The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~Colorful threads mixed with...

~A plain unbleached muslin combined with...

~An imagination that saw (and can freehand) a cow that was hiding in there somewhere...picture in progress....

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Nov 8th- A few of my favorite things...

~A fashion kit with inspirational pictures

~Turning a picture into a reality

~A new gown for a very fashionable doll

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Apr 3rd- A few of my favorite things...
~A pile of lovely pizza boxes being placed on the table
~A picture on the box that makes it look like it was drawn with today's restaurant restrictions
~Opening the box to reveal a delicious surprise of lovely fish dinner within from Dimitri's Pizza in Elbridge

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Jan 17th- A few of my favorite things...
~Icicles that seem to think the sign is too cold to put their feet on
~A goose that makes sure that I get a picture of his good side
~A duck imagining being warmed by a thousand suns on a frigid day

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 12th- A few of my favorite things...
~An afternoon spent visiting an art gallery with paintings all by one artist
~Taking time to study a painting to see not only what the artist included, but even seeing his brush strokes
~Trying your hand at drawing what you see in the picture

If you are ever in the Skaneateles, NY area,
take time to check out this gallery:
http://barrowgallery.org/

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 19th- A few of my favorite things...
~Walking onto the pier with the with the sunset colors fading in the sky
~Turning to take a picture of the eastern edge of the lake, then...
~Then turning back around to see the sky has one last surprise of beauty for the night

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Jan 9th- A few of my favorite things...
~The creative process of gathering items from years past...
~And finding just the right arrangement...
~To tell a story without words

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 17th- A few of my favorite things...
~Taking a ball of twine and making a new friend or two while it's raining
~Making a picture for a new friend you met while camping while it's still raining
~Getting out between the showers to hike Sawyer Mountain and meeting a wee friend along the path

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 9th- A few of my favorite things...
~A homemade pizza that was a collective effort to make
~Opening an intriguing missive by young letter writer...
~That proves a picture is worth a thousand words <3

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Nov 18th- A few of my favorite things...
~Surprising my little runners with the Glowvember Run at Fleet Feet
~Getting your picture taken just to see how reflective you are for the night run, and being able to keep the cool pic!
~Running with Daddy a 3K at night

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Nov 11th- A few of my favorite things...
~An infrared selfie...proof that curly hair is cool
~Spying a delicate axolotl egg on a piece of driftwood
~A spotted salamander who took the time to smile