Where’s Waldo? #Wordless Wednesday #Why, he’s lost in the Lotus leaves!

Posted on May 6, 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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29 Responses to Where’s Waldo? #Wordless Wednesday #Why, he’s lost in the Lotus leaves!

  1. Pepper's avatar Pepper says:
    May 6, 2026 at 5:31 am

    Cute image, Linda. 😊

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  2. Dave's avatar Dave says:
    May 6, 2026 at 7:24 am

    A bird in a box of lettuce!

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  3. Kate Crimmins's avatar Kate Crimmins says:
    May 6, 2026 at 9:05 am

    I wonder if he can find food in all that greenery!

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  4. J P's avatar J P says:
    May 6, 2026 at 9:48 am

    I see him! But he’s not wearing his trademark striped shirt. Now I’m looking for a frog on one of those lily pads!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      May 6, 2026 at 9:35 pm

      Yes that is true JP … I should have thought of that and he’s also missing his hat and glasses. 🙂 I hope I find a frog on a lily pad this year. To date, I’ve only seen one large bullfrog in the duckweed so far. I’ll put it as a goal along with photographing a rainbow. We get enough rain these days that it should be a cinch, only usually the rain is due to storms and I’m glad they are over and don’t look outside.

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  5. Debbie D.'s avatar Debbie D. says:
    May 6, 2026 at 10:13 am

    Good one! 😀 Egrets are such interesting birds.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      May 6, 2026 at 9:37 pm

      Thank you Debbie! Yes, they are interesting and I like seeing and photographing Egrets on the ground more than when they perch in trees. They are so skinny that they just kind of blend into the background.

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  6. Prior...'s avatar Prior... says:
    May 6, 2026 at 12:30 pm

    Fun title and this photo makes the curve of the body really stand out – egrets are such beauties and all those leaves sure add mood

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  7. Terri Webster Schrandt's avatar Terri Webster Schrandt says:
    May 6, 2026 at 11:51 pm

    Waldo is hiding very well here, Linda. It helps that egrets can stand stock still and it takes a minute to see them! Great shot!

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  8. Anne Mehrling's avatar Anne Mehrling says:
    May 7, 2026 at 6:37 am

    Love the title!

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  9. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog's avatar Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog says:
    May 7, 2026 at 11:28 pm

    Awesome shot, Linda! These are definitely predatory birds.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      May 8, 2026 at 8:37 pm

      Thank you Tom! I wish I could have gotten a similar shot of an Egret when it was in the blooming Lotuses – it would have been more difficult to find him/her then!

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  10. Stevens's avatar Stevens says:
    May 8, 2026 at 4:43 pm

    Miss Linda………………………………well……………….there must be fish hiding under all of those leaves or he wouldn’t be there………………….

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      May 8, 2026 at 8:42 pm

      Yes Ann Marie, I’m guessing he thought it would be a good place to go for fish as no other birds would bother wading through the Lotus leaves. I hope he was successful. I’m amazed when I see the heron get a big fish and down it in one gulp and that fish is wiggling down that long neck after he swallows it!

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  11. Amorina Rose's avatar Amorina Rose says:
    May 12, 2026 at 7:47 pm

    Love it and love how pictures can tell such a story if we let it.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      May 12, 2026 at 8:50 pm

      Thank you Barbara! How fun to be an Egret and just embed yourself amongst the Lotuses. Imagine if the Lotuses were in bloom – then it would be tough to find this beautiful bird.

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  12. trumstravels's avatar trumstravels says:
    May 14, 2026 at 9:34 pm

    We are in South Korea right now and have seen so many egrets!

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