Striped Squill and two bonus bees to boot! #Wordless Wednesday #Ahh, the joy of Spring!

Posted on May 13, 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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38 Responses to Striped Squill and two bonus bees to boot! #Wordless Wednesday #Ahh, the joy of Spring!

  1. Anne Mehrling's avatar Anne Mehrling says:
    May 13, 2026 at 6:37 am

    Gorgeous! I never heard of that name.

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  2. Pepper's avatar Pepper says:
    May 13, 2026 at 7:26 am

    A lovely Wordless Wednesday post, Linda. 😊

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  4. J P's avatar J P says:
    May 13, 2026 at 9:52 am

    I squilled with delight! 😛

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  5. Dave's avatar Dave says:
    May 13, 2026 at 10:09 am

    Just the latest example of a teaching moment from your blog, Linda. I was searching for a bird in a sort of “Where’s Waldo” effort until I looked up squill and learned what it actually is. Bingo 🙂

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      May 13, 2026 at 7:38 pm

      Thank you Dave! It was a teaching moment for me as well because I did a Google Image Search to find out the name of the flower and when I saw the name I thought “never heard of it!” I’m certainly no expert on every flower out there, but “Striped Squill” didn’t sound like a real name to me. To me the name resembles that of a shorebird with long legs and a very long bill. I follow a blogger who is an avid birder and she and her husband just visited a bird sanctuary in Louisiana. She photographed such unique-looking birds, most which I had never heard of and some which really odd names!

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  6. Terri Webster Schrandt's avatar Terri Webster Schrandt says:
    May 13, 2026 at 10:24 am

    A pretty flower bearing and odd name! Great shot of the busy bees, Linda!

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  7. Debbie D.'s avatar Debbie D. says:
    May 13, 2026 at 11:23 am

    Beautiful photos, Linda. I wasn’t familiar with “striped squill”. Interesting! 🙂

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      May 13, 2026 at 7:44 pm

      Thanks Debbie! I wonder how they decide on the names of flowers sometimes. The stripes are so pale on this “Striped Squill” that I’d hardly call it “striped”.

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  8. ruthsoaper's avatar ruthsoaper says:
    May 13, 2026 at 4:54 pm

    That’s new to me too.

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  9. Rebecca's avatar Rebecca says:
    May 13, 2026 at 10:16 pm

    A beautiful flower that appears to be a favorite of the bees.

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  10. brilliantviewpoint's avatar brilliantviewpoint says:
    May 14, 2026 at 6:25 pm

    Great photos and closeups of the bees.

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  11. trumstravels's avatar trumstravels says:
    May 14, 2026 at 9:31 pm

    I have never heard of that flower but the it’s pretty and the bees like it!

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  12. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog's avatar Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog says:
    May 15, 2026 at 2:28 am

    Great shots, Linda. I hope that the bees avoid the Roundup that farmers use; i sure hope that the bees continue to thrive.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      May 15, 2026 at 7:51 pm

      Thank you Tom! I was surprised to see bees buzzing in the flowers in the second week of April as it had been cold and blustery up until then. I hope the bees stay away from that nasty Roundup as well. A few years ago I was visiting the local alpaca farm and the owner was giving me a tour of the property and asked if I wanted to see the honey in the hive and there was nothing there, just dead bees. He was so disheartened by seeing this and vowed not to tend any more bee hives as he had lost bees before since it’s a rural area and so many farmers spray their crops.

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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:
        May 16, 2026 at 1:46 am

        When i lived in Kansas, i kept bees. The local farmers sprayed their alfalfa crops with pesticides and it weakened the bee colonies. We were friends with a Ciropractor who knew the actor, Loren Green, and together, they were trying to get farmers to use more natural pest controls.

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        May 16, 2026 at 9:31 pm

        That’s too bad that happened Tom. I can imagine how you, being a nature lover, would have felt, just like Richard at the alpaca farm when he discovered all his bees had died. Saving the bees is a good cause and if celebrities would get involved like that, people might listen to their words and it would make an impact. I think this “No Mow May” is good, though in early Spring is when the grass grows like crazy and you don’t mow, you risk getting fined by the City.

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  13. Prior...'s avatar Prior... says:
    May 15, 2026 at 2:30 pm

    love this floral lifet and your alliteration in the title was cool

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  14. Stevens's avatar Stevens says:
    May 16, 2026 at 4:35 pm

    Miss Linda………………………I never heard of striped Squill flowers but they sure are pretty and those bees are getting father by all of the sweet syrup they’re slurping up!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      May 16, 2026 at 9:33 pm

      Ann Marie – I had never heard of these flowers either, so it was a first for me. I was surprised these flowers were blooming and the bees were out on such a cold day in early April. Those bees were hungry and getting fat!

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  15. singlikewildflowers's avatar singlikewildflowers says:
    May 19, 2026 at 10:17 pm

    The blue stripe is gorgeous! I’ve never seen this kind of flowers before.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      May 19, 2026 at 11:05 pm

      Me neither – isn’t it pretty and the bees were crazy about it too!

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      • singlikewildflowers's avatar singlikewildflowers says:
        May 20, 2026 at 3:31 am

        The bee in the second picture looks like he’s blanketed in a soft downy flowers!

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        May 20, 2026 at 6:14 pm

        Esther, I went back and looked and yes he does! I follow Sandra, a wildlife photographer, who does mostly bird photos, but last week she had an up-close shot of a bee with a lot of pollen dusting its body. It was really something to see and I know I might be happy if I get the texture of the bee in my photos, but here was this pollen dust, looking like gold flecks. It was really something to see!

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