The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 June 1st- A few of my favorite things...

~The power of one piece to make sense of another

~The power of connected pieces to form walls

~The magic of watching a 3D puzzle beginning to form a castle

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Feb 2nd- A few of my favorite things...
~The story of the "Steadfast Tin Soldier" told in Etch-A-Sketch form
~A cuddly kitty curled up in color pencil form
~The early birthday gift of new pencils and sketchbook to capture the fleeting beauty of the daffodils on the table

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 11th- A few of my favorite things...
~An octagon house and...
~A pewter snowflake...
~Making memories in ornament form for this year 

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 7th- A few of my favorite things...
~A swan beginning to form from bits of wool in the careful hands of Gwyn
~A woven cloth forming from bits of yarn from the deft hands of Thea
~Putting up the first of the seasons: Summer, by Thea---complete with fireflies on a canvas prepared Shaniah

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 3rd- A few of my favorite things...
~Watching a monarch caterpillar decimate a milkweed plant
~Discovering he has gone to the ceiling of the cage to form his chrysalis
~Waiting as outlines of wings begin to appear inside his personal transformation booth

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 28th- A few of my favorite things...
~Studies of nature done in pixel form
~Studies of drops and dots and swirling color
~Making your own smiles and sunshine in the rain

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 22nd- A few of my favorite things...
~An easy hike with Daddy...
~To where two mountian rivers meet...
~To form a third river that travels to the ocean

Hiking to the confluence...

of the Cedar River...

and Indian River...

meet to form the Upper Hudson River...

and begin its journey to the ocean.

Exploring the edges...

of the..

river to see what treasures...

...can be found!

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Jan 24th- A few of my favorite things...
~Combining a simple piece of paper
~And the music of very talented young pianists
~And turning the musical images that form in your mind into drawings