The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~The patience of teachers that expose young people with less life experience to plays with complex dynamics

~Revisiting these plays as an adult with my scholars

~How great literature can act as a mirror, reflecting different things for you to see, as life lived over the years has unlocked keys to understanding

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~The quest to turn parts in a box to a ship with her sails

~The patience it takes to paint, glue, and rig together the ship

~The pride that goes into making a ship you've learned so much about along the way....drum roll, please...meet the Cutty Sark!

The Cutty Sark...

sailing with the flag of J Willis and Son on the main mast,

the British Nautical Flag,

and Letters that Spell out JKWS

(for the tea company who owned her)

on the halyard line...

and the numbers 2 on the foremast

and 2 on the mizzen mast for '22,

the year Thea built the model....Great Job Thea!

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~Beginning to set the gaff rig sails to the mast

~The patience it takes to let the glue set on a sail or two

~Getting the next set of sails ready for rigging

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~Baking a new quick bread recipe: Maple Pumpkin Bread

~When patience is no longer required to let it cool

~A new recipe that was agreed on by all: Delicious!

The recipe: https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/healthy-pumpkin-bread/

A side note, we made it with white flour and added chocolate chips.

We also skipped the glaze. It was great on its own!

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~Taking inspiration from a temporary stocking for a beloved son-in-law

~The patience it takes to get the stitches right

~A new matching stocking for John to hang with rest of his family's this Christmas

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Sept 15th- A few of my favorite things...

~Turning a quilting square into a seam guide

~The satisfying crispness of freshly ironed fabric

~Patience that turns squares into cubes with skills that are stacking up

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Jan 16th- A few of my favorite things...

~Persevering though a year long stitching journey

~Patience it take to learn new stiches along the way

~Pride that comes with seeing it finally finished...fantastic job little lady!