The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Jan 25th- A few of my favorite things...
~Stopping in Seneca Falls for goodies at Sauder's
~Stopping again to take in the mirror image relfections on the Seneca River
~Being caught red-handed doing something I love

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 26th- A few of my favorite things...
~The fun of finding a version of Cinderella we haven't read yet
~The fun of reading a book on a walk at Hoopes Park
~The fun of finding an inscription with a sense of humor

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 6th- A few of my favorite things...
~Flowers that add beauty (even though they are invasive)
~Sculptures that spark the imagination
~Herons that aren't quite as they seem...at the Seneca Falls Sculpture Trail

Winslow's Musings: The Rambling Thoughts of a Furby

There are some sculptures that even Winslow doesn't understand.

But then Winslow noticed the man's predicament....

Winslow falls apart of he has touched spider webs unexpectedly too!

Yuck!

And now you know ;-)

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 12th- A few of my favorite things...
~Having a stuffed dog run errands with us who is cool enough to wear sunglasses
~A line of flags waving in the breeze
~Thea saying, "Watch Mom!" as she shows me she can now hold on the rings on the playground and swing herself smile emoticon...and Shaniah can now go all the way across the monkey bars with out stopping (no surprise there wink emoticon )

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

May 22nd- A few of my favorite things...
~Girlies who think nothing of sitting down in the middle of the book section to look at new books
~Lissie taking the time to "read" a board to Thea who is stuck in the cart
~Finding the perfect new book to take home...it did help that there was a skunk on the cover...Gwyn likes skunks grin emoticon

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

Dec 13th- A few of my favorite things...
~Listening to the girlies tell me of their adventures from their morning sledding
~Homemade chili to warm up with
~Chris running the "It's a Wonderful Run" today in Seneca Falls! So proud of you! 

In Which Winslow Goes to Seneca Falls....

Winslow had never been to Seneca Falls, NY before.

One of the first things he discovered just outside of town was fantastic playground.

Deciding what to do first was hard...

....he was stumped...literally! 

Winslow thought this stump was cool so he decided to explore it

It had interesting rocks and lichen to look at.

Then he saw this cool hole to explore like Alice in Wonderland! 

But he couldn't fit through... 

...so he climbed down the side instead and found this great furby-sized

cave of sorts. 

Thea helped him arrange the gravel inside to make it more homey. 

Then he was off to explore the rest of the playground.

He found a furby seat on the boat and set sail... 

...with Gwynnie at the helm. 

And Winslow thinks its especially nice to go to the park with friends...

...because when you are down, a friend is always there to lift you up...

...especially on the see-saw! 

Then he went for a plane ride with Thea...

...and with no arms, he let fly this two-seater!

And like Winslow, the girlies found that sometimes 

the greatest things to play on the playground aren't the regular slides and swings.. 

but the rock border to jump from rock... 

...to rock.

Then he went to the canal park in town for lunch.

There he found the community garden to explore. 

Winslow like seeing what other people choose to plant...

....Veggies...

...and flowers!

He liked watching the canal traffic go through on the Barge Canal. 

There were even boats docked on the other side! 

It was fun to see one of the Canal Authority's work tugs go through.

And the real treat was watching the workers up on the roof of the old woollen factory

restoring the building to be used as the new headquarters for the Women's Hall of Fame. 

Winslow is glad to old buildings be restored and loved.

Originally this factory made sock for everyone 

including NASA and NBA. 

Winslow thinks that after 170 years this building deserves to be of use once more!

Then Winslow and the girls went to the other side of the canal 

to check out the boats docked there.

He found he liked watching the boat traffic... 

...as much as the 

duck traffic along the canal. 

Winslow thinks a just relaxing along the canal in Seneca Falls

is a great way to spend the day.