The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Dec 5th- A few of my favorite things...

~The amazing discovery of a sweet set of farm animals that have been in the ground for over 100 years

~The satisfying journey of gently cleaning off layers of the clay soil it once was buried in

~The astonishment of revealing that the original paint that survived all these years

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Feb 18th- A few of my favorite things...

~The possibilities in a blank slate of wood

~Using hammer, nails, and string to develop a design

~The variety of designs awaiting a creative mind to discover them

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Jan 15th- A few of my favorite things...
~Waking up to the sound of keys clicking as a writer types her ideas
~Thea's excitement of being big enough to lose her first tooth
~Being small enough still to discover spaces that no one else can fit in

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 27th- A few of my favorite things...
~Trip into the woods at Beaver Lake to see water lilies beginning to blossom on the lake
~To enjoy the shade of the trees and...
~To discover really huge fish in the bog with my girlie who loves nature <3

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Apr 14th- A few of my favorite things...
~Watching the willows greening on the edges of fields
~Discovering violets staking their claim by the canal trail
~Watching Lissie discover for herself that she really CAN ride a bike all by herself!

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 7th- A few of my favorite things...
~A giant whirligig of swirling doves
~Discovering a stone arch perfectly formed without mortar
~Being small enough to discover a robin's nest well hidden in among the branches

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 28th- A few of my favorite things...
~Discovering, that as well as artists-in-residence,...
~We have poets-in-residence...
~And watching them discover it in themselves

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 27th- A few of my favorite things...
~A collage of silver maple leaves
~Discovering an old nest in a fallen tree
~Wild grape adding deep blue to a gray day