Mayday

The first of May brings forth imagery of many memories. I remember the Russian Mayday parades with tanks and missles and the Gary Powers U-2 incident which occurred on Mayday. It also brings up memories of Beltane bonfires that I have made and mostly images of Maypole dances. My wife remembers dancing around the Maypole when she was young, but she said that unlike the video above, most of the time it ended in tangled messes.
Mayday informally signals the beginning of summer and usually the weather cooperates.