May Day is coming! I know it’s an old fashioned celebration that means different things to different people. To people in the north it is a spring celebration; get out your May poles and flower crowns. Around the world it is International Workers Day; a good time to lay flowers at the grave of any Wobblies you know. But to me as a child it was all about the May Day baskets. We would make little paper cone baskets and put in a sweet treat, or a poem, or a joke, or a tulip, or a bunch of violets, or a couple of each. Then very early on May 1st we would hang these baskets on the front doors of our neighbors. We would also bring a basket to our teachers. Very fun and a nice thing to do.
I know right now it is more popular to be angry or frustrated. It is more popular to find differences and faults with each other. I’m not a fan. I would like to celebrate niceness and kindness. Enjoy your May Day!
Peace and good health, Tracy.
P.S. We will be posting some pics on Facebook and Instagram. Hopefully even a basket demo on Tik Tok. As well as having a few empty Scando style felt baskets for the non-makers at the store.
