Jer:
I can’t believe it’s May 1! We left exactly one month ago. My original title for this post was May Day, but considering my last blog entry, I didn’t want to cause any undo alarm.
We used to make homemade May baskets out of strawberry cartons then drop them off in front of friends’ front doors, then run away because if caught, a kiss would incur. I remember making Jimmy Hartzel, a boy who lived in my Grandma’s town, Sibley, IA, a May basket. I must have been very young. I also remember a Maypole at the school where my mom taught. Another pre-school memory. I never made May baskets with my girls, but often around 5/3 or so, I’d think – shoot, we should have made May baskets. I wonder what we put in them? Anyone else remember this tradition?
As for May day, S Pacific, it’s completely becalmed. I watched the wind sensor do a complete 360 a second ago. Normally that would be cause for concern, but with apparent wind at 1.6kt, no sails up and the motor going, I was able to observe panic free.
The first thing I did tonight was go outside and stare at the sky – wow – the stars are really putting on show. Then I read Tim’s blog entry. We’re obviously on the same page.
It’s strange that Tim and I are together 24 hours a day, but never asleep at the same time and that I find out about his nights by reading his blog posts. We’re both tired enough at watch changes that we have a brief discussion about wind, traffic (none yet!), and sails. Then the lucky sleeper face plants into bed while the watchie stumbles around getting his bearings.
Last night I made a delicious tuna curry from a recipe in The Essential NY Times Cookbook. It’s very fun cookbook to read. Each section begins with a time line highlighting food trends back to the mid-1800’s. This is followed by a historical blurb about the most popular recipes published in the paper and then the actual recipes.
The moon has risen above a low bank of clouds. The reflection on the water is spectacular. I better go sit outside.
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I remember the May pole at school and the May basket tradition!