Category Archives: Animals

A Great Discovery

Posted on September 13, 2013 by russtowne

Sources: Discoveries: Henry Ford Quote Angel: Angel healing TM’s photo Horse and Dog: Inmates of the Asylum’s photo With Love, Russ

Posted in Animals, Compassion, Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Inspiring, Kindness, LIfe Lessons, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love | Tagged belief, compassion, discoveries, Dog, faith, Henry Ford, horse, kindness, quotes | 7 Comments

Don’t Mess With Mama Raccoon!

Posted on September 3, 2013 by russtowne

Several years ago my family went camping in a park filled with beautiful redwood trees and ferns–two of my favorite plants. We enjoyed a pleasant, relaxing day and evening–-until shortly after we tried to go to sleep. Our then-teen-age son … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Children, Family "Fun", Humor | Tagged author, camping, chidren, Family, family fun, ferns, fun, humor, non-fiction story, non-fiction writing, raccoon, redwood tree, redwood trees, son, writer | 6 Comments

The Rest Of The Story

Posted on July 30, 2013 by russtowne

I just posted more sketches and the rest of the story of my latest book, “Clyde and I Help a Hippo to Fly” at Clyde and Friends. You’re invited to check them out. “All the flowers of tomorrow are in … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Fun, Humor, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love, Quotos | Tagged cartoon, cats, dogs, fun, humor, photos, quotes, quotos, seduce, writer | 10 Comments

Kindness and Smiles

Posted on July 22, 2013 by russtowne

Sources: Walking the boy: Karen Robiscoe shared Life With Dogs photo Melting Fan: Karen Robiscoe shared Ashley Hinson KCRG’s photo Smiles: Karen Robiscoe shared I Love Quotes, I Love Fun. Do You’s photo Kindness: Mark Twin I Tried to Be … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Children, Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Kindness, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love | Tagged Karen Robiscoe, kindness, Mark Twain, smiles | 6 Comments

How Amazing You Can Be

Posted on July 19, 2013 by russtowne

Sources: Bears Cartoon: Chuckle’s photo “Anyone…”: Home Is Where The Heart Is photo “If you are always trying to be normal you’ll never know how amazing you can be.” –Maya Angelou (Source: Let’s Be Positive Together) If you’ve ever wondered … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Choices, Friendship, Fun, Love, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love | Tagged bears, cartoon, Friendship, fun, humor, Let's Be Positive Together, Love, Maya Angelou, photo, quotes | 8 Comments

Never Too Old…

Posted on July 18, 2013 by russtowne

Sources: Dr. Seuss: My son Ben shared Raising a Reader National’s photo Cat Paw Teddy Bear: Karen Robiscoe shared Sun Gazer’s photo Baby Elephant: Forever Awezome

Posted in Animals, Children, Fun, Humor, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love | Tagged baby elephant, cat paw teddy bear, Dr. Seuss, elephant, fun, humor, humorous, Karen Robiscoe, kitty's paw, old, photo, photos, quotes, quotos, reading, sayings, teddy bear, wild | 8 Comments

Warm-Heartedness

Posted on July 16, 2013 by russtowne

“The real source of inner strength and self-confidence is warm-heartedness.” –Dalai Lama (Source: Let’s Be Positive Together) “Don’t change, so people will like you. Be yourself so the right people will love the real you.” (Source: Let’s Be Positive Together) … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Believe, Humor, Kindness, Love, Miracles, My Beliefs, Observations, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love, Time, Wisdom | Tagged Anger, anials, black cat, cat, crazy, Dalai Lama, Forefer Aweome, gift, inner strength, Jonathan Lockwood Huei, Karen Robiscoe, Karen Robiscoe-Fan Page, kindness, Let's Be Positive Together, Lightraiser, Love, magic, marvelous gift, rel, self-confidence, source, squirrel, Ute Lark, warm-heartedness | 6 Comments

Always

Posted on July 12, 2013 by russtowne

“The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves.–Pema Chodron (Source: I Stop For Suffering) I now see that owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Challenges, Courage, Love, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love | Tagged Charles Gordy, I Stop For Suffering, Karen Robisco-Fan Page, Karen Robiscoe, Let's Be Positive Together, Love, Pema Chodron, photos, quotes, smile, smiles, smiling, tinybuddha | 15 Comments

Rushing to Judgment

Posted on July 12, 2013 by russtowne

A blogger friend of mine posted a story about a dog in another country who found a baby in a plastic bag at a garbage dump and brought it to its human family, who saw and decided to adopt the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Choices, Compassion, Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Love, Observations | Tagged abandoned, adopt, adopted, baby, compassion, Dog, growth, heart, infant, Love, mind, saved, understand | 25 Comments

Quotos (Quotes and Photos)

Posted on July 3, 2013 by russtowne

Sources: Free: The Four Winds Society photo Old Age: Jackie Papandrew’s photo Chipmunks: Miracle of Wisdom photo — “When something bad happens, you have 3 choices. You can let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let … Continue reading →