“When do I say cheese?” #Wordless Wednesday #This Cabbage White enjoys posing.

Posted on August 6, 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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56 Responses to “When do I say cheese?” #Wordless Wednesday #This Cabbage White enjoys posing.

  1. rajkkhoja's avatar rajkkhoja says:
    August 6, 2025 at 6:16 am

    Wonderful photography.

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  2. Anne Mehrling's avatar Anne Mehrling says:
    August 6, 2025 at 7:04 am

    Cabbage White is a funny name for a lovely creature!

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    • ruthsoaper's avatar ruthsoaper says:
      August 6, 2025 at 8:03 pm

      they come from cabbage worms that feed on cabbage.

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        August 6, 2025 at 8:41 pm

        Yes, I learned that when I used to walk through the Community Gardens at Heritage Park. People were eager to talk about their “plots” – some just have flower gardens. They rent a plot from May to October and can grow what they want – most grow veggies and they are abundant there. Plus they have people doing community service planting and harvesting veggies for Fish & Loaves food bank. I have to go back and see if I can get pics this year, but I’m trying to avoid tall grass areas and woodsy anything right now due to ticks – ugh.

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      • ruthsoaper's avatar ruthsoaper says:
        August 7, 2025 at 6:42 am

        Ticks aren’t as bad right now as they were earlier this year when it was so wet.

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        August 7, 2025 at 7:46 pm

        That’s great that there are less ticks Ruth. I have not been out walking at any big, woodsy parks due to the heat and humidity and wildfire smoke. I am going to stay off the rustic trails for now since that is how I got the tick in my ear last year. I was in a raggedy area at Grosse Ile, a portion of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge with some trails through the woods and high grass and took off my sunhat as it was gray out, so I’m sure that is how I picked up the “hitchhiker” and didn’t see it right away. Thankfully it was on my outer ear, not inside.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      August 6, 2025 at 8:04 pm

      I agree Anne – it is a strange name, but I read once it originates because they lay eggs on cabbages and their caterpillars feast on cabbages and other leafy garden vegetables like that. I get the “white” part, but yes – strange. They are pretty though, almost transparent.

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  3. Barbara Rodgers's avatar Barbara Rodgers says:
    August 6, 2025 at 8:17 am

    It’s doing its best to give you its best angle! 😉

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      August 6, 2025 at 8:12 pm

      Yes!! When I took the photos of this butterfly, I didn’t notice it actually looking at me in the top picture, until I got the image on the computer screen. I was amazed at that! They are so delicate-looking, aren’t they?

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      • Barbara Rodgers's avatar Barbara Rodgers says:
        August 9, 2025 at 8:55 am

        Yes, very petite and dainty.

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        August 9, 2025 at 8:36 pm

        Yesterday I took my car for a little ride as I knew I was not going out this weekend due to the extreme heat and humidity (but the wildfire smoke is gone … one out of three is not bad I guess). So I came home, parked and went to go open the garage door and a Red-Spotted Purple Butterfly flitted over and landed on the gas tank door. It was beautiful, not a tatter and I didn’t take my camera with me. It stayed there for the longest time and I kept thinking “if I run inside for the camera, would it still be there?” It finally left – I usually always carry the camera, but if not going anywhere to take photos … my loss.

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      • Barbara Rodgers's avatar Barbara Rodgers says:
        August 10, 2025 at 7:14 am

        I understand that quandary! Should I run inside for the camera, or stay here and enjoy the moment? Either way we wind up feeling disappointed and kicking ourselves for not keeping a camera attached to our bodies 24/7.

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        August 10, 2025 at 7:33 pm

        I am sure it won’t be the last time for either of us Barbara. Several times at Council Point Park when I didn’t take my camera, I saw something unusual and walked one mile home to get my camera. Once I got the car, but it was easier to just walk back quickly as it was always on a workday and I started work at 11:00 a.m. (when I worked from home). It was worth getting the camera: a raccoon under a tree, a baby Robin in the nest fed by its Mama, the 100s of dead/semi-alive shad in the Ecorse Creek with ducks swimming and eating them at the same time and finally a Mama duck with a slew of ducklings and she was in the baseball field and walking them around – maybe for exercise, maybe looking for the “exit”? Each time the critters were still there … well the shad weren’t going anywhere. The digital compact sure doesn’t take up space. This butterfly was just perfect. Also, once I HAD the camera when a Monarch landed on my shoulder in the Summertime. Another walker saw it and said “if you have your camera, I’ll take a picture with it on your shoulder.” I said “it’ll fly away, but thanks.” It stayed on my shoulder for the entire one-mile loop. 🙂

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  4. J P's avatar J P says:
    August 6, 2025 at 9:04 am

    “Hey, I hang out on green flowers for a reason. You aren’t supposed to see me!”

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  5. Debbie D.'s avatar Debbie D. says:
    August 6, 2025 at 10:15 am

    Interesting name for a butterfly. Nice macro shots! 👌

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      August 6, 2025 at 8:16 pm

      Thank you Debbie! I think they are pretty and delicate looking and are kind of underrated since they are plain. We have lots of them. They are named as they lay eggs on cabbages and other leafy vegetables and raise their caterpillars on the leaves. I guess “Kale Whites” didn’t have a ring to it. 🙂

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  6. Laurie's avatar Laurie says:
    August 6, 2025 at 11:15 am

    Those cabbage whites are good subjects for photos. When they are sipping on some nectar, they are not easily scared off by a person with a camera! Great shots, Linda!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      August 6, 2025 at 8:18 pm

      Thanks Laurie! This cabbage white was there a long time sipping away, so I was able to get closer and closer to it. When I saw the first picture image on the computer screen I thought “that butterfly is looking right at me!”

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  7. Prior...'s avatar Prior... says:
    August 6, 2025 at 11:49 am

    I like both shots because we can feally feel the rather slender wings on this posing cutie

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  8. Rebecca's avatar Rebecca says:
    August 6, 2025 at 4:30 pm

    I find these hard to photograph because they usually don’t hold still for very long. They are beauties!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      August 6, 2025 at 8:22 pm

      Yes, you’re right Rebecca – cabbage whites are always in motion! This one must have found some good nectar as it stayed in place for a few minutes and the first picture looks like it is gazing right at me, something you don’t usually see (or it is my overactive imagination). 🙂

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  9. ruthsoaper's avatar ruthsoaper says:
    August 6, 2025 at 8:05 pm

    Wow, a nice close up of its face.

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  10. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog's avatar Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog says:
    August 6, 2025 at 11:01 pm

    Great Cabbage pics, Linda! Though i see a few butterflies here and there, the local birds seemed to have left our area for now. Apparently, the Canadian smoke is too nasty for them to bear. (I certainly hope that none of them are dying.)

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      August 7, 2025 at 7:39 pm

      Thank you Tom! I think Cabbage Whites are underrated – just because they are not colorful and large like other butterflies, does not mean they are not just as pretty and delicate. I think this butterfly liked posing – it looked right at me, something I didn’t notice until I had the image on the computer screen later. Today we still had wildfire smoke, but it was actually blue, but it was also hot and humid too. The butterflies are fine in the heat, the birds not so much, plus it is difficult on them this time of year as many of them are also molting now, but this ever-present wildfire smoke is not helping any of them now or in the long term.

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  11. Terri Webster Schrandt's avatar Terri Webster Schrandt says:
    August 6, 2025 at 11:33 pm

    When the cabbage is cheese! No? Such sunny light pics, Linda! Enjoy your week!

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  12. TD's avatar TD says:
    August 7, 2025 at 11:58 am

    The cabbage patch butterfly is here mostly spring and fall. It’s 100 degrees with feels like 115 this month typically so it’s just too darn hot for movement of life. Even the birds are fewer! This morning the human across the street placed left over watermelon rind next to the bird bath and I watched the squirrels that I named the three amigos, obviously young brothers, duke it out carrying off the treat! Linda, you would have loved that photo opportunity!! So cute these three, but no butterflies currently. Great photos of your butterfly friend!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      August 7, 2025 at 8:18 pm

      We actually see our Cabbage Whites long into Fall and early in the Spring. Right now, they are the only butterflies I’ve seen except for one trip to Heritage Park to the small perennial garden by the log house where I saw one Swallowtail. That is sad as we are losing butterflies like crazy. I am glad you liked my butterfly which was looking right at me – I couldn’t believe it when I saw that on the screen.

      Yes, I would love to see the squirrels duking it out and feasting on the watermelon rind. I used to feed the squirrels in the neighborhood for years, but stopped after the Cooper’s Hawk got them. I don’t want to start up again for their sake and mine, not only for the hawks, but I had to watch when pulling into and out of the garage that I didn’t run over one as they came over for peanuts and I worried they would get into the garage and hide and be shut in there inadvertently. One squirrel did that to my neighbor and did a ton of damage overnight.

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  13. indianeskitchen's avatar indianeskitchen says:
    August 10, 2025 at 7:51 pm

    Beautiful picture Linda. I love to watch them flying around, they seem so quick

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  14. Forestwood's avatar Forestwood says:
    August 11, 2025 at 6:01 am

    I love the yellow and green hues in these photos.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      August 11, 2025 at 8:09 pm

      Yes, they are very pretty and delicate butterflies Amanda, though much smaller than those we are more familiar with.

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      • Forestwood's avatar Forestwood says:
        August 11, 2025 at 9:01 pm

        The butterflies here aren’t numerous, but a delight when I see them. So delicate and fairy like – except when they lay eggs on my lemon tree! But that is okay!

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        August 11, 2025 at 10:03 pm

        Ours are not as numerous here anymore either Amanda. I was bemoaning that fact to a fellow blogger the other day when he had a macro shot of a Black Swallowtail and the next day I pulled the car in the driveway, got out and a Purple Spotted Butterfly landed on my gas tank – I had no camera and would have run inside, but figured it would pause a few seconds and leave, but it stayed a good two minutes before flitting off.

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  15. Forestwood's avatar Forestwood says:
    August 12, 2025 at 2:26 am

    A special experience – as if the universe was listening!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      August 12, 2025 at 8:51 pm

      [Hmm – my comment vanished into thin air, so I’ll try again.] Anyway … I was saying that I felt pretty special too to have that happen and while it would have been nice to have had the camera on hand to take the photo, it was a memorable experience anyway.

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  16. LaShelle's avatar LaShelle says:
    August 12, 2025 at 7:27 pm

    I did not know they were called cabbage whites and that is extremely cool!!

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