Thoughtful Thursday

What is your thought for the day?

Family Day

Sunday, as stated in the earlier post, was the day my kids came for a gathering. Terry and Michelle arrived first to help with the preparations...


When Terry finished chopping, he patiently waited for everyone...(he wanted to go sneak and peak at the presents!)

The food was smelling yummy!



We wandered around, looking at my flower beds while the biscuits browned...


Aren't they all so cute? Michelle and Terry...
Ed and Cathy...(she just cut her hair again for locks for love)

And here's Megan...and introducing BILLY!

We had a fine dinner, had some cake, Terry opened his birthday presents, I opened my Mother's Day presents (I'll post later)....then we had a fun evening of UNO!
Nice to get together...family is the most valuable treasure we could have, isn't it?

Sunday Sunday

This evening, Ed and Cathy are coming up to join us (Scott and I, Terry and Michelle, Megan and BIlly) for a dinner of many reasons...

1. Our whole family hasn't gotten together for a while.
2. Terry and Michelle are leaving for the summer, so bon voyage...
3. Terry's birthday.
4. Mother's Day
5. Because we love each other and are thankful for the times we can get be together.

It's rainy out, but we can still BBQ. Here's the menu...

Fried Chicken Strips (Rubye Jean's recipe!)
Grilled Pork Loin
Cheese filled tortillinis Italian Pasta Salad
Baked Beans
Peach jello/whipped cream
Veggie tray
Apple Sauce
Biscuits
Chocolate cake with sprinkle frosting
Lemonade

Here's some pics of the backyard (taken from in the house)...
Grape hyacinths blooming by the old merry-go-round my older sisters had at Caribou...
Here's the 2 clematis I planted...
And next to the shed is my LEAF/MULCH pile. Last year, some tulip plants came up. This year, they are happy and getting ready to bloom YELLOW!
And here's the little herb garden in momma's memory...there are also flowers and such...
And finally...THE CAT ISN'T IN THE HAT, THE CAT IS THE HAT!

May 1st

I've been reading about May Day...here are some interesting facts, from Wiki, that I didn't know...

1. May Day is also known as international Work Day...celebrating the social and economic achievements of the working class...worldwide.

2. May 1st is related to a Celtic celebration...

Walpurgis Night (Walpurgisnacht) is a traditional religious holiday of pre-Christian origin, celebrated today by Christian and non-Christian communities as well, on April 30 or May 1 in large parts of Central and Northern Europe.^[1]

The current festival is in most countries celebrating it named after Saint Walpurga, born in Devon about 710. Due to her holy day falling on the same day, her name became associated with the celebrations. Walpurga was honored in the same way that Vikings had celebrated spring and as they spread throughout Europe, the two dates became mixed together and created the Walpurgis Night celebration. Early Christianity had a policy of 'Christianising' pagan festivals so it is perhaps no accident that St. Walpurga's day was set to May 1.

3. It is celebrated differently in Greece, Ireland, United Kingdom, Scotland, France, Germany and Hawaii. Here is the WIKI link to explain how each country celebrates it.

4. The first Friday in May is also INTERNATIONAL TUBA DAY.

5. Here is what it always meant to me. I can't remember the name in of the elderly woman in SHelter Park that received my homemade paper-woven basket every year...(I just knew for sure she didn't know it was me!) but I thought it was the coolest thing to deliver it!
Whichever it is for you, Happy May Day!