May Day Tradition

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpMHGcDuoEk1vLezT6EuDahiooI-aptVkK7c5xGUyxuxZIuG2VAaJeZA5DDPMTItnNohWMPIpeQO3SJDggSan2GzFiRIzM4qDmCiLOTGxyh4YwR4vCRmNhzHjqt9rlBG3RaBp59rCWmS8/s1600/IMG_0011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpMHGcDuoEk1vLezT6EuDahiooI-aptVkK7c5xGUyxuxZIuG2VAaJeZA5DDPMTItnNohWMPIpeQO3SJDggSan2GzFiRIzM4qDmCiLOTGxyh4YwR4vCRmNhzHjqt9rlBG3RaBp59rCWmS8/s640/IMG_0011.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hi Everyone</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Happy Monday</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">♥</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">This Wednesday </span>is<br /> May 1st<br />One of our favorite family traditions is </div><div style="text-align: center;">hanging flowers on our front door </div><div style="text-align: center;">to celebrate <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc; font-size: large;">May Day</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">!</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7L2InnVg4TIEOO0lawA0-JaoCmM63JLO2DitWGv9JjV1WidSNGgA9PNHeiBbZQF0M0xGZxu15e5eowCsa0mMvamefAqekikZYwGRX6TR0gCwOgfxF_6z6gHjMQnvYqgcxJDe0a-jcNzc/s1600/IMG_0013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7L2InnVg4TIEOO0lawA0-JaoCmM63JLO2DitWGv9JjV1WidSNGgA9PNHeiBbZQF0M0xGZxu15e5eowCsa0mMvamefAqekikZYwGRX6TR0gCwOgfxF_6z6gHjMQnvYqgcxJDe0a-jcNzc/s640/IMG_0013.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">This vintage</span>  glass peanut butter jar has a handle </div><div style="text-align: center;">so it is easy to hang a </div><div style="text-align: center;">few flowers from our garden<br /> we have also used everything from recycled tin cans<br /> to woven baskets and paper cones full of garden flowers<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoC4z966-k_zzIuKM5_iWAlUy7AigYQfEEDcAZDN8odeqasQaq1kgnjErYEN5jcMAD1YNVKB-oQvfHzbIv23oT-BHW1F2hcP7X6j89f68hPY-kY7PgbEu_MvYpbx4u9b6UjSwlBSZ8E8U/s1600/IMG_0001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoC4z966-k_zzIuKM5_iWAlUy7AigYQfEEDcAZDN8odeqasQaq1kgnjErYEN5jcMAD1YNVKB-oQvfHzbIv23oT-BHW1F2hcP7X6j89f68hPY-kY7PgbEu_MvYpbx4u9b6UjSwlBSZ8E8U/s640/IMG_0001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Every year</span> we even surprise our neighbors and friends<br />by secretly hanging a bouquet of flowers<br /> on their front door too<br />Its almost a covert operation we try very hard not to get caught</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6wJUk1_JvyXtky4CX7zpCjlN5CLrgfux8Ln84nRc9yVDfZtq2VstyZA-nxEF6aW4U6rtNOqVLfQASdQGPhGifcP21Y80NTBtjDCzyjRIDWk1GCDBHA6XgBxd_Ck9K7w61943H-UVJKg/s1600/6a00d8341c683453ef00e54f10c6648833-800wi.jpgmaypole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6wJUk1_JvyXtky4CX7zpCjlN5CLrgfux8Ln84nRc9yVDfZtq2VstyZA-nxEF6aW4U6rtNOqVLfQASdQGPhGifcP21Y80NTBtjDCzyjRIDWk1GCDBHA6XgBxd_Ck9K7w61943H-UVJKg/s640/6a00d8341c683453ef00e54f10c6648833-800wi.jpgmaypole.jpg" width="604" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/16325617368695890/" target="_blank">via</a></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">May day </span>celebrations were a wonderful way<br /> to get outside and celebrate the warmer weather<br />The May Pole was a town tradition<br />the men would erect the pole  on April 30th<br />and the  entire town would gather and dance around the pole on May day<br />how adorable are these little girls skipping around<br />a decorated May Pole in a field of flowers<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjgwUB8gadREg11OIaUxoFbd8MZKWfo8P3coXxBn4uCHEu62pavfkkOPcu1zLn-EssCfB-RtZHS-2g-3vmu542eU1P55KOBmZ9mMsNi5NzVPG7JMTXecJoBo3HaPuS99ixFHE9X3difE/s1600/1912_May_day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjgwUB8gadREg11OIaUxoFbd8MZKWfo8P3coXxBn4uCHEu62pavfkkOPcu1zLn-EssCfB-RtZHS-2g-3vmu542eU1P55KOBmZ9mMsNi5NzVPG7JMTXecJoBo3HaPuS99ixFHE9X3difE/s640/1912_May_day.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><a href="http://www.public.iastate.edu/~ucw/HistoryofWomenatISU/Campus%20Life.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">via</span></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">This picture </span>is from a college May day celebration<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">{Love}</span><br /> their beautiful dresses and the flowers<br /> look at the umbrella covered with flowers and the streamers<br />so funny to see only one person smiling<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4lu5D1AylOWz8wypDf327I6z89lN4U8DJhFqe4wNTC2t22WwkB7hOHZds994Nw6uAhTCQYi0LRi3wOHB6y36Djp4WSCBx5W8mi2j5LDWwxXso1peTvkKdPIcsNM55eg224c1W1h_5tY/s1600/IMG_0004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4lu5D1AylOWz8wypDf327I6z89lN4U8DJhFqe4wNTC2t22WwkB7hOHZds994Nw6uAhTCQYi0LRi3wOHB6y36Djp4WSCBx5W8mi2j5LDWwxXso1peTvkKdPIcsNM55eg224c1W1h_5tY/s640/IMG_0004.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">My Grandmother </span>used to hang flowers on her front door<br /> she said it brought happiness<br /> to a Home<span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"> all of us grandchildren helped her pick the flowers </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">and she taught us how to arrange them so they made a pretty bouquet</span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmO_hhSvYoZFHd31UExzs-6z2vsatApcP5WUCkVdvILcyLt7ldyMnJMg9lraGzkDDLmAv5krVMCilNGvutmAGANJbRsDJf74BAcYEBknzQ2G6ltbcQ716XGGXEtxMbCCYw7X6XjLjPVbo/s1600/IMG_0003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmO_hhSvYoZFHd31UExzs-6z2vsatApcP5WUCkVdvILcyLt7ldyMnJMg9lraGzkDDLmAv5krVMCilNGvutmAGANJbRsDJf74BAcYEBknzQ2G6ltbcQ716XGGXEtxMbCCYw7X6XjLjPVbo/s640/IMG_0003.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Celebrating May Day</span> is not just a celebration of Spring<br /> in our home<br /> but a wonderful way to continue family traditions<br /> of spreading kindness and beauty<br /> to friends and family<br />and honoring a much Loved Grandmother<br />Don't forget to put a few flowers on your front door for May day too<br />linking for <a href="http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2013/04/make-it-pretty-monday-week-47.html" target="_blank">Make it Pretty Monday</a><br /><br /><br />romantic saying for today<br /><br /><i>"You called me and I came home to your heart"</i><br />Browning<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">♥</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Pam</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; 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