Funky punkins; mischievous munchkins. #Wordless Wednesday

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Linda Schaub

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

About Linda Schaub

This is my first blog and I enjoy writing each post immensely. I started a walking regimen in 2011 and in 2013 I decided to create a blog as a means of memorializing the people, places and things seen on my daily walks. I have always enjoyed people watching, so my blog is peppered with folks I meet or reflections of characters I have known through the years. Often something piques my interest, or evokes a pleasant memory from my memory bank, so this becomes a “slice o’ life” blog post. I respect and appreciate nature and my interactions with Mother Nature’s gifts is also a common theme. Sometimes the most-ordinary items become fodder for points to ponder over and touch upon. I retired in March 2024 after a career in the legal field. I was a legal secretary for almost 45 years, primarily working in downtown Detroit, then working from my home. I graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in Mass Communications (print journalism) in 1978, though I’ve never worked in that field. I would like to think this blog is the writer in me finally emerging!! Walking and writing have met, shaken hands and the creative juices are flowing in Walkin’, Writin’, Wit & Whimsy. I hope you think so too. - Linda Schaub
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33 Responses to Funky punkins; mischievous munchkins. #Wordless Wednesday

  1. Anne Mehrling says:
    November 18, 2020 at 6:40 am

    I enjoyed scrolling through the pumpkin pictures, and suddenly the squirrel munchkin filled the screen. He was looking straight at me, and I had to giggle. Fun!

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  2. Barbara Rodgers says:
    November 18, 2020 at 8:34 am

    Oh dear, this reminds me that it’s probably time to dispose of our pumpkin and gourds. Wouldn’t want the local squirrels sneering at our messy garden. 🙂

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      November 18, 2020 at 6:27 pm

      Ha ha – the squirrels likely would finish them up for you to be honest. Marge, my former next-door neighbor, told me of a place about five miles from here where people threw their pumpkins into a field and there was a herd of deer that used to feast on them. The herd was near a wooded area, but after Halloween would come close to the highway to look for pumpkins when people started tossing them into the field. But that said, we drove there a few times but never saw any deer.

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  3. Ally Bean says:
    November 18, 2020 at 10:40 am

    Ha! Nice photos, especially the squirrel trying to look like he’s not guilty at all.

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      November 18, 2020 at 6:34 pm

      Thanks Ally – we had that heat wave and some pumpkins looked like they melted just like the Wicked Witch of the West and others, thanks to the squirrels, looked more gruesome. Yes, the squirrel was wearing a defiant look, though he was 100% guilty.

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  4. Sandra J says:
    November 18, 2020 at 12:39 pm

    I saw a few pumpkins this year that the squirrels got into. They don’t have a chance, the pumpkins. 🙂

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      November 18, 2020 at 6:50 pm

      Ha ha – no, you are right about that Sandra. Those squirrels bite into the whole pumpkins before they are even carved. I’ve seen them pulling the Indian corn right off the corn husk stalks where they are attached. They keep destroying things, sometimes pulling the entire kit and kaboodle down altogether.

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  5. incahootswithmuddyboots says:
    November 18, 2020 at 8:15 pm

    Fabulous collection of photos! 😊

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  6. AnnMarie R stevens says:
    November 18, 2020 at 9:29 pm

    Miss Linda………………………………….Now I know who THE “mischievous munchkin” is!!

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  7. Tofino Photography says:
    November 18, 2020 at 11:37 pm

    In that first picture….is that what happens when you take Mr.Pumpkin’s dentures out?

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  8. indianeskitchen says:
    November 19, 2020 at 10:12 am

    Those pumpkins are creepy! I laughed out loud at the squirrel!

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  9. Laurie says:
    November 19, 2020 at 7:54 pm

    Oh, no! Those pumpkins ARE funky! I bet the squirrels will have a field day with them if they get a chance.

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      November 19, 2020 at 9:45 pm

      That heat wave did the first one in – he reminded me of the Wicked Witch of the West in the “Wizard of Oz” just melting away. The squirrels are into all the carved pumpkins the next day and don’t waste any time. If you put your carved pumpkins out too early before Halloween, the squirrels will likely ravage it.

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  10. singlikewildflowers says:
    November 20, 2020 at 2:15 am

    Too funny!! The first one cracked me up. How it feels for COVID year.
    And I did not know that squirrels got into craved pumpkins, although that should’ve been obvious. Squirrels get into vegetable gardens and food left outside. They had a feast on those pumpkins and even posed mischievously for the camera. Love the squirrel-tude!

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      November 20, 2020 at 8:13 pm

      Yes, a COVID-year pumpkin for sure Esther! Squirrels love pumpkins and I watched a squirrel last year take apart a homeowners front yard display … he bit a couple of pumpkins and gnawed through hunks and then climbed up the cornstalks and tore down the dry stalks, ate the Indian corn, knocked over the pumpkins. They are cute, but really mischievous sometimes. People leave the empty pumpkins after Halloween and the squirrels eat them so you see faceless pumpkins … kind of funny to see them climb right on in.

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      • singlikewildflowers says:
        November 25, 2020 at 11:54 pm

        hahaha, true, squirrels can be mischievous when it comes to food! Sometimes a neighborhood squirrel will jump on our window sill and sniff around. It gives us all a fright because they are so quick. One time a squirrel darted towards Ellis and we all screamed. lol.
        Leaving pumpkins out is a great idea! Squirrels eat to their heart’s delight and the pumpkin doesn’t go to waste. Yes, the faceless pumpkins were hilarious and I especially liked the first picture with the carved pumpkin falling into itself.

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      • Linda Schaub says:
        November 26, 2020 at 5:19 pm

        The squirrels here (probably everywhere) get into everything, invited or not. 🙂 Lots of people around here used to take their old pumpkins after Halloween to a rural area where a herd of deer lived and the deer fed on them. That made sense too – people are so preoccupied now with this pandemic, that they just keep things simple and let the squirrels have them.

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  11. Joni says:
    November 20, 2020 at 10:30 pm

    Those pumpkins are looking scary!

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  12. Prior... says:
    November 30, 2020 at 12:10 am

    wow – the heat really did a number on the pumpkins – and I love the ending squirrel shot – haha

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