Got an itch? Then scratch it! Just don’t put out your eye! #Wordless Wednesday #Canada Goose

Posted on March 4, 2026 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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44 Responses to Got an itch? Then scratch it! Just don’t put out your eye! #Wordless Wednesday #Canada Goose

  3. Prior...'s avatar Prior... says:
    March 4, 2026 at 7:30 am

    hahah – so cute –

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  4. J P's avatar J P says:
    March 4, 2026 at 7:53 am

    Goose yoga? 😁

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  5. Kate Crimmins's avatar Kate Crimmins says:
    March 4, 2026 at 8:08 am

    My itches are always smack in the middle of my back where I can’t reach it.

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  6. Dave's avatar Dave says:
    March 4, 2026 at 11:28 am

    … or maybe his reflection in the water gives him pause!

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  7. Anne Mehrling's avatar Anne Mehrling says:
    March 4, 2026 at 5:39 pm

    That’s quite a photo!

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  8. Bay Photos By Donna's avatar Bay Photos By Donna says:
    March 4, 2026 at 6:44 pm

    That itch had to be scratched!
    I’ve watched birds of all sizes scratch around their head and eyes; and I think, how do they not poke their eye out??!!! 😉

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  9. Stevens's avatar Stevens says:
    March 4, 2026 at 9:07 pm

    Miss Linda………………………………you have a great imagination and you take beautiful pictures I love them

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  10. singlikewildflowers's avatar singlikewildflowers says:
    March 5, 2026 at 1:19 am

    Dry skin or eczema?

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  11. dawnkinster's avatar dawnkinster says:
    March 5, 2026 at 6:38 am

    cute picture!

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  12. Rebecca's avatar Rebecca says:
    March 5, 2026 at 11:25 am

    Not a very flattering pose for the goose. If it had known you were taking a photo, it would have stood up straight and smiled. 🙂

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      March 5, 2026 at 8:33 pm

      No, it isn’t very flattering at all – I’m sure it would have liked to look right at me, like that swan did in my last post. Staring, like it never saw a human. 🙂 There was a photo on social media tonight of three deer riding down the Detroit River on an ice floe. It was taken March 2nd. An ice fisherman said he couldn’t believe his eyes, but the deer around here do swim to get from point A to point B sometimes.

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  13. Terri Webster Schrandt's avatar Terri Webster Schrandt says:
    March 5, 2026 at 5:47 pm

    They always seem to know where they’re scratching, thank goodness!

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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:
    March 6, 2026 at 2:19 am

    Great catch, Linda! Tweetie, one of the parrots, likes to scratch the back of her head with one foot. It’s very cute to see!

    Some warm weather is on the way. Because some warm weather is coming, i have a shipment of beautiful Forktail Rainbowfish coming in. I’m going to try to breed them to get babies.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      March 6, 2026 at 8:38 pm

      Thanks Tom! I’ve seen songbirds as well as my own parakeets and canaries scratch their head using their foot and it made me cringe as I was thinking “watch those toenails!” Parrots have big feet, so I’ll bet it is cute to see. Yes, warm weather is finally coming – almost 70 tomorrow and again Monday. I hope you are a successful “fish dad”. We had a tornado touch down in the western part of the state this afternoon. There was a lot of damage. I understand our dense fog may help us out as to the severe weather tonight and tomorrow – fingers crossed they are right.

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      • Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog's avatar Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog says:
        March 8, 2026 at 3:51 pm

        I saw some of the tornado damage on the evening news. It’s rather frightening. Global warming is a contributing factor.

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        March 8, 2026 at 8:13 pm

        Some of that drone footage of the affected areas was frightening. I saw a canoe in a tree and someone reported their mail inside their home was blown 17 miles away. The debris in the area as it was churning was amazing. I have since learned that there actually three tornadoes, not one as originally thought. Global warming – sigh. I didn’t care for this bad Winter, but the thought of our Summer being hotter than last year (per my favorite meteorologist/climatologist) means more severe weather outbreaks.

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  15. lindalouslife's avatar lindalouslife says:
    March 6, 2026 at 3:39 pm

    Who knew webbed feet are so versatile?

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  16. Debbie D.'s avatar Debbie D. says:
    March 7, 2026 at 11:08 am

    A perfect “Candid Camera” moment! 😀

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  17. indianeskitchen's avatar indianeskitchen says:
    March 7, 2026 at 6:23 pm

    When I first looked at the picture, I thought the stick was his leg that was detached! Lol

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  18. trumstravels's avatar trumstravels says:
    March 8, 2026 at 5:25 pm

    Yes they need to be careful with their big feet !

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