The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Jan 28th- A few of my favorite things...

~Sunlight highlighting woodpecker holes

~A crow warming himself in the sun

~Spying a nest from last year still tenaciously holding its own

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~A bald-faced hornet's nest that has been hiding in the treetops all summer

~Squirrels readying their nest for the coming winter

~Tiny pollinators enjoying dandelions amid fall's bounty

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 May 22nd- A few of my favorite things...

~One robin singing high in the tree

~Two robins hopping along in the grass

~Three baby robins with Momma Robin waiting not so patiently for their next feeding

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~A stroll down the old towpath as evening begins to wane

~A nest tucked away safely in the old lock

~Finding a spike from another mode of travel that faded into time like the old canal

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

May 11th- A few of my favorite things...
~Noticing the many shades of green whilst sitting under newly formed canopy of leaves,
~Noting someone's nest carefully tucked into the red cedar,
~Then spying a red cardinal who is watching me

The Habit of Thankfulness: A few of My Favorite Things

June 11th- A few of my favorite things...
~Finding interesting statues on your evening walk
~Finding your initial in a piece of broken concrete
~Finding a killdeer sitting on her nest

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 7th- A few of my favorite things...
~A giant whirligig of swirling doves
~Discovering a stone arch perfectly formed without mortar
~Being small enough to discover a robin's nest well hidden in among the branches

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

May 16th- A few of my favorite things...
~A small garden along the old canal wall
~Sunlight highlighting a point along the old towpath
~Finding the swallows have returned to nest in old Lock 51 along the old Erie Canal

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Jan 10th- A few of my favorite things...
~With more snow than sand, finding a creative and warm way to hide yourself
~A nest from last spring braving the weather
~Contemplating the possibilities of a blank canvas

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Nov 25th- A few of my favorite things...
~A chandelier as delicate as a spider's web
~A spider who added her own strands of gossamer
~Eyes that spy a nest and beads draped in a tree...perhaps the birds were getting decorating for Christmas too 

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 27th- A few of my favorite things...
~A collage of silver maple leaves
~Discovering an old nest in a fallen tree
~Wild grape adding deep blue to a gray day

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 26th- A few of my favorite things...
~Watching a baby snapper take his first dip into the water
~Finding the remains of turtle shells beside 3 different turtle nests
~A frog who came out of the water to watch the sunset with us

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 30th- A few of my favorite things...
~Spying a hornets' nest just off the trail
~Spying a bridge built by a spider in an old tree stump
~Spying a frog relaxing on a lily pad

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

May 24th- A few of my favorite things...
~Walking down a trail being scolded by a Mama Red-winged Blackbird
~Being followed by the Papa Red Winged Blackbird
~And discovering why all the fuss....