The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~A fairy at work in a garden tending the flowers and the trees

~Opportunities to make new friends, both big and small

~A nice magnolia to rest in and soak up the sun

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Apr 20th- A few of my favorite things...

~Small purply-pink rhododendron blossoms on a bush

~Mauvy-pink Lenten roses clustered on the ground

~Magenta-purple eastern redbud blossoms on the branch

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~The journeys that a palette of paint and...

~One small stuffed guinea pig muse lend to...

~A creative portrait of "Sir Oreo the Guinea Pig"

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Dec 14th- A few of my favorite things...

~A nativity scene tall

~A nativity scene small

~A nativity scene by the fire hall

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~A wee little snake looking for a midnight snack

~A small toad trying to blend in waiting for dinner to pass by

~A grasshopper hiding trying not to be the next meal

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~A yard of vinyl leather that, like "Joseph Had A Little Overcoat", was first enough to make new pockets

~Second, enough to cover a well loved ottoman, and

~Third, just enought left over to make sheaths for shears with just a small bag of scraps leftover

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

June 5th- A few of my favorite things...
~A small moth with wings that is trying to blend in with the curbing
~A small butterfly trying to blend in with the fence
~A small airplane trying to blend in with the sky

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Jan 31st- A few of my favorite things...
~White snow filling in for the running water in the warmer months
~The excitement of spying a small white feather its owner left behind
~Tiny white lines forming a free-form tessellation all its own

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 23rd- A few of my favorite things...
~Long rolls of colorful paper combined with...
~Scissors and tape and time to make...
~Small packages wrapped with love 

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 17th- A few of my favorite things...
~A small Christmas tree made of chocolate and cake
~Presents wrapped by little hands beginning to find their way under the tree
~Turning an old sweater into a soft pillow

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Nov 3rd- A few of my favorite things...
~Visiting trains both large and small and ...
~Taking a journey both literally and vicariously into...
~Stories, told not in written words, but told in vignettes of rail, whistle, wood, and imagination by gifted model railroad storytellers