Baci for Critters and Lake Time

 

The special pup I'm honoring today lives 3,050 miles away in El Salvador and he looks a bit lean to me. My granddaughter Karina took this photo on a Missionary trip through her church.

"A hungry dog hunts best. A hungrier dog hunts even better."

Norman Ralph Augustine 

Window shopping in Afton, Minnesota

Welcome to 

SATURDAY'S CRITTERS 

and I'm also posting to City Daily Photo

Baci (from the title) is Italian for kisses 

which I give to all the critters here today.

Sparkle is my daughter's kitty.

"When a cat flatters he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness."

Walter Savage Landor 

Be gentle with yourself. 

You're doing your best.

"You cannot do a kindness too soon

for you never know how soon 

it will be too late."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

For all our furry friends with us still

 and those that have crossed over the rainbow bridge -

"You kissed my soul

 not my lips."

Baci is Italian for kisses.

There's never anything wrong about having silent conversations.

"I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own. "

Chaim Potok

You have the power to save lives.

"Motivation will almost always beat mere talent."

Norman Ralph Augustine

"You may think that grown-ups create children. The reality is that children create grown-ups. They become their own person, and so do you. Children give so much more than they take."

John Medina

"It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to animals."

Joaquin Phoenix

"Search for contentment in each person you meet."

Steve Maraboli

"Go to where you are kindest."

Jaron Lanier quotes

"Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind.

Be led by the dreams in your heart."

Roy T. Bennett

1913 Oldest Ice Cream Shop

Selma's Ice Cream Parlor in Afton Minnesota

More to come in another post about this fabulous shop.

Everything in life -

"It's not about what it is 

it's about what it can become."

Dr. Seuss

From a favorite childhood show of mine,

"A horse of course."

Of course, of course and this one'll talk 'til his voice is hoarse. You've never heard of a "talking" horse? Well listen to this. I am Mister Ed!"

"Empathy works so well because

it does not require a solution.

It requires only understanding." 

"One word of encouragement can be enough 

to spark someone's motivation to continue with a difficult challenge."

Roy T. Bennett

My very own flower.

"Until all of us are free, none of us are free."

Abhijit Naska

Celebrate you!

I hope everyone had a marvelous and fire-rocking 4th of July!

Red Wing, Minnesota

Be happy for this moment.

This moment is your life, and I thank you

for stopping in and gifting me with your thoughts.

Take good care of you.

Mirroring and Critters

"Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you."

Peace Pilgrim

If we have as much sense as a goose, we will stay in formation with those people who are headed the same way we are.

 

 Welcome to SATURDAY'S CRITTERS

 and my post for City Daily Photo

My sweet Dash

"The only way to learn is to live."

Matt Haig

Hello Artemis!

"You were special before someone told you so." 

B. Elae quotes

A mirror? Photo of a photo, or the real thing? 

Same place from above? Aren't photos fun to play around with?

What catches your attention? 

 

"Affirmations are our mental vitamins, providing the supplementary positive thoughts we need to balance the barrage of negative events and thoughts we experience daily."

"Listen to the compass of your heart."

Flora Whittemore

and you know when my human says come along with me that's love and devotion.

"I am the architect of my life. I design my day-to-day experiences with love, 

abundance and positivity."

Robin S. Baker 

"If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought."

Peace Pilgrim

"And whatever it is that you find yourself doing, who you find yourself loving, and where you find yourself dreaming, I hope you're doing it for you. I hope that you're living for you." B. Elae quotes

Proud grandma alert!!!!

 My granddaughter Lyra 

celebrated her Sweet-Sixteen Birthday!

and congratulations on her birthday she passed her driver's test!

"All you need lies within you!" 

Flora Whittemore

 

"Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can't remember who we are or why we're here."

Sue Monk Kidd  The Secret Life of Bees

"Make the world better.

Take the meanness out of people's hearts."

Sue Monk Kidd

"Never underestimate the big importance of small things."

Matt Haig

Thanks for your visit and your comments.

Take good care of you and enjoy your weekend.

Happy Birthday to Me and Critters

Welcome to my weekend wandering

 and Critters post for

SATURDAY'S CRITTERS 

Living the good life.

My star joy maker of this post, Athena 

my grand-daughter's pup.

Northfield Market Fair every Saturday.

New friend at the market! 

and my posting for City Daily Photo 

and my thoughts about birthdays and especially birthdays of other people in my life (animals/critters) their memories give me joy.

Red Wing, Minnesota later in the day.

"Do anything, but let it produce joy."

Walt Whitman

"The soul's joy lies in doing."

(Attributed to William Shakespeare)

My goodness Sage, or Humpty Dumpty your eyes 

however, have I not noticed them before this?

 You spread that comfortable joyful feeling that welcomes us.

Most birthdays we often -

 

Recall our own days of being a kid, mostly unafraid and our world seemed enormous and blissful and endless, and laughter was everywhere we went, and everything still made perfect sense. Like Peanut Butter and Jelly and chips inside sandwiches 

and delicious bonfire dinners.

I may not look 6 years old anymore but 

 

"I feel a resurgence of my 6-year-0ld self that little warrior, goddess of a girl reminding me of who I was when I was little, before the world got its hands on me." 

Jennifer Elisabeth

Jake from downtown Red Wing, Minnesota

Opps I've seem to have lost my head.

 

All that truly matters is this.

"That you are here that life exists, and identity. That the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse." 

Walt Whitman

and that you spend time with those you love and care about.

"Don't worry if people think you're crazy. You are crazy. You have that kind of intoxicating insanity that lets other people dream outside of the lines and become who they're destined to be."

Jennifer Elisabeth

BE YOU and I'LL BE ME

Here's to you human unless you're 

going to share your

 ice cream cone with me please.

Yes as a matter of fact

 I'm a gorgeous princess.

 

My mantra.

"I want to be the best version of myself for anyone who is going to someday walk into life (as well as those already in my life) and need someone to love them beyond reason."

Jennifer Elisabeth 

Wait, do I live in a park?

 Pretty sure it's definitely nature at its finest.

Just not a park the backyard.

We crave the outdoors for silence, simplicity, peace, meeting others and earth's random scents around us, like fresh mowed grass and flower blossoms.

AND -

One trail, sidewalk, campsite, shoreline or carving our own path through the woods. It's our very own quiet escape.

Oh, and floaties on the water.

books and stories to share.

"Your personal truth is your gift to the world."

Jennifer Elisabeth

"Sometimes I call my leisure walks through towns, museums, the woods or shorelines as "wandering" as they nurture my heart and soul and I learn new things. Its healing, in numerous ways and a bonus, I can share my discoveries with you. 

Well almost all of them.

Thank you for stopping in and gifting me with your thoughts.

Take good care of you.

This just in and in honor of "reflections" the photo below is a hint for next week.