One long-legged gal looked like a deer-in-the-headlights (me); one long-legged gal ambled off (not me). #Wordless Wednesday #She just appeared out of nowhere!

Posted on June 18, 2025 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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50 Responses to One long-legged gal looked like a deer-in-the-headlights (me); one long-legged gal ambled off (not me). #Wordless Wednesday #She just appeared out of nowhere!

  1. Barbara Rodgers's avatar Barbara Rodgers says:
    June 18, 2025 at 6:27 am

    She’s beautiful! 💙 I bet she noticed you for some time before you noticed her. Her facial expression looks like she’s curious about you.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      June 18, 2025 at 8:05 pm

      I thought she was beautiful too Barbara. She looked at me so intensely too. Then she left, but the odd thing is she didn’t really bolt, but walked through the bushes, onto the road and ambled away. Her legs were so long, maybe because she wasn’t moving very fast – she had long legs like a moose.

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      • Barbara Rodgers's avatar Barbara Rodgers says:
        June 19, 2025 at 7:23 am

        Making eye contact with a deer is an intense spiritual experience, at least it has been for me. I love that she had long legs like yours, what a wonderful connection you had! 💙

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        June 19, 2025 at 10:41 pm

        Yes, it was wonderful Barbara and I remember your deer experience as well. I like that she did not bolt like they usually do, but just stared intently at me, took another bite of leaves, then moved along. Just moments after that encounter, I came upon a seagull and that was close-up as well. I kind of thought it was my day!

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  2. Ally Bean's avatar Ally Bean says:
    June 18, 2025 at 7:28 am

    Cool! You have a new friend.

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  3. Kate Crimmins's avatar Kate Crimmins says:
    June 18, 2025 at 7:32 am

    I think she is wondering if you have treats!

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  4. rajkkhoja's avatar rajkkhoja says:
    June 18, 2025 at 7:41 am

    So beautiful capture your’s New friend 🦌. I like.

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  5. J P's avatar J P says:
    June 18, 2025 at 9:02 am

    Coming and doeing!

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  6. Terri Webster Schrandt's avatar Terri Webster Schrandt says:
    June 18, 2025 at 10:19 am

    Hello, Miss Doe! I love our local deer! Beautiful capture of her face, Linda.

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  7. Tofino Photography's avatar Tofino Photography says:
    June 18, 2025 at 10:20 am

    Bambi comes out to say hello!

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  8. Debbie D.'s avatar Debbie D. says:
    June 18, 2025 at 11:39 am

    How sweet! 🙂 She has such an expressive face.

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  9. Laurie's avatar Laurie says:
    June 18, 2025 at 3:21 pm

    Wow! You were able to get close to that deer. Great photos!

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  10. dawnkinster's avatar dawnkinster says:
    June 18, 2025 at 3:35 pm

    Very sweet! She’s just out for a neighborhood walk.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      June 18, 2025 at 9:53 pm

      Yes, I think she eventually got bored with me and left. I would not have left first believe me! Hope you got through these storms okay Dawn. They finally left our area thankfully.

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  11. singlikewildflowers's avatar singlikewildflowers says:
    June 18, 2025 at 4:16 pm

    She’s probably heard about you as the nature photographer from other animals! She is very long-legged and calm looking. Nice shot 👌

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      June 18, 2025 at 9:54 pm

      Thank you Esther. You’re probably right – she was looking for a pose and appearing in my blog, maybe with a treat or two as well. I think I bored her as she took off down the road. Those long legs just killed me – usually I only see them standing in bushes or running/jumping, so these legs looked extra long to me!

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      • singlikewildflowers's avatar singlikewildflowers says:
        June 19, 2025 at 2:26 am

        Oh, a few treats would have given you some great shots! It would be a surprise for both parties to see what kind of pictures you would get.
        I took a double take with those long legs too!

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        June 19, 2025 at 10:38 pm

        I wonder if I had grabbed a branch with a lot of leaves near where I was standing if she would have come closer? Next time, if it happens, I’ll try that. Those legs just got me – moose look like that. A fellow blogger goes to a big park and takes a lot of moose shots … big bodies on tall skinny legs. 🙂

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      • singlikewildflowers's avatar singlikewildflowers says:
        June 20, 2025 at 12:48 am

        Maybe! That may work. You have a way with animals and familiarity with feeding them, so you might have some luck there.
        hahaha, a moose with tall skinny legs sounds funny.

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        June 20, 2025 at 9:58 pm

        Increased photo ops – I am all in! A tall skinny drink of water as the old saying goes … both of us!

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      • singlikewildflowers's avatar singlikewildflowers says:
        June 23, 2025 at 2:04 am

        I’m all in too for increased photo opps!

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        June 23, 2025 at 6:36 pm

        I need all the help I can get as my walking regimen and photo expeditions have taken a big nosedive due to this extreme heat, plus the other not-so-great weather days.

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      • singlikewildflowers's avatar singlikewildflowers says:
        June 29, 2025 at 1:29 am

        You don’t have to worry!! You must have so much photos from other walking treks you did. Hoping that the weather cooperates and you can go on more pleasant walks.

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        June 29, 2025 at 8:36 pm

        Believe it or not I still have some pics from walks taken last year, but I also have some from early Spring of several venues that I have not used and have to use a few of them in order to make them make sense. I keep all my excursions in a grid, along with a rough draft, but after Terri asked me to participate in the weekly Challenge, I’ve had to alter my way of doing things … so it’s gotten a bit confusing … glad I have the grid. But I have 104 posts I do a year and I’ve been trying to kind of peel off some pictures from walks so I can keep doing the Wordless Wednesday as I don’t want to break my five-year streak of WWs.

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  12. Rebecca's avatar Rebecca says:
    June 18, 2025 at 10:14 pm

    She came, she saw, she left. Fun photos, Linda.

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  13. AnnMarie Stevens's avatar AnnMarie Stevens says:
    June 19, 2025 at 1:05 pm

    Miss Linda…………………………………….that is awesome to be able to come across………………………..You hang around the right places!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      June 19, 2025 at 10:42 pm

      Thank you Ann Marie – yes I was lucky to be in the right place, at the right time, for this deer and she was not anxious to leave, or bolt, like deer usually do. I guess there were some tasty leaves right there, so why not stay and eat and look at the lady taking her photo? 🙂

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  14. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog's avatar Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog says:
    June 20, 2025 at 12:00 am

    Amazing! They sure don’t stick around where i live… too many insane, trigger-happy hunters. How anyone can shoot one of these with things other than cameras is mind-boggling.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      June 20, 2025 at 9:57 pm

      I was mesmerized by her Tom! She just appeared out of nowhere and we looked at each other and she was munching leaves. Then she just kind of ambled away, not in a hurry. I must have bored her! 🙂 I don’t understand it at all Tom. Deer seem like such docile animals and I follow a group of amateur photographers who take photos at all the 13 Michigan Metroparks and I really enjoy the Spring photos of all the baby birds they post, but mostly the fawns. I agree with you 100%

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  15. indianeskitchen's avatar indianeskitchen says:
    June 21, 2025 at 6:31 pm

    You were in the right place at the right time Linda! Why does the neck look so long, I never noticed that before.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      June 21, 2025 at 9:12 pm

      Yes I was lucky to be there at the right place and time. I didn’t notice the neck so much as the long legs as it walked away – I’m guessing that is because usually when I see them, they are running to get away from people. 🙂

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  16. Sandra J's avatar Sandra J says:
    June 23, 2025 at 3:53 pm

    Looks like she is just out for a walk like we do 🙂

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      June 23, 2025 at 8:03 pm

      Yes, kind of ambling down the road like you and I do Sandra. At least she didn’t bolt from me, so she thought I had a friendly face (and no I didn’t give her treats). 🙂

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  17. Prior...'s avatar Prior... says:
    June 26, 2025 at 12:35 am

    was hoping to see a photo of the long-legged author of this post – ha

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