The Renaissance Festival and Critters

Welcome to September's close and autumns awakening. I hope you enjoy my Renaissance wanderings throughout the years to present day.

SATURDAY'S CRITTERS 

and posting to City Daily Photo

"We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place, or not to bother." Jane Goodall

Life is full of ups and down, around and back and forth. So

"Celebrate any progress. Don't wait to get perfect."

Ann McGee-Cooper 

Jane Goodall aka The Chimp Whisperer

"There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm."

Willa Cather

"Sometimes our light goes out but is blown again into instant flame 

by an encounter with another human being."

Albert Schweitzer 
 

 

As you enter the trail through the Fairy Wing Forest you'll find little Gnomes, Fairies and forest animals ready to great you.

"A person today who seems to have a great sense of self-esteem

 has his or her childhood days to thank for it."

Stephen Richards

"Let passion be your muse. Let her guide and teach you to trust your instincts."

Sara Ban Breathnach

"When we are children, we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind."

 Patrick Rothfuss

"Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant."

Paulo Coelho

"We're not meant to fit in; we're meant to stand out."

Sarah Ban Breathnack

"If we are full of enthusiasm for life, then the unknown reveals itself, 

and our universe changes direction." Paulo Coelho

"To be able to look back upon one's life in satisfaction, is to live twice."

Kahlil Gibran

"There are no boundaries only possibilities."

Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche

"We understand how dangerous a mask can be. 

We all become what we pretend to be."

Patrick Rothfuss

"Your only obligation is to be true to yourself."

Richard Bach

"Guard well your thoughts when alone and your words when accompanied."

Roy T. Bennett

"Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart."

Roy T. Bennett

"Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create."

Roy T. Bennett

"Every moment of your life, including this one is a fresh start."

B.J. Marshall 

See the good.

Carry these top 15 things money can't buy with you this week.

"Time. Happiness. Inner Peace. Integrity. Love. Character. Manners. Health. Respect. Morals. Trust. Patience. Class. Common sense. Dignity." 

Roy T. Bennett

"It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most.

They teach us how to think.

 If you give a man an answer all he gains is a little fact.

But give him a question and he'll look for his own answers."

Patrick Rothfuss

"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."

Jane Goodall

 

Why not be an adventurer in search of treasure.

Thanks for stopping and gifting me with your thoughts.

Take good care of you on your journey.

If Only Critters Could Rule

 Imagine a world where critters were in charge. 

I hope you have a joyful weekend.

SATURDAY'S CRITTERS 

and posting to City Daily Photo

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

 Mahatma Gandhi 

"To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow, this is a human offering that can border on miraculous." 

Elizabeth Gilbert

So then be like a dog and dig your way out. Unless you feel more like being an Arabian horse you can set your life ablaze and rise up from the ashes around you." Me

Remember Arabian horses are known for their distinctive features, intelligence and endurance.

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

Mahatma Gandhi

 

"Instead of politicians, let the monkeys govern the countries; 

at least they will steal only the bananas!"

Mehmet Murat ildan

Don't forsake living a worthwhile life in favor of another person's preferences.

My sweet Dash is wondering, is she cooking something for me?

"Do not apologize for crying. Without this emotion, we are only robots."

Elizabeth Gilbert

Dogs understand their human's joy, sadness, anger and silliness. They will always live their life for you.

"You want a friend in this city? (Washington DC) Get a dog!" 

Harry S. Truman

Beauty and wisdom can always be found in the animal kingdom.

From within the wild,

To see a moose is to witness the grandeur of nature in all its glory. 

Character, not immaturity. Transparency, not secrecy. Justice, not lawlessness. Enviornmental improvement and preservation, not destruction. Truth, not lies." Suzy Kassem

 

"I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet." 

Mahatma Gandhi

Life is a zoo in the jungle. 

Peter DeVries

If you ask me, I'd say I prefer the jungle.

The animals in the world are proof that now and then 

you can put your phones away.

Our glowing screens have gotten in the way of everything, 

and we're addicted to our distractions. 

Scrolling is the new smoking.

"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed."

Mahatma Gandhi

"The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace."

Mahatma Gandhi

Love is the absence of judgement. 

"You must get lost outside your comfort zone to find where you truly belong."

Debasish Mridha

No One is too Small to Make a Difference

"Your silence is almost worst of all."

and

"I don't want you to be hopeful, I want you to panic."

Greta Thunberg

Can you roar from the rooftops? 

"In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks."

 John Muir

"Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"An evening walk is a blessing for the soul."

Thank you for sharing your time with me. 

Be loving to your animal kingdom and you will feel the love.

Take good care of you.

The Running of Meatballs and Critters

How many of you have heard of The Running of the Meatballs? Well for those unaware you'll soon learn all about it in my post today. Of course, plenty of critters, wooden, live or hairy on display as well. Enjoy.

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today. 

Will Rogers

"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science."

Albert Einstein

I'll also introduce you to some iconic decorative wooden horses from Sweden called Dala Horses or Dalahaster like the one below.

 

Outside of The Gammelgarden Museum 

of Scandia, Minnesota 

SATURDAY'S CRITTERS 

and I'm posting to City Daily Photo

Be like dogs. Love people. Use things.

Stop worrying about what could happen

 and cherish what did happen.

Every day is a second chance.

"Minimalism is the thing that gets us past the things so we can make room for life's important things. 

Which aren't things at all." 

"She says nothing at all but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars. Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human? Pointless, really. Do the stars gaze back? Now, that's a question." Neil Gaiman 

"Our memories are not in our things; our memories are inside us."

Unlock joy in any situation.

The Running of the Meatballs

A unique and hilarious downhill race of thousands of meatballs (brown painted golf balls) rolling wildly down that's not only fun to watch but is a huge fundraiser for the museum.

"Face your life, its pain, its pleasure, leave no path untaken."

Neil Gaiman

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. M. Scott Peck 

 

"All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, (and again yesterday-Me) I realized that I was never going to grow up, that growing is an ever-ongoing process." M. Scott Peck

"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten." Neil Gaiman

So now what are you going to do with the rest of your weekend?

The way I see it is this, our futures are filled with new levels of aliveness and possibilities and a vast amount of adventures, if we decide to uncover them, and claim them to be ours. 

Thanks for cruising in and gifting me with your thoughts.

Take good care of you!