Going a'Maying

May is the beginning of Summer, flowers, merriment and .... love!

In days gone past, English lovers would merrily go a-maying into the late springtime forest on May Day.

I bought some vintage postcards recently and discovered among them some clippings from magazines, calendars and the like.  The lady collecting them must have deemed May just too sweet a month to toss after the expiration of the calendar.

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Vintage Calendar, Month of May

This lovely refined image above is subtly carrying on the tradition of the likely much more sensual predecessor of "Maying"; with a sweet lady in front continuing the search for her fellow; while a courting couple trails behind ...

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