Happy May Day!

[pegkerr]

The girls and I got up at 6:00 a.m. and drove around delivering may baskets to about a half dozen people. Including a couple of you, who haven't even realized it yet. (*Snickers* yeah, we drove by later in the morning, after karate, to check) After delivering the baskets, we went out for pancakes and French toast at Sweet Lorraine's. I love going out for breakfast on the weekends.

I told the girls again about the legend that if you wash your face with dew on May Day morning before the sun touches it, it will make you beautiful all year long. We looked for dew, but the grass was dry. Oh well, doesn't matter. They're beautiful already.

Acting on a tip that a neighbor gave me, I found a place to donate that stroller, finally. It's been given to Sabathani Community Center, which puts donated items outside the back of the building free for people to take, but I get a tax write off receipt. We also donated the girls' little child table that has been in the kitchen for years, but which they've really outgrown. It feels both good and sad to let go of those two really important pieces of their young childhood. The woman accepting donations assured us that both items will go very quickly, and it does help, to think that these things that we used so much will go to families who maybe can't afford to buy nice ones for themselves.

We'll be going to brunch at harryleblanc's and then the Heart of the Beast May Day Parade tomorrow and hope to see some of you there. elisem, minnehaha and dreamshark, we'll look for you. It will be our last annual May Day brunch at Harry's which is a little sad, since he's moving to San Francisco to go to graduate school.

Comments

[airemay.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwwwwwww. It's so cool that you do these things with your girls. No one over here really does May Day stuff and it's really great to read about it on your journal. :D

Happy May Day!!

[(Anonymous)]

I am Aaron and im doing percussion for a brass band in tomorrows parade so watch for me all of u readers who are going. We will be in the front wearing jester outfits and we are gonna do something Very unique on Lake Street so watch out!! Peace and Love and happy may day!!

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

What's in a may basket?

In a May basket

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

You'll find flowers, and it's hung on the front door knob by its handle, or by a ribbon. You can use a little basket, or put the plant in something like a yogurt container or berry basket. This year I took squares of bright yellow heavy card stock, rolled them into cones and taped them, punched a hole at the top for threading the ribbon through, and we put the plants in that. I generally go to the garden store and buy those little four packs of annuals that you can get there this time of year--but one year, I resorted to digging up violet plants in my lawn. May baskets are generally delivered as early in the morning as possible.

But as a custom, it really is all but dead. I haven't received a May basket myself in years.

Re: In a May basket

[dreamingcrow.livejournal.com]

I miss it so much! It was a magic part of my childhood, but I got out of the habit as an adult. I can't believe that I've never done it with my children!

Re: In a May basket

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Ohmigosh, I love that custom! I'm adopting it for next May, and I'm going to put it in my journal.