The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~A wooden village and figures that inspire the classics such as the Brougham family from "The Bishops Wife",...

~The home of Elwood P Dowd and his Pooka,...

~And Calvin has a place to have adventures with Hobbes

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 4th- A few of my favorite things...
~Books that inspire cooking
~Cooking inspired by books
~Books with recipes while you read

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 26th- A few of my favorite things...
~Gifts that challenge the mind
~Gifts that inspire creativity in a new hobby
~Gifts that just give you a good dose of laughter

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 12th- A few of my favorite things...
~Old legends retold on paper for a new generation to learn from
~Old and beloved books being retold visually (and well) for a new generation (and yes I still love the magic of the 1985 version)
~Old memories being retold to inspire a new generation not only to follow their dreams, but be prepared to work for them too

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 2nd- A few of my favorite things...
~An architectural drawing set with the tools that ...
~Inspire new building designs that weather the test of time...
~To become a new cityscape one day

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 11th- A few of my favorite things...
~A coloring book to inspire a budding fashion designer...
~With outfits, accessories, and quotes...
~To inspire bold creativity with color and patterns

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 26th- A few of my favorite things...
~A love for poetry that inspires Gwyn to pick out a lovely copy of "A Child's Garden of Verses" and...
~Find an old collection of poetry that was signed by the author...
~And Shaniah to select a copy of English Verse because it has "So many poems by Wordsworth!"...all thanks to Mitford's Father Tim :-)📚

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 21st- A few of my favorite things
~The fun of turning a birthday cake box into an eclipse viewer
~The curiosity of girlies of watching the shadows change over the course of a couple of hours
~The power of eclipse glasses to inspire young scientist 

(as seen in Upstate New York)

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 10th- A few of my favorite things...
~A bold bunny I've named Peter Rabbit, checking out the garden with me
~Two horses grazing in in the feast this rain has brought
~Teachers, who Sidney Poitier in "To Sir, With Love", inspire their students to reach higher