May Day

May Day has always been a day of celebration in our family. We don’t do Easter baskets, so when Spring is finally here the children are eager to receive their May baskets filled with treats, gardening gloves and tools, seeds for their section of the garden, and brand new water guns and water balloons. This year May day came and went without much excitement. Perhaps it was the cold rain that has fallen for two days. Perhaps my children have outgrown their delight in new water guns/balloons (although that remains to be seen). They decided this year, rather than May baskets, they would like help paying for a band trip to Denver and the amusement park called Elitch’s. That was OK by me, but I missed the traditions of the day. The flowers are blooming a little late this year; no lilacs yet to make a bouquet for my kitchen table. So I harvested the season’s first asparagus from my garden and had it for lunch. It was such a treat I think it shall become a new tradition. I decided that what I really missed this May day was the sunshine; fortunately it is back today. Welcome, Spring!