner, needing a new planner every year, but then planners get packed away, misplaced or simply forgotten.
By writing my thoughts and feelings into my life and my surroundings it helps to analyze and take an accounting of my own actions. It is therapeutic for me just like my need to be out in nature hiking and photographing the landscape & the world around my very existence.
For the past 405 days I have consistently posted something on my blog. It might have been a short response to a daily prompt, an entry for a photo challenge, or a post about something meaningful to me. This is the longest streak I have ever had of consistently posting blog posts.
I enjoy posting a little bit about myself and my surroundings. I am enthusiastically enjoying participating in the many various writing prompts and photography challenges. What about you, why do you blog? Looking forward to reading what y’all post next.
Stay true to yourself. Share your stories, your photos, Share a small piece of your world. It only matters to you (or me) what each of us decide to post on our blogs. Blog as much or as little as you desire. It’s all up to you.
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.
Good Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens
Location: Blue Trail; Gaston County Warlick Family YMCA; Gastonia, North Carolina
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On this day Coleman and I hiked from Avon Catawba Creeks Greenway to the Warlick Family YMCA approximately a 2.5 mile hike. Coleman enjoys hiking with me, he also loves to test out the fitness equipment and Pull Up a Seat wherever he chooses. It is good to sit and rest occasionally along the trail.
Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2023-Week 35
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts and joining our adventures. I appreciate y’all.
Sunday Stills-Hints Autumn
One Word Sunday-Orange
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters
Cameras: 1) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2-4 Canon EOS Rebel T3i
God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.
Photo Credit: 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.
Lens-Artists Challenge #262: Framing Your Photos
Photo Credit: 2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel T3i and iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2023 Week 32
Photo Credit:©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with Altura Wide-Angle Fish-Eye Attachment. f/5.6 • 1/80 • 55mm • ISO160
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History & Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina
God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.
XingfuMama’s One to Three Processing Challenge: August 2023
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EFS 18-55mm lens with Altura Fisheye Wide Angle Lens Attachment
All Effects were created on Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina.
God Bless. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.
This is a rare occasion when Coleman has his mom running around and playing with him. She’s usually working all the time, seven days a week. She’s usually exhausted when she gets home from working and her only desire is to relax. Therefore, seeing her having fun outdoors with Coleman brings joy and sunshine 🌞 to my soul.
Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
— Laura Ingalls Wilder
Leigha’s Sunny Sunday Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens. f/7.1 • 1/400 • 300mm • ISO1250
Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina
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Lines Shot on Canon:
One Word Sunday: Lines Pt 2
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.
Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina
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Taken Sunday afternoon, 6 August 2023, on way to car before the rainstorms began pouring down from the thunderous sky.
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens.
Location: Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina
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Leannes Monochrome Madness
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i and iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2023-Week 2
Photo Credit: Deb L. Waters
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Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography 