Wield Your Assets and Critters

Welcome to another post for

SATURDAY'S CRITTERS 

and I'm posting to City Daily Photo.

Well, they say birds are sky bound. Just ask Alfie.

The bird who dares to fall is the bird who learns to fly. 

Gorgeous, sweet pup Rusty is living his dream finally, on a family vacation!

Proud and oh so happy Rusty!

"I love my humans, barks Rusty."

My daughter's pups have it rough, don't they? NO, not at all since they're only minutes away from their humble abode the greatest hiking places many dogs and humans dream of. 

Ecstaticness ensued!

 They gave the best welcome home loving ever.  

Meanwhile, somewhere not too far from where I live (about 2 miles if that)

"Houston, we have a problem."

"Where in the world are we now?"

 

Lost in our own private little magical jungle.

Speaking of jungle in which there are so many meanings this next quote I feel like was designed for me. 

"Emotion is 'recognition'. When treasured moments are identified in the jungle of our personal history during a visual or aural encounter, we capture magic sparks from our past, arousing flashes of insight and revealing an inner flare. These instants of recognition may kindle enthralling emotion and fulfilling inspiration. (Those journeys of love)

Erik Pevernagie

"Never forget the nine most important words of any family,

I love you.

You are beautiful.

Please forgive me."

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Greetings from, Clifford, King of the Hood. 

"About being humble every person/(and may I add critters too) that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them. Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world."

H. Jackson Brown Jr. quotes

Talk about a kissable face! Meet Francis always willing to be adored.

Am I a Betty Boop wanna be? 

"Wield your assets like a blade, Cousin. No man has invented a corset for our brains. Let them think they rule the world. It's a queen who sits on that throne. Never forget that." Kerri Maniscalco

"You only need one ray of light to chase all the shadows away." 

Fredrik Backman

 "Although, we shouldn't give shadows a bad rap."

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and it's not always about having it all mapped out being spontaneous has so many advantages.

Thanks for visiting and take good care of you always.

Journey Hand in Hand

Hello, I hope everyone is enjoying wonderful weather and not experiencing too many summer storms.

Welcome to Wacky Wednesday, well not really totally wacky, but a few of us at work have been naming each day to lighten our heavy workload and offer some well needed humor. It's quite comical to see how many co-workers carry each new name throughout the day. It actually works.  

I'm sharing some photos from yesterday my day off which I spent with my son and his little girl at Centennial Lakes in Edina. None of us have been there in quite some time, and it's only 25 miles from us and it happens to be a crown jewel of Edina, Minnesota. I'm posting to City Daily Photo.

Edina, Minnesota

"Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book..."

Nikolai Gogol

Don't laugh but this view reminds me of "A River Runs Through It."

"Eventually, all things merge into one, a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. (I like how that sounds) On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters."

Norman Maclean

"One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself and watch yourself softly becoming the author of something beautiful even if it is only a floating ash."

Norman Maclean

 

The family that walks together laughs and lasts together.

"Laughter is wine for the soul, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living."

Sean O'Casey

"I am fated to journey hand in hand with my strange heroes and to survey the surging immensity of life, to survey it through the laughter that all can see and through the tears unseen and unknown by anyone."

Nikolai Gogol

If it weren't for summers (and spring and autumn in Minnesota) I probably would move far, far away from my Winter wonderland. Seriously.

Reflecting on Friendship is the title of this statue, and the artist is Nicholas Legeros

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

Anais Nin

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"Perfect nonsense goes on in the world. Sometimes there is no plausibility at all."

Nikolai Gogol

"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would you see?"

Lewis Carroll

 

Grab a chair, sit for a while. Enjoy the view,

 breathe the fresh air and let the birds sing for you.

"Even as we sit, I feel how much I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it and feel myself continually coming to life."

 William Shakespeare and me.

and that's a wrap. I hope you all enjoyed this jaunt around Centennial Lakes in Edina.

Thanks for sharing your time with me and take good care of you.

City Daily Photo July Theme Transparent

Welcome to my post for City Daily Photo and our theme for July is

Transparent. 

I find it very interesting to see how other members of the group go about interpreting our theme.

Let's begin.

Here are a few selections I'm using for this theme.

Life and libraries can bring simple pleasures to us every day.

Mackinac Island. Will you be dining in or out this evening?

Frankenmuth, Michigan.

Our brightest gazes are happily kindled by unexpected beams of light

 that shine throughout our world.

Life isn't always perfect but having a Knight in armor helps!

Photography 101

Nurture your mind with great thoughts.

Benjamin Disraeli

I taut I taw a puddy-tat up close and personal.

Can't get me now says the kitty behind the glass.

"Always glitter

with a radiance

that shines from

deep within you."

Barbara Becker Holstein

 

Charleston, South Carolina window shopping.

 "I love when things are transparent, free and clear of all inhibition and judgement." Pharrell Williams

Thanks for stopping in

and commenting which always brightens my day.

Take good care of you.

A Somewhere Day Trip and Critters

Hello friends it's Saturday once again so please join me with another Saturday's Critters posting.

Lake Harriet in lovely Linden Hills.

SATURDAY'S CRITTERS 

Rusty is the happiest pup ever as this backyard project means lots of company joining him for long periods outside in his private playground.

It's a wonderful learning experience for everyone too.

"Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing." Leo Buscaglia

I'm also posting to City Daily Photo, beginning with last Tuesday my day off and one that normally I create a post, but the day slipped away far too quickly, and it was wonderful and unusually busy with most of it spent at my youngest son's house with his latest building project underway.

Isn't he just the cutest?

How about the day trips. (Especially when gas is out of this world lately. Often on Tuesday I'll check in with a few of my favorite towns close to me, and where I have special cafes to have lunch! Always a treat.

I've brought you to The Hideaway in Northfield before. Scrumptious is the best description.

From an antique shop along the way.

This sweet little gnome hails from Lake Elmo but he resides with me!

From Lake Harriet in Linden Hills.

It's a wild and wonderful story and someone has to tell it! Go for it Danny Jr.

This is one capture of several taken for the prompt, Parachute another Instagram post.

So many special events happening too.

It was a Happy Birthday 13th birthday for Lyra on the 12th!

More on critters.

Always a treat some delightful horse drawn critters to brighten your day while offering rides for others. They are all from Mackinac Island in Michigan today and moons ago.

"Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends."

Author and Poet Aberjhani

If you desire seeing a rainbow, you'll have to welcome the rain.

"We look up, if only to see if we're to be rained on. The sky calls attention to itself, whether scored by herons, cranes, or wires; illumined by sunsets, Perseids, or ballparks; broken up by the twig work of oaks or maples, painted in rainbows, or just primed in the pale gray of my '52 Ford. If we are truthful, the sky is never neutral."

Robert Michael Pyle

This next photo below is from my #icad2022 Instagram post, and our prompt was Postmark.

(Write more letters and mail more cards)

"I've always felt there is something sacred in a piece of paper that travels the earth from hand to hand, head-to-head, and heart to heart."

Robert Michael Pyle

"Life is a paradise for those who love many things with a passion."

Leo F. Buscaglia

"One of the secrets of a Happy Life is continuous Small Treats."

Iris Murdoch

 "I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things I play with leaves I skip down the street and run against the wind."

Leo Buscaglia 

It's Bugs and Emme!

I'll follow you anywhere.

Window shopping in Northfield.

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

Peace Pilgram 

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

Monday, we celebrate The Fourth of July.

Land of the free. Home of the brave.

"Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better."

Albert Camus

So far, still here.

Thanks for stopping in your visits are so special for me.

Take good care of you.