Wednesday, May 6, 2020

A Place for the Flower Moon of May




The Moon Series continues with the Full Flower Moon.  Diana presents us her fullest moon this month on Thursday, May 7th at 6:45 am.

“March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers”- the proverb has special significance as the full moon of May casts it’s light over the landscape of Merry Mount and beyond.  Our senses are heightened as we hear the songs of birds and frogs, smell the fragrance of budding trees and grasses, and see the splashes of color from emerging blooms.
















Spring, the sweet Spring, is the year's pleasant king;
Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring
Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!

The palm and may make country houses gay
Lambs frisk and play, the shepherd pipes all day
And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!

The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet
Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit
In every street these tunes our ears do greet
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!
Spring! The sweet Spring!


            -Thomas Nashe

"But May, or her mirthful spirit, dwelt all the year round at Merry Mount, sporting with the Summer months, and revelling with Autumn, and basking in the glow of Winter's fireside. Through a world of toil and care she flitted with a dreamlike smile, and came hither to find a home among the lightsome hearts of Merry Mount."

-Nathaniel Hawthorne



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