The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~Brightly colored dahlias that make you smile

~Tiny little webs on Queen Anne's Lace "nests"

~Joe Pye Weed taking up pink where milkweed left off

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 15th- A few of my favorite things...
~The purple of knapweed growing along the tracks
~The white of phlox growing along the side of the field
~The copious amounts of Queen Anne's lace decorating the edges of the road

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 5th- A few of my favorite things...
~The first of the summer asters in bloom
~Sweet white clover adding a delicate scent to the humid air
~The first of the queen anne's lace against the dark purple leaves of the sand cherry

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 10th- A few of my favorite things...
~A damselfly resting on a blade of grass
~A milkweed bug diversifying
~A moth that looks like it could be in the cast of Star Wars

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 7th- A few of my favorite things...
~The tiny clusters of even tinier florets that come together to make a flower... worthy of a queenly, delicate lace
~A honeybee enjoying the milkweed...too busy to notice me
~Spying an inchworm dropping from the trees like...well...a spy

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 27th- A few of my favorite things...
~Watching a parachuter glide to a landing
~A two-striped grasshopper hiding in the grass
~An ant delicately walking on lace

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 8th- A few of my favorite things...
~A firefly waiting for dusk on Queen Anne's Lace
~An ant's last stop before wandering it way back after long day's work
~A crab spider readying for his midnight snack

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 4th- A few of my favorite things...
~The swirl of leaves of lettuce ready to go to seed
~The florets of dill which look like a 3rd grade solar system display
~The "nest" of Queen Anne's lace when it goes to seed

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 13th- A few of my favorite things...
~Reaching over 5,000 views on my blog smile emoticon
~Bright yellow lilies shining in a sea of green
~Delicate "lace" with a mysterious purple center that makes Queen Anne's lace a joy to notice along the way