2024 Monday Portrait: 03.03.24

Welcome to The Farm

Goats Welcoming
Us to The Farm

Monday Portrait-03.04.24

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

2024 Cell Pic Sunday: 03.03

— Daffodils

Narcissus pseudo narcissus
AKA the wild daffodil
or Lent lily

John’s Cell Pic Sunday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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 RDP: Friday—March

Stand Up, Get Moving— We’re Marching into Spring

Split Cupped Collar Daffodils (Narcissus’Valdrome’)

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Friday – March

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Silent Sunday 

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge 2024 Week 8

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

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

Location: Garden in 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 CWWC: February— Any Type of Road, Path, Sign, Step, or Bridge

Round Two

On the Way to & At the Museum

Heading to the Bus Stop …

Steps, Path

Arriving at the Museum …

Along the Nature Trail …

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

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

Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm and Canon EF-S55-250mm lenses. 

Location: From Bus Stop on Stoneybrook Avenue; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

Sandbox Road Construction Engineered by Coleman

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

Six Word Saturday

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

Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens with Altura (for Canon) Macro Fisheye Attachment.

Location: Sandbox; Playscape; 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.

2024 Last on the Card — February 29

Hope y’all had a pleasant Leap Day. I know Coleman and I did. First day in a while with no rain, so it was a good day to venture outside and visit the Schiele Museum, one of Coleman’s favourite places.

Conveniently, it gave me an opportunity for capturing some interesting moments on this Leap/Last Day. Therefore, here are my last on the card shot for February.

From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:

Formosa Azalea 

From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:

Rhododendron simsii

Last on the Card-February 2024

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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

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

2024 OWS: Shadow

Shadows can be seen everywhere, at least when the sun is shining brightly. Shadows materialize along walkways, piers, and trails as well as anywhere imaginable.

Here are my entries for Debbie’s OWS Challenge this week which calls for us to show our SHADOW.

Shadows of Bushes, Trees, & Coleman Warlick Family YMCA
Shadows of the Fencing & Coleman
Warlick Family YMCA
Shadows of Trees
The Schiele Museum of Natural History
Shadows of Trees, Coleman, & Myself
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Shadows along the Pier
& in the Lake
Anne Springs Close Greenway

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Shadow

Photo Credit: ©️2023/4 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Cameras: 1-4) iPhone 14 Pro Max; 5) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens.

Locations: Various sites in North and South Carolina, USA

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

2024 Monochrome Madness #2: Rocks

Here are my entries this week for Dawn’s Monochrome Madness-Rocks.

Rocks in the Creek
at The Schiele Museum
Rocks in Spillway
at The Schiele Museum
Rocks on the shoreline
of Robinwood Lake
Gaston County Warlick Family YMCA
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Trisha
on top of
Grandfather Mountain
Grandfather Mountain
Linville, North Carolina, USA
Spring 2004

Monochrome Madness #2-Rocks

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.

2024 FOTD: 02.19

— Potted Perennials

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge-02.19

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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.

2024 Monday Portrait: 02.19

Wanna Share a Bite?

Mike and Lucky
Galloway cattle (Cows)

When Coleman and I visited The Farm On at The Schiele Museum on Tuesday Mike and Lucky were busy chomping away. It was feeding time and they were hungrily munching their food to their hearts (and belly’s) contentment.

I do not believe I would partake in their diet, however, they did appear to enjoy it themselves.

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

2024 CMMC: February —

Walnut Brown Color

A Greenway Horse
Anolis carolinensis  
Carolina anole
Old Rustic Doors
A Greenway Horse
Key Chain
Made in Brazil

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Walnut Brown Color

Thursday Doors-02.15.24

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

2024: Pull Up a Seat —

Coleman Style

… on a “Horse”
Giddy Up Coleman
… on a Fence
… on a Rock

One never knows where Coleman will decide to Pull Up a Seat for a spell. The first two are of places he chose to Pull Up a Seat at the Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia and the third one is of his selection in the Greenway.

XingfuMamas Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge: Week 6

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

Camera: 1 & 3) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; 2) iPhone 14 Pro Max

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

2024 CWWC: Dirt Roads or Dirt Pathways or trails

Hiking Trails in the Carolinas

Cee’s Which Way Challenge-Dirt Roads or Dirt Pathways or trails

Photo Credit: ©2023/4 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i

Locations: 1-3) The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina; 4-8) Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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

2024 Thursday Doors – At the Grist Mill in Monochrome

Thursday Doors-02.08.24

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

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

Location: Nature Trail; 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.

Schiele Museum Goats X Three

Go Ahead and Relax
I’m Gonna Find Me Something To Eat
But First I Gotta
Take Care Of This Itch

Thursday Trios

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

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

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

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

2024 CMMC: Close Up or Macro

Let’s talk turkey, nah let me show you more green. This time a close-up view of green plants in the Farm Garden at The Schiele Museum.

Here’s a look at my contributions for Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge of Close Up or Macro.

Turkey feathers
Verbascum thapsus
Common Mullein
Sedum Coccinea
AKA Stonecrop

or Dragon’s Blood

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Close Up or Macro

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 18-55mm and Canon EF-S55-250mm lenses.

Location: 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.

Black Bears + on Display

Bears in the Museum

American Black Bear
Ursus americanus
The Kermode bear,
sometimes called the spirit bear
(Ursus americanus kermodei),
is a subspecies of
the American black bear.
Coleman
Exploring the
American Black Bear
Ursus americanus

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #1: The Letter B

MWM

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

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

Location: North American Exhibits; 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 CWWC: Any Type of Road, Path, Step, Bridge or Sign.

Round Two

On the Way to & At the Museum

Steps, Path

Arriving at the Museum …

Along the Nature Trail …

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

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

Cameras: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm and Canon EF-S55-250mm lenses.

Location: From Bus Stop on Stoneybrook Avenue; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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

2024 Macro Monday: Irish Eyes Coneflower

Halictus ligatus ( sweat bee)
on a Echinacea purpurea
‘Green Eyes’ coneflower

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

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

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max Main Camera — 24mm f/1.78 ISO64

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.

2024 FOTD: January 6 — Verbena

Verbena peruviana purple

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

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

Settings: f/6.3 • 1/320 • 250mm • ISO1250

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.

Floral Friday: 01.05.23 — Wood Spurge

Euphorbia Walberton’s Ruby Glow


Cee’s Flower of the Day

Floral Friday

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

2024 CMMC: Close Up or Macro

Cabbage

1/250 • 194mm • ISO 160
Canon EF-S55-250mm lens
1/200 • 146mm • ISO 400
Canon EF-S55-250mm lens
1/100 • 55mm • ISO 200
Canon EF-S55-250mm lens

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge-Close Up or Macro

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

Monday Portrait: 01.01.24 —Squirrel Chasing

Squirrel Chasing
Squirrel Activity
The Schiele Museum of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

Monday Portrait

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

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

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

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. Have a happy and Blessed New Year! I appreciate y’all very much.

2023 LAPC: Last Chance — Part II

2023 — A Year in Review — Second Chance/LastChance

July 2923:

Mimosa,
Shameplant or
Sensitive Plant (Mimosa pudica) flowers;
Gaston County Warlick Family YMCA;
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

August 2023:

Killdeer –
Charadrius vociferus;
Robinwood Lake;
Warlick Family YMCA;
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

September 2023:

Coleman;
Aquarium Exhibits;
The Schiele Museum of Natural History;
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

October 2023:

Coleman;
Horse Road Entrance;
Anne Springs Close Greenway;
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

November 2023:

Nyssa sylvatica,
commonly known as tupelo,
black tupelo, black gum or sour gum;
Lake Haigler; Lake Haigler Entrance;
Anne Springs Close Greenway;
Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

December 2033:

Coleman;
Holiday at The Farm;
The Schiele Museum of Natural History;
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge—Last Chance

God Bless. Have a blessedly wonderful New Year. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

A Radiately Beautiful Ray of Sunshine

Calendula arvensis (Yellow)
Field Marigold

Silent Sunday

Sunny Sunday

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

XingfuMama’s Whatever is Lovely Challenge: 2023 – Week 52

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 55-250 mm 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.

2023 OWS: Rest

No matter where you are or who you’re with, sometimes you just need to sit a spell and have a bit of a REST.

Taking a REST
Cozumel, Mexico
February 24, 2020
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Coleman
Claiming a spot to Rest
Schiele Museum of Natural History
Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

Debbies One Word Sunday-Rest

Pull Up a Seat-Week 52

Photo Credit: ©️ Deb L. Waters

Cameras: 1) iPhone 11 Pro Max – Wide Camera; 2) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S 55-250mm lens

Location: 1) Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., Cozumel, Mexico; 2) 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,

Christmas Pine Wreath

Welcoming Pine Wreath
Holiday at The Farm
Christmas Pine Wreath

Macro Monday

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Holiday at 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.

2023 Monday Portrait: Coleman in the Museum

Coleman
in front of
Triceratops Exhibit
Coleman in the mouth
of a
Tyrannosaurus Rex Skull Fossil replica
The Schiele Museum of Natural History

Monday Portrait

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Dinosaur 🦕 Exhibits; 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.

Wordless Wednesday: 12.13.2023

Dear oh Deer 🦌🦌

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

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.

Edible Plants at The Farm

View from Below
View from Above
Side View

These are Collard Green Plants grown at The Gardens in The Farm at The Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina. Many people in the South eat Collard Greens on a regular basis. Personally, I did not grow up as a child eating Collard Greens even though I was born in the South. My mom never fixed them. Now we ate plenty of Spinach and other types of greens just not Collards. What are your thoughts on eating Collard Greens?

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-S18-55mm lens and Altura (for Canon) Macro Wide-Angle Fisheye lens attachment.

Location: The 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 with me. I appreciate y’all.

Water Reflections and Autumn Leaves

When Coleman and I took an early morning hike along the Nature Trail at The Schiele Museum of Natural History, just before Thanksgiving, I was amazed at the spectacular view of the tremendous number of leaves which had fallen on the ground and in the Pond. It was such an amazing sight I had to capture the moment with my camera. This slideshow is my entry for Dawn’s Festival of Leaves and Jez’s Water Water Everywhere.

 Dawn’s Festival of Leaves Challenge

Water Water Everywhere #200

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

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens and Altura (for Canon) Macro Wide-Angle Fisheye lens attachment.

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

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

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 FOTD: October 17

Purple Prairie Verbena

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max f/1.8 • 1/306 • 6.86mm • ISO64

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

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