tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732224038883472327.post8371736290688805948..comments2024-03-20T02:20:10.982-07:00Comments on Zoomie Station: May DayZoomiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16474153316588551039noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732224038883472327.post-34772507155962975592013-05-04T14:24:08.682-07:002013-05-04T14:24:08.682-07:00Diane, sounds like there were May Day celebrations...Diane, sounds like there were May Day celebrations in MI back in the day, but they had faded by the time you came along... We need to bring them back!Zoomiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16474153316588551039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732224038883472327.post-58243567027255143912013-05-03T19:01:10.882-07:002013-05-03T19:01:10.882-07:00I love how certain events trigger stories like thi...I love how certain events trigger stories like this. What lovely memories you have of different May Day celebrations. Where I grew up in Michigan, I barely remember any acknowledgment of the day, but what I do remember are the photos of mom as the May Day queen when she was young. Lovely flower photo.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13744134942239760970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732224038883472327.post-60604241478793732552013-05-03T06:52:20.430-07:002013-05-03T06:52:20.430-07:00Greg, two words. Global. Warming. :-) I, for one...Greg, two words. Global. Warming. :-) I, for one, welcome the warmer weather.<br /><br />Nancy, I vaguely remember a May pole, too - perhaps in Berkeley when I was in fourth grade?<br /><br />Traci, welcome! I hope you keep doing those baskets and surprising people. I'm sure they were thrilled and, who knows, maybe they will enlarge the tradition.<br /><br />Cookiecrumb, they must have built a second PH Elem, one that was closer to the kai (ocean)? In any case, I do remember those quonset huts. We lived in one of those in Alameda, too, once we returned to the Mainland.Zoomiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16474153316588551039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732224038883472327.post-20013743411157344702013-05-02T10:26:09.843-07:002013-05-02T10:26:09.843-07:00And... (she adds a day later) it was originally ca...And... (she adds a day later) it was originally called Pearl Harbor Elementary School; the Kai was added later. You must have gone there before the change. I apologize for my "correcting" you. :)cookiecrumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741894180391507513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732224038883472327.post-12285320651475340312013-05-01T20:57:59.685-07:002013-05-01T20:57:59.685-07:00I never did the doorknob treat. Sounds so sweet! I...I never did the doorknob treat. Sounds so sweet! I was too busy being a kid in Hawaii.<br />And, Zoomie, it was Pearl Harbor Kai Elementary School. My bus driver called it Kai School.<br />God, those Quonset huts!!!cookiecrumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741894180391507513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732224038883472327.post-12863155003387434012013-05-01T18:25:47.481-07:002013-05-01T18:25:47.481-07:00I celebrate in Colorado, mostly alone. When I was...I celebrate in Colorado, mostly alone. When I was a kid, my mom and I and my cousin would make up beautiful baskets with flowers and candy. She drove me around to make my deliveries. My friends were all puzzled but grateful. May Day, May poles, flowers, Spring yippee, never took off around me. I still bring one to my best friend, my gay cousin, every year. Thank you so much for the reminder and Happy May Day to you. Your yellow outfit sounds adorable. Traci Parkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732224038883472327.post-36350802642862410982013-05-01T13:48:23.484-07:002013-05-01T13:48:23.484-07:00I didn't celebrate May Day with dancing around...I didn't celebrate May Day with dancing around the May Pole, although I remember doing that as a kid. But my friend Judy and I went down to Pesdacero this morning to have green chili and artichoke soup at Duarte's. And the best French bread in the WORLD (well, SF world at least). Then we stopped at a beach along the way home and contemplated the ocean, the fog just off shore keeping this area fresh and cool and thanked the world for such a lovely day. Photos to follow on my blog plus a recipe for green chili soup. Nancy Ewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12116290968007398337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732224038883472327.post-30947296392884360782013-05-01T08:22:21.796-07:002013-05-01T08:22:21.796-07:00Happy May day and happy Spring. Seems more like su...Happy May day and happy Spring. Seems more like summer this week. Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08255032914854206547noreply@blogger.com