Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.
Linda Schaub
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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Linda Schaub
WALKIN', WRITIN', WIT & WHIMSY 
Fat bottoms is right 😂
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I hope they don’t find out I was fat-shaming them! Now I’m sure you have an earworm for that song!
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😂 I managed to avoid the earworm Linda 🎶👂🪱
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It was difficult though I’ll bet. 🙂
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I used to walk through the office singing the theme song to Mr Ed…..people hated that as they were stuck for hours 😂
Gilligans Island was another one
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You know I remember both those theme songs and could sing along right now – they were popular shows that I always watched. I don’t have a TV (unless you count the one from 1999), so I don’t know any of the shows that are on right now.
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Cute!
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Glad to give you a smile Anne!
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Those squirrels look nice and chubby – just what they need for the winter ahead!
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Yes they do Debra – they waddle when they walk now!
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Thanks for the card ~ watching birds and bunnies in the snow is a great way to start the new year. And your squirrels look nice and plump! Happy New Year, Linda!!!
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Yes, it was a very peaceful setting wasn’t it? Snow like in this scene is peaceful if you are just admiring it, not shoveling it or driving in it. Snow with a rain mix isn’t fun either … I got caught in a sleety mess walking home, but I didn’t melt, proving I’m not made of sugar. 🙂 My squirrels are beyond the plump or roly-poly phase as they are now waddling when they walk. Happy New Year to you too Barbara!
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Love the card! Your squirrel looks very…ummm…prepared for winter with extra fat or a fluffy fur! Have a great new year!
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Glad you liked it Kate – it was very peaceful! Those squirrels waddle when they walk with all that fat and fluffy fur. When it’s really cold or snowing, that long tail stretches up their back and over their head – instant protection from the elements. Same to you!
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Fat bottoms is right!🤣 (I’ll be singing that the rest of the day, LOL.)
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They now waddle when they walk and I know everyone will have an earworm for that song the rest of the day now. 🙂 Happy New Year Linda!
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Snow is on its way! Fat & Furry is requesting more walnuts please making for a heart-healthy new year in 2025!
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Yes TD, we were supposed to be getting a big snowfall Sunday into Monday, but the latest forecast said it may go to the South. Fingers crossed it does that and misses us. I got them two bags of walnuts and one bag of mixed nuts from Amazon – they don’t sell whole walnuts in the grocery store anymore. I doled out two of the bags so far when it was so cold. I got an eight-pack of suet but if it’s too cold, even though I break it up for them in the dish, it stays frozen and we’ve had day after day of high winds, so the dish will fly away. They don’t eat the suet ’til the peanuts are gone – they are all about the peanuts. I’ll wait for some snow for the next walnuts – it is good protein for them.
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Nuts, even shelled for the critters, are very expensive! It is very generous of you to include the furry friends to dine with you.
My hummingbird Joy is still coming several times every day (only one feeder on my front porch for her). Next week it’s supposed to get down to 38 degrees so I will need to bring the feeder in at night so the sugar water doesn’t get too cold for her. And I will put it back out by 7 a.m. because she starts her sugar water at 7:15 a.m. I hope that she will make it through the winter. I think I read that they only live 3-5 years.
What we do for our love ones!
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Yes, they are expensive and I feed them the human nuts (walnuts, mixed and the peanuts). I also buy the peanut chips for the Chickadees as the squirrels steal their sunflower seeds. I have bought “critter peanuts” and they are dirty sometimes. I am not always taking pictures so that I want to keep my hands or gloves clean (in Winter I have gloves where I peel back the mitten tops and can take photos so my hand stay warm, not toasty though), but I don’t handling the peanuts with dirt on them. So I get the human variety, roasted and no salt. They smell wonderful and so I’m not touching anything dirty for me or the camera.
As to the hummingbirds, TD … I will send you a blog link in a separate comment about a fellow blogger who has a beautiful perennial garden and lots of hummingbirds. She is on a blogging break now and I hope she returns as I liked her blog; it had a little nature, great photography, mostly nature photography. So she lives in Oregon, and almost four years ago they had a bad ice storm. She was using feeders for the hummingbirds as it was Winter (in Summer she has lots of flowers) and had a heater for the nectar – then they lost power. So she had to keep swapping the feeders out as the nectar would freeze so quickly. You can see them her photos in the ice and snow and they were fine. Another blogger who lives in British Columbia also had the same issue with a Winter storm and his hummingbirds also survived, though they didn’t have as much snow.
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Thanks for the link, Linda! That was a great hummingbird story.
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You’re welcome TD – I knew you would enjoy reading it. Sabine often wrote about her garden and her birds – she is the person who inspired me to create another butterfly garden. I know you like nature, so you might enjoy reading some of her posts. I wish she would return to blogging again. 🙂
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TD – Here is the link to the blog post I mentioned about how Sabine helped the hummingbirds survive in the ice storm.
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wow, these are happy well fed squirrels!
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Yes, they are Dawn and there is a whole lot of waddling going on. Their thicker fur and an extra layer of fat for Winter also contributes … not all my doing, so I can’t take credit and take them off my income tax as dependents. 🙂
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Happy New Year, Linda! xox
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Same to you Pam!
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Miss Linda…………………………………Hey…………………..I’m taking care of myself……………………Happy New Year
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Yes, it looks like this squirrel has had multiple helpings of everything! Happy New Year to you too Ann Marie!
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Linda…………………….I’m teaching Digger to say: “Here’s looking at you Kid”…………………………….not “talking”
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That will be funny Ann Marie – he’ll pick it up too since he is so smart. Is Digger still saying “Hi Ho Silver!”
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Awww…your poor little squirrel. Accused of having a fat bottom! 🙂
You know what they say about Fat Bottomed Girls – they make the rockin’ world go round.
Happy New Year!
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Laurie – please don’t tell those chubby squirrels how I disparaged them in my blog for a smile from fellow bloggers. 🙂 They are so roly-poly these days that they waddle … I did help contribute to that “look” but it is mostly their thicker fur and bigger fat layer, so I am not all to blame. I almost included the song but it was either that video or a New Year’s Day e-greeting.
Happy New Year back at you and safe travels home!
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It looks like she or he is all ready for a lean winter. Unlike us humans, they’ll lose those extra pounds quickly once spring arrives.
Happy New Year!
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Yes, I agree Janis – they are all set for a Michigan Winter. They are so roly-poly they are waddling now. I couldn’t risk showing their girth, mostly from thicker fur and a fat layer, but yes, they’ll lose it quickly. Years ago I really liked “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and her somewhat chunky friend Rhoda was taking a piece of chocolate from an assorted chocolates box and turned to Mary and said “I might as well just take this chocolate and apply it directly to my hips.” I thought that was a funny line. Happy New Year back at you Janis!
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Beautiful Squirrels. They’re Search food & eating.
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Yes, they are chubby for Winter and waddle when they walk these days. Happy New Year Raj!
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very nice they are chubby 😋.
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That they are but not all my doing. Their fur gets heavier and they get an extra layer of fat to protect them as it gets colder.
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That shot looking down on the squirrel from above fooled me – for a second I thought it was looking down on a furry boot!
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Those squirrels are as wide as a furry boot these days JP. They waddle when they walk, but it’s not all my doing – they get thicker fur and a fat layer from Mother Nature for the Winter months.
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The squirrels are suddenly very active around here. We have three theories on the timing. One, recent lake effect winds have blown all of the loose stuff out of our trees, including the makings of squirrel nests. Two, they sense the upcoming cold spell and are enjoying the “outdoors” while they can. Three (and most likely), mating season is already underway, sigh…
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Those nests (dreys) look pretty flimsy, so I’m always surprised to see the same nests in the same trees year after year, so they must be more durable than they look. I see them exposed once the leaves are off the trees. Our squirrels have two mating seasons and have their young twice a year, in the early Spring and late Summer. Funny you mention them being out and about before the cold. Today I walked at the Park and by the time I got there it was snowing and there were ice pellets and winds gusting to 25 mph. I was the only one there – no humans, but no squirrels or birds either. They had more brains than me as they were tucked up in those nests! I was sorry I went as it is early enough in the year that I don’t have to worry about meeting my goal. I left peanuts and seeds anyway in case they got hungry later. 🙂 Happy New Year Dave!
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Well, Linda, you certainly are keeping them well-fed in this nasty winter weather! Great shots! I’ve been feeding outdoor critters too! 😊
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Tom, I can claim contributing to part of their rotund figures, but some is attributable to their extra fat layer and heavier fur thanks to Mother Nature, but I sure got some angles showing just how roly-poly they are. 🙂 They are waddling, not scampering these days. I’m glad you liked the shots – they are easy to take pictures of when they are feasting (on the birds’ sunflower seeds of course instead of their peanuts).
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Those are some chubby squirrels, Linda. They look like they are having a happy new year!
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Terri, they are not so much into scampering these days, more like waddling – they are very roly-poly! Today I went to the Park, feeling badly for them and the birds as it was so cold and windy and it started snowing with ice pellets while I was there. So, I was the only person there there and the squirrels and the birds stayed up in their nests. Guess which of the three “species” was not very smart?
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Beautiful fox squirrel, Linda, all fattened up and ready for winter, or maybe expecting a litter?
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I think those Fox squirrels are beautiful too Rebecca, especially that tail with its multi-colored hues. I think this one and the others are just fattened up and ready for Winter, courtesy of Mother Nature’s extra layer of fat and heavier fur they get in late Fall. I know their mating season is February through April and again in late Summer. Even with the heavy fur and fat layer, they still look cold. Yesterday I went to the Park and it was cold and windy and none of them came down from their nests – same with the birds, so today it was colder and more blustery, so I took my cue from them as I left some peanuts and seeds yesterday.
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Sounds like they are wise staying it their nests. I know they appreciate the treats that you leave.
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I think so too Rebecca. They were back out again today, in full force. The wind finally died down a little and the windchill finally reached double digits so I ventured out.
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Haha! Some of us feel like those chubby squirrels. Definitely time to go on a diet. 😀 Happy New Year and thanks for the lovely card. Jacquie Lawson’s are the best!
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The squirrels are so chubby they are waddling now! They start getting heavier around October, not from me, though I guess I help, but they get an extra fat layer and heavier fur to get through the Winter. They need it – we’re going to a real feel of 5F (-15 C) overnight. I like her cards. I had a cute cat originally, but this was more nature-like so I went with this one.
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What a cheeky, chubby little cutie! Glad he is all warm for the winter. 😀
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Ari – yes, this one is a cutie, one of my favorite Park pals. Our squirrels started getting heavier coats and an extra fat layer around October, so now they are waddling around, so I couldn’t resist capturing this one at its chubbiest. 🙂
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I am always so jealous of your photos, 🙂 whenever I whip out my camera, they always vanish just as I click. I have so many blurry photos of birds, I could have started an exhibition called “Life Moving Fast”
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Thank you Ari, but I have to tell you that this juvenile seagull, maybe because of its age, seemed to be fascinated with the camera and stood there for the longest time, even doing that “head tilt” … I got the image on the screen, then noticed how the background and the seagull seemed to meld together. I come home with lots of boo-boos, squirrels missing tails or snouts and birds that took flight and aren’t even in the photo, except for their legs stretched out (like a heron or egret), so I think “why did I take this photo” and that’s likely the answer!
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lol good to know I’m not the only one who catches bad photos – but at least you do get some good ones. The only good ones I manage are snails (hard to blur a snail) and plants! 😀
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I’ve had one snail and it was crossing my path and yes, I had plenty of time to circle around it and get views from all angles! 🙂
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Those squirrels are cute! I read the comment about Mr Ed and Gilligans Island, I loved those shows and I still remember the words, well most of them!
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They are – they waddle too! Yes, all those shows back in the day had such clever theme songs and I remember the words too. I have to stay off the MSN start-up news when I log on to the laptop because it is often filled with stories about nostalgia, especially for the ahem eras I’ve lived through and the other day, right after that comment Brian made, a woman was playing all the popular theme songs and those two were there and also WKRP in Cincinnati which she said was the most popular! I remember the words to that one too.
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Oh my goodness–he is a chubby fellow! Looks like he’s prepared himself well for winter. Thanks for the cute pics, Linda, and may 2025 be another happy year of capturing on film the antics of your park friends–for your pleasure AND ours!
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Nancy, this guy and the others are now waddling instead of scampering around the Park. They are ready for Winter. The other day I went to the Park and no one was there – no humans, no squirrels or birds, so I guess they were tucked up in their nests with more sense than me! Thank you and one of the best things about starting a blog in 2013 was that I renewed my interest in photography again. I take a lot of photos, but I like the ones taken here as I can get up close and personal with them since they know me after 13 years, because at the bigger parks I am just another face in the crowd! Happy New Year to you as well!
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You did your job Linda! They have plenty of fat from the peanuts to keep them warm this winter but remember, you will have to get them to walk with you in the spring. Lol
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They were excited to see me today Diane! They came running and flying over. Finally, the wind chill was bearable, even if only in single digits and the sun was out (yay for that). I didn’t take the camera as it was too cold, but I’d have gotten some nice shots, lots of cardinals, chickadees, blue jays – even the red-bellied woodpecker. The squirrels … I need a set-up like the professional dog walkers have to walk several dogs at one time. 🙂
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Look at that cute rump!
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Yes, a real cutie and what a pair of hips too! 🙂
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