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 
Are they out in this weather?
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No, it was from last Summer. They bury down under the silt and hibernate there (for turtles it is called brumation). Even though this is a manmade pond with a seawall, there is enough silt and dirt in there at the bottom for them to burrow into.
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Oddly interesting creatures!
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Yes, they are … hanging out together, sunning themselves until someone gets too close and they plop into the water. Most kids around here had a pet Red-eared Slider turtle growing up – I did too, mine was called “Murtle” which is clever I know. 🙂 Did you ever have a pet turtle Anne?
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My brother and I would bring in a turtle every now and then, but we didn’t keep them long.
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I used to bring home tadpoles (we called them pollywogs in Canada). They didn’t last long and Mom said if they start to grow legs, out they go! (New way to do comments now – hmm.)
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I can’t see them lovin’ nobody but you!
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Ha ha – they tolerate me for one or two pictures, then plop into the water in disgust. “Can’t a turtle relax a little around here without some pesky photographer coming along?”
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Thanks for the reminder that the time for warm weather and red-eared sliders are just around the corner. Well…maybe we are a little bit farther away from the corner than I would prefer.
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You’re welcome Laurie. Sometimes in the depths of Winter I find it hard to believe the landscape will ever be green and we’ll be warm again. We are dealing with bitter cold weather and will endure a Siberian Polar Vortex this time next week.
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In the sunshine warming up their little houses!
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Yes, they look so content and cozy don’t they? (Wish we were basking in the sunshine like them?)
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Me too. We are in a frigid blast.
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I am not looking forward to next week’s temps at all – dangerously cold!
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😦 Here too.
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Ready for Spring (even though the “real” Winter got a late start).
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And it’s only January! 😦
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Mother Nature could have doled out Winter in small increments instead of all at once!
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Or skipped us this year! 🙂
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Heaven help us next week. It is already very cold here today. Say it with me now: “I will not complain about the heat and humidity in the Summer or 2025!” 🙂
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I can say it but I probably will. Mildly. I prefer the heat to the cold.
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I will whine about it too when the time comes. I know I whined plenty last year. I prefer heat to cold too. At least you can plan things and not worry about snow/ice and layering up. I hope this cold zaps the ticks!
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Your lead turtle is the most popular pet turtle in the United States – who knew? But also on the list of most invasive species for the same reason. I’m still a fan 🙂
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Turtles for you because you are a fan Dave! I had one of those Red-eared Sliders back in the day – it’s name was Murtle (yes very creative). A lot of kids had pet turtles that lived in a plastic dish, with a little water, a ramp and a palm tree back then! I didn’t know they were an invasive species – wow!
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Invasive only because they are such popular pets, I believe. They end up in locales where they weren’t meant to be!
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Just before the “destruction/project” at Council Point Park, a guy who fishes there for fun showed me some Carp that were actually pond Koi fish and surmised that people got tired of having a pond and threw them into the Creek where they had grown very large and were eating all the shad (feeder fish).
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Miss linda………………………………It’s nice to see water not frozen somewhere and the sun is shining………………………….I feel warmer looking ant the two turtles sun bathing together………………….
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Ann Marie, I feel warmer too just thinking about Summertime at Heritage Park and watching those turtles seeking sunshine on their little ramp. Summertime seems so far away doesn’t it? I won’t complain about the heat and humidity anymore after this week and next.
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“Just Chillin’” is exactly what we are doing right now! These turtles are sending happiness to all your reading fans, Linda! Yorkie and I are doing our “Happy Together” watching the hummingbirds. We have three now! Joy, Slim, and Kelly Green. Last week in addition to Joy, the other two showed up. I wonder if Joy stayed behind from migrating because she had two babies on the way? It is definitely possible, maybe probable. All females ruby-throated hummingbirds. Each one has their individual behaviors and unique colors. Now I am using two feeders side by side, bringing the feeders in at dark and back out by 7:00 a.m. We watched Miss Scarlet New Season recorded on PBS yesterday and this afternoon we are planning to watch All Creatures Great and Small new season recorded on PBS! 🥂
Stay inside home safe and warm!! Happy Together in our retirement years! 🐢🪺🐾🐾🥰
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TD – that is interesting that you now have three hummingbirds. That is great news and maybe that is why you saw Joy at your feeder so much before, gathering nectar to fuel her babies. I just looked how they feed their young and also they mix some little grubs for them as well. I hope you enjoyed All Creatures Great and Small. I did too. It is bitter cold out now – 0 degrees real feel, but next week will be even worse. I am ready for Summer and yes I promise not to whine about the heat because I did last year.
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Yikes I saw your temps next Monday-Tuesday prediction -1 low with high 8 degrees 🥶. Winter is dreadful! We, too, will dip down into freezing rain & 32 degrees. 🧊 Late tonight, I’m supposed to get delivery of two thermal curtains with sheers and two rods for me to install tomorrow. Please don’t skip Spring and go straight to Summer!
Enjoyed “All Creatures Great and Small”, especially Fink & Morphine which was hilarious! I no longer need the recaps this season.
Interesting note about how hummingbirds feed their young!
🧤🧣🧦 Keep warm my friend!
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TD – I am still getting acclimated to the “new and improved Reader” -sigh. That is very cold for you so I hope your hummingbirds, you and Lucy will all be fine. Don’t forget to drip your faucets and open your cupboard doors where they are pipes. Next week will be very awful with dangerous windchills. No, I agree that Spring is nice, but sometimes you can get snow and ice even in early April unfortunately. Summer lately has been too hot, but at this moment and, as you will see in Sunday’s post, I am not complaining anymore about the heat (I say that every year – who am I kidding).
Okay, no recaps – yes, that was a funny reason why the cat kept appearing to have kicked the bucket.
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Love the turtle pics!!!
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Thank you Ruth – did they help you think warm thoughts in this very cold weather we’re having?
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They did! keep the “warm” pictures coming!
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I will Ruth. I will be doing a post on Sunday of Emily Frank Gardens where I walked on a very hot and humid day. It will bring back memories of Summer to you with all the flowers. 🙂
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Cute turtles, Linda! They look happy!
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Yes Terri, you’re right as they were having weather like you are having right now … warm and toasty!
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I love turtles, I agree they always look like they’re smiling and happy. There’s a turtle nature quote that I’d love to share–
“Take a walk with a turtle. And behold the world in pause.” by Bruce Feiler
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Hi Donna – I am sorry I missed this in SPAM yesterday. I don’t know why it ended up there. Yes, they do look smiling and happy until humans come along and they plop into the water. I always feel bad when that happens, especially if there was a group of them sunning on a log. I like that quote – it is very true. Thank you for sharing it. Humans need to do this more often … I know you and I do.
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No worries on me in spam, WP has its little issues here and there!
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Okay, great … I felt badly. Yes, we have a new interface for WP Comments to deal with. I guess I will just answer comments in the Notifications area as it displays oddly otherwise and I couldn’t find a “like” button.
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They’re many Turtles, Sea turtles & pond Turtles. They’re sometimes together. Turtles are reptiles that lay eggs and have scales. They are ectothermic, meaning they can’t regulate their body temperature.
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Do you have turtles where you live Raj?
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I live in India;
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Yes I know that – are there turtles there?
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Yes, Here’s turtles.
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I thought maybe due to the warmth … thanks for letting me know Raj.
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‘My pleasure’ When the thing you did to help the other was enjoyable, then you can use this. …
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We had turtles like that as pets when we were kids. We had little plastic dishes with an “island” in the middle and fed him hamburger and turtle food from the pet store.
I feel bad now, he didn’t have a lot of room to roam around.
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No, he didn’t, but we weren’t as aware of nature as we are now. A few kids I knew had their turtles walk right up the ramp and over the top … not good as they were defenseless on their back.
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“Happy Together” by The Turtles. Great song! And a clever title. 😀 They look content!
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I knew you would “get” it Debbie. 🙂 Yes, I almost put the link in there to the song … I wonder how many people remember that song and/or The Turtles?
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We are ageing ourselves, Linda! But that’s okay. Fine wine and all that…
P.S. I just finished reading your stories about the ducklings who fell through the grate. What a wonderful example of teamwork! 👌
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Yes, fine wine is the way to look at it Debbie. 🙂
I’m glad you liked the stories about those poor ducklings. People came together so quickly and with so much concern. Helpless animals bring the compassion out in people who might not always have it for another human being. Several years ago, a small dog was running around on the ice – the Detroit River was frozen over. Some coyotes had been seen crossing the River from Mud Island across from Dingell Park. A photographer was at Dingell Park and saw the dog on the ice and contacted authorities, but it was closer to Windsor than to Wyandotte and so there were border issues and the police/Coast Guard cautioned people not to go onto the ice, even though we had had a Polar Vortex and it looked solid. So a Canadian borrowed an airboat and found the dog who had been running around on the ice for four days by then. He took a chance going on the ice, but got the dog and brought it to the American side. A local rescue/shelter group took it to a vet and named it “Miracle” … it had been out in the elements a long time, but after treatments (I think a hyperbaric chamber) Miracle was okay. Lots of people wanted to adopt that dog, but the new owner became the airboat driver who rescued Miracle. I wrote about that too, (two different posts), just because it touched me how people came together … a crowd was waiting for the dog to come to shore cheering the young man as he neared the shore. It was all over the news and then again when Miracle became a Canuck. 🙂
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Another heartwarming story! 💖
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Glad you liked it Debbie. I’m glad the guy who saved Miracle got to keep him. He had a cute red dog coat with a Canadian and U.S. flag on it. 🙂
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I’d be so delighted to see one sunning itself on a rock!
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They look so peaceful Esther … not a care in the world for them!
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I love turtles but I don’t ever remember having them as a pet. I wonder why it likes the board with the metal grid like cover on it. Maybe they are trying to keep it off or maybe it’s to make it easier for the turtles to get out of the water.
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Back when I was a kid, it was popular to have one as a pet. You are younger than me and maybe it wasn’t a “thing” anymore? After the multiple dogs as pets and the gourami kissing fish that jumped out of the bowl and landed on the floor, I think my parents were happy I had a turtle for a pet, so “Murtle” got to stay. I actually think that Heritage Park made the ramp for the turtles to climb in and out of the water. They sit on it, plus climb up the ramp to sunbathe. 🙂
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Great pics, Linda! 😊 They are ready to jump into the water at all precarious times! Out there to get their much needed vitamin D.
They sure don’t need insurance like we do. They are already covered. 😉
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Thank you Tom! You are clever and don’t you feel warmer now having seen those turtles sunbathing and soaking up the much needed vitamin D?
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I like these photos and have to wonder where this guy is hanging out now the temps are so cold. No doubt he knows what to do to survive, maybe better than us humans.
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Thanks Ally. This guy is hanging out now at the bottom of Coan Lake. Even though it is a manmade pond, it does have dirt and debris at the bottom of it, so it burrows down and settles into that once the cold weather begins. This happens at real lakes, rivers, creeks as well. I have to wonder how the turtles and crawfish don’t freeze to death though, especially in this cold weather we’ve been having.
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Loved these images. For my third book the female lead is obsessed with these creatures.
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Thank you Barbara! They always look so content just sunning on the rocks or on their special ramp the park made for them. That sounds exciting that a character is obsessed by turtles. I had one as a pet, just a small Red-eared slider – they were popular pets for kids back in the 60s. Some people have tortoises as pets. In fact I saw someone in California that needed to evacuate their home due to the wildfires and was taking care to pack up her tortoise and its belongings to stay with a friend and that friend had to build a special pen in her backyard to it could move around but not escape.
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