Happy May Day

In France on the 1st of May, people offer
each other un brin de muguet, a sprig of my favorite
flower, lily of the valley.  This is the last
bouquet of these sweet little blooms
that I picked from my mother's garden before
it was destroyed four years ago by
Hurricane Sandy.  (I kept this bouquet; it hardly
looks like this now, but I still can't
bring myself to part with it.)

[Linking back to Today's Flowers at
An English Girl Rambles.]

May Day

This big red sculpture (Joie de Vivre, by Mark di Suvero)
stands at Broadway and Cedar St., in  Zuccotti Park—
once actual, now symbolic home of the Occupy Wall St.
protestors.  They've been fomenting a bit of mayhem
(a general strike would be nice) for this day, and I'm
curious to see what they're able to generate.  


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