The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Sept 26th- A few of my favorite things...

~Watching things that flutter high,....

~Things that soar higher, and...

~Things that fly highest

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 July 26th- A few of my favorite things...

~Thistle fluff about to fly

~A dogbane beetle on its namesake

~Burdock on the cusp of blooming

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 July 4th- A few of my favorite things...

~Flies having their al fresco lunch on a daisy

~Goldenrod crab spiders looking for their lunch

~Discovering a fly who did not have a good 4th and a spider who had a great one

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Apr 8th- A few of my favorite things...

~Lenten roses' mauve color in the sunshine

~A cabbage butterfly clinging to the canal wall

~Lesser celandine becoming a diner for a fly

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 23rd- A few of my favorite things...
~Things that crawl
~Things that fly
~Things to ride

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 1st- A few of my favorite things...
~A fly trying to keep cool in the shade of a leaf
~A tree with the sun as its glowing heart
~The muted color in the sky on a hot, cloudless evening

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 20th- A few of my favorite things...
~Discovering big sis's place had a playground
~A tiny fly checking out the maple leaves with me
~The delicate, translucent wings of a moth catching the last of the sun's ray

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 13th- A few of my favorite things...
~The first of the sweet peas beginning to bloom
~A fly just hanging out on the hostas
~A daisy to brighten the kitchen window sill

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Apr 4th- A few of my favorite things...
~The fun of having your hair fly up over a heating grate
~Using architectural trussing to bring beauty
~Knowing that even angels need joint replacement from time to time...we humans must give them a work out

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 1st- A few of my favorite things...
~An adventure day where you can climb high...
~Fly high...
~And reach for the stars with just Daddy.

At the MOST

in 

Syracuse, NY

Rock Climbing 

Flight Simulator

Planetarium Show

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 3rd- A few of my favorite things...
~Corn that is almost knee-high by the 4th of July
~Roasting peeps over an open fire
~Watching embers fly high on a near windless night like silent fireworks against the dark sky

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 19th- A few of my favorite things...
~Letting our praying mantises go to work on the gardens
~Discovering a fly seeking refuge from the rain
~A tiny garden orb weaver hard at work during a dry moment amidst the daily deluge

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 11th- A few of my favorite things...
~The first woolly bear of the fall
~A wee fly watching the sun halo with me this afternoon
~Orchard fresh cider: the true drink of fall