Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.
Linda Schaub
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Linda Schaub
- Mr. & Mrs. Cardinal (and a pal) partake of peanuts at the Park. #Wordless Wednesday #A favorite vintage ornament.
- Lean, mean and green.
- Which way is Santa Claus? #Wordless Wednesday #Remember those days?
- When there’s wicked wind, wildflowers and …
- Before and after a cup of Joe. #Wordless Wednesday #Sadly, we don’t ALL rise and shine!
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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 
I can’t guess what’s this in image?
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It’s a turtle Raj. And I guess it is difficult to tell what it is as it pulled its head inside its shell. It was pretty big too. Do you have turtles in your country?
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Thanks,Linda! Yes, turtles in Country. I saw & keep in my hand, when I younger. When I & my friends swimming in lacke that time we caught the turtle. But I never that they pulled its head inside its shell.
But I can’t guess your post image.
I like turtle 🐢!
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It was hard to tell what it was with the head tucked inside its shell. We have a lot of turtles at this park as it is near a Creek, but I had the camera handy so luckily I got a shot of this one. I had a pet turtle when I was about ten years old. I called it “Murtle”. I think it is a snapping turtle and they bite.
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Thank you so much,Linda! Nice you pet turtle. I am so glad! Yes, they bite. But turtle top body is very heard.
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Nice job on the prompt.
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Thanks Dan! This turtle was parked along the path at my favorite park just having a snooze in the sun.
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Turtle?
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Yes, I believe it’s a snapping turtle from looking at the shell, but it’s head was mostly in the shell and its mouth was closed.
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Sunblock is my nemesis. I’m right there with you trying to not look leathery, but on the turtle it’s endearing.
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I did my share of getting sun to look healthy when I was younger and now I am more careful, but I’m right there with you on sunblock Ally. This year I bought some UV protection clothing and a hat after I got burned with gray skies last year. The clothing is 50 UPF and light as a feather (good thing as the tops are long-sleeved). I haven’t worn the hat yet … too hot for a hat this Summer. I was surprised to learn that light-colored clothing does not protect from the sun as well as dark-colored clothing. I always thought it was the opposite as summery clothes are always white, or light colors – who knew?
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haha cute Linda !
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Thanks Susan! This big turtle was snoozing away on the side of the path oblivious to all the walkers. So you have returned from Africa?
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Yes! We just got home late Tuesday night. It’s great to be home but I already miss Africa. I’m just trying to go through all my pictures now.
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I’ll look forward to seeing your visit to Africa Susan, especially the wild animals. Vacation time is so fleeting … you plan and wait and it’s over so quickly, but at least you both have photos to extend that trip a little longer.
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Smart tortoise avoiding the sun’s harmful rays. I’ve read they can get sunburned and develop skin cancer, too. Where did you find this one?
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Yes, it was a very warm morning Barbara and it was sitting on the side of the perimeter path at Council Point Park, seemingly oblivious to all the walkers. A few years ago I was there when a much bigger turtle was laying eggs. It was fascinating to watch her dig the hole with her flippers, lay the eggs, then put dirt over top. I noted where she deposited the legs, so every day I walked by hoping to see baby turtles running across the path to go to the water, but it happened overnight. I didn’t realize they could develop skin cancer, nor get sunburned … that was interesting to learn.
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The egg laying must have been very fascinating to witness! Too bad you missed the babies. I wonder if they always emerge at night to avoid predators…
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Yes it was Barbara – a lot of eggs and she swiftly covered them over with dirt and went on her way. I’m guessing it was night time to avoid predators. At the time I read that they never built the nest more than 25 feet away for a quick exit to the water!
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Haha! Good one!
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Thanks Janis!
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😂🤣 That’s so funny!
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Glad to give you a smile (in the afternoon). 🙂
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Always appreciated!! 😁
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Ha! He’s got a good natural sun-blocker. We did a trail run with a friend last week and found 2 turtles on our route. One was on a gravel road and we moved him off to the side to prevent him from encountering any cars.
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He sure does Laurie. He was parked along the side of the perimeter path one morning, blissfully sleeping as many people just walked on past him. That was nice of you to do that … they are like geese and ducks who march their offspring across a busy highway, not realizing the danger.
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Clever title! Looks like a pretty big guy there.
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Thanks Eilene! Yes, it was a fairly big turtle parked along the perimeter path and oblivious to the walkers, rollerbladers and bikers who went past it. There was a lot of Poplar tree fuzz on the ground that day. I am sure some people have wondered about that – we often look like we have had a dusting of snow when the Poplar fuzz flies.
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Sweet Turtle and Funny Title Linda!
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Thank you TD – I am glad you enjoyed it!
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Turtles have a very rough time in this heat.
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Yes they do Tom – the heat is brutal for them under that shell. Luckily this year there is more water in creeks, ponds and rivers for them to thrive. Last Fall, so many of the overlooks that once jutted out over bodies of water, were overlooking dried up land. I wondered where a lot of turtles and crustaceans would have overwintered for 2022-2023?
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I knew it was a turtle right away Linda. I have never seen one in the weeds like that though. I went fishing in a nature place in the country trying to catch Blue Gill fish. Darn turtles kept biting instead, stealing my bait! Lol
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I thought people would know it was a turtle Diane, but I went back and tagged it “turtle” … maybe the Poplar fuzz in front made it difficult to see its face. Funny you mention fishing for Blue Gill fish because I have never seen a Blue Gill and yesterday at Lake Erie Metropark I was chatting with two fishermen. The one guy got two small Blue Gills while I was talking to him – he threw both back, but I took pictures of the fish. And the other guy had two different times where a fish bit part of the worm and left the other half on the hook! He showed me the piece of work still on the hook and said the fish were smart enough to grab a bite to eat, but not get hooked. 🙂 I would not have known that a turtle would try to steal bait!
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They not only steal the bait but get hooked too! My son was fishing in a creek close to our house and he caught a snapping turtle!
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Wow! I’ll bet your son was surprised to see a snapping turtle on his hook and unhooked him very carefully! I’ve seen more turtles in the Park this year than ever before. This one was sitting on the side of the walking path … very few bunnies this year, lots of turtles. You have to wonder why?
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His shell is a little dull. He needs some Turtle Wax. 🙂
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Ha ha – you always make me wonder why I didn’t think of that line JP. That’s a good one. I originally was going to call it “Half-baked” but decided to go this route instead.
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The best title for this post!!
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Thank you Esther – I love creating fun titles for the Wordless Wednesday posts. I originally was going to call it “Half-baked” since it was getting more leathery than usual baking in the hot sun, but went this route instead. I still have a lot of fun animal poses to use up for upcoming Wednesdays.
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You do some fun word plays! That’s witty stuff.
I can’t come up with them; I get to a title and it’s all mumble jumble.
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I like using alliteration a lot too so that makes for fun titles. There is one fellow blogger who often comes up with funnier titles for my posts than I wrote!
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