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April 30, 2010

May Day

May Day Tomorrow is May Day, the traditional start of summer, and my friend and fellow blogger Teresa O'Connor, the blogger behind Seasonal Wisdom, writes that May Day hasn't always been about May baskets and Maypole dances!

"May Day and May Eve were also considered among the scariest days of the year – a time when fairies, witches and other evildoers created havoc. That’s why so many seasonal rites were designed to protect families, animals and communities from these potential problems."
Photo credit: Baltimore Sun/Susan Reimer

Read more from Teresa on the myths and legends -- and dangers -- of May Day. And then put your flower basket on your door!

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About Susan Reimer

Susan Reimer has spent 16 years writing about raising kids - among other topics - in her column for The Baltimore Sun. And every time son Joseph or daughter Jessie passed another milestone - driver's license, college, wedding or a move to a new military duty station - she has planted another garden. Now she will be writing about those gardens - and yours - here on Garden Variety.

Susan isn't an expert gardener, but she wasn't an expert mother, either. Both - the kids and the gardens - seem to be doing well in spite of her.

She lives in Annapolis with her husband, Gary Mihoces, who loves to cut his grass but has noticed that there seems to be less of it every time the kids pass another milestone.

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