It's the first day of May and, according to Wikipedia, the earliest May Day celebrations appeared in pre-Christian times, with the festival of Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers (and my eldest daughter's eponym!). Up the road in Oxford, the chinless wonders will have been jumping into the river Cherwell and we headed off to a May Day fair to enjoy seasonal morris and Maypole dancing.I now have a pressing urge to watch the Wicker Man again- who could forget Miss Roses' explanation of the phallus and I'm wondering if my lovely sister-in-law, who is a religious studies teacher, will be taking the same approach!
There were some fabulous local craft stalls at the fair- I picked up some hand-made soaps and watched a woman from my knitting group demonstrate spinning.
May is one of the most exciting gardening months, and the garden should really start filling up with colour and greenery. I thought today was a good day to take a 'before' picture of the whole garden (hanging out of my bathroom window!) so that I can take similar photos throughout the year to contrast with it as it grows. It also demonstrates how tiny the space is and I'm going to have to be rather imaginative with my planting in order maximise the produce! I'm particularly looking forward to my peas and beans growing up, as there is a real lack of any height in the garden at the moment, and they should act as a bit of a screen for extra privacy too.
Happy May Day!
the may day fair looks like it was good fun, we rather stupidly headed into brighton - forgetting it was the children's parade today, still, it stayed dry & we all had a good day!
ReplyDeleteFlora is so beautiful! I want a flower wreath for my hair too! Now, spinning, that is the dream isn't it? I'd love to have my own sheep to use their wool for my own crafty projects. Did it look very complicated?
ReplyDeleteThanks Fay re Flora, I can't believe how grown up she looks these days- seems only 5 mins ago she was Florence's size!
ReplyDeleteLady made spinning look very easy- but I don't think it probably is! I've heard people say that one of the main issues is buying suitable fleece- apparently you can't just use any old sheeps' fleece- who knew!!
You have made your small space look fabulous! I too have a small and odd, L-shaped garden so know exactly your woes.
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