The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~A craft full of ocean treasures from the library inspiring a jar full of treasures,...

~A jar full of artifacts , and...

~A jar with a habitat theme depending on the creator's imagination!

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 June 24th- A few of my favorite things...

~A trip to Skaneateles Creek to find treasures on land,...

~And treasures in the water, and...

~Pondering what they once were

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

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

~An evening spent walking around Skaneateles Creek in rainboots with the youngest girlie

~Trying out magnetic "fishing" to find treasures from the past

~A plateful of finds, some non-magnetic, as a reward for looking

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 31st- A few of my favorite things...

~Walking the last of October into the books with finding treasures in the trees,...

~Finding treasures in the water, and...

~Finding treasures that fit in your hand

 

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Sept 23rd- A few of my favorite things...

~The juxtaposition of a colorful tree against an almost white sky

~Sifting through the jewel colored treasures on the ground

~Leaves that look like stained glass on a stem

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 24th- A few of my favorite things...
~A frog that seems to convey he is ignoring us for leaving him for two weeks
~A crayfish who seems equally miffed by our absence
~A creek forgiving enough to give up some of her treasures for those who return to her banks

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 1st- A few of my favorite things...
~Having a magical golden key to a box with treasures of paper
~Seeing what stamps the sender has chosen
~Having a collection of letters to smile back upon one day 

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Apr 29th- A few of my favorite things...
~Finding treasures skipping about the canal-- a skipper butterfly
~Spying treasures along the evening walk-- a robin's egg and a partly eaten squirrel snack
~Spotting someone else finding treasures, too-- a carpenter bee out for one last load of gold before dark

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Oct 22nd- A few of my favorite things...
~"The Hideaways": a movie (based on a book) about kids who run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Arts
~Learning about the collections they saw while hiding out in there
~The stories of those that care for all the treasures found in the 47 acres of museum