Contemplating.

Contemplating.
Wayzata, Minnesota

Sunday, October 5, 2025

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.