Parade

 Yesterday was the Homecoming parade in town.  We found a spot to park Tilly on Main Street and waited for the parade. 

We waited quite awhile, we talked to my baby brother and his bride...they are sitting on the bench waiting for the parade.

It was a nice day sunny and 80F or 27C. 

Homecoming King and Queen.

Great Niece Olivia is in the ripped jeans and Great Niece Anna on the far right. 

A hayrack full of football players was the last parade unit. 

The parade was short and sweet, lots of kids smiling and waving!  

Fun times!

Far Side
 

Wistful Wednesday: May Day Report

I have celebrated May Day since 1953….so that means that this is my 65th May Day.

This is a photo from May Day 1954 when I was 2 years and 8 months old.  My May Baskets are lined up on the snowy hood of my parents car.

The tradition as I know it:  You decorate baskets fill them with candy and you take them to neighbors and friends.  You go up to a door and hang the basket on the door knob, knock and then run, because someone will chase you and try to kiss you.  I am old, I will settle for a hug…because I am not running away.  Growing up we decorated small baskets to take to neighbor kids and elderly neighbors…it was something fun to do after a long winter.

So the tradition continues.  I made some deliveries and took some photos. My Great Nieces and Nephews

 

Olivia

Brooke

Ava

Kelly was asleep and Hailey was getting ready for a game after school.

Mason and Anna…these two live next door and are growing like weeds!!

I still have three baskets for Teddy, Harlow and Vivian hopefully I will see them soon.

I stopped by my parents.

Mom and Dad May 1 2018

I stopped by a few other places…some favorite people I don’t see often enough.

After supper we delivered a few more baskets and some dog treats for Odda and Putz.

In my opinion May Day is a fun holiday…something as simple as a cute little basket with a bit of candy makes people young and old smile! 

I hope you all had a wonderful May Day!  If you made a May Basket or got one perhaps you could share the story in a comment.

May Basket Report

We delivered May Baskets to the Grands and three special little girls up North.

After we got back home and had a nap we delivered May Baskets in our neighborhood.

Most everyone was off doing nice spring evening activities so baskets were placed in plastic bags and hung out of the way of ferocious hungry dogs.

We found one smiling recipient!

Anna was home and promised to give her brother a basket!

We returned home and just as we were settling in for the evening Far Guy noticed some movement outside.  Someone was bringing us May Baskets!  He ran to the door and hollered “I am going to kiss you!”  Giggling Girls ran away squealing!  I got to the window in time to see them disappearing down the driveway.

Someday one of those four little girls will remember what fun it was to deliver May Baskets and keep the tradition alive!

May Baskets from Niece Stacey and her family.

I hope you all had a wonderful May Day! 

Holding onto the sun

The sun is setting earlier each night.  The countdown has begun toward that 4PM December sunset…uffda.  The sunset last night at 8:07 PM…we had 13 hours and 33 minutes of daylight yesterday.  It was a warm day with a high of 81 F or 27 C  eh!  The humidity was almost as high as the temperature.

Last night I had two willing victims eager participants for photos, my great nephew and great niece.

Anna holding the sun!

Mason

The kids were out riding their bikes whilst their Mother was jogging.

We were on our nightly ride…saw just two deer and no turkeys.

We watched the sun disappear behind the clouds as we drove. We have a smoky haze in the air from the wildfires out west.  At times you can smell the smoke in the air.  I hope the fires out west are put out soon.

May Baskets

We did the May Basket deliveries.  One group was off doing princess “stuff”, another little gal was sound asleep.  Got to see lots of dogs…Ivy and Roxie, Joe and Ellie, Putz and Odda. 

These two children were home…they were just getting ready to head out for a ride.

It was a beautiful evening. 

It rained a bit early Friday morning…but not enough to make a difference.  We need rain badly.

We have Bluebirds in a house by the end of the old drive.  Jo down the road has a pair too.  I will have to stalk them one of these days.  The Robins are here but they are not building a nest on their platform yet…and not on the ladders either.

Signs of Fall

Chance and I went for a walk after supper last night.

The trees are losing their leaves and the Oaks are dropping their acorns.   It sure looks like Fall to me.  It was only 80 F degrees (26 C) yesterday.  It seemed warmer than that.

Far Guy took off and spent the day at the Minnesota State Fair.  He took a bus with a bunch of other old people..it was Senior Citizens Day at the Fair.

Chance did just fine..he loves his “sitter”!  (Thank you Jo!)

During our walk we were overtaken by the neighborhood bikers.

This biker was all dressed up..it was Open House at the school today..she starts school this Fall.  She had a little surgery last week but is feeling “just fine”..she is a trooper.

It gets dark about 8:15 now..less time to stay out after supper.

Sunset over the corn field.

I have four days off in a row.   One day is a paid vacation day, Far Guy will work for me one day and two days are my regular days off.  I might feel like a new person next week…when I go back I will have 20 work days left:)

A Thousand Words: Anna

Childhood is that wonderful time of life when all you need to do to lose weight is take a bath. ~Author Unknown

Anna is one of our Great-Nieces, she was having a wonderful time outside recently..I stopped her and asked for a photo..I also asked "How did you get such a dirty face?" Her answer.. "Playing" ..I must seem like a silly old Great Aunt somedays. :)

Visitors!

It was a great day in Minnesota yesterday! It was way above zero! The sun was shining and it was about 36 degrees, The only complaint I have is that it was windy. Snow melted off the walk and snow started to melt and drip off the roof. It was a great day for visiting outdoors.

A fine time for a little boy and his new puppy to visit! Mason (Our Great-Nephew) brought over Bailey a Beagle puppy that they got a short time ago. Kids and dogs..what a combination.

Chance loves doggie company and after the puppy got over her initial shyness they had a ball, running around the yard. Chance was a gentleman and never played too rough. Far Guy and I could watch dogs play all day and be properly entertained.

I tried to get a photo of both of her ears flying in the air. It looked so silly when both of her ears were flying..sometimes you just have to enjoy the moment..instead of trying to photograph it.

Anna (Our Great-Niece) came to visit too...isn't she beautiful! Those big blue eyes are going to break many hearts in years to come. That is IF her father ever allows her to date anyone.
Chance was exhausted after his company went home..and had to have a nap! :)