Tuesday, September 15, 2015

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 14th- A few of my favorite things...
~A bright blue morning glory
~Horses stopping by to watch the fish...and a frog too
~A picnic set out for tomorrow morning for the dolls



Monday, September 14, 2015

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 13th- A few of my favorite things...
~Getting blow and hear a real old steam whistle
~Riding a boat across a restored aqueduct on the Old Erie Canal in Camillus, NY
~Piggy-back rides from big sister

An original steam train whistle...


...with original sound!


This steam engine powered the Smith Typewriter factory in Syracuse, NY.
It was removed before the building was demolished 
and restored to its original condition.





Saturday, September 12, 2015

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 12th- A few of my favorite things...
~A gorgeous sunrise to start out the day
~Even Dunking Donuts knows that 2 are better than one
~And a cord of three strands is not easily broken: Those who learn to encourage others along the way early...Shaniah was even encouraging the girl behind them that they were almost there!




Friday, September 11, 2015

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 10th- A few of my favorite things...
~A gorgeous sunset over Skaneateles tonight
~Mirror reflection in the lake
~Walking the pier with the girlies to watch kayakers and the Judge Ben Wiles come in




The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 11th- A few of my favorite things...
~The excitement of new sneakers for race
~Listening to the girlies tell each other how much faster the new sneakers are
~Three excited girlies ready to run, two of them for the first time, in a kids fun race

Thursday, September 10, 2015

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 9th- A few of my favorite things...
~The sound of raindrops on parched ground
~The different colors of bark in a single maple twig
~The riot of color of the sumac trees


Wednesday, September 9, 2015

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 8th- A few of my favorite things...
~Casually mentioning (once again) to the girlies we have the remains of an old house buried in out back yard after watching Time Team 
~And mentioning I have an old map of the area
~And having the girlies help me locate where things used to be 125 years ago in our neighborhood...now they want to dig!

Treasure Hunt in Our Own Backyard!