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Happy May Day! Even though it's now well into Spring and the garden really is bursting out and growing madly we've had some seriously un-Springlike weather...thunder which shook the window panes, hail from the blackest of skies, icy wind and rain and oh, you get the picture. We are battling on though. Most mornings see us having our toast and coffee outside (me usually shivering in coat and scarf and him saying isn't this lovely). But yes, it's getting more lovely and to prove it I picked a quick garden posy (white daffodils, euphorbia, purple tulips, willow, forget-me-knots and hellebore) for a friend who thought that was very lovely. So here's to a very lovely month of May!

happy May Day

Wishing you a happy May Day! The first day of a new month and the beginning of a new season - let's celebrate with some flowers from the garden- cream and purple tulips, dusty hellebores, Solomon's seal, zesty green euphorbia all in a jam-jar and hung on the front door. Celebrating the coming of summer (Beltane) dates to pre-Christian Ireland when protective bonfires were lit and livestock were let out onto grazing lands. It's a pity that today couldn't be less summery- it's been raining all morning and it's decidedly chilly...I think the fire tradition might just be in order!

joining in with Littlegreenshed's Nature in the Home series