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 14th- A few of my favorite things...
~Finding a field lightly frosted in the morning sun
~Finding double-the-color with a perfectly reflecting pond
~Finding the moon among the trees in the canal

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Feb 22nd- A few of my favorite things...
~Breakfast in bed the day after your birthday served by little hands
~Hearing a presentation at the library about policing the old Erie Canal in music and stories from the 1800's
~Watching a musician play a gorgeous instrument he made with his own hands

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

May 27th- A few of my favorite things...
~Chasing the elusive, almost mythical, blue sky
~A barge with a large load resting for the night in Baldwinsville
~A little library with amazing evening views

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 10th- A few of my favorite things...
~Trying something new...a Shirley Temple at the Isaac Heating Family Brunch
~An amazing old canal building...standing almost 200 years overlooking the canal
~An imposing structure, curving out of view, almost 50 years old

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 17th- A few of my favorite things...
~A very cheery balloon smiling in the morning
~A bicyclist out for an evening moonlit ride along the trail
~Memories you can hold in your hands and wear close to your heart

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 13th- A few of my favorite things...
~Friends, who are biking from Buffalo to Albany, stopping by our house for lunch
~Tales of travel along their adventure
~The sight of reflecting puddles after weeks without rain

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 5th- A few of my favorite things...
~Shaniah saving up her money for 5 months
~And going to the Erie Canal Weighlock Museum to get an inkwell and pen she saw at the beginning of summer
~Finding a love note to Daddy written by the aforementioned calligrapher heart emoticon

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 25th- A few of my favorite things...
~The stippled surface left by mason marks 160 years ago
~Limestone blocks that look like they were placed by a Tetris champion
~Avoiding a hornets nest cleverly hiding in the rock wall

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 6th- A few of my favorite things...
~The little coronet of flowers on English plantain
~The sensation of flying on a trapeze bar
~Light on the canal wall when the sun sets north of west

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

May 3rd- A few of my favorite things...
~My new garden gloves from Tractor Supply...they fit my small hands and are super comfy! 
~Putting the final touches on the flower garden paths
~Watching the moon rise standing in the canal