Stoney stares.  #Wordless Wednesday #Creepy eyes in the ‘hood.

Posted on March 13, 2024 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 Stoney stares.  #Wordless Wednesday #Creepy eyes in the ‘hood.

  1. rajkkhoja's avatar rajkkhoja says:
    March 13, 2024 at 6:23 am

    Wow, What a wonderful Stoney stares. Wonderful all photos. Beautiful last one. I like. .

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  2. bushboy's avatar bushboy says:
    March 13, 2024 at 6:49 am

    I like the first frog best 🐸😀

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  3. Barbara Rodgers's avatar Barbara Rodgers says:
    March 13, 2024 at 7:15 am

    Makes me think of a whimsical Beatrix Potter garden. I like the different moods the frogs illustrate. 🐸

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      March 13, 2024 at 9:10 pm

      You’re right – I never thought of that Barbara. There is a homeowner who has a corner lot and they have ground ivy instead of grass and in the ivy are lots of ceramic frogs. It’s very whimsical. In the Spring they have tulips and I’ve taken pictures of them, all light pink. I usually walk by there in April – maybe they’ll be blooming earlier this year.

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  5. Kate Crimmins's avatar Kate Crimmins says:
    March 13, 2024 at 8:13 am

    Always love creepy frogs!

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  6. Laurie's avatar Laurie says:
    March 13, 2024 at 8:37 am

    My late mother-in-law would love the frog statues. She loved all things frog and had a huge frog collection.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      March 13, 2024 at 9:15 pm

      I know two homeowners who love frogs – one I took pictures of their Spring tulips and they have lots of ceramic frogs embedded in the tulips. They have a corner house and no grass, just ground ivy and they have these frogs and gazing balls, different wooden and metal yard art … it’s interesting to see. Another homeowner has their entire garden with frog statues. That woman lost her husband about two years ago, so she doesn’t garden anymore, so doesn’t put out her frogs – it was very whimsical.

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  7. Zazzy's avatar Zazzy says:
    March 13, 2024 at 9:10 am

    I like the bluebird best but I don’t think any of them are creepy!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      March 13, 2024 at 9:16 pm

      I liked that bluebird too Zazzy – it was sitting on a table on the porch. I was surprised no one tried to take it. The frogs are huge, around the size of “our” turtle.

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  8. Dave's avatar Dave says:
    March 13, 2024 at 10:05 am

    If I ever saw a frog in that first pose I’d go running the other direction for fear he might speak. Also, those eyes are a whole lot bigger than reality. As you say, creepy not cute.

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  9. Tofino Photography's avatar Tofino Photography says:
    March 13, 2024 at 11:20 am

    As long as they don’t follow me

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  10. Terri Webster Schrandt's avatar Terri Webster Schrandt says:
    March 13, 2024 at 12:38 pm

    What a great theme for WW, Linda! If only they could talk! 🤣

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      March 13, 2024 at 9:25 pm

      Thank you Terri! They see everything! I was walking to the dentist last year and there were workmen digging a huge hole in the City sidewalk, so I had to cut through part of an alley to get back onto that sidewalk. The two-story house next to the alley had some type of surveillance camera that I didn’t see until it blared “I see you and if you do anything wrong, it is captured on this camera.” Now that was very creepy and I jumped a mile when the voice came on! 🙂

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  11. Ally Bean's avatar Ally Bean says:
    March 14, 2024 at 11:08 am

    What is it about frog statuary in gardens? I see them around, they’re cute, but I also don’t get the *why* of it.

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  12. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog's avatar Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog says:
    March 15, 2024 at 12:29 am

    The great thing about Stone Frogs is
    that
    they
    never
    croak.

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  13. singlikewildflowers's avatar singlikewildflowers says:
    March 15, 2024 at 2:24 am

    The frog in the first picture looks hypnotized!

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  14. Shelley@QuaintRevival.com's avatar Shelley@QuaintRevival.com says:
    March 15, 2024 at 6:23 am

    You found some fun ones indeed. Am I the only one contemplating what witty titles you’d give each of them? 😉 The last one made me giggle and reminded me of Jabba The Hutt in Star Wars.

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  15. indianeskitchen's avatar indianeskitchen says:
    March 16, 2024 at 6:15 pm

    The bird is my favorite Linda, so cute!

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  16. trumstravels's avatar trumstravels says:
    March 21, 2024 at 4:02 pm

    Cute statues, I particularly like the last frog, covering his mouth like that. He must be keeping a secret!

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  17. J P's avatar J P says:
    March 31, 2024 at 3:11 pm

    Wow, but are there ever a lot of stone frogs in your neighborhood! They look like a good way for someone to stub their toad. 🙂

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      March 31, 2024 at 10:03 pm

      Yes, there are and great quip JP! 🙂 It seems every time I walk through the neighborhood, a lot of eyes are following me as I walk past them. Perhaps they are watch frogs?

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