Summer delight: Cabbage Whites. #Wordless Wednesday #1st Day of Summer.

Posted on June 21, 2023 by Linda Schaub

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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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 Summer delight: Cabbage Whites. #Wordless Wednesday #1st Day of Summer.

  1. Kate Crimmins's avatar Kate Crimmins says:
    June 21, 2023 at 7:26 am

    I love daisies! So simple but beautiful! Nice you found a “matching” butterfly!

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  2. Barbara Rodgers's avatar Barbara Rodgers says:
    June 21, 2023 at 7:27 am

    What a pretty butterfly to celebrate Midsummer! It even looks Scandinavian. 🙂 These are lovely pictures, Linda! Lucky you — I’ve seen cabbage whites flitting about but they never stay still long enough to get a picture. And the little white flowers make for a perfect backdrop. Happy Summer Solstice, my friend! 🌼

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      June 21, 2023 at 8:07 pm

      Thank you Barbara – glad you liked these pictures. That butterfly stayed there for the longest time in the last picture and it is difficult to tell, but there were two butterflies side by side, which I didn’t notice at the time, but I saw two antennae on the screen! Barely noticeable! Your comment about the butterfly looking Scandinavian gave me something to think about. It is forty years ago today I was in Denmark celebrating Midsummer Night Eve (I think it was Eve, may have been the actual Summer Solstice). Our tour group visited Tivoli Gardens across the street from our hotel, so when we returned to the hotel, the fireworks went off long into the night and I had a perfect view of them from my hotel room. Happy Summer Solstice back to you, my dear friend!

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  3. Laurie's avatar Laurie says:
    June 21, 2023 at 10:21 am

    Those photos are pretty enough to frame. Happy Summer!

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  4. Terri Webster Schrandt's avatar Terri Webster Schrandt says:
    June 21, 2023 at 11:01 am

    Happy Summer Solstice, Linda! Gorgeous butterfly and flowers!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      June 21, 2023 at 8:09 pm

      Thank you Terry – same to you! Those Cabbage Whites are so delicate and almost translucent in the sun. I was happy to get butterflies that alighted on the flowers and stayed put for a while!

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  5. Ally Bean's avatar Ally Bean says:
    June 21, 2023 at 11:15 am

    Happy Summer! Perfect photos to go with the day.

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  6. Tofino Photography's avatar Tofino Photography says:
    June 21, 2023 at 11:42 am

    lets hope our summer is as pretty as your pictures Linda!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      June 21, 2023 at 8:15 pm

      Thank you Wayne! I hope you are right for both of us. We have a few days of rain/storms (Friday thru Sunday), then a long stretch of sunny, dry days again. Hope you get down to the beach for some sunset pics on this longest day of the year.

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  7. TD's avatar TD says:
    June 21, 2023 at 2:47 pm

    Very pretty Linda! I asked to take a stem of three white daisies from my dining table last night and there they are sitting very pretty next to my tv. Fun both of us were thinking about white daisies. ☀️Happy Summer to you!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      June 21, 2023 at 8:21 pm

      Those daisies will brighten your room for a long time TD … I miss having daisies in the backyard. I lost all mine and the other perennials and butterfly bushes during that first long Polar Vortex in the Winter of 2013-2014. These are such pretty and delicate butterflies. Happy Summer to you as well! ☀️ (I’ll borrow your sun emoji.)

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  8. indianeskitchen's avatar indianeskitchen says:
    June 21, 2023 at 8:37 pm

    Cabbage butterfly and a bee, good one Linda!

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  9. rajkkhoja's avatar rajkkhoja says:
    June 22, 2023 at 12:07 am

    Beautiful capture the flowers. Nice white colour. I like.
    Happy Summer Solstice, Linda! Gorgeous butterfly and flowers!

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  10. Shelley@QuaintRevival.com's avatar Shelley@QuaintRevival.com says:
    June 22, 2023 at 6:11 am

    Nice job, Linda, you found one that prefers flowers over cabbage! 🤣😂😁

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  11. Rebecca's avatar Rebecca says:
    June 22, 2023 at 1:31 pm

    Beautiful subjects, Linda, both the butterflies and the asters.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      June 22, 2023 at 7:32 pm

      Thank you Rebecca! Those Cabbage Whites are so dainty looking when they alight on the flowers. I didn’t realize it was Pollinators Week or I would have mentioned that in my heading too.

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  13. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog's avatar Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog says:
    June 23, 2023 at 2:31 am

    Great Cabbage shots, Linda! Keep taking pictures of them… with all of the pollution, RoundUp, and pollution, they are all dwindling in numbers. 😥

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      June 23, 2023 at 8:13 pm

      Thanks Tom! They are so delicate and almost transparent unlike the bigger butterflies. Sadly you are correct – RoundUp is destroying not only are pollinators, but human lives as well.

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  14. trumstravels's avatar trumstravels says:
    June 26, 2023 at 5:41 pm

    I love watching butterflies/bees on flowers, it’s fascinating. they are always so busy

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      June 26, 2023 at 7:49 pm

      Me too Susan – those Cabbage Whites are so dainty and almost transparent as they flit around. It was National Pollinator’s Week last week, a fact I didn’t know until after I posted, so that tag would have been perfect for this post.

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  15. J P's avatar J P says:
    June 28, 2023 at 6:11 am

    I had never heard of cabbage whites before. And I am trying to remember if “Please don’t eat the daisys” was a movie I have seen.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      June 28, 2023 at 6:35 pm

      They are very small butterflies JP – they are so delicate and almost translucent and blend right in with flowers so they are not all that noticeable. I saw that movie with my parents when I was young and probably at home. We only had one TV set at the time, so except for some cartoons, “the kid” had to watch what her parents watched.

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