The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 31st- A few of my favorite things...
~The joy of finding a cool rock in the creek
~Finding the last of the woolly bears finding a place to hibernate through the winter
~Finding the promise of spring in autumn's color show

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 30th- A few of my favorite things...
~Windows that seem to frame a painting that changes with the seasons
~Introducing the girlies to the Joy of Painting with Bob Ross
~Shaniah's attempt at following along using watercolors

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 29th- A few of my favorite things...
~Watching the rising sun bathe the city in light
~Sunlight vibrantly highlighting color against storm clouds
~Finding happy little clouds (thanks Bob Ross) after the storm...and children who pointed them out to me

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 28th- A few of my favorite things...
~Ash seeds blown down artfully by the wind
~Leaves glistening from a day's rain
~A late autumn's evening walk to the sound of rustling of the last leaves

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 27th- A few of my favorite things...
~Realizing Gwyn has figured out all by herself how to turn around on her ice skates
~Watching the Hunter's Moon rise through the ash tree
~And take is trek across the night sky

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 26th- A few of my favorite things...
~Watching the sunlight light up the tank in the morning
~Discovering fishy shadows on the wall
~Shaniah, my fish, completing Level 2 in swim class today grin emoticon

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 25th- A few of my favorite things...
~A leaf collage on asphalt
~The last leaf on the ash tree
~Three sparrows saluting the flag at sunset

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 24th- A few of my favorite things...
~Clearing the plants from the garden, thankful for the harvest
~Little hands to work along side me
~Teaching by doing smile emoticon

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 21st- A few of my favorite things...
~Collecting oak leaves with the girlies 
~Learning about oaks and acorns
~The scent of fall- an oak leaf bouquet for the table

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 20th- A few of my favorite things...
~Having a little sous chef help me can apple butter
~The joy of getting to lick the spoon for helping
~Having a half-filled jar for breakfast tomorrow

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 18th- A few of my favorite things...
~Stopping to take pictures of the first snowfall of the season
~A sugar maple standing guard by an old carriage barn 
~The variety of clouds on a blustery day

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 23rd- A few of my favorite things...
~Finding fall on a farm
~Finding fall in car reflections
~Harvesting and storing up my mental supply of colors for grayer days ahead

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 22nd- A few of my favorite things...
~Enjoying my neighbors' sugar maples' vibrant colors
~Finding a visitor in my garden enjoying my red maple
~Finding that the Wicked Witch might have met her end under my fish tank...that's at least what Nurse Hallie, Chilly and Stuffy are trying to ascertain wink emoticon

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 19th- A few of my favorite things...
~Finding remnants of snow on logs stacked for winter
~Riding a blue horse with big sister
~Learning to drive before your biggest sister wink emoticon

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 17th- A few of my favorite things...
~Watching two seasons collide
~Watching the farmer plant his winter wheat
~Having had lovely fall weather for bringing in the crops

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My FavoriteThings

Oct 16th- A few of my favorite things...
~Streets lined with gold
~Showing Lissie new skating skills
~Having my own pair of skaters

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 15th- A few of my favorite things
~Finding fall foliage framed in the windows
~Being able to help a woman find her necklace lost in the leaf pile
~Soaking in the fall beauty at Clark Reservation