All the Things and Critters

Welcome to my recap of recent adventures. This post is from the Minnesota State Fair and (my next post) will include romps in and around Duluth, Minnesota.  

I'm posting to 

SATURDAY'S CRITTERS

 and City Daily Photo.

Going to the fair, be it county or state evokes a joy of being set free. Where time stands still putting everything else on the back burner as you simply enjoy the day. 

Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons. 

Ruth Ann Schabacker

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. 

e.e. cummings

Oh, where should I begin.

Put your future in good hands - your own.

My first stop is usually right here at the Salem Lutheran Church Dining Hall so I can enjoy their delicious egg coffee!

Below photos are from the Fine Arts Building at the Minnesota State Fair 2026

One of my favorites this year is this painting which is also the

People's Choice Award Winner: 

The Lee A. Tregurtha (1942) Enters the Icy Duluth, Minnesota Harbor

Artist: Nathan Klok, Burnsville, Mn.

This fine house hanging like in limbo is still at the Franconia Sculpture Park.

It was an awfully good day at the fair!

Douglas Wissing said, "State fairs are the confluence of the garish and the profound."

You were once wild here. Don't let them tame you.

Isadore Duncan

Please don't tell the pigs that they offer Bacon-on-a-stick! 

These adorable little piglets are 10 days old.

Alternative choice- Did anyone enjoy jumbo-shrimp-on-a-stick at the fair? 

Kisses!

No matter where you live, we are all in the membership of this small group of people that we call a county. The difference is not a matter of who's in and who's out; it's a matter of whether you know that you are a continuation of something bigger than yourself, we are all a part of the life and history of the place.

Eric Overby

That place is Minnesota!

Always a huge crowd to see this show so plan ahead for a good seat. Come early!

Pickle-pie-on-a-stick was new this year! 

Let me know what you think!

Of course you have to stop by all the things here. Remember to do what Smokey says.

Only you can prevent wildfires!

Of course, cows talk to each other!

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Robert Frost

Yep, created and crafted by a 4-H student!

There's something that feels all American about going to the fair.

We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the Secret sits in the middle and knows.

Robert Frost

We all have our favorite things to eat or drink at the fair

 it's one of the biggest draws for going to the fair!

Like a rustic at a fair, we are full of amazement and rapture and have no thought of going home, or that it will soon be night.

 William Hazlitt

Crop Art at its finest made by Minnesota-grown seeds.

It was Military Appreciation Day! 

Our Minnesota National Guard, the 34th Infantry Red Bull Division put on an excellent show honoring all Veterans. Music performed by Boots 'N Brass.

I hope you felt a sense of being at the Minnesota State Fair while looking through my photos.

Thank you for browsing through a few of my many state fair photos!

Downtown Duluth, Minnesota.

Keep your best wishes close to your heart and watch what happens.

Thank you for stopping by and gifting me with your comments. Enjoy the summer like days as they slip into autumn. 

Take good care of you 

Travel - is the theme for City Daily Photo

 Welcome to September and our theme for this month at 

City Daily Photo

is "travel."

Today I traveled to The Minnesota State Fair.

"A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving."

Lao Tzu

Behind these doors is your adventure, come on inside.

Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.

Anita Desai 

Huntsville, Alabama is a frequent destination for me.

If only I could fly into London, England again!

 

We traveled to the White Cliffs of Dover, in Dover, England.

One can travel from city to city by train so easily in England and other countries abroad. 

Funny thing, I rode the bus to the fair today and as each vehicle drove by the bus there was only one person inside, the driver and only every now and then there would be a car with more than just the driver.

"You thought too hard. Same with travel. You can't work too much at it, or it feels like work. You have to surrender yourself to the chaos. To the accidents."

Gayle Forman

 

Thank you for stopping by and know that your comments are a gift!

Take good care of you.

Critters and What You Will

 

Discover are new things once you begin seeing with new eyes.

Welcome to my post for 

SATURDAY'S CRITTERS

and also, City Daily Photo 

So many things happening this time of year. From the State Fair, Dakota County Fair and my most favorite, The Minnesota Renaissance Festival located on a 400-acre wooded site near the Minnesota River. Doesn't that make it even more adventurous to attend. 

In case you're wondering, this is not my date! 

Minnesota Renaissance Festival camel.

"Camels are far too intelligent to admit to being intelligent."

Terry Pratchett

Dakota County Fair camel! 

I'm sharing a few photos from my trip to the Dakota County Fair as well.

In 4 - H, we don't just raise animals; we raise leaders.

The 4-H goat handlers had a special treat for us all. They were to create a costumed theme with their goat.

How cool is that?

4 - H stands for Head, Heart, Hands and Health

The Declaration of Independence, excellent idea.

These two took first place and it certainly helped them to make their costumed theme attuned with our 250th birthday of America!

"The partner (or your goat) truly best suited to us is not the one who miraculously happens to share every taste, (especially in clothes) but the one who can negotiate differences in taste with intelligence and grace." Alain de Botton

"People who uplift you are the best kind of people.

You don't simply keep them. You treasure them.

Something unexpectedly is about to happen. Trust the timing.

My hands to larger service, because the world needs helpers.

A direct 4-H pledge.

"Perhaps it is true that we do not really exist until there is someone there to see us existing, we cannot properly speak until there is someone who can understand what we are saying in essence, we are not wholly alive until we are loved."

Alain de Botton

Can't remember who this was as I wandered into the tent to eat another delicious roasted corn on the cob and listen to his music. He sang well, mostly country.

Don't believe everything you think, as there are some great country music songs old and new.

Be free to go slow.

If you're a Peacock take a ride on a golf cart.

Or simply sit!

"Why not?" Is a slogan for an interesting life. 

Mason Cooley

Recall it as often as you wish: A happy memory never wears out.

Libbie Fudim

My grand-daughter Lyra and daughter, Cierra at the Zelda troll in Huntsville at the Huntsville Botanical Gardens. I shall get to meet Zelda face to face this December! 

"The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to."

Alain de Botton

May the next few months be a period of beautiful transformation.

Because we all know what's coming.

Winter!

Mindfulness has been on my mind, yes full of it too!

So, my thoughts are, "Let there be room left in your heart for the unimaginable, serendipity has a way of showing itself just when you feel like giving up."

Nikki Rowe

Thank you for visiting and commenting and sharing your thoughts too!

Enjoy the new week ahead.

Take good care of you.