The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My favorite Things

Sept 13th- A few of my favorite things...
-Watching the fog lift over Nine Mile Creek, like a long puffy ribbon winding its way through the valley
~Mocha Latte from Broadway Cafe
~Watching the flock of ducks enjoying today's rain by Western Lights

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 12th- A few of my favorite things...
~"The Ox-cart Man" by Donald Hall
~Watching the girls mull over the illustrations and what they would like to do on a farm
~Having having a stove and oven without an open flame---the cause of death of many women and children 100 years ago...and today

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 11th- A few of my favorite things...
~A good purple umbrella in the rain...very cheery
~Watching a cormorant land on the dam in Baldwinsville
~Three tufted titmice that have been stopping by the birdfeeder

The Habit of Love

Sometimes we get busy...

Sometimes we are neglectful...

Sometimes we don't feel like it...

Sometimes it doesn't come easy...

Sometimes we are tired...

....but

Love

is

commanded.

Not very romantic sounding.

...but why

is it commanded?

Because  it is not  always easy...

....because it goes against our selfishness.

It goes in the face of our pride.

It comes from a deeper place,

not from 

a feeling,

but 

from

a 

choice.

As God has chosen to love me 

"warts and all"...

...I choose to love...

as He has loved me.

I can do 

no less for others.

And when I choose this kind of love

it is freeing.

It is not a slave to feelings,

to circumstances,

to whim.

It becomes a certainty...

...a reality...

A

"LOVE"-ly

 habit.

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 10th- A few of my favorite things...
~The popping sound of canning jar lids sealing
~The excitement of the girlies over the moth finally hatching
~Finding a bird's nest tucked away in an old canal lock ledge

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My favorite Things

Sept 9th- A few of my favorite things...
~Dahlias' cheerful colors, smiles in flower form
~Shadows and moonlight dancing together on Skaneateles Creek
~The scent of apple butter welcoming us home from our walk

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things...

Sept 8th- A few of my favorite things...
~The moon coating the ivy in layer of light
~Watching a spider weave his evening web lit by moonlight
~Moonlight casting leafy, shadowy collages on the sidewalk