For Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

MAY 1ST,  2012

If you can't see the Bright Side, polish the dull side

It's TUESDAY!  

TODAY IS MAY DAY

May birthstone: the emerald. May's flower: lily of the valley or hawthorn

May is National Bike Month, National Barbecue Month, Clean Air Month, Allergy/Asthma Awareness Month, Arthritis Month, Family Wellness Month, Heal the Children Month, Get Caught Reading Month, National Mental Health Month, National Hamburger Month, Egg Month, Moving Month, Motorcycle Safety Month, Womens Health Care Month, Victorious Woman Month, Older Americans Month, Teen Self-Esteem Month, Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, Haitian Heritage Month, Jewish American Heritage Month, Vinegar Month, Salad Month, Salsa Month, and Smile Month.

May Day, the first of May is celebrated around the world. It has a number of meanings. In many other countries it is a celebration of spring and the coming of summer.  May Day marks the end of the half of the year in the Northern hemisphere

 It is celebrated with many spring flowers.   The most popular way to celebrate May Day is by dancing around the May Pole, a tall, decorated pole set up in a field or town square. The maypole is a tall wooden pole traditionally of maple, hawthorn or birch erected to celebrate May Day or Midsummer. It may be decorated with several long colored ribbons suspended from the top, festooned with flowers, draped in greenery, hung with large circular wreaths, or adorned with other symbols or decorations,

Don't have a May Pole nearby? Try substituting a flagpole, lamppost or goalpost. Passersby might wonder if you've gone mad, but shouting, 'summer is here!  while showing off your best dance moves should clear things up.

The world's favorite season is the spring.
All things seem possible in May.

Edwin Way Teale

NEWS FROM HOME

Our local weather man has predicted that with the beginning of May we will be having warmer days and that is something to celebrate.  On the bright side of things, even though it will also be rainy, we will be warmer.

It's been pretty quiet here at my house after the busy weekend.  Life goes on as normal and each day still brings plenty to do, but it's not the same as celebrating with my family.  

I can remember when my children would make some pretty paper baskets to hang on the door for May day.  They'd be filled with colorful paper flowers too.  Hope you all have a wonderful 1st day of May!

Ordinary days are still wonderful in there own way!

You are as welcome as the flowers in May.

Charles Macklin

PRAYER FOR OUR TROOPS

Please pray for God's protection of

our troops and HIS wisdom for their

commanders.

Lord, hold our troops in

your loving hands.

Protect them as they protect us.

Bless them and their families for the

selfless acts they perform for us

in our time of need. I ask this in the

name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior.

AND bless our Police Officers, Firefighters

and Paramedics and EMT's

GOD BLESS YOU!

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

Yes, I will spend the livelong day
With Nature in this month of May;
And sit beneath the trees, and share
My bread with birds whose homes are there;
While cows lie down to eat, and sheep
Stand to their necks in grass so deep;
While birds do sing with all their might,
As though they felt the earth in flight.

William Henry Davies, In May 

COUNTING THE DAYS

The fair maid who, the first of May
Goes to the fields at break of day
And washes in dew from the hawthorn tree
Will ever after handsome be.

Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme 

50 DAYS UNTIL SUMMER

Celebrate the happiness
that friends are always giving,
make every day a holiday,
and celebrate just living!

Amanda Bradley

 

A little smile, a word of cheer,
A bit of love from someone dear…

Love,

ma