The Lovely Month of May

It's May.  It's May!  The lovely month of May . . . .

. . . but  Camelot it's not here at That Old House.

Instead I'm hoping, along with so many other members of the Mothers-of-the-June-Brides League, to keep my lists and to-dos complete and up to date and not give in to the temptation to hide in a corner with a blanket pulled over my head.

I exaggerate.  Although those lists and to-dos are sliding a bit out of control.

On Sunday, at our church's 50th anniversary celebration,

as I talked with an old friend who came back from Florida for the event,

I realized I hadn't yet ordered the Kransekake for Alida's wedding from a bakery in Brooklyn. 

 You see Edith, the friend, is Norwegian, and a Kransekake is a Norwegian wedding cake  . . .

and that's how my mind works these days.  Odd little synapse firings going off at random.

Edith tells me I should make the cake myself.  It is endless graduated rings

of what is almost pure almond paste, and the rings are crazy fragile.

My mother made the Kransekake for my sister's wedding.  For my wedding, she went to Brooklyn.

Which involved much less cussing.

But, back to May.

It is so deliciously green in this part of the world.

This isn't our house's best side.  But the grass sure is green!

 The azaleas are still in bloom, the leaves on the trees are that wonderful fresh tender green.

 By the time the month is well along, all sorts of wild and wonderful colors and blossoms

will crowd each other in the borders along the stone wall behind the house,

and the ancient rose bush outside the powder room window will be loaded with buds and blooms.

Confession:  These shots are from two years ago!  It was too rainy Sunday to snap pictures.

What's happening in your gardens?

I teased you on Saturday with a glimpse of something, something I ordered that is on its way

to That Old House to take up residence.  Here's a bigger glimpse:

UPS says it will be delivered before the end of today, Monday.

And then I'll show you the full reveal.  :-)

 Speaking of reveals, I got a sewing machine on Saturday!
My daughter Anne says that if God had a sewing machine, this would be the one.
And as soon as I get it threaded I"ll bring you along for a test drive.

Visit Mary at Little Red House for Mosaic Monday!  Click here!

I think right about now is her two-year anniversary of hosting this fun meme.

How many of us learned how to make collages, prompted by Mary?  I've got a folder full of them!

 

And yes, the lyrics are the lusty month of May, but lusty didn't really fit my theme

for today, and lovely did.  Poetic license.  My apologies to Mr. Lerner!  -- Cass