Seagull Yoga #Wordless Wednesday #Wanna join me? #Downward Dog is for the birds!

Posted on May 26, 2021 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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37 Responses to Seagull Yoga #Wordless Wednesday #Wanna join me? #Downward Dog is for the birds!

  1. J P says:
    May 26, 2021 at 5:51 am

    That first shot with the bird that seems to grin would make a great meme – it’s just waiting for the right caption. 😀

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  2. mattsnyder1970 says:
    May 26, 2021 at 6:47 am

    expressive, great shots

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  3. Margy says:
    May 26, 2021 at 10:36 am

    They are really quite colourful in a black and white way!

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      May 26, 2021 at 8:43 pm

      I think so too Margy and their expressions, sometimes deadpan, sometimes quizzical, always make me laugh. I follow a UK blogger and he these pictures of Black-Headed Terns he takes at a bird sanctuary. They look very unusual.

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  4. Anne Mehrling says:
    May 26, 2021 at 10:55 am

    I laughed at the expression of the gull in the top photo. All were great shots.

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  5. Ally Bean says:
    May 26, 2021 at 12:15 pm

    The detail on the bird’s beak is amazing. You take great photos.

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  6. AJ says:
    May 26, 2021 at 11:27 pm

    You sure do get amazing photos!

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      May 28, 2021 at 6:57 pm

      Thanks AJ – one plus from my walking regimen was starting to take photos for the blog and it was a hobby at one time when I still had the 35mm camera but I kind of got away from it over the years. I saw this seagull doing that and a little bell went off in my head “I’ll do a post and call it seagull yoga.”

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  7. Laurie says:
    May 27, 2021 at 8:38 pm

    That seagull IS a yogi! It reminds me of when my dog Benji used to do down dog with me when I did yoga at home. I miss that!

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      May 28, 2021 at 7:22 pm

      Isn’t that incredible? I knew when I saw this seagull that it was a Wordless Wednesday post and what I’d call it. This seagull seemed to move in slow motion … yes downward dog by a bird. That would have been cute Benji doing yoga with you – poor little guy. It will soon be about a year already.

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  8. AnnMarie stevens says:
    May 27, 2021 at 10:26 pm

    Linda……………………………………………..Ha Ha cute………………………………..

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  9. indianeskitchen says:
    May 29, 2021 at 1:00 am

    That seagull does better yoga than me! Oh wait, I don’t do yoga! 🤣

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      May 29, 2021 at 9:41 pm

      That seagull does better than me too Diane! After I took a tumble in a snowbank in the Winter, a fellow blogger told me her doctor recommended a yoga tape and gave me the name. I ordered the DVD from Amazon and have not looked at it yet.

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  10. Barbara Rodgers says:
    May 29, 2021 at 10:19 am

    I love the expression on the first one’s face! The yoga poses are inspiring. 😉 Great photos, Linda!

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  11. Joni says:
    May 30, 2021 at 12:07 am

    They are very photogenic! Hope you are having a good weekend Linda……today was perfect…..a bit cool but great for doing yardwork. Hope you got out some.

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      May 30, 2021 at 10:39 pm

      I think they’re photogenic too Joni. They have these facial expressions sometimes when they look at you. I love this cooler weather – it was perfect for working outside on a big project. Who wears a heavy sweatshirt with a tee-shirt under that on the 30th of May?

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  12. Amorina Rose says:
    May 30, 2021 at 12:31 am

    as always, I love your pics.

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      May 30, 2021 at 10:37 pm

      Thank you Barbara. That seagull’s poses got my brain gears clicking while I was watching it and taking pictures and I knew it would be a fun post about a seagull doing yoga. 🙂

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  13. Shelley@QuaintRevival.com says:
    May 30, 2021 at 3:56 pm

    Very clever to take the yoga route with the bird photos. That first shot makes me smile too. Nice job, Linda!

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  14. Janis @ RetirementallyChallenged.com says:
    May 31, 2021 at 1:56 pm

    You’ve taken a cute series of photos. It’s hard to look at them and not imagine what that little bird brain is thinking. Good job!

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      May 31, 2021 at 9:12 pm

      Thanks Janis … I am always hopeful when I go down to the Detroit River boardwalk that a seagull will happen by so I can get a few fun shots to use in my blog. This seagull looks a little exasperated with me in the first shot. 🙂

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  15. singlikewildflowers says:
    June 1, 2021 at 3:35 am

    This Seagull has attitude and agile poses!

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  16. Dave says:
    June 6, 2021 at 11:35 am

    Have you even entered your photos in a contest, Linda? That first one is just sayin’ to the judges, “Choose ME!”

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      June 6, 2021 at 7:10 pm

      Thank you for saying that Dave. I have not entered any pictures with the DSLR which I use on the weekends (the rest of the time on my daily walks, I use a digital compact with 12X zoom). But years ago when I used to travel, I had a 35mm camera and entered a contest through the travel group I went with. I always traveled solo, but hooked up with a travel group at the start of the tour. For that trip, I went on a 3-week Scandinavian and Russia tour and I entered an ordinary-looking milk cow in front of a quaint, but typical, Swedish home. It looked peaceful and it won first prize, plus they used it in the Maupintour brochures for that trip. I was ecstatic. I think seagulls are so expressive. I like that first picture too. The picture that I won the prize is in this long post – if you scroll near the end, you’ll see it. The cow was even smirking! A few pictures down is a butterfly on a coneflower that was in our local newspaper. My fifteen minutes of fame!

      Tuesday Musings.

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