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 
🤣😂 That expression on the first photo and the next one of it looking down is perfect for the title!
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Glad you liked this Shelley – I had never heard of stand up paddleboarding until following Terri and I thought this goose looked like it was standing on a paddleboard. I did look like he/she lost its paddle too!
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Yes, I did. It was very clever of you to make that fun connection to paddleboarding. I tried paddleboarding once when we were in Jamaica. The water is warm there so falling in isn’t too bad if you can’t get the hang of it. I think a duck would do much better than I could do. 🤣
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Ha ha – well I am not the most coordinated person and I don’t know how to swim, so could not do paddleboarding if the water was deep. I went snorkeling once but that was fine as the water was not deep and lots of fish were there.
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It’s best you skip that hobby then. 😉 I tried snorkeling once and it scared me too much – I could hear myself breathing and it freaked me out. 😂
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Yes, you are right. I’d be a goner for sure! It was a weird feeling with the snorkel on … if I remember correctly, we had to sign a disclaimer of some type in case of any breathing difficulties before they hand you the equipment. Yikes!
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Yikes – that’s exactly when I turned in the snorkel and said, “I’ll watch from the shore on the comfort of that lounge chair!” 🤣
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https://lindaschaubblog.files.wordpress.com/2023/08/dorado-beach.jpg?resize=214%2C214
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That’s a great photo!! Thank you for sharing the link. 😍
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I’ve never tried this before, but here’s a photo of the day we went snorkeling – these were friends of the family that I traveled to Spain with for 3 weeks in 1974 and this was in Puerto Rico where they lived. I visited them in 1973. I just sent the link which may go to your SPAM but it shows up in the comment.
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Thank you – that’s a great photo! That’s so fun that you traveled and have photos to remember it by. I retrieved the link, thank you again!! 🥰
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I knew I had that photo and since we were discussing snorkeling, I figured I’d send it – the picture was a normal size … I have no idea why WordPress compressed it like that. Alphonsa was almost a foot shorter than me – she always wore heels … we looked like Mutt and Jeff (from the old comic strip) … her husband was taller than me, so they looked very mismatched.
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WordPress has it’s way with things doesn’t it! 🤣🤣
I noticed the height difference. I actually chuckled to myself as it looks like what it would be if you and I were in a picture together. I’m 5’3.5″ so we’d look sort of like Mutt and Jeff too.
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My father was 5′ 3″ and my mom was 5′ 2″ so when I went out to dinner with them, or in pictures standing with them, it looked pretty odd. Same with my grandmother – I grew taller as she shrunk down, but she was short to begin with. You’re right we would look like Mutt and Jeff for sure.
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I still smile when you tell me how tall you are compared to your parents. I would treasure a photo of you and I together – it would make me smile too!! 😍
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Is that like “up the creek without a paddle?”
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Yes – a fellow blogger enjoys stand up paddleboarding (a water sport I had never heard of until following her) and sometimes posts pics of herself. The look on the goose’s face made me think of “up a creek without a paddle” so where do I go from here?
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Such attitude! Those birds are expressive… even without a paddle.
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Ally, I think every goose I meet (even the young ones) seem to have an attitude. This one was standing on a ledge in the water and first, the look it gave me, then dismissed me by looking into the water – typical goose behavior. 🙂 I thought of Terri right away since she is the only SUPaddleboarder I know.
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Ahhhhh, clean water! I don’t care I dropped my paddle.
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Ha ha – yes, you’re right Teri. He/she could easily see that paddle, but using a beak to retrieve it was a whole ‘nothing story!
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Miss Linda…………………………..hey………………what’s going on?????
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Ann Marie, I am sure that goose was looking at me, hoping I’d retrieve his paddle for him! That was down at Dingell Park in the cove.
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Cute! Luckily his feet are as big as paddles 🙂
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Glad you liked it Terri. I thought you might get a kick out of this goose standing on the rock like he was SUPing. Those wide webbed feet can take him anywhere!
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Those photos work so well.
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Thanks Dan – I’ve been lucky to get some fun bird photos this Summer. I’ve been doing the Wordless Wednesday posts consistently since March 2020 and I am having fun using unusual or fun shots for that feature.
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Fortunately, they come with their own set of paddles… unlike us humans.
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You’re right about that Janis – those big feet are pretty powerful. Even the goslings have big feet in proportion to their bodies.
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Ha! You captured the goose’s expression perfectly. Great caption!
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Thanks Laurie! The goose had such a deadpan look that I had to find a fun caption to go with the photos … that ledge it was standing on makes it appear it is sinking into the water! I’m having fun with these Wordless Wednesday posts.
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Boy if looks could kill! Lol That first picture he is looking at you like what do you want, stop bothering me! Loved your caption!
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Those geese always look agitated about something – you’re right Diane, it is like they are ready to pick a fight because I looked at him/her. 🙂 Glad you enjoyed the captions … that is half the fun of these Wordless Wednesday posts for me!
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What a great attitude. Beautiful & cute
his feet are as big as paddles . 🦩
Excellent photography.
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Glad you liked it Raj.
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Thanks,Linda!
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We fed the ducks in Momence and then saw a sign saying “Do not feed the Waterfowl.” Oh, well! I fed them sunflower seeds (which are nutritious and very healthy).
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Tom, I see that sign in some of our parks too, especially the Metroparks – they probably are trying to discourage bread and crackers, but they don’t even allow you to give peanuts to the squirrels. I was at Lake Erie Metropark once very early in the morning and saw a car stop and dump out a bucket of corn for the deer. The ducks and geese at Council Point Park like to eat peanuts and sunflower seeds – they swipe them from under the birds and squirrels’ noses. 🙂
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Hahaha, you get the most expressive shots of animals!! Witty title to go with the picture!!
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Thank you Esther! Mr./Ms. Goose had quite a deadpan look at me before looking for its paddle to finish standup paddleboarding. Glad you liked the title too. 🙂
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It gave you quite the look!
Linda, we fed peanuts to our neighborhood squirrels yesterday and they had a feast. They are busy and about these days.
Have a great weekend…
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I seem to get a lot of the those critter looks lately – I’ll blame it on the weather. 🙂 I thought of your family today as I was at a duck pond. I visit there sometimes and today some kids were feeding the ducks (although it was pita bread, not oatmeal or corn, sunflower seeds, etc.) There werer about 25-30 ducks all vying for the bread. The kids were ecstatic feeding the ducks – the ducks were ecstatic getting treats. 🙂 A post for sometime in Winter … I am so backed up with sorting photos right now.
Also, watch that skunk (Bert?) … we have had some skunks with rabies … they discovered three skunks with rabies after they bit dogs and the dogs were okay but had to be treated for rabies – yikes!
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Oh yikes, thanks for letting us know about skunks and rabies. Didn’t even think about that possibility.
The weather is giving all of us the blues. I love summer but the heat is too much and fall sounds really nice about now.
We miss feeding the ducks at the pond, but we have a new bag of oatmeal in the garage for them. At a nearby Target parking lot, someone usually comes and feeds bread to the birds. But yesterday we saw geese… all of them were geese, about 35-40. Their size comparison to birds is dramatic!!
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I thought I would mention it to you – it does not mean your skunk friend Bert is rabid – hopefully not. Your weather, with this tropical storm is pretty scary. I read/heard this is the first tropical storm of this type in 100 years … SMH with our new norm for weather!
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It’s wild news for CA weather! I wonder if we’ll have another rainy winter.
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I hope not, especially after what happened to Chris while driving home last year.
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Poor goose – he can stand, he can paddle, but he can’t do both.
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Yes, he/she is now a goose that must hang loose!
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