Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.
Linda Schaub
FIFTY FAVORITE PARK PHOTOS
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- Parker noshin’ nuts
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- Fox Squirrel
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- Black Squirrel
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- Parker, my Park cutie!
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- Pekin Duck
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- Mallard Hybrid Duck
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- Midnight munchin’ nuts
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- Mute Swan
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- Goslings
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- Mama Robin
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- Seagulls on ice floe
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- Great Blue Heron
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- Parker chowin’ down
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- Mallard Duck
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- Northern Cardinal
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- Great Blue Heron (“Harry”) fishing for shad
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- Parker: shameless begging
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- Viceroy Butterfly
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- Great Blue Heron
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- American Goldfinch
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- Seagull
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- Robin baby (not fledged yet)
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- Mallard Ducks
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- Robins almost ready to fledge
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- Parker angling for peanuts
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- Robin fledgling
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- Parker making a point that he wants peanuts
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- Parker smells peanuts
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- Parker with a peanut
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- Red-Winged Blackbird
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- Seagull
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- Red-Bellied Woodpecker
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- Pekin Duck
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- Starling
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- Canada Geese family
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- Canada Goose and goslings
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- Red-Winged Blackbird
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- Parker says candy is dandy.
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- Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
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- American Goldfinch
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- Hunny Bunny
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- Parker looking for peanuts
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- The pier just past sunrise
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- Mute Swan
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- Parker in the snow
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- Parker and a treat
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- Great Blue Heron
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- Me and my shadow (a/k/a Parker)
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- Fox Squirrel
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- Seagull
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- Canada Goose
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- Mallard Ducks
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- Mute Swan
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- Fox Squirrel – Parker
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- Northern Cardinal
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BADGES
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- 02-02-2018
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- 03-13-2018
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- 03-25-2018
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- 03-26-2018
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- Year #6!! 02/2019
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- 04-13-2019
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- 11-21-19
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Linda Schaub
WALKIN', WRITIN', WIT & WHIMSY 
So nice weather!
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Today was very warm – it got up to 57 (13 C) but was very foggy. You could not even see two car lengths ahead you. I stayed inside. Plus rain. Bizarre weather indeed.
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Thanks!
What the two car length ahead you? What ? I can’t understand.
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Hi rajkkhoja – for driving purposes, if fog is bad (like you are driving through a cloud), often the conditions are classified by how many car lengths ahead of you that you can see safely.
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Yes, when foggy weather then the car drive distance between the two car 🚗 .
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Yes, always!
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Keep your feet warm and one feels toasty. Roller Coaster weather time.
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I agree with you there Peggy. I hate when it is sunny and cold out and you’re enjoying yourself, but your toes and fingers are tingling so bad, you have to go inside or wait in the car awhile to unfreeze. Our weather got to 57 today, after an extremely foggy start and rain a good part of the day. At least there’s no shoveling. I hope the tornadoes are nowhere near you.
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Well 57 degrees is a good day for you. We had a couple of 70 degree days, but today it is back in the 50s.
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Crazy weather for sure Peggy – as long as we both keep the dangerous weather at bay. It seems like so many states are battling unusual weather right now.
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You need sherpa from head to toes!
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Yes, especially last week. A couple of years ago I bought a pair of those Bernie Sanders-like mittens that everyone was talking about after the inauguration. So my fingers are toasty, even if my hands look like they belong to Nanook of the North.
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Christmas present to yourself? Looks like it will keep you nice and warm!
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Yes it was as a matter of fact Barbara! All very warm and comfy for the depths of Winter. I have my Bernie Sanders mittens I bought after they became an internet sensation after the inauguration. We have a store in Michigan’s U.P. that creates upcycled sweater mittens (and other woolen hats/scarves/mittens) and they are really warm. So I’m good to go unless my toes get too cold.
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I thought your snow hat was a cupcake, Linda. Guess I’m still getting over my overindulgence in Christmas goodies! Happy New Year!
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I can see how you could think that Dave – it’s hard to step away from those Christmas goodies. I turned the hat inside out to show the sherpa lining. My head is toasty! Happy New Year to you as well Dave!
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Freezing rain here today ! Ugh, I would rather have snow. Most of our snow is gone and after that big blizzard that went through it’s surprising.
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Oh, I hate freezing rain and if it gets cold, you’ve got it around for awhile. We had some extreme fog today. And more rain – ugh. Yes, at least you can shovel away the snow. That warm weather melted our snow, but you had a lot more than we did, so I’m surprised it melted that fast. Too bad it isn’t gone for good!
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Those fashionable duds will certainly keep you warm while you are accumulating the miles in 2023. This morning, I ran in capri tights and a long-sleeved tech shirt. I was so warm, I had to take a cold shower afterward to cool down! Yay for temperatures in the 60s in January. One more day toward spring.
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Yes, they do Laurie … so I’ll stay toasty while walking. I’ve never seen sherpa-lined pants before, so I had to try them out. Amazing weather and who would think you could be running in clothes you wear in Spring or Fall in the first week of January? We had fog so thick you could barely see across the street and rain as well. Thankfully, there are lots of days left to fulfill my goal, so it was a nice break.
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Linda………………………I felt warm just reading todays blog……………………..I’ve seen several men wearing shorts yesterday and today……………………..
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I was toasty when I wore those clothes Ann Marie, but now I don’t need them until the next Polar Vortex or cold weather streak comes along. There was a guy who used to walk at the Park and he only wore pants on the coldest days in Winter, otherwise shorts paired with a Winter jacket as he said his legs got hot!
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I’ve been looking for a new lined winter hat and yours looks very warm! Where did you get it?
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I bought it at Meijer, which is kind of like a Walmart in that they sell everything, just not as big a store as Walmart. So I saw the sherpa lining and thought it would be really warm. It is warm – almost too warm sometimes as I have long hair! If only I could find sherpa socks – I see them as sherpa slipper socks, but not just plain socks which is too bad. A good place to look is in the men’s section for working outdoors. This is a woman’s hat but I’ve bought wool hats for men before.
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Sherpa socks would be lovely. I find most women’s hats have a pompom on the top, and I hate pompoms.
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This hat has a fur pompom on it. I don’t generally buy a hat with pompoms either because if they’re heavy enough, the hat keeps sagging backwards while it’s on. The trapper hats are really warm – I got one a few years ago to wear when I wear my hood up … but having the hood up bugs me when walking as I don’t see what is going on around me.
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I haven’t seen the sun for so very long! Geesh! 🙄
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I know – we have some sunny days next week finally Tom, so hope it is the same for you. We’re not having any cold weather until the last week of the month which is fine with me.
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The sun was out for a time today here! Yay!!! 🙂
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You lucked out Tom! We had fog and “snizzle” (snow/drizzle).
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Other than the cold snap I will take this weather in January any time!
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I forgot, your Sherpa looks so warm and soft Linda!
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It is Diane and now I have to look for sherpa socks. They sell them, but just the kind with the skids on the bottom to wear like slippers.
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Oh me too Diane. Finally the rain/fog/sleet is done so I can get back to walking again. That brutal cold snap was something else and I just got my DTE (gas/electric) bill today and it was $150.00. I have never had a bill that high – ever. That was from December 5th to January 4th … I did crank my furnace up to 73 for four days over the Christmas holiday weekend, but I have a small house. That blew me away!
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Linda, when I was a service person for the gas company here and I talked to customers that complained about a high bill I asked if they raised their thermostat. When they said yes I told them for every degree they raised it, it added 3% to their bill. So if you raised it by 4 degrees for 4 days, you increased your bill by 12% on each of those days. So in addition to the cold, you increased it by raising the thermostat. I also asked them if they changed their furnace filter, another reason for higher bills. I hope this helps.
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Thank you for that info Diane – boy I didn’t know that, but the rest of the time I keep it at 71 … I would keep it lower but I sit here in one place for work, then into the evening for social media or blogging. I am sitting in one place for 10-11 hours, so it gets cold. As for the furnace filter, I have a high efficiency furnace and just had it checked and a new filter put in the end of October. Supposedly you only have to change it every four months, but I do it at three months. That really amazed me though!
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Feels like -24º!! Oh I do not like seeing that. Ours was about the same on that day though. Your hat is adorable– and warm I trust.
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Oh Ally – that weekend was brutal! I got my electrical/gas bill today and it was $150.00 – I have never paid that much for one bill. I raised the heat to 73 for four days and I have a small house. I hope that was the one and only brutal weather event we get this season. Time will tell what happens to bushes and flowers. I lost my entire butterfly garden from the 2013-2014 Polar Vortex. Thank you – I got it at Meijer and it is very warm and toasty!
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So cozy looking!! I feel your pain, it’s been SO cold!
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Stay warm Linda!! Those warm duds will hopefully keep you comfortable on your outings. And your title!! I love it.
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I hope it does not get to -24 any time soon Esther – yikes! I love trying to think of fun titles – wait til you see this week’s Wordless Wednesday. 🙂
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I would definitely wear these if I lived in your climate. “Feels like -24”????? Holy cow!
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It was a brutal weekend Janis, part of that Bomb Cyclone which we experienced at Christmastime. I am glad that does not happen very often around here. I hope you are faring well in all the rain that California is having. I saw some photos and videos of Santa Barbara – how devastating, plus people were told to evacuate – how terrible.
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We aren’t getting as much rain where I am. Friends up north are bracing themselves for more.
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That’s good – I hope it lets up soon before there is any more damage.
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Every now and then, being late pays off. There is a big snow storm today so this topic is perfect.
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You’re right JP – we had a snow storm too, 5.5 inches of wet, heavy snow here and I read about your “lightning snow” and “thunder snow” you experienced today. We’ve had that before, not today though.
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Hi Linda – this is a fun post and even though I am late – had to chime in as we went from an 18 degree day to high 50s!
Crazy but I will take it
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Glad you liked it Yvette and that sherpa is wonderful for layering up in Winter. Our weather is crazy as well. Saturday morning I went to take pictures of a Winter Festival and the ice sculptures. It was 16 degrees with a “real feel” of 0 and 18 mph winds. I may have been gung ho about the idea, but I ended up just going to the canal at Elizabeth Park and taking pictures of the geese and ducks on the ice floes in the canal. Fifteen minutes and my fingers were number despite two pair of gloves!
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brrrrrrrr
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