What a lovely month is May - and this year in particular. The drenching rains this spring were so welcome after the terrible drought we have endured. The glorious colors of the May garden are a wonderful surprise every year.

And Spring arose on the garden fair,
Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;
And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast
rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.
Percy Shelley, "The Sensitive Plant"

Red Hot Poker

Bright yellow Sage

In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours. Mark Twain

Treasured Trilliums

Rhodos finally opening

The air is like a butterfly
With frail blue wings.
The happy earth looks at the sky
And sings.
Joyce Kilmer, Spring

Now is the time of the illuminated woods ...
when every leaf glows like a tiny lamp.
J. Burroughs

Bleeding Heart

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
Franz Kafka

Verbena - Apple Blossom

Sage will bring in the bees

The world's favorite season is the spring.
All things seem possible in May.
Edwin Way Teale
Also known as May Eve, May Day, and Walpurgis Night, happens at the beginning of May. It celebrates the height of Spring and the flowering of life. The Goddess manifests as the May Queen and Flora. The God emerges as the May King and Jack in the Green. The danced Maypole represents Their unity, with the pole itself being the God and the ribbons that encompass it, the Goddess. Colors are the Rainbow spectrum. Beltane is a festival of flowers, fertility, sensuality, and delight.
Selena Fox, Beltane: Celebrating the Seasons

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