The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Mar 8th- A few of my favorite things...

~A cover that seems to hide the tale with---much like the Great Gatsby himself

~Reimagining the tale in graphic novel form

~The acting in the 1974 film version that brings the basic tale to life in both the shallowness of Daisy and the pitiful tale of Gatsby spending years chasing after a mirage

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 July 4th- A few of my favorite things...

~Flies having their al fresco lunch on a daisy

~Goldenrod crab spiders looking for their lunch

~Discovering a fly who did not have a good 4th and a spider who had a great one

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 July 1st- A few of my favorite things...

~A Japanese beetle resting on a pink daisy

~A mud dauber checking out the pink bee balm

~A ladybug that makes a perfect splash of color to a white daisy

and...a Virginia Ctenuncha moth 💗

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

May 19th- A few of my favorite things...
~Little feet that run in to show you the largest wild spring daisy they have ever seen
~Tiny little green leaves popping out all over the mulberry tree
~The tiny blue flowers of bugleweed heralding in mid-springs' wildflowers' aria of spring colors

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 9th- A few of my favorite things...
~Figuring out how to make a daisy chain bracelet
~Looking for treasures at the water's edge
~Discovering the first of the peonies in full bloom

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Apr 23rd- A few of my favorite things...
~Wildflowers blossoming on the ground
~Chandelier-like blossoms hanging on the trees
~And blooms that remind us that that others have been here before us and left us beauty

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Mar 23rd- A few of my favorite things...
~Flowers with centers as yellow as the sun
~Flowers as green as the grass in late spring
~Flowers that look like miniature ruffly peonies

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 13th- A few of my favorite things...
~The first of the sweet peas beginning to bloom
~A fly just hanging out on the hostas
~A daisy to brighten the kitchen window sill

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

May 12th- A few of my favorite things...
~A mouse-sized sundial to tell the time
~A double bud tulip enjoying the sunshine
~Daisies dancing in on Spring's stage on cue for Mother's Day...my mom's favorite flower

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 8th- A few of my favorite things...
~A firefly waiting for dusk on Queen Anne's Lace
~An ant's last stop before wandering it way back after long day's work
~A crab spider readying for his midnight snack

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Mar 9th- A few of my favorite things...
~A cross-section of tree with many stories to tell
~A tufted-titmouse with singing his song high in the trees
~Gwyn's excitement to find her favorite flowers already in bloom

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 28th- A few of my favorite things...
~A cheery bright red gerber daisy on a drizzly day
~Discovering that the center flowers on a gerber daisy are curly
~Finding a small, copper-colored, rain-weary fly on a leaf

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 7th- A few of my favorite things...
~Daisies along the towpath...the favorite flowers of my mom and Gwyn
~New growth on the white pine
~Getting the garage ready for a new garage door on Tuesday...so excited!grin emoticon

The Habit of Faithfulness

Remember that children, 

marriages, 

and flower gardens 

reflect the kind of care they get.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.