The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~The fun of snorkeling and exploring underwater on a hot day

~Young treasure seekers looking to see what is hiding in the water

~Bits of glistening sea glass, pottery, and metal quarry to show for an evening's worth of hunting

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 June 18th- A few of my favorite things...

~Teaching the next generation to see the story held in ordinary objects

~Teaching the next generation to find stories that have been hiding under the surface

~Teaching the next generation to get excited over history

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Apr 23rd- A few of my favorite things...

~The sun on the cusp of rising above the clouds

~A sparrow singing to the rising sun

~The sun shining through a translucent fog, that while hiding the tree line, spotlights the dew

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Mar 18th- A few of my favorite things...

~Finding a design hiding in a plateful of tiles and glass

~Setting your mosaic and covering it with grout

~Smoothing down the grout to reveal the pattern hidden beneath

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~The power of paint to create delicate petals for waiting bees,...

~A bouquet of flowers for the table, and...

~A fragile orchid usually in hiding in the woods

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Oct 5th- A few of my favorite things...

~A wee little snake looking for a midnight snack

~A small toad trying to blend in waiting for dinner to pass by

~A grasshopper hiding trying not to be the next meal

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~A yellow garden spider wrapping up its meal for the night

~A small crab spider hiding, waiting for its next meal

~A cross orb weaver who figured out a clever placing of its web for to attract dinner

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 July 18th- A few of my favorite things...

~A chrysalis hiding on a tree

~A moth blending into a flower

~A mourning dove trying to be top bird for the night

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~Glory of Snow in full bloom...a sea of blue

~A ladybug hiding on a pinecone...a spot of red

~Black-cap raspberries beginning to leaf out on the cane...splashes of new green

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Jan 24th- A few of my favorite things...

~Colorful threads mixed with...

~A plain unbleached muslin combined with...

~An imagination that saw (and can freehand) a cow that was hiding in there somewhere...picture in progress....

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Oct 5th- A few of my favorite things...

~Patches of blue between the clouds after a gray day

~Treetops painted with reds and golds

~Finding an orange pumpkin hiding in the leaves

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Mar 19th- A few of my favorite things...
~A chance to get out for a walk along Onondaga Lake to see footprints on the shore,...
~A sneaker that is in hiding
~Turtlebunny's initials in concrete