Sherbet-colored fleurs at Memorial Park. #Wordless Wednesday #Trumpet Vine and Daylilies

Posted on September 16, 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 Sherbet-colored fleurs at Memorial Park. #Wordless Wednesday #Trumpet Vine and Daylilies

  2. Dave's avatar Dave says:
    September 16, 2026 at 8:24 am

    Orange might be the exception (it’s been a long time) but I’m not a fan of sherbet. I expect the richness of ice cream when I take a taste so I’m forever disappointed. Not to take anything away from these delicious blooms 🙂

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      September 16, 2026 at 2:53 pm

      Dave, I remember we used to have the “rainbow” sherbet when I was growing up, two or three citrus-y flavors mixed together. I don’t know if that was for my benefit or not. 🙂 I would prefer ice cream or frozen yogurt for the creamier texture too. You can’t make a good float with sherbet either. Those Trumpet Vines are beautiful and a hummingbird magnet, although whenever I stopped at this park for hummingbird or butterfly photo ops the last year or so, I’ve come away without a single photo.

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  3. Terri Webster Schrandt's avatar Terri Webster Schrandt says:
    September 16, 2026 at 10:24 am

    I love day lilies, Linda, these are beautiful and bright! I planted some last spring and hope to see them bloom next year.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      September 16, 2026 at 2:55 pm

      They are pretty hardy Terri, so you should have no problem getting them to grow. These Day Lilies and Trumpet Vines were in the volunteer garden at Memorial Park, but I must have seen hundreds of Day Lilies when walking around the City at the end of June.

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  4. J P's avatar J P says:
    September 16, 2026 at 10:31 am

    People tell me that daylillies are weeds, but I don’t care – I like them.

    And now you have me hungry for orange sherbet (which is pronounced sherbert in my Parr of the country). 😛

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    • J P's avatar J P says:
      September 16, 2026 at 10:31 am

      Part of the country. Miserable autocorrect.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      September 16, 2026 at 2:58 pm

      I heard that about daylilies too JP, or that they are wildflowers, but some of the wildflowers I encounter in my walks are prettier than the perennials you buy and nurture. These flowers are in a volunteer garden and get no TLC at all. I have always referred to this dessert as sherbert with an “r” too. In fact, when WordPress corrected my spelling, I wondered why and Googled – well, oops!

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  5. Pepper's avatar Pepper says:
    September 16, 2026 at 11:25 am

    These are lovely, Linda. 😊

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  7. AnnMarie Stevens's avatar AnnMarie Stevens says:
    September 16, 2026 at 8:40 pm

    Miss Linda…………………………………..The name: “Trumpet Lillies” fits the beauty of those bright flowers………………………………..

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  8. Debbie D.'s avatar Debbie D. says:
    September 17, 2026 at 3:04 am

    Gorgeous blooms! And such vibrant colours. 🧡

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  9. trumstravels's avatar trumstravels says:
    September 17, 2026 at 12:30 pm

    They are so pretty! 😊

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      September 17, 2026 at 8:56 pm

      Yes, the colors were great, both were at peak that day. I was there for a local classic car event, so I wandered over to the volunteer garden.

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      • trumstravels's avatar trumstravels says:
        September 19, 2026 at 6:46 pm

        That’s very cool. Clint and I ended up at a classic car showing our city a couple weeks ago, we didn’t even know what was going on. Some of the cars were so cool.😃

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        September 19, 2026 at 8:27 pm

        Yes, they are fun to go to. When I went to the Model A event, the owners were so nice to chat with and I took photos of their vehicles and got some fun info about them for a blog post. We have a vintage festival with old cars tomorrow at Elizabeth Park, but it likely won’t see much attendance as we are having another all-day rain on Sunday.

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  10. Rebecca's avatar Rebecca says:
    September 17, 2026 at 9:35 pm

    I have both of these in my back yard. They really brighten things up. The hummingbirds love the trumpet vines.

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  11. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog's avatar Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog says:
    September 17, 2026 at 11:58 pm

    Hummingbirds love trumpet-shaped flowers; that’s why they love the Hostas in the backyard.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      September 18, 2026 at 8:35 pm

      I love these Trumpet Vines Tom. This is in the volunteer garden in a nearby park, where I sometimes mosey over looking for hummingbirds, but am always unsuccessful for some reason.

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  13. Prior...'s avatar Prior... says:
    September 24, 2026 at 11:24 pm

    Hi Linda, these really are a sorbet color – and there’s just something really vibrant about this hue – great choices

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      September 25, 2026 at 6:50 pm

      Thank you Yvette! Terri posted a list of color challenges, one for each month for 2026 and when I saw these two in the volunteer garden at Memorial Park, I knew they would fit the September color challenge perfectly. I love the vibrant colors as well!

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      • Prior...'s avatar Prior... says:
        September 27, 2026 at 1:14 am

        Hi Linda, I am not doing challenges right now but if I start up again, I am going to start with Terri?’s
        In the meantime, I will enjoy your post and some of the others that come in my reader – as well as hers
        And I really enjoyed this post

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        September 27, 2026 at 7:49 pm

        Hi Yvette – I actually resisted doing any challenges over the years. I did a couple of “Thursday Doors” (one for Norm and one for Dan). Then about three years ago Terri started following me and when she had a color challenge (she has one per month, usually the second week of the month), she would tell me she linked my post to her challenge. I remember she did that for yellow when I had sunflowers once. I told Terri if I had a lot of photos I took over the Spring – Fall, I could work them into her weekly challenge as I keep a grid of every walk I go on to keep them straight, plus I draft a summary the day I take the walk and put it into the grid. This year I didn’t do as many walks due to the weather and house issues. I hope I don’t run out of pictures!

        Terri also does the Flower Hour every Tuesday, so if my posts don’t pertain to her challenge, I just do what I did here and use my Wordless Wednesday post for Flower Hour instead. I made sure to take a lot of flower shots this Summer when I did get out so I can participate in one or the other. Today’s challenge is “Hometown” so I’ll link to Flower Hour instead. Another blogger asked me to join her weekly challenge “One Step at a Time” about six months ago. Pepper is a hiker, so I do participate, though many of my posts are not full-on hikes all the time.

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      • Prior...'s avatar Prior... says:
        September 27, 2026 at 9:11 pm

        That one step at a time challenge sounds pretty interesting. And I like how you are able to connect with Terri?’s challenges and the best part about it is that it happened organically
        Also, I am glad that you got a lot of flower photos to use

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        September 28, 2026 at 6:17 pm

        Yes, I like the One step at a time too. I meant to add to this comment yesterday that since I’ve had so many days staying home this Summer due to weather, then the last month due to storm-related damage and general house maintenance, etc., that I have posts done through December 6th. That is a first for me. I’ve already written the post for the 13th as I just went on that walk Saturday, my return to Council Point Park, so I just have to go through and pick the photos for the post. I like being ahead that much, plus I just signed up for a six-week feedback course in watercolor painting of landscapes, so we’ll get our assignments every Sunday and have to finish them and send them to the instructor to be critiqued by the following Sunday. It starts October 15th and ends on Thanksgiving Day. So, I’m happy I have the posts done, to free up time to still get out and walk and take photos, plus work on this class.

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      • Prior...'s avatar Prior... says:
        October 2, 2026 at 7:45 pm

        sounds like a good plan and that watercolor course sounds interesting

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        October 2, 2026 at 8:55 pm

        Yes, I am looking forward to it Yvette. I have to finish looking over her class prep videos before the 15th. I mostly looked at the materials list to ensure I had everything. This will be my first time venturing into landscapes, although I did some sailboats earlier this Summer.

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      • Prior...'s avatar Prior... says:
        October 2, 2026 at 9:50 pm

        I look forward to seeing some of your landscapes

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        October 3, 2026 at 5:19 pm

        I hope they don’t disappoint! I really liked this instructor before, so I am looking forward to this class as well!

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