The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Oct 29th- A few of my favorite things...

~Leaves of gold on the mulberry

~Leaves beginning their gilding on the oak

~Leaves of variegated green, copper, and gold on the wild cherry tree

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 July 15th- A few of my favorite things...

~A cluster of boxelder seeds draped like a chandelier

~Black walnuts ripening on the trees

~Ornamental crabapples adding color to summer's abundance of green on the trees

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~Double bud cherry blossoms in a delicate hint of pink

~Wild cherry blossoms scattered on the sidewalk

~The canopy above beginning to green

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~From the greening of trees and shrubs along the towpath...

~To a Green Machine on the towpath,...

~Green is definitely the color of the season

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Nov 17th- A few of my favorite things...

~A tree that gives new meaning to blue spruce

~A tiny tree that aspires to be a white pine

~A plain green tree awaiting its moment to show its true colors

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~Oak leaves on the cusp of turning golden brown

~Silky dogwoods who settled for red-brown this year

~A mulberry tree who decided that green was good enough to end the year

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Oct 27th- A few of my favorite things...

~Bright yellow black walnut leaves reaching to the sky

~A bouquet of yellow, brown, and green oak leaves

~A raindrop magnifying the veins on a yellow ash leaf

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~A fairy, who after turning mushrooms into goblets and...

~Splashing color onto a green landscape,...

~Relaxes after a hard day with a good book

The Habit of THankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Apr 2nd- A few of my favorite things...

~Lining a blue basket you own with green for grass

~Carefully painting rocks cheerful colors for eggs

~Planning an Easter egg hunt for your big sisters and having it ready just in time

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Sept 15th- A few of my favorite things...

~Orange leaves draped over a branch showing off its new raiments

~Orange leaves slowly overtaking the green ones on a rhododendron

~Orange zinnias helping to set the stage for the next season

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Sept 9th- A few of my favorite things...

~Honey-brown color of ripening grasses

~The sunshiny yellow of goldenrod

~The many hues of green in lichen on a tree

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 2nd- A few of my favorite things...

~Yellow petals against the blue sky

~A green praying mantis nymph against a green leaf

~White petals against a green grassy ground

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 22nd- A few of my favorite things...
~A bee at work on echinacea
~Phlox, which had five petals, adding bright colors to the green
~The small green pinecones of arborvitae

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 11th- A few of my favorite things...
~Green English ivy providing the space for a clever web over a inviting flower
~Green colored wheat plumping up getting ready for harvest
~Shadows from tall trees creating a green stained glass effect across the grass

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

May 3rd- A few of my favorite things...

~A trip down the trail in Savannah, NY of what was once West Shore Railroad...and still seeing its ties to the land

~Watching the greening of the under-canopy as Spring continues to stake its hold

~Watching how land has reclaimed its territory thanks to the being protected for future generations