The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

May 28th- A few of my favorite things...
~Taking your friend to her first Memorial Day Parade in Jordan
~The first tastes of summer
~The eagle on the top of the flagpole, seemingly perched to bid the sun goodnight

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Apr 29th- A few of my favorite things...
~Wondering what, besides me, the bald eagle is watching from the tree
~Views that give you an eagle-eye view of Syracuse
~Buildings that seem to be watching the sunset along with you

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Jan 13th- A few of my favorite things...
~A rock with its own road map
~Catching an eagle flying overhead three days in a row
~Driving into Syracuse and seeing a cloud that looks like a waterfall of snow...then passing under the cascade into a magical flurry

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 17th- A few of my favorite things...
~Montezuma in fall...where geese land colored waters
~An eagle with a 21ft wingspan
~Happening upon an owl at dusk

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 19th- A few of my favorite things...

~A golden damselfly pausing by the Seneca River

~A Halloween pennant dragonfly stopping for a meal

~An eagle soaring high over the river looking for his next snack

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Mar 21st- A few of my favorite things...
~A weather vane with books and an ink pen (although it does kinda look like a high-heeled shoe)
~A weather vane with a cow (perhaps black angus) for a new business owned by dairy farmers
~A weather vane with a shiny golden eagle that gleams on a gray day

Weather vane atop Cato-Meridian Middle School

Weather vane atop Bailiwick in Elbridge, NY

Weather vane atop an Italianate house in Jordan NY

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Mar 10th- A few of my favorite things...
~Not letting rain turn your plans upside down, except in raindrops
~Eating lunch watching the birds at Montezuma...the red-wing blackbirds are back!
~Finding a herd of deer dining on the fields now clear thanks to the warmer temps and rain

The visitor center at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge as seen through a raindrop.

The marshland awaiting the migrating flocks.

A raptor, probably an eagle, eyeing the land for his lunch as I eat mine.

The first of the red-wing blackbirds I've spied this year.

A herd of deer gleaning from the farmer's field.