2025 Thursday Doors: 04 September

Early Log Cabin
Catawba Indian Village
The Schiele Museum of Natural History

When taking a hike along The Schiele Museum’s Nature Trail, one of the areas you come across is the Catawba Indian Village. A part of the Village are different types of dwellings including a couple of Early Log Cabins.

Coleman opens Door

Curious as Coleman is naturally he likes to enter and investigate anything and everything he possibly can.

Coleman walking
through the Door

This is the view you first see of the cabin when entering the Catawba Indian Village.

Early 18th Century Log Cabin

Click on images to enlarge. 

Dan’s Thursday Doors

Thursday Doors
Thursday Doors

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Location: Catawba Indian Village; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA 

God Bless. Have a fantastic weekend. Hope to see y’all on Friday for the Which Way ChallengeThis week the Which Ways will be CWWC: Any Which With Stairs, Steps, and/or Ladders. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Let’s Venture Down the Corridor

… to the Planetarium

Ragtag Daily Prompt

Corridor
to the Planetarium

#RDP

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Thursday-Corridor

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a wonderful weekend. Take time for yourself and relax. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Jude’s Bench Challenge at the Schiele Museum

Farm Bureau Bench

Farm Bureau
The Schiele Museum
of Natural History

Jude’s Bench Challenge

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 34

Photo Credit:©️2023 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. Have a wonderful week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Silent Sunday: 10 August

Beeutiful Calendula officinalis

The Garden in The Farm
at The Schiele Museum
of Natural History

Bombus impatiens
Common Eastern Bumblebee

on a Calendula officinalis

Silent Sunday

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

 Cee’s FOTD

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

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

2025 #SimplyRED #19

Becky’s Squares

Viola × wittrockiana

Pansy (Viola x wittrockiana)

Becky’s Squares-SimplyRED #19

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

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

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

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

God Bless. Missing Cee. Stop and admire the Flowers. Capture their Beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

#SimplyRED #12 — 2025.07.12

Coleman
Pulling Up a Seat
on a
RED Farmall Cub Tractor
at
The Schiele Museum
of Natural History

Becky’s Squares-#SimplyRED #12

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 28

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max Telephoto camera

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

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

#SimplyRED #11 — Planetarium Laser Red

Red in the
Planetarium Laser Show
The Schiele Museum of Natural History

Becky’s Squares-#SimplyRED #11

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Planetarium; The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2025 Thursday Trios: 22 May — Trachemys scripta

Trachemys scripta
aka Pond Slider

Pond Sliders are a species of common, medium-sized, semiaquatic turtles. The most recognized species are the Red-eared slider (T. s. elegans), which is popular in the pet trade and has been introduced to other parts of the world by people releasing it to the wild.

Thursday Trios

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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

Settings: f/5.6 • 1/250 • 187mm • ISO100

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

God Bless. Have an adventurous weekend. Discover the wonders of Nature. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 FOTD: February 6

Pyrus calleryana

Aka Bradford Pear,
Callery ‘Bradford’ Pear,
Callery Pear

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm 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 us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 FOTD: January 25

Yellow Zinnias

Zinnias

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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

CFFC: The Tall and the short of It

First off, let’s take a look at a TALL building in Abilene, Texas. I visited my Aunt (my mom’s sister) in 2020 during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Since our plans of visiting other relatives didn’t pan out due to social distancing mandates, I took many long walks around my Aunt’s neighborhood. I was not just out for the exercise, but also to explore the area. I came across this Tall Building on one of my walkabouts.

The Enterprise Tower
Abilene, Texas

The Enterprise Tower was originally known as the First State Bank Tower and then Bank of America Building. It was constructed in the early 80’s and completed in 1984. This is the tallest building in Abilene with its twenty (20) stories at Two Hundred Eighty-Five (285) feet (87 meters). It ranks as the 6th tallest building in West Texas.

And now we’ll take a look see at a building on the shorter side of things located at The Schiele Museum of Natural History’s Catawba Indian Village in Gastonia, North Carolina. The Schiele Museum is a favourite place Coleman enjoys visiting. [The museum also has Dinosaurs 🦖 🦕 on display.]

Early Log Cabin

Information listed on the sign in front of the Early Log Cabin …

This log house reflects the rapid change that the Catawba lifestyle was undergoing throughout Scots-Irish and German settlements of this region in the 18th century. This home is a native adaptation of the log cabins being built by these settiers. The first Catawba cabins were built of unhewn logs with shingle roofs and a central smoke hole. These smoke holes began being replaced with chimneys of stone and logs, as seen here, in the mid-1700s.

This Early Log Cabin is one of several different types of homes in the Catawba Indian Village that were once used by the native Catawba Indians in our area.

Dan’s CFFC

Photo Credit: 2020-2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved

Cameras: 1) Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max; 2) Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

God Bless. May your blessings be long upon the Earth and be you experience tons of joy, peace, love, and happiness throughout the rest of 2024 and all throughout 2025. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Weekend FOTD: 12.28/29

Wood Spurge


Cee’s Flower of the Day

Cee’s Weekend FOTD

Photo Credit: ©️2024 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 with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Wordless Wednesday: Revisiting Schiele Museum’s Holiday Light Show

For You
Enjoy the Holiday Light Show
Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Merry Christmas!

God Bless. Thank you for visiting. Enjoy the show. Have a Happy Holiday Season filled with Hope, Joy, Peace, and Love. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Weekend FOTD: 12.14/.15

Sulfur Cosmos

Sulfur Cosmos
Schiele Museum of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina

Cee’s Weekend FOTD

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 49

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

God Bless. Take time to smell the flowers. Enjoy nature’s beauty. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Macro Monday: 09.30 — Bee 🐝 Happy 🐝 Bee Grateful 🐝

Dahlia coccinea

Bombus impatiens,
common eastern bumblebee
Red Dahlia

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

God Bless. Pray for Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina & Tennessee as they try to recovery from Hurricane Helene. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 RDP: Wednesday — 🦕 Dinosaur 🦖

Dinosaurs at

The Schiele Museum

How lovely to have the prompt of dinosaur. My grandson, Coleman, loves Dinosaurs. We’ve been fortunate this past year to live within a relatively short distance from the local Schiele Museum of Natural History. The most popular exhibits at The Schiele Museum are the Dinosaur exhibits. They are definitely Coleman’s favourites. Every year the Museum has a special Dinosaur Day. On Dinosaur Day, the museum has special activities and events for everyone to enjoy (especially the children) and participate.

Since Coleman loves Dinosaurs so much; we got him a dinosaur backpack, lunchbox, and matching bottle to use for school. We couldn’t forget to add dinosaur shirts, socks, and shoes. He loves all his dinosaur items, even his toy dinosaurs.

Ragtag Daily Prompt_Wednesday-Dinosaur

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Wordless Wednesday: 09.25

Squirrel 🐿️ Watching

Sciurus carolinensis
Eastern gray squirrel

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i

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

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

2024 Weekend FOTD: 07.06/.07 ——

Dianthus

Dianthus (Telstar Carmine Rose)

Weekend FOTD: 07.06/.07

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; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Glad you are home and joining in when able with Chris’ help. Thank you Chris for taking good care of our friend. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

Playing the Numbers Game #25

The number for Judy’s Numbers Game this week is 146. Time to play.

Lesser Daisy Fleabane
(Erigeron strigosa)
Zinnias
The Farm
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Lake Haigler
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Coleman & Goat
Schiele Museum
Coleman
Schiele Museum

Judy’s Numbers Game-#25_146

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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

2024 Weekend FOTD: 06.08/09

Brassica rapa

Field Mustard 
Brassica rapa

Cee’s Weekend FOTD

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: 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. Cee, you are strong, you are appreciated, and we miss you. Get Better soon. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

Numbers Game #23 — 144

Day Trippin’ with Coleman …

… At the YMCA

… At the Schiele Museum of Natural History

… At Anne Springs Close Greenway

Be sure to click on each photo for a larger view. Have a fabulous day!

Judy’s Numbers Game #23-144

Photo Credit:©️2022-2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm, Canon EF-S55-250mm, and Canon EF 75-300mm lenses.

Locations: 1)Warlick Family YMCA; 2-5) The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina; 6-11) Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort South Carolina, USA

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

Words for Thought #16

John 15:1-2 NIV

Think About It Tuesday

Cee’s FOTD

Photo Credit: (c) 2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with Altura UV filter attachment.

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

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

2024 Monday Portrait: 04.22

Bleating to Greet Y’all

Wait a Sec … I’ll Come Closer.

Goat

Can Y’all See Me Now?

Monday Portrait

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300mm lens and Altura CPL filter attachment.

Location: The Farm; 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.

Grrr, Better to Eat You With …

Dinosaur Teeth

Six Word Saturday

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF 75-300 mm lens.

Settings: f5.6 • 1/3 • 75mm • ISO3200

Location: Dinosaur Exhibits; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

Rooftop Garden of Stonecrop

Pyxidanthera barbulata
Common Pyxie-moss
Sedum kamtschaticum
Russian Stonecrop
Phedimus kamtschaticus,
the orange stonecrop

Thursday Trios

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 

Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S75-300mm lens with Altura CPL filter attachment.

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

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

2024 CMMC: April – Close up or Macro

Calendula officinalis L.
Marigold
Bunias orientalis,
Warty-cabbage
Helleborus viridis,
AKA Green Hellebore
Brassica oleracea
Wild Cabbage
Euonymus japonicus
‘Aureo-Marginata’

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-April Close Up or Macro

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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

Location: 1-4) The Heritage Garden; The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA; 5)Dairy Barn 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.

2024 FOTD: 03.31 — Lenten Rose

Helleborus orientalis
lenten rose

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge-03.31

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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

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

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

2024 FOTD: March 27

Eruca sativa

Arugula flowers
Aka Salad Rocket

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day 

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L.Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55lens and Altura UV filter.

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

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. Have a fabulous rest of your week. I appreciate y’all very much.

A Trio of Daffodils to Bring You a Ray of Sunshine

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Thursday Trios

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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

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

God Bless. Have a wonderful week. Enjoy the beauty all around you. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 CMMC: Pick a Topic from my Photo

My entries for this Cee’s CMMC this week are a variety of new and archive photos I hope you enjoy. There were taken at The Schiele Museum of Natural History and the Warlick Family YMCA in Gastonia, North Carolina as well as at Andrew Jackson State Park (three of our favorite places to go hiking and relax out in nature.

Brown, Green, Layers, Landscape
Green Lettuce on a Bed of Brown Bark

Heritage Garden; The Farm;
The Schiele Museum of Natural History;
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Brown, Green, Teal, Water, Landscape, Layers
Spillway; The Nature Trail;
The Schiele Museum of Natural History;
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Blue, Water, Green, Lake, Layers, Brown
Robinwood Lake; Warlick Family YMCA;
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Blue, Brown, Green, Landscape, Water, Lake, Layers
The Lake at Andrew Jackson State Park;
Lancaster, South Carolina, USA

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

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #213

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

03.20.24 Lovely Spring Pansies to Brighten Your Day

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 11

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge-03.20

Photo Credit:©️2024 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. Happy Spring Everyone! Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Monday Portrait: 03.18

Lucky 🍀

Lucky 🍀 the Cow
Hereford Cattle

Monday Portrait

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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.

Bee Active … Bee Strong

Busy Bees Buzzing around the Beehive

Silent Sunday

Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters

Cameras: 1-4) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment; 5-7) iPhone 14 Pro Max

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 me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 FOTD: 03.15

Lenten rose

Helleborus orientalis
Hellebore Lenten Rose
Helleborus orientalis,
the Lenten rose,
is a perennial flowering plant
and species of hellebore
in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae.

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD)

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter.

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

God Bless. Stop and Smell the Flowers. Enjoy the beauty of nature all around you. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 WWE: Turtle Pond Gazing

Beautiful Day for Gazing at Turtles

Turtles in the Pond

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #212

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens with Altura UV Filter attachment and iPhone 14 Pro Max.

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

God Bless. Have an awesome week and weekend ahead. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with me.

2024 Sunday Stills: Monthly Colour Challenge — Green

Greens in the Garden

Prunus caroliniana
Carolina Cherry-laurel
Cabbage
Rosemary
Carnivorous plant
Venus Fly Traps

Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge: Saving Daylight with #Green

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i

Locations: 1) Martha Rivers Park; 2-4) The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Monday Portrait: 03.11

Baa Baa Baa

Sheep
Sheep

Monday Portrait

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

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

2024 Macro Monday: 03.11

CALENDULA OFFICINALIS


 MARIGOLD ‘ENGLISH’
(CALENDULA OFFICINALIS)

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

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

Settings: f5.6 • 1/320 • 250mmISO125

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

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

2024 Silent Sunday: 03.10

Silent Sunday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 9

Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

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

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

God Bless. Take time for yourself, take a walk, smell the flowers and enjoy your week. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

Pardon Me, My Itch Needs Scratching

Sometimes Ya Gotta Do

What Ya Gotta Do

Hey, Can you Wait a Sec?
Oh, You Can’t Can You?
Pardon My Scratching,
I just Gotta take
Care of My Itching

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

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

Camera: 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. Rainy Day here. Hope you have sunshine ☀️ and are able to enjoy the outdoors. Have a wonderful blessed weekend. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 CWWC: Week of 03.07

Any type of Road, Path,

Step, Bridge or Sign.

My entries for this week show pathways and signs in and around The Schiele Museum. Enjoy the walk with Coleman and I as we show you some scenes of our recent visit.

Cee’s Which Way Challenge-Any type of Road, Path, Step, Bridge or Sign.

Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Cameras: 1 & 3) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2 & 4-6) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm and Canon EF-S55-250mm lenses with Altura (for Canon) Fisheye Wide-Angle Macro lens attachment.

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

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

Textures in B & W: MM

Textures are everywhere, in everything if you look closely and really contemplate the  esthetics of common everyday objects.

Ordinary objects of olden days …

Not overlooking what’s right beneath you …

Broken Board
in Bridge

Enjoying the variety in the outdoors …

Outdoor Picnic Tables

And the many textures within new constructions in the neighbourhood.

Textures in Brick

Sarah’s Monochrome Madness #3-Textures

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm 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 so very much.

2024 CMMC: March — Close Up or Macro

These close-ups were all captured during mine & Coleman’s latest visit to (I was so worried you lay down. You don’t just – Apple iPhone’s Siri trying to type what was said to my grandson, oops) our local museum’s nature trail.

We started this visit with a walk through the Dinosaurs Exhibitions …

Stegosaurus Plates

Then we moved on the Nature Trail and a walk around the Pond …

Turtles & their Reflections

And ended our visit with a stroll through the Garden in The Farm …


Great Mullein

Verbascum thapsus

New life is slowly starting to arrive and in the next few weeks new growth will begin to emerge in abundance.

Ranunculus acris
Common Buttercup

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Close Up or Macro

Cee’s FOTD

Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Cameras: 1/2) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 3/4) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

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

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

Thursday Trios: Gallus gallus domesticus

Flock of Chickens

Thursday Trios-03.07.24

Photo Credit: ©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Cameras: 1) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 2/3; 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 sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Words for Thought #8

Mustard Plants
In the Garden
In the Farm
The Schiele Museum of Natural History

Think About It Tuesday

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