Summer it Here!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Jack in the Green
HASTINGS, England:
JACK IN THE GREEN FESTIVAL 2008
This looks like great fun!
http://www.hastingsjack.co.uk/main.html
http://www.worthingherald.co.uk/479/Video--traditional-Jack-in.4054059.jp
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pg23/2469090690/
Saturday, May 3, 2008
It's Derby Day!
Big Brown backed up his trainer's boasts with a spectacular finish, winning the 134th Kentucky Derby. The unbeaten colt took the lead when the 20 horse field turned for home. Under the amazing Kent Desormeaux, he ran to a 4¾ length victory. Big Brown is only the seventh unbeaten Derby winner with his fourth consecutive win. The last one was Barbaro in 2006. For half-assed racing follow this link:
http://www.muleracing.org/
Leisure by W. H. Davies
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
W. H. (William Henry) Davies 1871 -1940
Thursday, May 1, 2008
May Day Carol
I've been a-wandering all the night
And the best part of the day
Now I'm returning home again
I bring you a branch of May
A branch of May, my love, I say
Here at your door I stand
It's nothing but a sprout, but it's well budded out
By the work of the Lord's own hand
Take a bible in your hand
And read a chapter through
And when the day of judgment comes
The Lord will think of you
In my pocket I've got a purse
Tied up with a silver string
All that I do need is a bit of silver
To line it well within
My song is done and I must be gone
I can no longer stay
God bless you all both great and small
And send you a joyful May
May Day is Here!
On May Day eve, folks once went into the woods to collect branches and "go a-Maying." In the morning, they would emerge and the men would bring a live hawthorn tree to the village to make a maypole. Everyone from the highest-ranking official to the lowest peasant participated in the celebration as equals. The holiday evolved and now May Day, which once represented the beginning of summer, life, fertility and renewal, is now celebrated in most countries as International Labor Day. The most common folk name we have for the Hawthorn is the May Tree. The may blossom appears on the tree at the beginning of May in the south of England, at the time of the Beltane or May Day celebrations, when people and houses were decked with may blossoms ("bringing home the May"). The popular rhyme "Here we go gathering nuts in May" is thought to have been sung by the young men, gathering not "nuts" (which do not grow in May) but "knots" of may blossoms for the May Day
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About Me
- Gimmer
- I grew up in Chautauqua County, NY. I graduated from Edinboro University of Pennyslvania in 1981 with a BFA in Jewelry and Metalworking. I have been married 31 years. I currently run a small business with my husband. We both enjoy the outdoors and animals a great deal and live on a tiny farm in Western, NY.
