#Pickin’ and grinnin’. #Wordless Wednesday #Morning Ablution.

Posted on June 2, 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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34 Responses to #Pickin’ and grinnin’. #Wordless Wednesday #Morning Ablution.

  1. Ally Bean says:
    June 2, 2021 at 9:14 am

    That green head is so shiny. Great photos as usual. Happy Wednesday

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  2. AnnMarie R stevens says:
    June 2, 2021 at 5:09 pm

    Miss Linda……………………………..you are so creative in story telling even with just your photos…………..and thank you for taking the time to wait for Mr. Mallard to take his bath!

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  3. Rebecca says:
    June 2, 2021 at 6:30 pm

    Looks like a pretty day for Mr. Duck to preen. Nice photos, Linda!

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  4. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog says:
    June 2, 2021 at 9:27 pm

    Oh, that head! I am green with envy. (Well, i wish i was green with envy.)

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  5. Joni says:
    June 2, 2021 at 11:03 pm

    Such clear photos Linda……you must have had the zoom on! It’s such an interesting shade of green.

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      June 3, 2021 at 8:10 pm

      Thank you Joni – yes I did have the big camera with the long lens and this was at Heritage Park about a month ago. I watched the bath routine and the follow-up preen. I thought this Mallard looked pleased with its appearance, even gazing at its reflection in the water.

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      • Joni says:
        June 3, 2021 at 10:52 pm

        Ha! Actually I was going to add that exactly – he did looked quite pleased with himself! Preening about his greening head dress!

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      • Linda Schaub says:
        June 4, 2021 at 7:55 pm

        Yes, the “smile” and I swear it was/is a smile in that picture. In the next month, they’ll start moulting and have bare spots all over and look very mottled looking. I saw some large goose feathers at the Park this morning so soon the geese will be moving to another venue as they can’t fly, so they go by the Creek down to the Detroit River until their flight feathers grow back.

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  6. ruthsoaper says:
    June 3, 2021 at 5:06 am

    That last picture looks like he was posing just for you. 🙂 Hope you had a great Wednesday and Happy Thursday Linda!

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  7. Shelley@QuaintRevival.com says:
    June 3, 2021 at 6:56 am

    What a handsome charmer you found! Nice photos, Linda!

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  8. Dave says:
    June 4, 2021 at 10:28 am

    “Ablution”… I learned a new word today – thanks!

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      June 4, 2021 at 8:11 pm

      You’re welcome Dave. My boss used to say that word when he came into work in the morning: “I’ve had my morning ablution and am ready to take on the day.” I think I mentioned he’s a wordsmith and loves to use sometimes odd or archaic words. [I am very behind in Reader and I know I am two behind with your Thursday posts – we had a computer malfunction with our e-mail at work and lost data and our ability to use e-mail for over a week and are still recovering. It necessitated some weekend time and evening time for me, so I’m eight days behind, but will catch up eventually.]

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  9. Laurie says:
    June 4, 2021 at 3:21 pm

    Ha! A guy has to look well-groomed. You caught him in the act.

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      June 4, 2021 at 8:16 pm

      He was getting all spiffed up for Saturday night date night. He reminded me of cowboys, like in the mini-series “Lonesome Dove” (and I also read and enjoyed the book immensely). On Saturday night the cowboys had a bath in one of those tubs with the claw feet and then went to town to look for ladies. My grandmother had one of those bathtubs. I’m going to write about it one time – her one indulgence while she was working, was lavender bath salts when she got home from work. I liked that tub though it took up 3/4s of the bathroom.

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  10. indianeskitchen says:
    June 5, 2021 at 1:18 am

    Don’t you just love their colors? Beautiful pictures Linda!

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  11. Tofino Photography says:
    June 6, 2021 at 3:06 am

    your picture taking is improving Linda!

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  12. Janis @ RetirementallyChallenged.com says:
    June 7, 2021 at 1:22 pm

    Just like I MUST moo when I see cows, I am equally compelled to quack when I see ducks. This handsome fella had me quacking 🙂

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