The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~A hike along trails I've never been on

~Finding new friends along the trail

~Finding old fossils embedded in the rocks

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~Sunlight highlighting the surface of rocks on the shore

~Sunlight sparkling on the waves reaching the edge of the shore

~Sunlight stretching out on a lake that seems that fades into the horizon

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~The translucent orange spheres of honeysuckle berries

~The orange cluster of flowers on butterfly weed

~The orange-brown striping of salamander blending in with the rocks

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~A trip down the towpath to watch Autumn's kaleidoscope changing the landscape

~Finding a "hide-n-seek" rock by the rocks that have been there for almost 200 years

~Finding a new use for the old canal prism...planes, not boats!

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 2nd- A few of my favorite things...
~Finding a frog trying to hide by a rock
~Spying some tiny fish swimming around the rocks
~Finding a itty-bitty crayfish trying to look like a rock

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 19th- A few of my favorite things...
~Discovering the library is doing crafts after all
~A kit with enough supplies and information
~Inspiration to make your own decorative rocks to keep and to hide

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 12th- A few of my favorite things...
~A walk with Daddy into a magical woods where the rocks look like they could speak if they wanted to....
~Paths and steps that crisscross a winding brook that almost speaks if you could get it to slow down enough to hear it...
~A shelter made for giants who are not home because they are out caring for the woods, so you carefully wind your way back until another day...one day you'll find them

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 17th- A few of my favorite things...
~Watching water curve around rocks
~Watching water pour over rocks
~Watching water swirl across rocks on a lovely afternoon

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 14th- A few of my favorite things...
~Hiking to two waterfalls, Secret Falls and Buttermilk Falls
~Using the microscopes from Grandpa along the hikes
~ And finding some beauty that can be seen with the naked-eye along the path