#TheSchieleMuseumofNaturalHistory – Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography

Macro Monday – 2026 September 07

Azalea

Azaleas differ from other Rhododendrons by only having five (5) stamens per flower instead of the typical ten (10) or more on other Rhododendrons. They are popular ornamental plants, known for their showy blooms in a wide variety of colours.

Their colours range from vibrant pink to white, purple, and red. I normally see the pink and red varieties in the gardens around town. They are always available to be seen in the Garden in The Farm at The Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina.

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Macro Monday (MM)

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

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

2026 Pull Up a Seat Week 36— At a Museum, Coleman Style #4

Coleman Style

at The Schiele Museum

of Natural History

Whenever Coleman and I visit The Schiele Museum of Natural History we almost always visit The Farm (we only miss it if we arrive too late and it’s already closed). Walking around the Farm we visit the animals (the goats, the sheep, and Mike & Lucky, aka the cows) and admire the Flowers (at least I do anyway). Coleman likes to climb on the red tractor and other interesting things. What other things would interest a rambunctious little boy? An old wagon with a hay bale, of course. Yep, that’s right, he climbed up on the wagon and made himself at home by #PullingUpaSeat on a Hay Bale.

Here’s my contributions of Coleman Pulling Up a Seat on a Wagon’s Haystack …

#PullUpaSeat
Coleman Style
on a Haystack at
The Schiele Museum of Natural History

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XingfuMama’s Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2026-Week 36

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

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

Monday Portrait – 2026 August Thirty-First

Goats don’t like the heat any more than humans do. We arrived at The Farm just after 3 in the afternoon. It was still in the high 80’s and even the Goats didn’t feel up to playing around or greeting their visitors.

Normally, on a nice day the would come to the fence and greet us. Not today they said, “The humid midday air completely drained our energy.”

Ah, this spot in the shade feels just right, maybe a nice nap is exactly what we need.

Maybe it’ll be cooler tomorrow, we can dream can’t we?

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Monday Portrait-2026.08.31

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

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

CWWC (2026): Any Which Way — Your Choice [08.28.2026]

Embrace the adventure with CWWC 2026: Any Which Way – Your Choice! Whether you’re exploring nature trails, navigating indoor staircases, or venturing onto paved paths, there’s a route for everyone. Sign up now and discover your unique Which Way!

Welcome back to the Which Way Challenge (previously hosted by Cee Neuner). This week our theme is CWWC (2026): Any Which Way —Your Choice. Your Which Ways can be Outdoors, Indoors, Paved or Unpaved, Dirt Trails or any natural surface. Your Choice is exactly that, Whichever Way you choose. As always Signs are always welcome.

My choices for this week’s Which Way Challenge are naturalized surfaces on The Schiele Museum’s Nature Trail.

Here are my entries …

***CWWC***
***Cee’s Which Way Challenge***
***Deb’s Which Way Challenge***

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Thank you to those who have participated and supported the Which Ways Challenge. I appreciate y’all sharing your Which Ways with us.

For an idea of other’s Which Ways from this past week’s challenge, be sure to click on the following links below.

Brian’s More of lifes ups and downs

Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery’s Scandinavian Architecture

Cath’s Which Way… {Up, Down and Around}

Suzette’s For Deb’s CWWC26 Any Which Way – Indoor Stairs/Steps

Marina’s Perspective

Rich’s The Down Staircase

Dawn’s Paladin Indoor Steps

CWWC 2026: Any Which Way with Indoor Steps, Stairs, and/or Escalators. [08.21.2026]

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

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

Next Week: Cee’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC)-Any which way with Vehicles

Wordless Wednesday — 2026 August 26

Hypsilophodon sculpture
featured inside the
*Elizabeth Williams Robinson*
*Hall of Dinosaurs*
*at The Schiele Museum.*

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Wordless Wednesday-2026.08.26

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

God Bless. Have a lovely weekend filled with love, joy, and laughter. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Sunday Stills 2026 August 23 — Wallowing Pig

Terri has recently started a new theme for the Sunday Stills challenge called Animal of the Month. I’m not sure if my animal fits this week’s animal of the month theme or not since I write mine in advance, but hopefully it’ll be alright.

With our extreme heat wave we’ve been experiencing, I found it fascinating that even the Pigs in The Farm area at The Schiele Museum of Natural History thought it was too hot.

Coleman and I stood watching this Pig for a while enjoying its antics and Wallowing.

*Pig’s by the pool.*
*What’s he gonna do?*

With it being so hot and humid what else should the Pig do but get in the pool and cool off.

Turn, turn, turn …

Round and round goes the Pig …

And keep wallowing till it’s completely cooled down …

Maybe I’ll just take one more spin wallowing in the pool before I get out and mingle.

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Terri’s Sunday Stills-Animal of the Month (Sorry, it’s not insects/bugs).

Monday Portrait

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Telephoto

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

God Bless. Enjoy your week. Have a wonderful good and safe week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Monochrome Madness — 2026.08.20

Grist Mill

This is a free week for Leanne’s Monochrome Madness. I decided to show you images of a Grist Mill in black and white monochrome tones this week. This Grist Mill can be seen along the Nature Trail at The Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina.

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Leanne’s Monochrome Madness-2026.08.20_Free Week

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

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

Wordless Wednesday — 2026 August 19

*Elk Exhibit*
*The Schiele Museum*
*of Natural History*

Wordless Wednesday-2026.08.19

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

God Bless. Have a lovely weekend filled with love, joy, and laughter. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Cell Pic Sunday: 2026 August Sixteenth

Coleman looking over a Native American Exhibit in the Henry Hall of the American Indian at The Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina.

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John’s Cell Pic Sunday-2026.08.16

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: Henry Hall of the American Indian; 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.

Silent Sunday: 2026 August 16th

Where in the World

is Coleman?

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Silent Sunday-2026.08.16

Cameras: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

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

Thursday Doors: 2026.08.13 — At The Schiele Farm

Visiting the Schiele Museum of Natural History on Duke Energy’s free Tuesday gave Coleman and I an opportunity to visit The Farm. It was extremely hot and humid so we didn’t stay too long outside before roaming around inside the museum. Below are a few doors we noticed while walking around the Farm.

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Dan’s Thursday Doors-2026.08.06

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

God Bless. Have a funtastic rest of your week and weekend ahead. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with w. I appreciate y’all very much.

Wordless Wednesday — 2026 August 12

One Last Outing …

*Free Afternoon at*
*The Schiele Museum*
*with Coleman & Sophia Ruthann*

Wordless Wednesday-2026.08.12

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

God Bless. Have a lovely weekend filled with love, joy, and laughter. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Which Way Challenge 2026: CWWC: Any Indoor Pathway, Hallway, Corridor, Or Stairway. [02.20.2026]

Welcome back to the Which Way Challenge. This Week’s Which Way Challenge are theme is Any Indoor Pathway, Hallway, Corridor, Or Stairway. They can be Any Which Way on any Pathways, Hallways, Stairway, or Corridor as long as your Which Ways are clearly visible. As always signs are welcome anytime.

Walking the Hallways and Corridors

inside the

Schiele Museum of Natural History …

Here are my entries …

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Thank you to all who have supported and contributed to the Which Way Challenge this past week or at any time. Be sure to check out other Which Ways by clicking on the links below.

Cath’s Which Way… {Caught Unawares}

Brian’s I saw them (hard at work)

Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery’s Caminito Del Rey

Suzette’s For Deb’s Any Which Way-CWWC – People

Dawn’s Which Way: Way Walking Along the Canal

In Primo Piano’s Arch

For further information about the Which Way Challenge check out the home page here.

Cameras: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

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

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

Note: Next week (Friday 02.28.2026) our theme be Any Which Way on Dirt Trails, pathways, or stairs in Monochrome.

Wordless Wednesday — 2026.02.18

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Wordless Wednesday

Hugh’s Wordless Wednesday

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion

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

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

Azalea

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Where in the World

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One Last Outing …

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