The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~Apples growing on the tree

~The next set of flowers getting ready to bloom

~A ladybug making a cheery yellow lily even more pretty

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 July 14th- A few of my favorite things...

~A tiny little ladybug looking for a tiny meal

~A tiny little raptor perched on his lookout

~A tiny little moon to mark summer's trek though the season

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~A darner fly landing delicately on a leaf

~A ladybug waddling around a cluster of milkweed flowers

~A bee at work gathering pollen at the milkweed diner

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~A Japanese beetle resting on a pink daisy

~A mud dauber checking out the pink bee balm

~A ladybug that makes a perfect splash of color to a white daisy

and...a Virginia Ctenuncha moth 💗

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

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

~A red dot of a ladybug wandering, looking for a meal on the underside of a leaf

~A red leaf in the creek caught along its flow downstream

~Spying Red hearts in a row on painted rock along our evening walk

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 13th- A few of my favorite things...
~The canal wall filling up with milkweed once again this year
~Bees happily buzzing from flower to flower
~A ladybug that found a cozy place to hide for the night

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Apr 7th- A few of my favorite things...
~A walk that gets us closer to Fair Haven...just not "there" yet for a few more hikes
~Enjoying the wildlife along the trail
~Discovering signs of those we did not see

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 21st- A few of my favorite things...
~Finding the first orangy-red leaves on the ground
~Finding an orangy-yellow sky with the setting sun
~Finding an wee orange ladybug that has stopped on your hand to say hello

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 28th- A few of my favorite things...
~Silky dogwood blossoming while its leaves turn burgundy red 
~The scent of just-picked Cortland apples filing the porch
~Hanging out with a Seven Spotted Ladybug in the garden

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 28th- A few of my favorite things...
~A red ladybug catching some sun on a fence post
~A red geranium catching some sun in a planter
~Red leaves by red bricks catching some sun before the clouds roll in

And more red from today....