I have been celebrating May Day with May Baskets for many years...since 1952...it is so easy you make a basket and put some candy inside it and deliver it to friends and family!
This years baskets were pretty pink pigs:) Filled with chocolate candy and some had Tootsie Pops.
I made 25 baskets.
My Mom with her May basket. I left her a couple of baskets to share with who ever she would like.
She had a lengthy day at the Clinic and is doing okay...she has swelling in her legs and needs to keep walking and putting her feet up and wearing her compression socks. She has been struggling with swollen legs for many months. I try to attend her Doctors appointments when possible.
Far Side
She looks like she was pleased to get her May Basket!
ReplyDeleteMy MIL struggled with the same issues your mom has. It is so hard to deal with leg edema!
I love your May Day baskets :-)
ReplyDeleteThose little piggies are even cuter than I imagined. Absolutely adorable and I'm sure everyone who receives that sweet surprise will be tickled pink! Pun intended. LOL
ReplyDeleteYour mom looks pleased.
I think it's lovely that you make the May baskets every year. And I hope your Mom rests enough that the combination of that and the compression socks make the swelling in her legs go down.
ReplyDeleteLove those piggy May baskets! You get so much done. Your Mom is looking pretty good. She's had a rough year or two hasn't she? I hope she shared the baskets and enjoyed doing so.
ReplyDeleteBlessings and love,
Betsy
Hope the swelling in mom's legs goes down soon. I am sure it is painful which makes the walking, compression socks, etc not very fun.
ReplyDeleteThe May Baskets are precious! What lucky receipients!
Those pigs are adorable!
ReplyDeleteThe May Day baskets are just adorable. I'm sure everyone who received one was very appreciative.
ReplyDeleteIt's so nice that you are able to be with your mom for appointments and visits. I do hope she gets some relief from the swelling.
Happy Belated May Day! I know your friends and family look forward to the baskets/bags and hugs from you.
ReplyDeleteThose were one of the cutest May baskets you've ever made! :)
ReplyDeleteCan I ask how old your mom is? She looks great! (Pigs are cute too!)
ReplyDeleteYour May baskets are wonderful. I'm sure everyone who received one loves them.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to see your mom.
I don't think I knew about May baskets. I like the pigs. Your mom looks good.
ReplyDeleteBobi, Mom is 93 years old
ReplyDeleteI love these baskets, too. And your mom sure doesn't look her age. I think I look older than she does. Wishing her well in her struggle with edema. Sending you both much love.
ReplyDeleteMay baskets are a very nice gesture.
ReplyDeleteThose are adorable!!! When I was little, my mom helped us (my brother and I) make May Baskets using doilies and ribbon, then we filled them with the blooming spirea that grew between our and the neighbor's driveways and added a drawing. Only two neighbors got baskets from us, but that was fine. And their kids made May Baskets for us. We thought that was such fun. Sneak over to their porch, hang the baskets on the doorknobs, ring their doorbell, then run home fast! LOL! I sure miss those times!
ReplyDeleteJerry has fought leg swelling for decades due to some of his medical conditions. Just no way to get away from it. Medications don't even help. I hope the doctors figure out how to get your mom's leg swelling controlled. Prayers!
Your Mom looks so young. Did she stay in assisted living after your Dad passed or did she go back to their home?
ReplyDeleteYour pig baskets are so great. Fun outside and inside too. It is a fun thing to do. I bought my wife flowers for May day and thought I could put them outside and ring the door bell. She said she would have been scared if no one was there.
ReplyDeleteGalla Creek, Mom is in Assisted Living, their home was sold a year ago when they moved into Assisted Living.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice picture of your Mom, enjoying her May Day basket! Hope she'll be feeling better soon. You do such a beautiful job making those baskets every year..I bet your family and friends really look forward to it. I know I would!!!
ReplyDeleteYour Mom is looking good especially considering she's 93 !! Cute May baskets. That tradition isn't known here and if I hung baskets on anyone's door they'd be very confused.
ReplyDeleteYour baskets turned out super cute!! What a great way to brighten up family & friends day. I bet your mom enjoyed sharing her daughters creative work, filled with goodies.
ReplyDeleteThis is the first I've heard of May baskets but what a wonderful idea to give to family and friends. Your Mom was certainly happy to get one. My mother in law struggled with congestive heart failure and she didn't have to wear compression stockings all the time but when she did (like if she traveled) - oh, how hard they were to put them on her - I never did get the hang of it.
ReplyDeleteThose baskets are so cute! I miss all the fun things from the 50's growing up! Your Mom looks great and she has more hair than I do!
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