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Blissfully Astray


Blissfully Astray

It's May Day, about 1938 at Southwest Missouri State University. My father took the picture of this beloved traditional spring holiday of dancing around the May Pole. As a child, we would visit shops and ask for any discarded wallpaper sample books, often coming home with several. We then removed the paper, shaped it into cones, and filled with flowers. After attaching a ribbon handle, we would go around the neighborhood and hang them on the doors of our older neighbors. Over time, flowers were replaced with cookies. Have a great week, Everyone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZA4jnvdYog

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  1. Jeff DiverMay 1, 2018 at 8:56 AM

    Looks like fun! Happy May everyone!

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  2. Peter WlochMay 1, 2018 at 4:10 PM

    Nice Photo… and so nice Colors..! Kodak? Old family photos are wonderful treasures of the past...
    They stimulate the memories and are precise time testimonies.
    Your love for photography is certainly grown by your parents, I guess..

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  3. Paula MooreMay 1, 2018 at 5:48 PM

    I did the flowers, too!

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  4. Ann KennedyMay 1, 2018 at 5:50 PM

    Paula Moore I would love to find a May basket on my door😊 wouldn’t you! No one does it anymore.

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  5. Ann KennedyMay 1, 2018 at 5:55 PM

    Peter Wloch This is a Kodachrome slide and the colors are still strong after 80 years! You are right that I inherited my parents’ love of photography! Thank you for your thoughtful comment.

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  6. Margaret Siemers (Siemers Rafter Room)May 3, 2018 at 1:46 PM

    Now if your lucky you get a text and a smiley face.
    That was a nice tradition, it's a shame we don't preserve the simple kindnesses we practiced once.
    As a child, we would always take flowers to school on May 1st for the May Day Procession.

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  7. Scott CluteMay 5, 2018 at 4:30 AM

    AH, YES, Who does not recall the MAYPOLE!????

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