The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~Hydrangea leaves turning shades of reddish purple

~An orangy-red serviceberry leaf on display on a hosta leaf

~Eastern redbud leaves turning shades of red showing its love for fall, not on its sleeves, but on its branches

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~A cold drink to curb the heat

~A Japanese beetle finding shade in a rose

~A bench that found some shade(s) in the sun

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 May 13th- A few of my favorite things...

~Lilacs that come in shades of creamy white...

~Fading into shades of pink...

~And flowing into shades of purple

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Aug 3rd- A few of my favorite things...

~Gladiolas...Pretty in pink and white,...

~Gorgeous in peach and yellow, and...

~Amazing in many shades of pink

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~Lilacs in many shades of purple,

~Lilacs in sweet shades of pink, and...

~Lilacs in brilliant shades of white adding their scent in the garden

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

May 14th- A few of my favorite things...
~Noticing the flowers along our evening walk
~Greeting a neighbor or two along the way
~The many shades of green...and a patch or two of blue that came out after the rain

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

May 11th- A few of my favorite things...
~Noticing the many shades of green whilst sitting under newly formed canopy of leaves,
~Noting someone's nest carefully tucked into the red cedar,
~Then spying a red cardinal who is watching me

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 28th- A few of my favorite things...
~An artist (with an engineer's mind) who got the medium she's been wanting for Christmas...
~That can whip up a jaunty mustache or pair of chic shades...
~Or create fun characters with nothing but a knob for horizontal and a knob for vertical

Excited to make...

A jaunty mustache...

a pair of shades for one cool pig...

An opera singer...

A happy snowman...

A quick roadrunner...

a jack-in-the-box...

and a prima ballerina!

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Feb 26th- A few of my favorite things...
~The many shades of blues in just one sky
~Sunlight highlighting a staircase unused for over 100 years
~The sun making its journey north to due west

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Jan 30th- A few of my favorite things...
~The Quiltmaker's Journey and The Quiltmaker's Gift by Jeff Brumbeau---excellent lessons for the young and the young-at-heart
~Surprising my grandma with daffodils on a cold winter's day
~The many different shades blue eyes come in smile emoticon (5 out of 7...each a bit different)