Leaping and Twinkling

I'm posting from Stillwater, Minnesota today, and joining 

City Daily Photo as well.

"As Carl Jung put it, "In each of us there is another whom we do not know," As Pink Floyd sang, "There's someone in my head, but it's not me."

David Eagleman

Being one with nature and wandering 

wherever my feet take me, defines a better me.

Welcome to Stillwater a town characterized by the sights and sounds on the lovely St. Croix River with its many paddlewheel river boats and other boats. 

 

 "Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like and echo. Be like water making its way through."

Bruce Lee

 Happy Heart Day to You All

 "If it were not for the leaping and twinkling of the soul, man would rot away in his greatest passion, idleness."

Carl Jung

Being out and about in this charming riverboat town of Stillwater nestled on the St. Croix River, puts a jingle in my step ever single time.

"It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials."

Bruce Lee

Below, a place where little eyes twinkle and you hear the sounds of, please, please can we go inside?

Most folks can't resist this home-made fudge.

"Taking time to do nothing often brings everything into perspective."

Doe Santamata

Absolutely no waiting here! 

But also, no service either until spring!

Try for your dining pleasure, by entering through the door on the right, 

and

You've arrived. Find a seat.

These steps below aren't that scary, although I've never walked them during icy winters, but the from the top the view is without a doubt a must see.

And yes, you can reach the top by car.

"When we open our eyes to what lies before us 

what we see is 

somewhere between reminiscence and reality."

Karen Sather

"Sometimes the only thing in your control is the way you react to something."

Doe Zantamata

Unbelievably delicious Irish Burger!

"This fire that we call loving is too strong for human minds. But just right for human souls." 

Aberjhani 

Wishing you all the happiest, most joyful of Happy Hearts for Valentine's Day. 

Thanks for stopping in, and for your comments.

Take good care of you and your loved ones.

Who Let the Cows Out and Other Critters

Who Let the Cows Out?

 

How now, brown cow?

Welcome to 

SATURDAY'S CRITTERS

What the day has to offer.

"As patches of sunlight fall in an effervescent overcast

they shift ever so lightly through cotton candy clouds.

At no particular point of time 

morning sunlight slips by

illuminating our stroll and inviting us to wander through

soaking in every moment before the wind seals up the gap,

and shadows fall as our winds speed up within our journey."

Not to forget my other critters.

Getting to know you.

Kitty on fluff.

Wisconsin I've found has much to do about cows.

Meet Buffy the Cow from Austin, Minnesota

"It's all in the mind." George Harrison 

From stage left enters a pooch on a mission.

Snow Girl Misty. Ahh a simple roll in the fluffy snow!

Dogs live simply and earnestly and are our biggest fans through life.

Eating snow. What could be better?

As their humans we live a bit more of a complex life.  Seems the winter blues have a way of bringing hygge to life, or so it does in my realm.

"Walk in the direction where your peace is found." Steve Aitchison

Being one with the moment. Key.

An essential ingredient to hygge (to give courage, comfort and joy) is the boundary that marks a place or delineates a moment - a fence, a circle of cushions or a stolen half hour." Louisa Thomsen Brits, from The Book of Hygge- the Danish Art of Living Well

"Don't worry I've got your back."

"Let us go forth, the tellers of tales, and seize whatever prey the heart long for, and have no fear. Everything exists, everything is true, and the earth is only a little dust under our feet." W. B. Yeats

Snow dog Rusty!

"Material goods rarely alter our levels of happiness, unlike emotional experience. Having can never replace being." Ilsa Crawford

 

That look you get when you know there's another snowbank waiting just for you!

"Keep looking up, that's the secret of life." Snoopy

Having can never replace being.

Thanks for stopping by and take good care of you.

 

Art in Linden Hills on Lake Harriet

Have you ever had the desire to walk on water? Well here in Minnesota we do it all the time, of course it's in the middle of winter and the water is frozen but still you find yourself crossing lakes from one end to the other and sometimes viewing the latest in art projects.  Welcome to the Linden Hills Art Shanty Projects which began in January this year and ended this last weekend on Sunday, February 6th. I'm posting today to City Daily Photo. I hope you enjoy.

Linden Hills Art Shanty Projects

"Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue." John Muir

"Don't stop me now!" I'm walking on Lake Harriet, in Linden Hills, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The Rascals said it best. "It's a beautiful morning. Ah. Think I'll go outside for a while. And just smile. Just take in some clean fresh air, boy. No sense in staying inside. 

(Even if the temperatures are quite feisty today)

 It's your chance to wake up and plan another new day."

My thoughts on the artists and their wildest dreams brought to life, and placed right here for all to absorb is simply this,

"Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much in one to understand." Alain de Botton

On any given day we may feel this way or that, it just depends on our mood at hand. 

"Commandments of Fake Healing"

Funny stuff.

"Lovely Day."

"It's impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren't feeling twinkly yourself."

Roald Dahl

What's within all the ribbons?

Really. "Those that don't believe in magic will never find it."- Roald Dahl

"Don't gobblefunkle around with words." Dahl

Just get on a bike and ride.

"We have more than enough time to carve our own path across the lake."

Take time to meet new friends. It's essential to your happiness.

Take time to simply stop and listen, you just may learn something you never knew existed.

Remember some of the tales they spin around the ice just might be make-believe. Or are they? It's all about enjoying the journey.

If you're feeling blue, it means you haven't explored enough.

Keep moving. Don't look back. Demand more of yourself.

It was an artist eager to take their imagination out on a limb just for YOU to stand back and THINK about what you SEE.

Don't miss the wonders that are waiting to be scooped up, enjoyed and why not pass them on.

Keep the pace and smiles on your face. 

Do you see the wonder?

Remember, while 'midst the hubbub of Art Shanties on the water slow down and reflect.

While you're on this journey across the icy lake take note, in a twinkling it'll be spring soon.

 

"I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going on."

John Muir

Thanks for taking time to stop by and leave a comment.

Enjoy your day and your adventures.

Take good care and make more moments to remember.

Day Tripping and Critters on Saturday

 Welcome to another City Daily Photo post and

 SATURDAY'S CRITTERS 

"You don't see the world as it is, you see the world as you are." 

 The Talmud

"Feeling lost, crazy and desperate belongs to a good life as much as optimism, certainty and reason." Alain de Botten

and most certainly spring is on the way. "With the coming of spring, I am calm again." Gustav Mahler 

"But it's peculiar, as soon as I am in the midst of nature and by myself, everything that is base and trivial vanishes without trace. On such days nothing scares me; and this helps me again and again."

Gustav Mahler

Meet Booker from Wild Rumpus Book Store in Linden Hills.

Butterfly Girl from Linden Hill's Art Shanty Project (posting tomorrow)

"I heard a bird sing in the dark of December. A magical thing. And sweet to remember. We are nearer to Spring than we were in September. I heard a bird sing in the dark of December." Oliver Herford

I was so pleased to see that Wild Rumpus Book Store was open for us to come inside again!  They're not just a bookstore, or a place where imaginations expand and minds grow, but also home to quite a few critters as well. 

The book, The Magic Bookcase by Robert Ingpen

"Books fall open, you fall in." David McCord

Meet one of the new critters to their store. For now, I'm calling her the kitty with a funny name that I can't quite recall. 

Below Dash and Misty enjoying some fresh air and sunshine. For this brief moment and back to the frozen tundra temperatures. 

After a few blinks and a whole lot of snow yet to fall you'll sense spring moving in again.

So, enjoy Frosty as long as you can, the melt down will soon begin again.

Don't forget your Valentine, as Valentine's Day is in nine days.

"Happiness is never an accident, it is a prize we get when we chose wisely from life's great stories."

Thank you for your visit and comments.

Please stay safe and take good care of you.