• Essays,  Garden tour

    May Day memories

    “May, more than any other month of the year,  wants us to feel most alive.”  ~Fennel Hudson Our magnolia in May / Cindy La Ferle ____________For additional content, or to share on social media,  please visit the home page May Day was one of Norma’s favorite holidays. Continuing a tradition started by her mother, my dear friend would leave a basket of flowers, a beautiful plant, or a small present on the porch steps of her loved ones every year on the first day of May. While she intended to surprise us — which was part of the annual tradition — I recall at least one morning when I spotted Norma sneaking up…