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Which Way Challenge (CWWC) 2026 — Any Which Way with Spring or Autumn Which Ways (Will Run for Two (2) Weeks [03.27-04.03.2026])

Welcome back to another Which Way Challenge (CWWC). This week I have chosen for the theme – Any Which Way with Spring or Autumn Which Ways (Will Run for Two (2) Weeks [03.27-04.03.2026]) for this week’s theme. The Which Way can be any Dirt trail, road, pathway, sidewalk as long as the Which Way is clearly discernible. As always signs are always welcome.

For further information regarding the Which Way Challenge (CWWC) feel free to check out the home page here.

Here are my entries …

I’m starting off with a Springtime hike at Crowders Mountain State Park in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. We entered Crowders Mountain State Park from the Boulders Access Point. After parking and gathering our backpacks with our water and snacks we checkered out the trail map.

We decided to hike the Ridgeline Trail. The Ridgeline Trail connects three parks, namely Crowders Mountain State Park, Kings Mountain State Park, and Kings Mountain National Military Park. The total length of the trail if you hike to all three is 15.1 miles with an elevation gain of 2,411 feet. The Crowders Mountain State Park section of the Ridgeline Trail is 6.2 miles long.

Coleman and I only hiked the Crowders Mountain State Park section of the Ridgeline Trail and then hiked back to the Boulders Access Point parking area.

Ridgeline Trail
Boulders Access Point
Crowders Mountain State Park
Kings Mountain, North Carolina

Now that we’ve seen one of our Springtime hikes, let’s take a look at a variety of Spring Florals seen while hiking on various hiking trails.

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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.

Vanda from two-sisters.blog’s Lanes and Pathways at Home and Away

Suzette’s Paved – For Deb’s Any Which Way – CWWC 2026

Brian’s An adventure (along a path)

Dawn’s Which Way with the Willows

Marina’s Lines

Deb’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC)

Also posting for:

Terri’s The #Flower Hour #23

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Bren’s Floral Friday

Deb’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC)

God Bless. Enjoy a stroll in the vast outdoors. Have a funtastic weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Note: The theme for the next will be a continuation of CWWC: Any Which Way with Spring or Autumn Which Ways ( Will Run for Two (2) Weeks [03.27-04.03.2026]

Monday Window – 2026 March 23

Kitty by a Window
– 2 —
AI creation by PR

Throwback to

1976 Windows

Scott Memorial Baptist Church
Taken in February 14, 1976
San Diego, California

This image was brought up in my memories. It was taken at my friend’s wedding at the church we grew up in many years ago. Her and her husband have now been married for Fifty (50) years. Quite remarkable in this day and age. The church holds many memories for me, but the memories that are precious to me are the friendships that we made, the places we camped, the fellowships at Mission Beach & Mission Bay playing Volleyball. Those friendships have stood the test of time.

Monday Window-2026.03.23

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

2026 CFFC: View from a car

Looking forward

(Through the Past)

Dan from No Facilities hosts the Fun Foto Challenge at and this week he is asking for our Views from a Car. I have chosen to take you on an adventure of Looking Forward while Venturing backwards in time to Past Views from a Windshield.

Let’s begin with the Current 2026 …

The View to the Carolina Speedway
Gastonia, North Carolina

2025 View in Charlotte, North Carolina …

Now to the Past Views from a Car …

2017 …

*Beautiful Views*
*while driving the*
*Blue Ridge Parkway* (NC)
*(taken from the passenger seat).*

2012 …

Now to Traverse even Further Back in Time …

1979 …

*Views while crossing*
*San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge*
*in California, USA*

1973 …

*Fixing to stop*
*at a*
*Texas Toll Booth*

1963 …

*Approaching the Toll Booth,*
*The Dallas/Fort Worth*
*Turnpike in Texas.*

Nowadays you don’t need to stop, due to the digital age they just capture your license plate & send you a bill.

Dan’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC)-View From a Car

Photo Credit: ©️1963-2026 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) and Deb L. Waters (aka me).

God Bless. Take an adventure. See some beautiful sights. Capture the Memories. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Cell Pic Sunday: 21 December

Throwback to 2020

Stumpy Pond
Adventure Road Entrance
Anne Springs Close Greenway

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John’s Cell Pic Sunday

Camera: Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max Wide Camera

Location: Prairie Loop; Adventure Road Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South 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 Sunday Stills: Windows – What Stories Lie Behind

“Every window tells a different story”.

If only I could hear some of the stories these windows could tell. I wish I could remember what it was like to gaze out these windows and watch the comings and goings of friends and family.

The above home is the first place I ever lived. If only I could know the stories those windows would tell if times long ago.

2912 1/2 ‘E’ Street
San Diego, California

“Bless those who see life through a different window and those who understand their view.”
— Unknown author

Through every Window in every home tells a chapter in the story of my journey through life.

The above home is the second home I lived in from the time I was two until the summer before I started kindergarten. That summer we moved to the home shown below. I loved looking through the windows and knew that excitement and adventure was awaiting me on the outside.

228 S. Meadowbrook Drive
San Diego, California

“The window is where curiosities meet. Insiders are curious about the outside, and outsiders are curious about the inside”.
— Author Unknown

Peeking through the curtains, watching and waiting with anticipation … wondering who will be dropping by … curiosity beckons me to the window.

6441 Birchwood Street
San Diego, California

“Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.”

— George Bernard Shaw

Grace Church San Diego
Formerly Known as Scott Memorial Baptist Church
4637 Oregon Street
San Diego, CA 92116

The many Windows in the church could tell a vast array of stories regarding the comings and goings of all who consider this like home and all its inhabitants like family. This church was almost like a second home spending every Sunday morning and evening, and every Wednesday night as well. Sometimes the rest of the week as well, in my youth many a day was spent with friends playing, connecting, conversing with each other like we couldn’t wait to hear the stories we knew these windows were hearing.

Terri’s Sunday Stills-Windows

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

2025 Numbers Game #92-214 (.30.09)

Judy from Life Lessons blog hosts a weekly photo challenge called The Numbers Game. This week’s number is 214. Her instructions for playing along are listed below …

To play along, go to your photos file and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find under that number and include a link to your blog in Judy’s  Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title.

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Here are my entries …

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Judy’s Numbers Game #92-214

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

Searching for Things (Here, There, and Beyond)

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge

Anne from Slow Shutter Speed is the host for this week’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge. She has chosen a unique theme of a Virtual Scavenger Hunt with several ideas for us to select from while searching for our “Scavenger” items.

Here are my “Scavenger Hunt” findings:

Ceramic Vase in The Huntington Library & Art Museum
San Marino, CA

Glass Display case with Keys & Locks
(A set of keys & Something glass)
New Braunfels Railroad Museum
New Braunfels, Texas

A Goat
(Something with green eyes)
Anne Springs Close Greenway
Fort Mill, SC

Lady shooting Pictures
(Something with a camera)
Cramerton, NC

Anne’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #363-Virtual Scavenger Hunt

God Bless. Have a funtastic week & fun Scavenging to find things to capture. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Silent Sunday: 31 August

Living Water Chapel
Westminster Park
Rock Hill, South Carolina

Silent Sunday-2025.08.31

Camera: Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Location: The Living Water Chapel; Westminster Park; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA

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

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