Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.
Linda Schaub
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Linda Schaub
- Who is that masked man, er … raccoon? #Wordless Wednesday #My new furry friend at the Park – NOT!
- “Spring is sprung. The grass is riz. I wonder where the birdies is?” ~ Anonymous
- Bewildered and bedraggled Snowdrops. Angry Robin bemoaning frozen worms. #Wordless Wednesday #Weary from Winter #3 years of Wordless Wednesdays for me!
- Ahh – Spring arrives today!
- Why a Duck? Why not a Seagull? #Wordless Wednesday #Marx (Bros.) Madness!
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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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WALKIN', WRITIN', WIT & WHIMSY 
Cute! I’m certainly ready for Spring
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Thanks – I think he was waving in a subtle kind of way. 🙂 Oh me too Jeanine … we are having another Arctic Blast tonight with real-feel temps going to -7 (-21C) – yikes!
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Uargh … I spent one winter in Crawford County, PA, South of Erie. No one needs that kind of weather! (It certainly was pretty though.) It’s amazing how much snow can come down in one night!
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I agree with you Jeanine – snow can be pretty and peaceful, but after it falls, it gets dirty and slops all over the place and in general is a pain. I grew up in Canada and we used to get some bad snowstorms. We lived on the bend of the curved street and the wind and snow would be whipping around and overnight would cover my father’s VW Beetle and it would look like an igloo sitting in the driveway when he came out to go to work in the morning.
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Aww that is adorable. I love bees!!
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Me too Ari – I wish it was “bee time” here – we have an Arctic-like cold spell, tomorrow morning a “real feel” of -7F (-21 C). We had a similar deep freeze at Christmastime; I hope my roses and bushes/trees make it.
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Good pun!
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Thanks Anne! A morning smile for everyone! I wish it was “bee time” now here in SE Michigan. We are going to -7 “real feel” tonight. Our groundhog is a better prognosticator than Phil and said we get an early Spring – hope she is correct!
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He bee climbing up the bloom, Linda. If you’d captured a video, I’d expect his next move to be a throw of a tiny rope, followed by a swing to a higher spot.
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He bee pretty agile Dave, bee-bopping all over that bloom. This was my favorite pose. I like that idea … throw him a line and see where he/she ends up!
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A very yellow shot!
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Yes Kate – I wish it was that yellow outside now. We are going to a real feel of -7 tonight. Ugh! But our groundhog, a female named “Woody the Woodchuck” did not see her shadow so we have an early Spring.
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I like your woodchuck. Our’s saw his shadow so…
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Maybe we could loan you ours who has a better prediction rate than yours. 🙂 She’s wrong about today though – it’s frigid even in the house as I write this.
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I just love bumble bees. And I can’t wait until they come out, then I will know spring is coming! We are having a bitter cold spell this week, I think it’s supposed to go to -34 Celsius come Friday. Ugh
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I’m counting the days too Susan. It cannot come soon enough. Wow – I thought our temps were cold … we will be going to -7 F (-21 C). That is really bitter cold for you. I will run out and start the car and run it a few minutes in the garage Friday morning and scurry back in again. I have been walking at the Park the last few days but they never plowed the walking path and we had freezing rain twice since last Wednesday’s heavy snowfall so I walk on the crunchy snow – no joy in the journey. Ugh.
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Oh yes, the bee is waving at you. Why wouldn’t he be, being a bee?
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He bee a friendly bee for sure Ally. It was enjoying its flower. I wish I was whining about the hot day when I took that shot, instead of whining about this bitter cold.
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I think that bee IS waving at you. One fo my favorite types of photos is some kind of bug on a wildflower. This one checks all the boxes. So cool!
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I am glad you concur Laurie. 🙂 How cute it was doing that, instead of just sitting there enjoying that plant! I like coming home with photos with a bee or bug embedded in the flowers that I never noticed when I took the photo – what a treat to find that.
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Sure looks like he is waving at you! You’re making me long for my first bee sighting of the spring. 🙂
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I am glad you agree Barbara – I didn’t notice it so much there as when I saw the image on the screen and then I had to smile. I am looking forward to my first bee sighting this Spring as well. Our Michigan woodchuck “Woody” predicted an early Spring, same as one of the meteorologists. Happy for that as we’re going to -7 “real feel” tonight.
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-6°F (-20°F real feel) predicted for tonight. Temperature has already gone down 12° since I got up this morning a couple of hours ago. Yikes! But it’s supposed to be a very brief blast of cold and will start warming up tomorrow afternoon. By Sunday should be back to the mild temperatures we’ve been having.
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Wow – you are having what we had last night/this morning. I know I won’t last here too long again tonight with the cold here in the kitchen. A draft is coming from somewhere, maybe the cupboards which doors are all open, but even with the heat cranked up and heavy clothes, it is very cold and I’ve been sitting here for hours and hours due to work. Our Sunday is promising too and it will be 47 on Tuesday with rain! I hope it melts the icy ruts on the pathway at the Park since they didn’t plow it. I have been hearing about New Hampshire’s Mount Washington setting a record for cold and wind velocity (-100 windchill and 100+ mph winds) – just incredible!
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True that!
Nature be amazing indeed!
And I see the wave
Such a fun photo for a snowy day
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Glad you saw the wave too Yvette! I was glad that bee was all about business, getting that pollen dust on its toes, yet it stopped to say “hi” … we need a fun photo given this wintry weather!
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🙂☀️
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Beautiful climbing bee up the boom. So nice & love the bee pic. Lovely yellow flower. I like, Linda!
Really the Nature be amazing indeed!
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Thank you rajkkhoja! That was a lucky shot as I didn’t see the bee “waving” when I took the photo, but saw it on the screen when I saw the image on the computer screen. Nature sure is amazing sometimes.
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Thank you, Linda!
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Thank goodness for bees. 🙂 And Roundup is evil!
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Yes, for more than just honey too Tom. I sure hope we don’t drive ’em all off the planet with Roundup. The owners at the alpaca farm where I visit sometimes used to raise bees and sell the honey at the store on the premises. I was there once and one of the owners said he would show me how he takes the honey off the comb – there was very little honey and as he pulled out the tray with the honeycomb, there were dead bees stuck all over it. He told me it was the second year that happened – no more bees for him as the farmers were spraying their fields with pesticide nearby and the bees ingested it and died.
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Yes, it is like that around here too. My neighbor’s son, who is a farmer, was telling me about how Roundup added more ingredients in order to kill even more insects than before. 🙄 Many humans are insane nuts!
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That’s terrible Tom. It was lethal enough to begin with and the lawsuits for human fatalities should tell the farmers not to use it on their crops. As we discussed in comments on your butterfly post a few weeks ago, we might as well enjoy the butterflies now – who knows how long they will be around? The birds must wonder what is going on with the weather – Sunday was 40 degrees warmer than Saturday.
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It’s fun to see the pollen coating their legs as they move along. Clever title and a great photo! 😍
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Yes, especially as they wade through ragweed, lots of pollen on that flower which is always so vibrant!
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Yes, indeed!!
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Yes that bee is a’wavin, and happy spring is close, Linda! Great capture!
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Thanks Terri! I thought he/she was pretty friendly and was a nice surprise to see this image on the screen as I didn’t notice it when I took the photo.
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I like your title and the caption!
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Thank you Joni! I think it is a definite wave. What a cooperative bee!
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Bees are such hard workers! I am so happy when I see them buzzing from bloom to bloom.
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I know – I agree with you Janis. A sunny day, some beautiful blooms and a bee buzzing about. Nice Summer memories, a season which can never come soon enough!
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Where would the human race be without the bees? They’re definitely looking after us and trying to get us to change our ways.
Lovely capture, Linda.
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Yes, I agree Hugh. I hope we do change our ways and plant more gardens and use less pesticide to preserve the bees for many years to come. Glad you liked the photo. I did not realize the bee had its leg in the air until I saw it on the screen.
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A lovely sign of spring. 😊
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Pepper, I know it – Winter lasts for way too long and seeing this bee and ragweed makes me long for warm weather!
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Great capture! Perfect timing. I still remember that cute chipmunk looking at you. lol.
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Thank you Esther! I thought he was waving and it couldn’t bee because I was toting bee treats. 🙂 (I have a crazy effect on critters.)
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You do!! It’s a gift.
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That made my day Esther!
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That makes me happy to hear 🙂 🙂
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The bumblebees will be out before we know it.
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Just like you JP, I, too, am looking forward to those sunny days with bees buzzing about. I hope these wintry storms have not impacted you – I saw that your state had some recent bad weather.
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We got wind and rain, but it has been pretty warm here.
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Good – I thought parts of Indiana were in line for a tornado, so that’s good you were not in the bullseye. Warmth I can handle!
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