Some things I am thankful for this morning, in no particular order:

  • Home
  • Friends
  • Family
  • Food
  • Rain
  • Trees
  • Meaningful work
  • Books
  • Libraries
  • Peace
  • Good government
  • Health
  • Growing older
  • Becoming an elder
  • Conversation
  • Coffee shops
  • Local community
  • Perennials in my garden
  • Food I am able to grow
  • Wood ducks
  • Insects
  • Moss
  • Lichens
  • Crayfish
  • 70+ species of ladybugs
  • 300+ species of native unionid mussels
  • 4000+ species of native bees
  • The one spike of Solomon’s Seal popping up in the prairie garden
  • The dratted rabbit that ate the liatris buds
  • The Cooper’s hawk that ate the rabbit
  • Sunflowers
  • Perennial sunflowers, like Maximilian’s
  • The peace of wasps as they walk the tall Maximilian’s stems
  • The small lives I have yet to find in nature
  • Hidden treasure everywhere
  • The full sky