After a really cold Spring, when our hawthorn trees did not blossom, the weather suddenly turned really hot and "hey presto", as if by magic, all the trees turned white with mayflowers.
So, although it is ridiculously late, here is Caoimhe being our May Queen.
Slave went to pick some blossom and asked her son, who was visiting for the holiday weekend, to choose a lady pig who would sit still and he selected Caoimhe.
"What is this stuff," asks Caoimhe. " Is it edible?"
Actually the leaves can be eaten. Slave says that when she was little, the children used to eat the leaves and called it the bread and cheese tree.We are not sure that it would be nice for piggies as we eat neither bread nor cheese and anyway the tree has nasty thorns so we will not recommend it as a food item.
You look very lovely festooned with blossoms, Caoimhe. Being crowned May Queen can never be "late": Spring happens when it happens, and this is when it happened this year...
ReplyDeleteCaoimhe, you make a very lovely May Queen, and we agree the celebration can never be too late! We're so glad spring decided to arrive and brought some beautiful blossoms. Nugget and Scottie (with Cindy) send their best.
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