May Day
A workers holiday, a day for picnics and making of wreaths. Trade Unions and the Communist Party organise rallies in central Athens, strikes and demonstrations. Museums are closed, no ferry boats to the islands today but our car ferry and water taxis are working double time. Day trippers arrive by car and bus.
The island is full, has been since last Friday. A five day holiday for some. Beautiful weather. Time for a first dip in the freezing sea. We made wreaths with flowers from our garden and the surrounding fields.
The flower gather-ers
The base is a young olive branch
Flowers wound round the base and tied down with string
One wreath for our house, one each for the girls homes and a wreath for our english neighbour. They are left hanging till midsummer and the feast of St John when the wreaths are burnt on bonfires lit at crossroads.
Greek Saying
Only donkeys marry in May
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