We were traveling on May Day...we managed to get a few May Baskets to the neighbors and to a little guy for his first May Day. More baskets will be delivered on May 2nd....not quite as special but better than a kick in the butt.
We did May Day one day early with our "Greats"
Baby K finally has some teeth and instead of Candy she got soft baby treats.
Hope you all had a wonderful May Day!
Far Side
The May Baskets are pretty much set for delivery...they may be one day late for most folks..it all depends how I feel.
They are supposed to be Hedgehogs...but might look more like Porcupines.
This pattern is the last of the Sack It creatures...I will have to start over again next year or find a new design. I have seven different animals over the years...dog, pig, sheep, owl, fox, raccoon and hedgehog.
All the May Baskets were delivered on May Day.
My nieces sent me some photos of their kids! All these children are grandchildren of my other baby brother and she who sees robins first.
Megan and Frank's Crew
Stacey and Justin's Group
May Day is on Thursday, you have time to make a May Basket and give it to a small child, a neighbor or a friend. It doesn't have to be fancy just a cup or paper folded with a treat inside. Here is a link to one of the simple May Baskets that I have made.
Mine are in process hopefully I will have them done by Thursday. Yesterday afternoon was spent with my die cutting machine making all the parts. The candy was purchased last week.
I have been celebrating May Day for about 72 years.
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My Mom and I in 1953.
Far Guy is holding his own for now. Must be the excellent care from the day and night nurse!
Far Side
Last night we went for a Ranger Blue ride to deliver May Baskets to neighbors. We have some to deliver to in town children today. It was a nice evening for a ride.
Only one May Basket had to be hung on a bag from the door.
Opie and Teeter barked at us ...the horses paid no attention.
Fun to see that our area is greening up after the rains.
Hope you all had a fun May Day!
Far Side
I finished the May Baskets last night most will get delivered today and a few tomorrow.
Most everyone guessed correctly! Sheep!
Making May Baskets has begun. May Day happens in six days...so you better get crackin' with the making of the baskets.
The dining table was a flurry of activity over the weekend. I rather like playing with paper. I can be in my own little world, minding my own business.
I happened onto half price Easter Candy at Wally World...love it when Easter and May Day are close together.
I have 28 baskets completed. I need to get a bright piece of tissue paper to stuff inside before they are stuffed with candy.
Far Side
Happy May Day!
We will deliver a few baskets today. Some will go to my other baby brothers house for some of his grands that will be visiting on Sunday.
Far Guy delivered some on Thursday to the Infusion Nurse's children.
I put bits of tissue paper inside the owl baskets and then the candy. The glasses turned out really cute!
Delivered May Baskets to my parents on Thursday night before Bingo.
Hope you all have a wonderful May Day!
Far Side
We began our deliveries in the afternoon with a basket for my parents and then two of my favorite cousins.
After supper we continued our deliveries.
The four princesses and the little prince were not at home so their baskets ended up in grocery bags tied to the plant hanger.
One of the little neighborhood gals had a big smile for us.
Then we stopped by one of the neighborhood bachelors, and then over to Steve and Jo’s where Chance got a May Basket!
He wasn’t very polite about it, he just wanted to rip it apart to get to the jerky treats!
Our last stop was at Lumber Masons…his adorable sister was not home so he assured me that he would save one basket for her! He is growing like a weed and is taller than me now.
Thus ends another sucessful May Day! I hope some of my readers days were brightened by a basket, a kindness or just a smile.
I hope you get a special May Basket today!
I made one early delivery to three special kids, one of whom told me “You can’t come in here, this is my Gramma’s house!” Then we had an arguement about his Grandpa…and the possibility that his Grandpa could have a sister!
They were just finishing up their supper and were real curious about what I had in my cake pan.
Treats are treats upside down or right side up.
This is little Vivian with her first May Basket!
Happy Kids…and I got two hugs!
I have the rest of the baskets ready to deliver today! Hopefully more photos will follow tomorrow! Perhaps the snow will miss us.
Teddy was the first to get his May Basket…just a few days early cause that is when his parents brought him by.
The rest of the deliveries were made after school.
Brooke, Hailey and Olivia. Their little sister Ava was napping.
Mason, Anna and their dog Bailey. Look no snow!
Aubrey, Jordan and Gavin. Mable was running around so there is no photo of their dog. They threw the ball for Chance and tired him out!
Hailey a neighbor gal…who has her very own chickens and a horse named Foxy and she talked Far Guys ear off.
Here is our May Basket from Mason and Anna!
I hope you all had a wonderful May Day! It is one of my favorite days of the year. I am anxious to hear if you made a May Basket or if you got one!
Sixty years ago I was two years and eight months old in May of 1954. It snowed.
I had seven May Day baskets that year…it was a good haul. Candy was a rare thing back then, there may have been a cookie or two in those May Baskets. Jelly Beans maybe..or maybe those Circus Peanuts. I always picked out the black jelly beans first..they were licorice flavored and made your tongue black.
That is my dog in the background. My maternal Grandparents always made sure I had a dog. I have always liked dogs. I think this one was probably named Frosty…but I am not sure and my parents don’t remember. I had a succession of dogs, some chased cars, some got what was called tick fever, some killed chickens, some met an untimely death. I am sure I cried…and since we went to Grandpa and Grandmas every Sunday I could report my doglessness to them…and a puppy would appear…just like magic. My maternal Grandparents loved dogs too.
That honeysuckle bush/tree still stands as do the lilac bushes in the background. The blooms will be out the last week in May or the first week in June.
I have my May Day Baskets all set to deliver tomorrow! And yes it might be snowing.
We were surprised with a May Day basket!
What a great basket these two delivered!
We gave them their baskets.
Chance helped deliver to these three.
Can you see a theme? May Baskets = Smiles!
Some girls were not at home. So we hung their baskets high on the light fixture so the dog would not eat the candy.
I still have to deliver Teddy’s May Basket. I didn’t get it to a drop off point today. It is his first May Day!
I hope where ever you live..you got a bit of a May Day surprise. What a fun day! :)
I like May Day. It should be a Holiday..it is USUALLY warmer May 1st..warmer than say Halloween or Valentines Day. May Day should be promoted by someone besides me. Perhaps you can mention it to a non May Day person..or better yet take them a May Basket..it is not too late..you have the rest of the day.
Lets look at May Day 1954..I was a very tall 2 years and 8 months old. My baby brother was just a little over a month old, way to little to be outside in the snow.
That is my dog in the background..My parents cannot remember his name..I think it was Frosty..because he was white. My maternal Grandparents always saw to it that I had a dog.
It snowed that May Day. It snowed last night.
The wind is blowing and the snow is stacking up on the ground..so far it is not melting. Winter has returned. I have had it with winter..I could take the rain..but the snow is fairly depressing.
I want spring..and I want it now! This is what spring should look like…
This is the picture tree that is in the old black and white photo. It is a Honeysuckle. Barb has Lupines and Iris planted nearby. After all these years the picture tree still retains its haphazard form.
The tree is older than me. It is still in the yard at the farm. With the same hedge of lilacs in the background…they will all bloom in late May or early June if it ever stops snowing. 
The fragrance of the Honeysuckle blooms will attract every bee in the area..I will look up at the blooms again..just like when I was a little girl.
Happy May Day and Happy Birthday to Hunter who lives next door..he is thirty something now:)
Are you thinking about May Day? Are you thinking about making a small basket to deliver to a small child or an elderly neighbor? You still have time..May Day is Sunday.
This is how I made mine this year.
I cut some fancy strips on my 12 inch wavy pattern, that is the red round cutter in the background.
Then you flip flop one over the other so it looks like a braided handle…sometimes they curl up on you are are hard to photograph.
This one didn’t curl..and looky that I have half of a circle…to make a cone!!
I stapled my cone on the seam.
I have been celebrating May Day since I was just a little girl. It is almost a forgotten tradition. I hope it gains in popularity.
Make a basket, hang it on the door knob or set it near the door, knock on the door or ring the bell..and run away so you are not caught and kissed:)
