The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite

June 29th- A few of my favorite things...
~Learning about raptors with feathered ambassadors at the library
~Starry reflections on the pavement
~An ordinary box getting a total home-makeover

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 28th- A few of my favorite things...
~The taste of the first of the blackcap raspberries on hot afternoon
~A tea party with big sister when the others are away
~Chasing after fireflies on a warm summer evening

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 27th- A few of my favorite things...
~Evidence that fish did get away
~A ride that ended one summer long ago
~A new meaning to an open-hearth fireplace

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 25th- A few of my favorite things...
~Footprints left by a faithful friend long, long ago
~A bouquet of roses still on the bush
~A nighttime visitor to the porch screen

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 24th- A few of my favorite things...
~The first daylily of summer
~The first milkweed flowers of summer
~A neighborhood cat with some awesome body guards...never mess with gnomes 

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 23rd- A few of my favorite things...
~A petunia who decided to try a sidewalk view instead of the standard flower box
~A cute goat made of metal
~A clover eking our life on a stone wall above a lake

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 22nd- A few of my favorite things...
~Willow shadows on the brook 
~Shadow dots covering the playground
~A spider who has caught his midnight snack

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 21st- A few of my favorite things...
~The fun of spinning down a spiral fireman's pole
~A tree defying its barriers
~A small bouquet for Father's Day picked by little hands

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 20th- A few of my favorite things...
~A church spire shadow like a giant sundial sweeping the ground
~The delicate cup-shaped petal of bindweed
~The power of the first of the summer thunderstorms

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 19th- A few of my favorite things...
~Love notes to Daddy written in the stone dust
~A new clutch of birds in the old canal lock
~A sunset reminiscent of the Serengeti

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 18th- A few of my favorite things...
~Seeing a patriotic cow...
~Watching a clever cow...
~And petting a baby cow at Hourigan's Dairy Farm in Elbridge with the girlies

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 17th- A few of my favorite things...
~The reflection of kids splashing underneath an umbrella
~A halo around the sun at sunset
~Saving this little woodcock and his sibling from getting run over in the road (sent them scurrying into the woods)

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 16th- A few of my favorite things...
~The scent of roses lingering in the evening air
~Docks waiting for summer boaters
~A giant fish checking out the competition

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Tings

June 15th- A few of my favorite things...
~Catching the playground's reflection in a bubble
~Bubbles reflecting their maker
~Learning about science as it throws...well...rolls curve balls at you

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 14th- A few of my favorite things...
~Cottonwood fluff drifting overhead like fairies flying on the wind
~A bee fly finding these Sweet Williams just as irresistible as I do
~The distinct buzz of a hummingbird in the evening garden