Shopping Local and Living Seussisms

Take it from the "Guide to Life for those just starting out and those already on their way" there's something warmhearted in sharing Seuss-isms. There is!

You'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut. - Dr. Seuss

Kid. You'll move mountains. - Dr. Seuss

Being King of the Mountain suits us well!

 This year more than ever I'm shopping local when possible to help keep our smaller businesses in business! 

We've been enjoying, Great Harvest Bread for years.  Of course some things have changed. Before COVID-19 they always had samples to enjoy! Not anymore. 

Silly you, toy shops are for everyone.

Never Underestimate the Power of One.

A person's a person, no matter how small. -Horton Hears a Who!

Sometimes the questions are hard and the answers are simple. - Dr. Seuss

Unless, someone like you cares a whole awful lot,

 nothing is going to get better. It's not. - From the Lorax

One day they realized they weren't meant to be anything but a Gnome.

But everyone knows there's Gnome place like home for the holidays,

especially when you share it with Gnomes.

People who make you laugh have such an invaluable price in your life.

 - Alfredo Cano

A toy a day-

or a paint brush, or crayon, or piece of wood to carve, or a song to sing, or bird to see any day, keeps sadness away.

Everett and Charlie

Art Gallery

They feature local artists and this last Saturday I had the pleasure of hearing a violinist audition.  He played fantastically.

Creativity is as important as literacy. 

Sir Ken Robinson

Do you have any idea how much joy arrives from a stone or a shell?

The happiest adults are those who never buried old toys or abandoned imaginary friends.

Richelle E. Goodrich

Life is not life at all without delight.

Coventry Patmore

and sometimes that delight comes from a huge scoop of Pavarotti ice cream!

Sebastian Joe's Ice Cream our go to place since 1991!

We should strive to treat each other with Common Human Decency. 

Dr. Seuss

Why fit in when you were born to stand out. - Dr. Seuss

Be gentle with yourself. Think less and feel more.

 Be as happy as you can. You only have this moment.

 - Dan Millman

Today's the day to make someone feel better.

Thanks for sharing your time with me.

Take good care of you.

When you support small business

you're supporting a dream.

Moving Forward Are You With Me

 We're all searching for that happy life which to a great extent is a quiet life, an atmosphere of hope and love. 

Imagine my surprise when I met this familiar stranger!

I feel we are all islands - in a common sea. Anne Morrow Lindberg

One by one, we are but one drop,  and yet joined together we become the ocean.

"Hello there little one!"

The moment a wee little voice appeared from around the corner, Father Christmas was off to greet them.

Sometimes you just need to wander about. Perhaps in a familiar place, or maybe a random unexplored place you're entering for the first time. As if you're being led through chapters in a book from your favorite author, not quite sure where you'll end up.

Murphy and Artemis enjoying the day!

Sometimes, if you're lucky you'll meet those special ones along the way,

 and you'll always want them near you.

Stop, don't hesitate and say, hello!

Sometimes, it's all about that unexpected person that walks into your world.

Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?

Garth Nix

Moments. It's all about moments. 

There isn't such a thing as a bad day, only a moment we need to improve.

Taking a path I haven't walked lately. In Stillwater, a town that comforts me, and so many memories from being there that always soothes my soul.

The journey not the arrival matters.

T.S. Eliot

A bridge to somewhere: useful, a place that ties us compassionately together, honorable, onward and forward destination....much like a happy life,  just a simple journey in life.

As long as we can sail away.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

John Steinbeck

Always dream big.

Cookies and soup! Possibly in that order too.

What would this time of year be without our Gnomes, and the joy they bring?  It's all about the story of now, that happens every day, especially when we venture out.

 

Meet the brothers! 

Life is a tremendous collection of experiences some temporary, others lasting and the more we share them the better off we are.

Inspire, create, imagine.

Just write. Or sing, laugh often, or maybe just dance.

Chase your dreams.

Live.

Alive.

One can never pay in gratitude, one can only pay in "in kind" somewhere else in life.

Below a reflection from last year..... as we begin our Advent celebrations again this year.

Thanks for spending time with me again. May you be safe and well.

Tans Will Fade But Memories Live On

 The Most utterly lost of all days

 is that in which you have not once laughed.

Chamfort

and welcome to my

SATURDAY'S CRITTERS

Remember sharing is caring. Bark! Bark!

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

Mary Oliver

Okay let's say, "There are many Green Dragons in this world of wayside inns, even as there are many white Harts, Red Lions, Silent women, and other incredible things. William Henry Hudson

It takes nothing to join the crowd. It takes everything to stand alone. 

Hans F. Hansen

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

Henry Ward Beecher

Sometimes reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey. At other time's it's allowing another to take yours. Vera Nazarian

Sometimes it's not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells.

Richard Paul Evans

Never underestimate the lingering effects of a dash of spontaneous comfort.

Gina Greenlee

"What makes us the most normal," said Reiko, "is knowing that we're not normal."

Haruki Murakami

The goal for most people should not be to feel better,

but to get better at feeling. Shannon L. Alder

I'm sure this memory will bring us through the toughest of snow storms.

The good thing is, there's not one bleak moment that you can't replace by offering someone something of kindness from within.

The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.

W. B. Yeats

He understood that there was power in stillness, and excitement in the pause, A. J. Rich

The hand that feeds you.

So to those fading tan lines we bid farewell. Even a I crave running to the beach again, with buckets and shovels and supporting sunscreen but again we Minnesotans must exchange them for snow saucers and wooly hats and mittens.

 Thanks for stopping by, your comments mean the world to me.

Take good care of you.

Start Paving the Way

 So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole world. Baha'u'llah

A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains even in paradise. Baha'u'llah

Success happens when we're not in the mood to make a healthy choice, but we do anyway. Apply this reasoning to everything!

Shouting out a thank you to all that made this 2020 election a success for America! Unbelievable amount of voters making their voice heard is something we'll never forget. 

Today's post is all about being thankful.

The most beautiful way to start and end the day is with a grateful heart.

Outside my window.

SATURDAY'S CRITTERS

The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens. Baha'u'llah

Unless you're a cat. That naturally changes everything.

If you don't want a generation of robots, fund the arts.

Cath Crowley

Life is a work of art. If you don't like what you see paint over it.

The world will never have too many Gnomes.

Sometimes science isn't enough. Sometimes you need the poets.

Cath Crowley

and painters.

But I don't believe the future gives us signs.

 I think that we look back and read the past

 with the present in our eyes.

Cath Crowley

The past is with me; the present is here. The future is unmapped and changeable. Ours for the imagining: spreading out before us.  Sunlight filled, deep blue, and the darkness. Cath Crowley

Just remember, Love of the things that make you happy is steady too -- books, words, music, art-- these are the lights that reappear in a broken universe.

 Cath Crowley

Thanks for stopping by, your visits and comment brighten my world.

Take good care of you.