The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Oct 25th- A few of my favorite things...

~Learning about someone through what they loved

~Reading about Regency fortune-hunter's task of saving her family

~A mystery about Santa ahead of the season

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Oct 24th- A few of my favorite things...

~Fashioning the perfect green felt into a bucket cap

~Fashioning a feather from the perfect red

~Finishing the perfect hat for a nephew who has Robin Hood aspirations

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Oct 22nd- A few of my favorite things...

~Melting wax in a double boiler

~Collecting a few favorite leaves

~Preserving the leafy color in wax as fall's vibrancy begins to wane

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Oct 21st- A few of my favorite things...

~Walking from the Canal Museum under the watchful gaze of those from long, long ago...

~And a galaxy far, far away...or above...

~A whilst being watched by a St Paul or two...

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Oct 20th- A few of my favorite things...

~An evening talk about the Erie Canal by an educator at the Erie Canal Museum

~The land, people, and trade that made the canal possible

~A museum with canal artifacts to learn from and a book by the lecturer, Derrick Pratt, to take home

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~Bright pink petunias with white centers

~Soft purple petunias with a tiny ring of white

~Magenta colored petunias and more blooming vibrantly indoors as their time to grow outdoors comes to an end

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 18th- A few of my favorite things...

~The patience of teachers that expose young people with less life experience to plays with complex dynamics

~Revisiting these plays as an adult with my scholars

~How great literature can act as a mirror, reflecting different things for you to see, as life lived over the years has unlocked keys to understanding

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Oct 17th- A few of my favorite things....

~New models to try including one that fought in WWII and Korea,...

~One that Snoopy imagines chasing down, and...

~One that fought off the Spanish Armada...only to sink by a hole caused by her own anchor years later

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Oct 16th- A few of my favorite things...

~Finishing your Model A Ford with a Christmassy theme just in time

~Setting up the models you've been working then getting inspiration from others

~The joy of winning a trophy for your hard work for today mingled with the joy of a fun hobby to carry you into the future