Blue skies smiling at me. #Wordless Wednesday #Reflection perfection #The smoke took a hike – so did I.

Posted on August 19, 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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51 Responses to Blue skies smiling at me. #Wordless Wednesday #Reflection perfection #The smoke took a hike – so did I.

  1. dawnkinster's avatar dawnkinster says:
    August 19, 2026 at 7:12 am

    The last few days have had the prettiest clouds.

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  2. Pepper's avatar Pepper says:
    August 19, 2026 at 7:51 am

    And I bet you smiled too! Love the reflections of the sky. What a beautiful capture, Linda.

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  4. J P's avatar J P says:
    August 19, 2026 at 9:15 am

    I love the blue sky, but you can keep the water. My area has seen quite enough of it to last us awhile!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      August 19, 2026 at 6:22 pm

      That sure is the truth for you. I know you have had lots of flooding there and I’ve seen videos of it. I was surprised you didn’t mention it in your list of annoyances from your last post. Meanwhile, in my area almost daily they call for rain and/or storms – when we get a storm, it is torrential rain.

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  6. lindalouslife's avatar lindalouslife says:
    August 19, 2026 at 12:14 pm

    Such a lovely reflection photo!

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  7. Rebecca's avatar Rebecca says:
    August 19, 2026 at 3:07 pm

    Dreamy reflections!

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  8. Joni's avatar Joni says:
    August 19, 2026 at 7:48 pm

    I’m sorry to ask Linda, but did my Beach Blog show up in your feed? Some comments are showing up on cell phone on my gmail account, which I don’t use or reply to there, but are not here on WP?

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      August 19, 2026 at 8:05 pm

      Joni – no, it did not show up in my feed today, so I looked on your actual site and I see it “Beach Baby” … I will read it now and comment. This is NOT the first time I have had posts not show up in Reader. A woman I’ve followed for years and posts a couple of times a week but not on specific days wasn’t posting, so I went there thinking she was ill and she had posted about five times and I found I was unsubscribed. JP’s blog posts have not shown up a couple of times and since I know he posts Fridays I just go and read the post at his site, but then I always find out I got unsubscribed. This happened to JP getting unsubscribed from my blog too. I am sure if I ask WP, they will tell me it is because I am using an old theme. I told you first they told me I had to change my background, which I did, then I changed it to floral (similar to what I had before), then one day it was bright pink, so I went to change it back and found out that was my new default. I’m not keen on spending a lot of time to change my theme as I like the simplicity of this one. I feel badly as you posted this a week ago… I will go and read it now. It looks fun!

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  9. Terri Webster Schrandt's avatar Terri Webster Schrandt says:
    August 19, 2026 at 8:05 pm

    I’ll take those blue skies and puffy clouds any day over the hazy sunshine here, Linda! I bet it was nice to get out again 🙂

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      August 19, 2026 at 8:49 pm

      There is nothing like a sunny day with puffy clouds Terri. Yes, it was nice to get out again and this was the first day that the air quality was good and the sky was blue. I went to two big parks that day and there were so many people, most of them just commenting to others/strangers about how nice it was to be outside again.

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  11. singlikewildflowers's avatar singlikewildflowers says:
    August 19, 2026 at 8:20 pm

    Peaceful and cooling! Love the wide angle shot.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      August 19, 2026 at 8:52 pm

      Thank you Esther! It was the first day after a string of hazy and gray days in a long time and a welcome sight to see the blue skies and puffy clouds like that.

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      • singlikewildflowers's avatar singlikewildflowers says:
        August 21, 2026 at 6:15 pm

        Oh yes! Enjoy it as much as you can. Fall is right around the corner. I know you will get some beautiful and glorious foliage changing colors.

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        August 21, 2026 at 8:38 pm

        Fall has always been my favorite season Esther. I am looking forward to it more and more each year as our Summers have been so hot and humid and just not a lot of fun, especially this year’s weather. We had a lot of severe weather too and even if the predicted severe weather does not come to fruition, there is the angst about it beforehand. I was out today making the most of a good weather day … I walked a lot, got lots of fresh air and some fun pictures.

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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:
    August 20, 2026 at 8:24 pm

    So many rainy and cloudy bad days lately (that makes being in the sun a radiation bombardment). Be very careful, Linda, about sunny days when one is by water. Be sure to wear good UVA and UVB sunglasses. It is way too easy to damage the eyes.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      August 20, 2026 at 9:09 pm

      The weather has been a little better this week Tom, but poor air quality unfortunately (though you wouldn’t know it to look at the sky as it’s blue).

      This year I got prescription sunglasses for the first time ever. I’ve always just relied on the transition lenses, but decided on the recommendation of the eye doctor – he knows I am out and about, often near the water. I am otherwise covered top-to-toe with sun protection clothing and a sun protection hat with a back flap. About a month ago I was near the water and the deer flies were bad – my first encounter with deer flies at this park or any park. Only the females bite, just like mosquitoes; they were swarming around me about mid-way through the trail. I pushed my one long sleeve up as I could see one deer fly had gone up my sleeve and bitten me as it was itchy. I had my sleeve up maybe one half-hour and by night I had burned red on the top of my arm.

      I’ll tell you that going out on hikes is no picnic anymore – we have had a human Eastern Equine Encephalitis mosquito bite yesterday in Roscommon (the first human bitten in five years and bites can have deadly consequences); we have had a couple of West Nile Virus mosquito bites in Wayne County (where I live) and two rattlesnakes at two different Metroparks – one the man found a Mississauga rattler in his boat and the other rattlesnake bit a little girl. Oh joy for all these things Tom.

      I hope that I don’t just resort to a treadmill one day.

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  13. Kirstin Troyer's avatar Kirstin Troyer says:
    August 20, 2026 at 8:35 pm

    Very pretty choice.

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  14. Prior...'s avatar Prior... says:
    August 20, 2026 at 9:45 pm

    I love how the sky and reflection of the sky anchor the photo to the left and middle and then all the front and right has that arch in the green. I really like the composition and glad you took a hike

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  15. AnnMarie Stevens's avatar AnnMarie Stevens says:
    August 21, 2026 at 4:31 pm

    Miss Linda………………………….this is a better reflection Pond that in Washington D.C.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      August 21, 2026 at 8:36 pm

      I really liked the reflections that day Ann Marie – it was the first day out after that long period of time that it was so hot, gray and we had the poor air quality from all the smoky skies. This was taken at one of the overlooks at Lake Erie Metropark.

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  16. brilliantviewpoint's avatar brilliantviewpoint says:
    August 21, 2026 at 10:44 pm

    Love the clouds in the pond.

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  17. Amorina Rose's avatar Amorina Rose says:
    August 23, 2026 at 7:50 am

    Beautiful. I am currently working on a collection of short stories and poetry and this photo just gave me the edge on an idea I have been trying to sort out.

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  18. trumstravels's avatar trumstravels says:
    August 30, 2026 at 4:49 pm

    Nice photo Linda ! I love the cloud reflections in the lake.

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  19. Sandra J's avatar Sandra J says:
    August 31, 2026 at 9:18 am

    Great shot Linda, love it 🙂

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