Forever Fun and Critters

What we know about life, it goes on however we desire.

Here's a bit of life through the eyes of critters and art pieces.

I'm posting this for

SATURDAY'S CRITTERS 

and City Daily Photo

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

Maya Angelou

It is not the length of life but the depth. 

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sweet Artemis taking life at its best.

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. 

Most people exist, that is all."

Oscar Wilde

While others, like Artemis they may romp through a nearby creek and soak up the sunshine to dry off! 

Be more like Artemis

I live to play.... said every well-adjusted pup.

Care to join?

 

"But you have to hear the end of the story. 

You have to know the wolf doesn't win."

Stephen Chbosky

"As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus."

Seth Godin

I know you're in there.

Be true to you.

 Stop hiding away.

Come out, come out wherever you are let's make a ruckus.

 

Reflection of a beautiful day, life and world around us.

"Stars also symbolize the cycle of life, solitude and gravity. They glow in the dark energy that's the majority of space, and remind us that even in the pitch black,

there's always something that can shine."

L.J. Shen

Shine on!

"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Be wise. Let your heart lead the way. And when you find someone who's worth it - never let them go."

L.J. Shen

and know that even junk can become someone's art.

"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. 

Fantasy is s necessary ingredient in living."

Dr. Seuss

"Give the world the best you have, and you'll get kicked in the teeth. 

Give the world the best you have anyway."

Kent M. Keith

More wisdom from Artemis

and his miles away Cousin Rusty

 "Be yourself everyone else is already taken."

Oscar Wilde

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."

J.K. Rowling

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

Enjoy your weekend in your own way and 

take good care of you.

Flea Markets our July theme for City Daily Photo

 

If it involves dirt roads, open spaces and fields of trees, tables galore,  good friends, artisans sometimes, antiques, collectibles and things some folks may call junk count us in and we'll come near and far to gather together and snap up some goodies.

Our July theme for City Daily Photo is "Flea Markets" please enjoy some places in and around Minneapolis.

You had me at let's go junkin'!

Doesn't everybody dream of flea markets?

The beauty of handmade things is simply, the imagination one puts into ordinary things and suddenly you have a completely different object.

So many finds and only you will spot that thing you desire most.

Oldies but goodies in your eyes are waiting just for you.

Not just for your house, because let's decorate the yard too!

Gary Harbo author and illustrator of children's books was a wonderful find this afternoon!

Sometimes you have to look twice is it vintage or handmade?

"Riches do not exist in the possession of treasures but in the use made of them."

Napoleon Bonaparte

Like you always hear what's one man's junk can be another's treasure.

Thanks for checking out this month's theme and enjoy a wonderful 4th of July! 

Take good care of you.

Being Awkward is Okay

Welcome to

 SATURDAY'S CRITTERS

 and 

City Daily Photo

Please join me around town 

and also, a few flood photos after all this continuous rain. 

 "Blessed are those brave enough to make things awkward, for they wake us up and move us forward."

Glennon Doyle

Let's be awkward together.

Meet Billy the friendly Goat.

 

"Perhaps imagination is not where we go to escape reality but where we go to remember it."

Glennon Doyle

Some moments from a musical evening outdoors live from The Gardens of Castle Rock.

Music by Joyann Parker

"Hard work is important. So are play and nonproductivity. My worth is tied not to my productivity but to my existence. I am worthy of rest.

Glennon Doyle

"Being fully human is not about feeling happy, it's about feeling everything."

"At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets."

and know that you can be perfectly imperfect. 

Steve Maraboli

Despite the highwater levels the Gondola Romantica is still cruising on the St. Croix.

"Better believe it, those in pursuit of Happiness can't expect to remain unchanged."

Efrat Cybulkiewicz

Thank you for joining me today and for your kind words.

Take good care of you.

Catching Up

What a busy spring this has been for me, personally, Lions Club, workwise, art venues and craft events, it's been a hectic ride but a worthy one. I hope all is well with everyone and that we're ready to enjoy our summer in an explosively and adventurous style.  I'm posting to City Daily Photo!

Hello it's me.

Why not come sail away with me?

Simply by sailing in a new direction you could enlarge your world.

Rusty and his rubber chicken!

My city! Minneapolis.

Own Your Life

"You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

Eleanor Roosevelt

"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."

Albert Einstein

 

Almost ready to express themselves. Are you?

"Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed."

Joseph Addison

My granddaughter, Karina after her spring dance recital!

"Courage comes with action. The minute you step forward, the minute you declare your decision, the minute you say, "This is how it's going to go." courage comes. It floods through you and energizes every single fiber of your being. You don't have to wait for it. It'll be there."

Gail Blanke

Hello sweet Dash!

Our Lions Club hosted a Marching Band Kickoff Appreciate Picinic! 

For all the band members and their families.

Here are a few photos!

My what flowery glasses you have!

Meet our Farmington Lions Event Committee!

Vickie, Michelle, myself and Susan

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."

Mahatma Gandhi

Sometimes we might need a gentle push.

It will switch around as those somebodies might need to offer you a gentle push someday.

You have two hands. One to help yourself, the second to help others.

"Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end."

Scott Adams

Be The Best You Can Be.

Thanks for stopping by your visits brighten my day.

Take good care of you.