The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 25th- A few of my favorite things...

~Raindrops bejeweling an orange daylily

~A snout moth hanging out on a milkweed leaf

~A bee at work on a creeping bellflower blossom

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Apr 28th- A few of my favorite things...

~A bee checking out a periwinkle blossom

~Dead nettle cozying-up to a great water source

~Creeping phlox with a couple interlopers in the crowd

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Sept 7th- A few of my favorite things...

~Yellowy-orange rosehips abundant in rose bushes

~Yellowy-orange marigolds abundant in their plantings

~Yellowy-orange bee enjoying early fall's abundance

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 July 16th- A few of my favorite things...

~Bee "saddlebags" full of pollen

~A female monarch stopping for a sip

~Discovering a swallowtail enjoying the patch too

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 July 2nd- A few of my favorite things...

~A darner fly landing delicately on a leaf

~A ladybug waddling around a cluster of milkweed flowers

~A bee at work gathering pollen at the milkweed diner

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

 Sept 9th- A few of my favorite things...

~Honey-brown color of ripening grasses

~The sunshiny yellow of goldenrod

~The many hues of green in lichen on a tree

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 3rd- A few of my favorite things...
~A fledgling trying to figure out its wings
~A bee getting one last sip in for the night
~A milkweed beetle snacking upside-down

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 22nd- A few of my favorite things...
~A bee at work on echinacea
~Phlox, which had five petals, adding bright colors to the green
~The small green pinecones of arborvitae

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 14th- A few of my favorite things...
~Mid-summer flowers in full bloom...coneflower with a buzzing bee
~Orange daylily commanding attention of passers-by
~The delicate sweet pea holding its own without a gardener to tend it

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 18th- A few of my favorite things...
~Discovering a newly emerged cicada
~Observing a bee hard at work in the garden
~Spying a spider who has opened a new diner

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 21st- A few of my favorite things...
~A busy bee checking out a lovely dahlia with me
~The lovely muted colors of a fading echinacea bloom
~The splash of pink anemone flowers, like cherry blossoms in the fall

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 6th- A few of my favorite things...
~Watching pollinators hard at work
~Discovering a metallic green bee hard at work on the chive too
~Then spotting a crane fly who doesn't want to be noticed at all

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

Sept 21st- A few of my favorite things...
~A patch of wildflowers planted...
~For both the little creatures...
~And the big ones to enjoy

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