The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Dec 14th- A few of my favorite things...

~A lovely goldeny-orange bell

~A cheerful red stocking

~A nicely decorated Christmas tree...almost too pretty to eat...almost

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 5th- A few of my favorite things...
~The gift of tomatoes from flowers
~The gift of apples from the trees
~The gift from Christmas that almost made it until the next one...Thanks Shaniah (...she forgot where she hid it)

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 17th- A few of my favorite things...
~A sketchbook with black paper
~Pastel chalks with a myriad of color

~Ethereal dresses that almost float off the page

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Feb 10th- A few of my favorite things...
~Four packed bags ready to go
~A trunk almost packed and ready to go
~And a new audio book ready and waiting for tomorrow's adventures

The Habit Of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 15th- A few of my favorite things...
~The first leaves of the black-cap raspberries signalling the season is beginning to turn
~Fiery red slowly replacing the verdant greens from tip to trunk on the branches of the staghorn sumac
~My mourning dove couple changing where to watch the sunset as they now have to face almost due west to watch the skies melt from gold to deep blue

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 27th- A few of my favorite things...
~A family movie night with a Christmasy theme
~Little eyes that almost stay awake until the end
~The moon and Mars putting on a splendid show tonight

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

May 31st- A few of my favorite things...
~Irises so white they almost glow in the moonlight
~Pink geraniums that seem to be painted with delicate white highlights
~Weeping beech leaves so new that they still have fuzzy hair

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Mar 8th- A few of my favorite things...
~A magical tree that money does grow on...at least until St Patrick's Day
~The fun of magically seeing your twin or perhaps your quad in the mirror
~A dressmaker's mirror so magical you can almost see into the future

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Feb 19th- A few of my favorite things...
~The ladies of the house catching up over tea
~The older girls enjoying the castle grounds and aviary
~And the little ones asleep in a clubhouse under the stars...well almost :-)

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Nov 22nd- A few of my favorite things...
~Books arriving to fill in an almost complete a collection
~My mom surprising me and Moriah with chocolates
~A lamppost welcoming the coming season