Proceeding at a snail’s pace! #Wordless Wednesday #Must. Do. Better!

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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47 Responses to Proceeding at a snail’s pace! #Wordless Wednesday #Must. Do. Better!

  1. Anne says:

    Great pictures.

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  2. He’s kind of cute! I hope he made it wherever he was trying to go…

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    • Linda Schaub says:

      I know! I hope no one stepped on him. Unbelievably, I have never seen a snail with a shell, just slugs in the garden. I was walking on the path at Council Point Park last Sunday when the sun was gleaming on its shell and I noticed it.

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  3. Beautiful shell!

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  4. I wonder how many steps he gets in a day–not as many as you in any case, Linda! Cute shot!

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  5. trumstravels says:

    Snails are pretty cute little guys! (and gals lol )

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    • Linda Schaub says:

      My first time for seeing a snail Susan! I’ve seen plenty of slugs, but this guy (or gal) crossed my path at the Park last Sunday and its shell was gleaming in the sun … glad I didn’t step on it!

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  6. AnnMarie R stevens says:

    Miss Linda………………………….Even beautiful snails get things done and go places!!

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    • Linda Schaub says:

      You’re right Ann Marie. This snail, the first one I’ve seen, was crossing the perimeter path at Council Point Park last Sunday. I’m glad its shell was gleaming in the sunshine, so it caught my attention and I didn’t step on it! I took the pictures of it, then waited until it disappeared into the grass and it was safe.

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      • AnnMarie R stevens says:

        Miss Linda…………………………..WOW ………………………….I didn’t realize that you actually just took that beautiful large snail recently

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      • Linda Schaub says:

        Yes, it is a beauty isn’t it? It was slinking across the perimeter path toward the Creek on the Wyandotte side of Council Point Park last Sunday morning. I couldn’t believe how big it was!

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  7. rajkkhoja says:

    So beautiful you capture 🐌 snail. These are everywhere made. I like. You always new thing capture and Post.
    Thanks, Linda 🤠

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  8. Prior... says:

    Linda, this is a striking picture with the details and rich colors you captured
    As beautiful as it is – I do not like snails because they can destroy plants and they also carry many diseases.
    and glad you did not step on it – !

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    • Linda Schaub says:

      Yvette – glad you liked these colors. I like the perfect design on the shell. I was lucky this snail crossed my path and I’ve never seen a snail before, just plenty of slugs. I was looking ahead and the sun was gleaming on its shell, or I would not have noticed it on the perimeter path at the Park.

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      • Prior... says:

        oh the sun seems to have lent a helping hand for this beautiful discovery and photo (and no escargot for me – blah)

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      • Linda Schaub says:

        I like the filtered sun for pics, but this ray of sun worked wonders on this snail shell Yvette. I don’t like escargot either. The friends of the family I visited in Puerto Rico in 1973, I spent three weeks traveling with them in Spain the following year. We went to a lot of small towns and ate at places with unique food and Werner and Alfonsa loved seafood. I tried many things (to be adventurous, but also to be polite) that I didn’t really want to know what they were. One sticks out in my mind and I said “no” and passed on a bouillabaisse. I took a look at that soup with the fish heads and clam shells bobbing around in it and just had bread instead. 🙂

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      • Prior... says:

        Some of that food sounds like culture shock

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      • Linda Schaub says:

        Yes, not my cup of tea at all. We were at my grandmother’s house once and my aunt, who lived upstairs, had a friend who cooked up an octopus stew. I had been out at the Royal Winter Fair all day and came home starving. I was handed a bowl and told to taste it. It would have been nice if my mom or grandmother would have told me what it was but they were engrossed in conversation in the other room so maybe they weren’t privy to the ingredients. It was a tomato base, spicy and quite good actually, but then poking my spoon through it I saw “suckers” and said “what is this?” I did not feel well after that and I have always had a cast iron stomach.

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      • Prior... says:

        Wow – quite an experience

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  9. Wow! When/where did you see the snail? I agree with Yvette’s comments, very striking photos. The snails I’ve seen in our town aren’t as pretty as that one. This week is going at a snail’s pace… 🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌

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  10. Sandra J says:

    How fun is this photo, I have a post coming up with a snail in it as well but its shell looks completely different. We are on the same page this month with photos 🙂

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    • Linda Schaub says:

      I was at Council Point Park last Sunday and saw something gleaming on the perimeter path and it was the snail’s shell. First time I’ve ever seen a snail, maybe those tiny dark brown ones in dirt, but nothing like this. Yes, we are on the same page with our photos – how often do you see a heron and/or a goose on the rooftop. I remember you had a post once showing shells you had collected.

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      • Sandra J says:

        Just once I saw a goose in a tree, it landed on a very large branch. 😊

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      • Linda Schaub says:

        Funny you say that Sandra as I was at Council Point Park years ago and saw my first heron. It flew up in a tree. I’d never seen a heron or egret anywhere but wading in the water or flying. I stood there gazing at it, trying to figure if I could get a photo of it and all the time a police vehicle (SUV) was behind me on the asphalt walking path. They go there occasionally to ensure nothing is going on … I never heard or saw the vehicle or the officer and when I did, I nearly jumped out of my skin. I mouthed “I’m sorry to him”and he rolled down the window and said he hoped I got a good picture. 🙂

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  11. Ally Bean says:

    Fun photos. It’s amazing how the coloring and swirls of that snail remind me of shells on a FL beach.

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    • Linda Schaub says:

      Glad you liked the photos Ally. I thought its shell was very pretty and the shiny shell was gleaming in the sun or I might not have noticed it crossing the perimeter path at the Park. Those antennae make it look a bit alien looking.

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  12. J P says:

    I feel a little sluggish. And if anyone asks what’s that thing on his back, I can tell you: escargot.

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  13. So pretty! Sounds like my life. Lol

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  14. Joni says:

    Good shot! I can’t say I’ve ever seen a snail up close before! You have such varied creatures.

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    • Linda Schaub says:

      Thanks Joni! I’ve seen pictures of snails, but I have never actually seen one. It was pretty with that shell with the swirly design and just slinking along across the perimeter path at Council Point Park. I noticed it as the sun made its shell gleam and I looked down (thank goodness or I probably would have squished it as I walked over it).

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      • Joni says:

        Have a good weekend Linda! Forecast is half good/half bad/rain – hope you get some walks in. I plan on editing photos this weekend…

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      • Linda Schaub says:

        You too Joni. I got a walk in today, Sunday is iffy and tomorrow is a washout. I thought I’d finish up in Reader tonight, but did not. At least I am only a couple of days behind and need to get back to my book again – sigh. You must have a post coming up!

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      • Joni says:

        I’m working on a WWed. for next week, as it’s been a month since I posted anything, but a lot of the pics I took of flowers did not turn out, so will have to retake them over the weekend. I have so many photos in the Picture file I’ve just been dumping them all in one big folder as I can’t make new folders anymore, and you know how time consuming it is to sort through them all. I’ll use the good/new camera on the weekend. We had light rain all day today, but it didn’t matter as I got groceries in so did my walking in the grocery store.

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      • Linda Schaub says:

        Yes, going thru pictures is time consuming. It was an ugly day here. I did my Monday and Wednesday post and did two more posts, but have to get pictures tomorrow for one and I have pictures for the other. Tomorrow will be a sew-sew day after walking (assuming I walk). I always do pretty good getting steps in at Meijer as it’s so big so I don’t feel too badly about missing a regular walk then.

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  15. A most beautiful creature! And, of course you know, Linda, time is relative. 😊

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    • Linda Schaub says:

      Yes, it was beautiful and the first snail I ever saw so I bent down close to take some shots. Yes, time is relative, but to me it suddenly seems fleeting. 🙂

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