May Day is here. May Day is a European tradition that celebrates the historic struggles and gains made by workers during the labor movement. In France, on May 1st, they celebrate Fête du Travail (Labor Day), and almost every shop, restaurant, and tourist attraction is closed for the day. People in France give friends and family bouquets of muguet (lily of the valley). In America, from the 1800s through the early 1900s, May baskets were hung on friends’, family’s, and often love interests’ doors on May 1st. Now in the U.S., not much, if anything, is done to celebrate this wonderful day anymore. I order a rosemary plant for close friends, and I also buy each of them a bar of Muguet soap off of Etsy. 

Friends, start planning your summer bucket list now because things will move quickly from May 1st to Labor Day. We’re getting ready to go on a day trip to Door County. Once we’re back home, I have my container garden, hiking, sunsets, writing, antiquing, farmers markets, YT, and more to keep me busy all summer.

Enjoy May!

🐝safe & 🐝 well.