Essay About May Day

May 1, called May Day, has a special meaning for me. I think of it as the end of cold weather and the beginning of spring which is a relief after a hard winter.

When I was a child, on May Day my three sisters and I would create small bouquets of flowers to put them on the doorsteps of friends and neighbors.

After my formal education was completed, I moved to Europe where I lived for a time in Spain. May Day festivities were held, and it was fun attending celebrations where people sang around a decorated tree or sculpture. Today, Spain has a competition tradition of selecting the May Day best sculptures and songs.

May Day is celebrated in Germany with bonfires at night and dancing around a maypole. This pole is usually a tree covered

We go along without incident, and before noon, we reach the powerful Sun Disc Light area at Herkimer. We are in one of the three most powerful Sun Disc areas in North America. The other two are Pinnacle Mountain in Arkansas and Denali in Alaska.

When we arrive at Herkimer, few visitors are here, and we think there will be many, many by mid afternoon. Digging for Herkimer quartz diamonds is a joyous event for diggers. Since we are reaching the holiday Memorial Day weekend when many will not be working, we think this place will soon see many diggers with buckets and equipment ready to search for the powerful crystals. Whatever they find, they can keep.

Yes, it is wonderful being here again. We don’t come often, but every time is wonderful. We enter the big crystal store with its hundreds of crystals looking at us and we looking at them. WOW!!! Such a FANTASTIC site!

Behind one long, long crystal counter is a man we recognize from earlier visits, and we speak briefly with him as our eyes roam the displays. Of course we want to take all the crystals home with us! Well, next time.

Now we climb stairs to reach the second floor where Randy is waiting for us.

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