May Day is an old fashioned holiday that isn’t celebrated much. That doesn’t mean we can’t bring it back, though.
Whatever happened to Maypole dances? I did this once when I was five years old. I don’t remember much about kindergarten but I do remember holding onto a beautiful ribbon and going around the pole with the other children.
(illustration by Joan Walsh Anglung – one of my favorite illustrators)
My mother helped us make little May baskets which we filled with flowers from the garden. We hung them on neighbor’s doors, rang the bell, and ran away. Think what a sweet surprise that would be to open the door to a little bouquet.
Here’s aNPR post about this forgotten holiday.
I took a walk this morning and this is what I saw:
Busy Bees – I wonder what blueberry honey tastes like?
Blackberry-to-be:
Future Kiwi:
Rosebush gone wild:
Love the striped effect:
Poppy:
Great color:
Aren’t pansies sweet?
I’m so glad the hibiscus bushes have stated to bloom:
This vase belonged to my father’s mother. He filled it with roses daily and placed it with the newspaper and a cup of coffee next to my mother in bed. True love!
What’s blooming in your neighborhood?
Lovely idea for a post.
Loved the gift of May flowers in your blog this morning.
Thanks, Joan. I love the flowers in your garden, too.
yes, we had maypoles too when I was at school – in UK – not sure where you are, not the UK as I can tell from the lovely flower pictures
May Day is also a day for union marches etc – not sure if there will be one this year – smile
fellow A-Z er…….
Hi – I’m in California and will enjoy the flowers as long as possible. We’re not supposed to water much because of the drought so we’ll see how long they last. I went into downtown Los Angeles on the evening of May 1st and got stuck in a massive traffic jam because there were workers marching. It actually was quite a festive event.
I never did a maypole thing, but it does sound fun. The weather though has changed so much you’d be hard pressed to have enough flowers actually blooming to give to neighbors.
I’m enjoying the flowers for the bit of time we have them. Thanks for stopping by!
Lovely flowers! May Day is a huge holiday in Europe – their “Labour Day”. It’s joyous to know that winter is finally over. 🙂