Happy May Day!

A clematis in Cape May, New Jersey

The world's favorite season is the spring.

All  things seem possible in May.

                           --- Edwin Way Teale

Did you know that today is also Law Day ?

"In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower established it 
as  a special day of celebration for the people of the US. ", 
says Wikipedia.    Most people are unaware of this holiday.
  Once again, this year,  President Obama issued a
Presidential Proclamation, designating May 1, as Law Day

 and this year's theme is:

 No Courts...No Justice...No Freedom

 "1. In appreciation of liberties

             reaffirmation of loyalty to US,

                   re-dedication to ideals of equality

and justice under law

        2. for cultivating respect for law

                 that is so vital to the democratic

way of life",
(I paraphrased what 36 USC  113 states)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LawDay

Just think, bloggers!  It's the Bill of Rights that assures 
 us  these basic liberties, and what allows us to blog, tweet, 
pin, and use facebook in just about anyway we please!

Equal Protection

Freedom of Speech

Right to Assemble

and Religious Freedom

For posters and other teaching resources,

 go to www.americanbar.org/groups/public 

Memorial Day  flags in Cape May, New Jersey neighborhood

   

I am so grateful today, for these values and freedoms, 
that many in the world do not enjoy!   Later this month, 
we will remember and honor all those who fought and
 died to give us those rights.

I pledge allegiance to the flag 
of the United States of America
and to the Republic for which it stands, 
one Nation under God,
indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

May Day is celebrated in many different cultures in many different ways.
It is also internationally known as Labor Day, commemorating the struggles
 of working people.  

 One website from India had this saying:
"God give me work, till my life should end

And  life, until my work is done." 

 So, May 1st is  a very special day! 
 My simple custom is to deliver a little basket bouquet 
to a neighbor,  ring the doorbell and run away. 
 Tradition says, if you are caught, you get kissed. 

                  Sweet April showers

                      Do bring May flowers.

                              ---Thomas Tusser, A Hundred Good

                                                           Points of Husbandry, 1557

Lilies in Cape May, New Jersey

Ah! Spring is here. The rabbits quit

their dens,

the dormant grass begins once more

to grow.

The trees release their airborne

allergens.

It's time to tune the Toro and to mow,

To fertilize and lime and thatch and seed

As groveling on dirty, servile knees--

You pluck the dreaded dandelion weed

And rub your itching eyes and start to sneeze.

Wherever grass enchroaches, you must

edge,

And don't forget to stir the compost heap

And trim the juniper unruly hedge,

While forfeiting a needed hour of sleep.

Those poets penning praise to spring

And tillage

Are domiciled in lofts in Greenwich

Village.

--- Bob Mc Kenty, A Sonnet for Spring

Sweet Peas in Cape May, New Jersey

"You are as welcome as the flowers in May"---Charles Macklin

                      Love, Linda

                                                   I linked up at Manic Monday!
                   http://www.serendipityandspice.com/2012/05/manic-monday-17.html#more