Off Roading

 Good morning, everyone happy May and welcome to  

SATURDAY'S CRITTERS 

and my post for City Daily Photo

Northfield, Minnesota 

Notice the building within this building?

My post is about after you do the things, daily chores, go to work, fix things, manage other things, why not lighten your tomorrow by "off roading" or "unexpected exploring" with your pleasures in mind. 

Weekend off yesterday began by joining a Pond & Park Cleanup that involved more than beautifying the area but meeting humans walking their dogs or out for a brisk early morning walk. Isn't it amazing how many trails are built into neighborhoods. Wish they'd done that when I grew up. Or maybe not that's how we learned to blaze trails and paths where others have not yet gone. 

We do our daily responsibilities, get things done, go to work, pay bills and push out the day until it begins all over again tomorrow. Now with responsibilities complete the hunger for your dreams comes to life.

My off roading yesterday began at 

Welcome to Whitetail Woods Regional Park

Planning future things gives you something to look forward to. But. Unexpected exploring lightens your daily load. 

Follow your path. Be adventurous, there's always something waiting just around the corner.

"The journey not the arrival matters." T.S. Eliot

One of the cabins to rent.

"I will go anywhere, as long as it is forward."

David Livingstone

Another cabin to rent.

From there who would ever pass up a Tulip Festival?

Special treat as this is part of the Brand Farms you ride a hayride to the tulips and when you come back for the apple orchard blossoms it's another hayride.

"I set out to find my peace in the skies and the tulips, in the howling of the winds, in the rain under the shed and it was right there residing within me."

Suyasha Subedi 

Sometimes "It's a Sad and Beautiful World" 

so, spruce up your life!

Below random photos from other off roading adventures.

Ignite your wanderlust and embrace the unknown.

 

"Because in the end, you won't remember the times you spent in the office or mowing your lawn." Climb the goddam mountain." Jack Kerouac

"The danger of adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort." 

Paulo Coelho

(reread that)

One of my Instagram projects about wandering. Imagine that.

Never stop exploring.

Thank you so much for stopping by and gifting me with your thoughts and comments.

Take good care of you and hey get out there and explore some.

Day Brighteners and critters

Welcome to 

SATURDAY'S CRITTERS

and I'm posting to City Daily Photo

"To live is the rarest thing in the world.

 Most people exist that is all."

Oscar Wilde

Yesterday, was incredibly packed no time to blog and so today I begin posting some of my adventures from a place looking over to the next place on my day's list.  (Minnesotans should know where I am going) Mind you it was sunny and a brisk wind all day long, still folks ventured to soak up everything at our footsteps.

Of course, if possible, humans brought their devoted pals.

The next photos are across from my starting point. Any guesses?

Choose joy! 

Take a good look around you.

Yes, you can ask any owl.

The beauty of this place will magnify once summer arrives.

Keep seeking the light.

My favorite musical dog still pleasing for us all.

Meet Jake on Bass by artist Scott Schlag

Thank goodness I took a lot of pictures of this incredibly smart 

Humpty-Dumpty because he doesn't sit here any longer.

Where did he go?

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that."

Martin Luther King Jr.

Huge hint here!

Have your tried to create something with junk that's waiting around for something to do?

"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness."

Maya Angelou

Lately I've also learned the importance of silence.

"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it."

Maya Angelou

 Revel in your day. Or become obsolete.

"How ever long the night the dawn will break."

I trust you know where we are.

Most of us aren't twenty anymore, so. . .

Live with a worthy mission in life, not to merely survive, but to thrive filling your days with passion (of even the tiniest ant hoping and working to survive each day) living with compassion seasoned with humor and don't forget style. Be you.

Did you guess Red Wing?

Truly. This. Sometimes it's not about the happy ending. 

Maybe it's about the story. What do you think?

Say good-bye for now Scarecrow

until next time.

Thank you for stopping and commenting 

and take good care of you!

Remember,

It's the littlest of things that matter.