Hello all!! May day doesn't seem to be as celebrated here in the states as other countries but when I was a little girl my family celebrated it by putting flowers in strawberry baskets , ringing the door bell then running- leaving them on the neighbors door steps . Also we read about the Victorian May pole dances with my Mother. I would get real excited about mayday cause I got to play ding dong ditch and not get in trouble lol..., and oh yes make up pretty floral baskets out of the garden. Some of my childhood friends didn't even know about the holiday but I think it was a tradition that was in our family due to my English Grandmother. Just looked this up on the internet: --------------------------------------- Roots of May Day celebration in America: The Puritans frowned on May Day, so the day has never been celebrated with as much enthusiasm in the United States as in Great Britain. But the tradition of celebrating May Day by dancing and singing around a maypole, tied with colorful streamers or ribbons, survived as a part of the English tradition. The kids celebrating the day by moving back and forth around the pole with the streamers, choosing of May queen, and hanging of May baskets on the doorknobs of folks -- are all the leftovers of the old European traditions. ------------------------------------------------ Anyways my daughter Janel brought this home for me yesterday on her walk home from school and it sat on her blue coat and looked so pretty I couldn't resist attempting a macro with it (taken with a Nikon 7900). Painted and smudged the background to smooth the jacket texture. I thought it would be a nice floral image to wish all of you that celebrate (or don't celebrate hehe) a happy May Day!! pretty sure its a poppy ... BTW poppies are our California state flower here -they are everywhere always thought poppy covered mountains look like to me as if God ate cheetos and wiped his hand off to clean it along the mountainside - ( lol I wrote poopy at first ...). ...geeze I wish we still celebrated it here like in Victorian times would be so much fun to dance around a may pole hehe.... ((( btw i took down the ((( "day" ))) bit in may day in my title cause it seems some people have a bad feeling about mayday out there and wouldnt want to offend anyone... ))) Thank you for all your time and comments ! love to all! ((( BIG HUGS ))) ♥ ~ kimmers ! :O)