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| Maypole card by Cindy Hendricks |
Happy May Day. I always loved this old fashioned holiday from my childhood. We made up little baskets of flowers and left them on neighbors doorsteps. In school we crowned our Virgin Mary statue with flowers after a special procession.
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| Iris |
If you are not familiar with this holiday... a little history...May Day began as a festival to honor Flora, the Roman Goddess of flowers. It became a more secular event known for the tradition of dancing around the Maypole and crowning the Queen of May. May first was the first day of summer in ancient cultures with June 21 being the summer solstice or Midsummer.
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| Pansies and violas |
To celebrate this year I visited the NC Arboretum to see what was in bloom since my last visit. A whole new array of flowers made for a great day of hiking and taking photos! What is in bloom near you?
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| Tulips in all colors |
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| Another iris |
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| Tulips in white and deep maroon |
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| Rhododendrons. |
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| Azaleas |
27 comments:
What a beautiful post! I'm from India...your post took me back to my school in the 70s. I studied in a Catholic school (I'm Hindu) and we did have special processsion too. We'd sing "Kyrie eleison, Kriste eleison..." That was so long ago...the words come back now, after ages!!
You live in a beautiful area. I'd love to spend time with your older posts!:)
Happy May Day!
All of the flowers are so beautiful. I would be in heaven walking through a place like this.
Happy May Day to you!
Such lovely blooms...What's blooming here are daffodils and tulips, hyacinths, a few others. People are making a start on their gardens and putting in annuals, but it's too cold yet, I think. LOL.
Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for this glorious post!
Really beautiful shots, awesome blooms. Happy May day to you too:)
Happy May Day to you too!!!
Thank you for these shots of these amazing blooms!! Such vivid colours too!! Lovely! Take care
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Happy May day!!!!
Such a lovely garden, and there are tulips, too!
Too sad it's been two years since I last saw tulips, when I left Japan :(
Never really think about May 1st as anything special but I really enjoyed getting reminded by all your lovely pictures. Thanks & have a glorious sunday.
Odie
This arboretum is gorgeous. Thanks for this post and these great images.
Gorgeous flowers. Yes I remember May day..it was celebrated in my grade school days. It was so much fun going around the maypole. I dont think my grans would even know about this celebration in todays events. Kind of sad when you think of it! Thanks for sharing, it was a nice blast from my past!
I loved reading your post today, and you shared gorgeous flowers. They brighten my rainy morning.
love the graphic I would so love to visit there sandy
May is off to a good start with all the color starting to show up! Fantastic!
xo Catherine
Happy May Day. I have fond memories of it too. Beautiful shots from the arboretum and I love the illustration you started with.
Happy May Day to you! The arboretum is beautiful. I'm so jealous they have tulips, not a single one of mine bloomed this year.
I did May Day too. Love your history of the day.
Wow! so m any beautiful flowers!
Those are such beautiful flowers....oh, to have a walk like that :)
Happy May Day!
Lovely blooms! Have a fabulous week.
Liz @ MLC
Lovely pictures.
I loved the first one ...so cute.
Beautiful post, I love all the gorgeous and colorful flowers. Happy May Day!
As fotos são maravilhosas! Uma grande veriedade de flores e cores!
So much colour in this post, it is beautiful :)
Lovely shots of the flowers. My son school still wraps the May pole every year!
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I remember the May Day celebration as a child too. All the girls got to wear flowers in our hair and wrap the pole. What's funny is it was a Catholic school celebrating a pagan holiday. No matter--I just loved the flowers. Thanks for giving me a childhood memory I had forgotten. And your photos are great.
Lovely flower photos. I feel spring!
My goodness! The Carolina Mountains are gorgeous this time of year!
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