The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~A walk along the quiet waters of the canal

~Watching the water rush under the aqueduct to places far away

~Meandering back with the sound of gravel under foot

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~Pink ornamental crabapple flowers growing where a church once stood

~White ornamental crabapple flowers growing where a hotel once stood

~Purply-pink ornamental plum flowers growing where a canal once flowed

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

Apr 29th- A few of my favorite things...
~Finding treasures skipping about the canal-- a skipper butterfly
~Spying treasures along the evening walk-- a robin's egg and a partly eaten squirrel snack
~Spotting someone else finding treasures, too-- a carpenter bee out for one last load of gold before dark

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Apr 28th- A few of my favorite things...
~A small stone that seems to have called his pebble friends for a meeting
~Being warned by a pair of geese gleaning in the fields at sunset
~Stopping by to watch the sun peek around the bend of the old canal

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Mar 24th- A few of my favorite things...
~Still waters like a mirror on the old canal 
~The silhouettes of trees against the sky 
~Seeing a bit of sky and light though an old Italianate's roof lantern (cupola)

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Jan 5th- A few of my favorite things...
~A day filled with shadows stretching out across the canal
~A fairy house waiting for a fairy traveling down the old towpath
~Enjoying the sunshine while walking along the old canal

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 15th- A few of my favorite things...
~Attending the annual Family Christmas brunch where Shirley Temples are a staple 
~Catching a selfie in the ceiling
~Finding an old nest along the frozen canal in Bushnell's Basin

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 6th- A few of my favorite things...
~The surprise of milkshakes to cool off on a warm evening
~The ruins of the canal being restored
~People who leave smiles for others to find