May Day May Day

Photo by Cole Keister on Unsplash

Today is May Day. It's the day we celebrate spring. For centuries people have celebrated this day. Popular rituals were harvesting flowers and giving them to neighbors or strangers in a cone shaped basket. Also, there's the ding-dong-ditch method. It's where you hang a basket of flowers on a doorknob, ring the bell and run!

While that sounds fun, you will be seen by most people these days with their ring cameras, so you might as well reap the benefits of showing your beautiful face. I know for sure you will for get a smile and if you are lucky   a bear hug. 

An old tradition is to crown a May queen and dance around a Maypole.

According to omilights.com 
"Maypole Folk Dance is a kind of dance performed by the performers around a tall pole. The pole is decorated with garlands of flowers along with other items of their interests.
Special designs of ribbons are also woven in the pole by those dancers. The pole really looks beautiful with all these decoration. This ceremony happens in the season of spring to ensure fertility. The top of the pole has a crown to which ribbons are attached. Normally, the height of a pole should be 3 to 5 meters."

Photo by Kasia Serbin on Unsplash

Here's a video of a Maypole dance. 

Click Me


Let's Celebrate Mayday. How can ensure fertility? How can you go forth and multiply joy, well, I have some ideas.

• Give flowers.  
• Dance. Really, this should be everyday.
• Celebrate warmer days, BBQs, Farmers Markets, Strolling the local parks and gardens tipping your hat, smiling, then ask How do you do? A parasol would be delightful, hoop skirts optional, while you promenade through the grounds. 
• What idea  have you been mulling about over the winter? Do one thing today to bring it to fruition. 
• Bake something springy, like lemon bars, cake, and take it to someone. 
• ​Plant something unique while wearing a floppy hat and garden clogs. Whatever special plant you choose find a spot nearby where you can sit, daydream then sketch it. Weekly? Monthly? Then write about in a pretty journal. Talk to your flora. Name it. Sing to it. Dance around it. Tell me about it, if you choose this little adventure. I really want to hear. 
• If you can make a flower crown. Do it. Then wear it or give it to someone worthy of a May Queen. 
• Lay in the grass and study the clouds in the sky.  What do they remind you of. They can't all be poodles.
• Listen to the birds singing while sipping a mint julep.

I wish you a most happy May Day, and a fertile spring. If you do any of these, I'd love to hear about it. Me, I'm going to give flowers to a friend I will see today. Also, really like the idea of finding a a special plant to watch. Of course I will do it in the style of a Victorian lady with a diary.

Wishing you sunshine, maypole dances, flowers and no allergies,

​Kelly