The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~A canopy up to give some shade in the heat

~An eager little boy learning the ropes of discovery

~The joy of finding lots of cool things on your first dig

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~A cold drink to curb the heat

~A Japanese beetle finding shade in a rose

~A bench that found some shade(s) in the sun

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 July 6th- A few of my favorite things...

~A bee fly enjoying an echinacea flower

~Mushrooms enjoying the mulch, heat, and the rain

~An assassin bug enjoying his evening meal

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 4th- A few of my favorite things...
~Beginning the work on a jon boat with and for Shaniah
~Watching her learn to use tools like a pro
~A dinner out in a cool restaurant after a long day in the heat courtesy of our neighbor <3

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 29th- A few of my favorite things...
~Watching the interesting unfurling of a marigold blossom
~A tiny bee fly trying to find some shade in this heat amid the rose petals
~Rose of Sharon blossoms, like tiny radar dishes looking for Autumn on the horizon

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

May 28th- A few of my favorite things...
~Tiny Star of Bethlehem randomly poking through the grass
~Even tinier Indian Strawberry flowers scattered like stars in a sea of green
~A giant Watchfire, burning so bright and hot that you can feel it in the car with the windows up on the far side of the highway, symbolically guiding our fallen home

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 29th- A few of my favorite things...
~Pinky-purple flowers adding color to dry grass
~A pink bicycle with more than two petals
~A pink and orange sky visually softening the day's heat

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 28th- A few of my favorite things...
~Finding a piece of wood with a heart on it
~A lone sentinel pond lily
~The delicate stems and structures of indian smoke pipe