Showing posts with label night. Show all posts
Showing posts with label night. Show all posts

Thursday, January 12, 2023

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~Two young artists spending the morning at the library learning to paint a dragon
~Watching the artistic choices of each painter
~Having two paintings of dragons to hang on the wall that are as wonderfully different as night and day









Thursday, September 1, 2022

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Aug 30th- A few of my favorite things...

~Leaves collecting raindrops for display
~Hosta flower clusters drenched by the afternoon's torrents
~Flowers with glistening jewels that disappear like Brigadoon into the night






Thursday, August 4, 2022

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 July 26th- A few of my favorite things...

~A cool griffin sporting a flag
~Fancy headlights that brighten any day...or night
~The treat of seeing a cool Bugatti roadster of yesteryear while going about the day






Friday, July 1, 2022

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 June 30th- A few of my favorite things...

~The bees finishing up their day's work
~The katydid nymphs beginning to appear at dusk
~Fireflies beginning their evening night show






Thursday, March 10, 2022

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Mar 10th- A few of my favorite things...

~Stripey clouds bursting forth from the horizon,...
~A sliver of a rainbow above the sun and a fountain of rainbow on the left (part of the sun halo phenomenon), and...
~The star of the show peeking out from the clouds just before taking a final bow for the night







Wednesday, March 9, 2022

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~Sunset colors coloring the steeple
~Sunset colors coloring the sky and clouds
~Sunset colors seeming to reach back up as if to say a final farewell for the night











Wednesday, January 19, 2022

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Jan 19th- A few of my favorite things...

~A good day to go to the sledding hill to ride down and learn how to snowboard
~A good afternoon to cross country ski on the towpath
~A good night to learn how to snowshoe in the old canal prism








If life gives you snow...

...get out and have fun!

Monday, December 27, 2021

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~The Third Day of Christmas: Blanket Fort Day
~The fun of spending the day with your sisters in a blanket fort
~The fun of camping out in it for the night








Saturday, August 7, 2021

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






Sunday, July 18, 2021

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






Tuesday, January 12, 2021

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Jan 12th- A few of my favorite things...

~Footprints left in a dusting of snow
~Streetlights that give a splendid film-noir look to the night
~Walking to where the pavement ends





Sunday, October 11, 2020

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Oct 11th- A few of my favorite things...

~The skies before the the sun peeks over the trees
~The skies as the clouds begin to roll in though the day
~The skies as the last of the day's color gets painted in stripes as the light fades into night