The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 31st- A few of my favorite things...
~Blue ribbons bedecking village trees
~A shady character slithering outside the bank
~A lamppost reflected in the creek

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 30th- A few of my favorite things...
~Spying a hornets' nest just off the trail
~Spying a bridge built by a spider in an old tree stump
~Spying a frog relaxing on a lily pad

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 29th- A few of my favorite things...
~Pinky-purple flowers adding color to dry grass
~A pink bicycle with more than two petals
~A pink and orange sky visually softening the day's heat

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 28th- A few of my favorite things...
~Riding a dinosaur bigger than you
~Ballerinas who can dance anywhere
~The magic when a coach appears in a pop-up book...no fairy godmother required

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 27th- A few of my favorite things...
~Watching a parachuter glide to a landing
~A two-striped grasshopper hiding in the grass
~An ant delicately walking on lace

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 26th- A few of my favorite things...
~The fun of finding a version of Cinderella we haven't read yet
~The fun of reading a book on a walk at Hoopes Park
~The fun of finding an inscription with a sense of humor

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 26th- A few of my favorite things...
~Rain, real rain drenching the land
~Skies breaking between lines of rain
~Clouds putting on one last great display at sunset

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 24th- A few of my favorite things...
~A concerted effort to find Waldo and Wenda...
~And finding a tiny cottontail...
~And a skipper hiding among the knapweed

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 23rd- A few of my favorite things...
~A well camouflaged itty-bitty walkingstick nymph
~A milkweed beetle munching his evening snack
~A dogbane beetle with "Hippy"-like coloring

The Habit of Thankfulness; A Few of My Favorite Things

July 22nd- A few of my favorite things...
~A hawk taking advantage of the swirling invisible updrafts
~Watching the trains while eating lunch
~A fallen petal...like a fairy's lost fan

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 21st- A few of my favorite things...
~A blue star near the ground (balloon flower plant)
~A blue feather along the trail
~A bit of rainbow among the the feathery clouds in a blue sky

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 20th- A few of my favorite things...
~A surprise gift of ice cream for me and the girlies
~Deciding just what flavor to spend that coin on
~Eating ice cream downtown at Gannon's

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 19th- A few of my favorite things...

~A golden damselfly pausing by the Seneca River

~A Halloween pennant dragonfly stopping for a meal

~An eagle soaring high over the river looking for his next snack

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 18th- A few of my favorite things...
~A crow surveying the oncoming storm
~Broken pieces making beautiful art
~The first sunflower ready to beam