A May Day collection of sticks, rocks and seeds

Yesterday was May Day. It entered in brilliance with the sun shining, flowers blossoming, and only a gentle breeze that every now and then sent flower petals falling from the trees glimmering white and pink spring showers.

Living in a city you get to experience the many ways that people celebrate one of the first lovely days of spring. Some celebrate in the tradition of festive feasts, as our neighbors did with a lovely outdoor table set with white linens, tulips and fresh bread that seemed to invite friends as well as summer. Meanwhile other neighbor children ran around with squirt guns playing chase around their house, while up and down the street people were doing yard work and gardening for hours on end with smiles.

Our family chose to celebrate the day with friends in luxurious leisure -playing disc golf in the morning dew, drinking coffee and sipping sodas in the sunny afternoon, and picking dandelions, playing with seeds, sticks and rocks as well as rocking in the hammock as the day dwindled into night.

Welcome May!