MAY DAY
Mission Bay, Point Loma, and the Pacific Ocean from Kate Sessions Park.
Not all countries celebrate May Day any more. When I was a kid we wrapped May Poles with streamers and snuck little bouquets on neighbor’s doorsteps. I don’t think kids know to do that anymore. Military functions and parades took over the innocence. It’s a delightful, naive, and loving vanished bit of culture.
No sun today. From that mountain we could only see fog today. From here we have little culture today, but we have a delightful lily growing next to our garage. Neighbors saved the bulb once. They moved, and I went over and dug it up from their yard. Tho the gardeners have cut it off once, it’s grown back gloriously. It appears to be our gesture to the season.
I used to take make a May Basket for my mom from whatever happened to be blooming in our yard on May 1. Thank you for conjuring that sweet memory for me.
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I remember May baskets of lilacs. I miss those. Your lily is a stunner, though.
@bonnierose It had a sew blossom today. 🙂
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I tried to note this entry on your other diary but my battery went flat during so lost that..now I have a chance to say it again. I always associated May Day celebrations with England so was interested to learn you do it too. Its no big deal here in NZ though.
As for your ‘lily’ I grow those too…had several up on the island….was told they are called Hippiastrums but since learned they are called Amaryllis…. so beautiful. Have a good day. hugs p
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