The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Feb 1st- A few of my favorite things...

~Light casting windows onto stone

~Shadows adding a sconce to an old building

~Light and Shadows adding fleeting texture to ordinary pavement

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~Sunshine that highlights and camouflages a crow at the same time

~Sunshine that highlights stone chiseled and placed long ago

~Sunshine that silhouettes flying...and falling figures in the distance

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 22nd- A few of my favorite things...
~Moss clinging to to the old limestone wall
~A leaf dangling from an old spider's web
~A spider spinning his nightly web in the crevice stones

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

May 31st- A few of my favorite things...
~Discovering what the hole in the cookie is really for
~Discovering that finding hearts of stone can melt you heart
~Discovering that maybe Jupiter maybe gave the Sun the evening off

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Apr 28th- A few of my favorite things...
~A small stone that seems to have called his pebble friends for a meeting
~Being warned by a pair of geese gleaning in the fields at sunset
~Stopping by to watch the sun peek around the bend of the old canal

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Feb 13th- A few of my favorite things...
~Eyes of an artist that can take different hues of rough faced stone and envision a masterpiece in mosaic
~The creativity of a craftsman who can paint a room with light
~The inner storyteller of a stained glass master that can paint ideas in colored glass

The chapel at St. Joseph's Provincial House in Watervliet, NY

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 29th- A few of my favorite things...
~Swirls in stone carved over a century ago
~Millwork that some how survived the many changes in architectural fashion 
~Wondering where old archways once led

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 25th- A few of my favorite things...
~The stippled surface left by mason marks 160 years ago
~Limestone blocks that look like they were placed by a Tetris champion
~Avoiding a hornets nest cleverly hiding in the rock wall

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

May 20th- A few of my favorite things...
~The circle of flowers from just blooming viburnum, like a floral wreath
~The never-ending search for the perfect stone
~A heron waiting for dinner to swim by

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

May 5th- A few of my favorite things...
~An evening walk with the scent of cherry trees hanging in the air
~Discovering miniature mossy worlds awakening with spring
~Finding just the right stone to toss into the creek