The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 29th- A few of my favorite things....
~Learning about I.M. Pei, quite possibly the happiest architect and nicest human we have studied
~Learning about the vision behind the variety of buildings he has created
~Learning how fortunate we have not only one, but two of his buildings in Syracuse..and a third nearby in Ithaca

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 28th- A few of my favorite things...
~A rail trail hike with railroad finds and beautiful views
~A picnic dinner on a lovely evening
~An evening filled with charcoal drawings and firefly magic

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 27th- A few of my favorite things...
~Watching the sunset, when from the corner of the eye clouds form distant mountains with castles, then...
~A turtle on a beach about to be hit by a wave, finally...
~A phantom boat on the lookout for Nessie that finally turns back into a wave of clouds passing by

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 26th- A few of my favorite things...
~A wee little house for summer fairies to camp
~A striking geranium checking out its shadow
~Long summer shadows across a wheat field

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 25th- A few of my favorite things...
~White wild morning glories climbing up the goldenrod
~White puffy clouds scattered across a blue sky
~White silky dogwood flowers enticing bees to stick around for a while

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 24th- A few of my favorite things...
~An evening walk in which we find a small raptor spying us,...
~A cottontail trying to be as inconspicuous as possible,...
~And the scent of linden trees beginning to fill the air under the watchful eye of an exquisite crescent moon

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 23rd- A few of my favorite things...
~Watching a family of crows teaching their young
~Watching the young crows take up space near enough to their parents for safety with being just far enough to look cool
~Listening to a robin who is not happy with their presence and sends them on their way