Posts Tagged Decoration Day
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The Merry Month of May…
By Eloise Graham May seems to have a theme all to itself – the letter “M.” May Day, Mother’s Day and Memorial Day all take place in the merry month of May. Even its birthstone is the “M”erald. (Emerald) May Day, celebrated on May 1, is an ancient Northern Hemisphere spring festi...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston In May, many new ideas emerge as Spring takes hold. April showers bring May flowers, a statement on nature we recall and repeat, seasonally. Nature blossoms through May, ending just in time for Memorial Day, or "decoration day" as some of us call visits to our forbearers’ grave...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston April showers bring May flowers. That is true, but what else is true is that pretty perennials push into the sun and fade, many by May. Trips to the garden centers at big boxes. Those standing on their own over decades of plant life and good service are backups. At our homes, now...