{"id":11753,"date":"2015-04-30T17:18:52","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T01:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/?p=11753"},"modified":"2025-12-05T15:11:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T23:11:36","slug":"may-day-window-suprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/index.php\/exhibitions\/may-day-window-suprises\/","title":{"rendered":"May Day Window Surprises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although I am a born and bred Californian, I spent many years in the Midwest where the first of every May honored the beautiful tradition of May Day. Brimming with a fanciful Maypole dance, crowns of fresh flowers and May baskets, this day long ode to the glory of warm weather, new beginnings, promises of renewal and the joy of surprises is all wrapped up with clusters of flowers. How could I not begin this day without showing you a portfolio of flowers? Since my first obsession is always sharing with you my ideas about how to make your windows and the way you treat them a special design signature, today, for May Day, I have an inspiration of flowers as we view them through our windows. Let&#8217;s throw open the shutters, roll up the blinds, scoop back the drapes and vicariously bask in nature&#8217;s magic. What is more intoxicating than the true, brilliant colors of flowers?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11772\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11772 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flowers-spring.png\" alt=\"Sources: Redesigning Sarah, Improving Home Value &amp; All About Windows Phone\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flowers-spring.png 600w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flowers-spring-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flowers-spring-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flowers-spring-144x144.png 144w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flowers-spring-107x107.png 107w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flowers-spring-120x120.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/redesigningsarah.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/dsc_00701.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Redesigning Sarah<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/improvinghomevalue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/work-july2014-008.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Improving Home Value <\/a>&amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/allaboutwindowsphone.com\/images\/features\/misc\/flowers-hdr.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All About Windows Phone<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you are lucky to have a window box or two outside your window, a ready-made palette of beauty of awaits you each day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11773\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11773 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flower-boxes.png\" alt=\"Sources: Window Box Contest, Amnesta, A Garden for the House, HGTV Home, &amp; Houzz\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flower-boxes.png 600w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flower-boxes-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flower-boxes-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flower-boxes-144x144.png 144w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flower-boxes-107x107.png 107w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flower-boxes-120x120.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sources: Window Box Contest, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesta.net\/other\/windowbox\/2012-full-lg.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amnesta<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agardenforthehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/img_7682.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Garden for the House<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hgtvhome.sndimg.com\/content\/dam\/images\/hgtv\/fullset\/2014\/3\/3\/1\/BPF_Spring-House_exterior_window-box-planters_Beauty_h.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.1280.960.jpeg\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HGTV Home<\/a>, &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/st.houzz.com\/simgs\/f3e1c2f20bce52cf_4-1214\/traditional-landscape.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houzz<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I know you have windows. Even when I lived in Washington, DC. and lived mole-like in a basement apartment, I always kept a bunch of flowers in my windows as my neighbors&#8217; feet and dog paws padded down my alley and my view. Flowers in a window shed light everywhere.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11774\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11774\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11774 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/potted-flowers.png\" alt=\"Sources: The White Company, Elevist, Allotment Adventure with Jean &amp; Crooked Housewife \" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-first-enter-image=\"true\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/potted-flowers.png 600w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/potted-flowers-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/potted-flowers-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/potted-flowers-144x144.png 144w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/potted-flowers-107x107.png 107w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/potted-flowers-120x120.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sources:<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thewhitecompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/flowers.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> The White Company<\/a>, Elevist, <a href=\"https:\/\/allotmentadventureswithjean.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/dscn0644.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allotment Adventure with Jean<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/crookedhousewife.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/window-flowers-1.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crooked Housewife<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11775\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11775\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11775 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flower-pots.png\" alt=\"Sources: My Third True Love, Brook End Cottage Garden, Dreyne &amp; Just Two Farm Kids\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flower-pots.png 600w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flower-pots-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flower-pots-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flower-pots-144x144.png 144w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flower-pots-107x107.png 107w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flower-pots-120x120.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-_f-2vMu60sg\/TcwYdWWFocI\/AAAAAAAAF5A\/EAiE-kIM66k\/s1600\/P1030933.JPG\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Third True Love<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/brookendcottagegarden.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/05\/brookside-geranium-and-rose-2.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brook End Cottage Garden,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-8TEToe2PKLk\/U3NscSc8flI\/AAAAAAAALNM\/LB1e6EIij5o\/s1600\/DSC_0297.JPG\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dreyne <\/a>&amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/justtwofarmkids.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/peony6.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Two Farm Kids<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Spring shrubs budding now outside the windows, keep our faith in the eternal hope of spring. Lilacs, hydrangeas and peonies are some of my May favorites.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11776\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11776\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11776 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flower-may-day.png\" alt=\"Sources: Nine and Sixteen, Delicious-Travels, Tinas Photo Blog, Lowes, &amp; Thistledew Mercantile\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flower-may-day.png 600w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flower-may-day-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flower-may-day-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flower-may-day-144x144.png 144w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flower-may-day-107x107.png 107w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/flower-may-day-120x120.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-yo-sTKMbTWA\/T8j5J3yphSI\/AAAAAAAAEjI\/-_uHQgImhXk\/s1600\/DSC_8683.JPG\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nine and Sixteen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/kimbehnke.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/greenhydrangea.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delicious-Travels<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tinasphotoblog.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/06\/rhododendron3-sign.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinas Photo Blog<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowes.com\/creative-ideas\/images\/2013_08\/RG_Shrubs\/shrubs-mountain-4.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lowes<\/a>, &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/thistledewmercantileblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/lilac.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thistledew Mercantile<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For those of you who can&#8217;t imagine planting or arranging flowers or have not taken the time to value the ephemeral prize of flowers, now is the best time to stroll through a flower market and be sozzled.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11777\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11777\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11777 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bright-flowers.png\" alt=\"Images: Kat the Wanderer, Trevor Brightman &amp; Mikes Travel Guide\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bright-flowers.png 600w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bright-flowers-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bright-flowers-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bright-flowers-144x144.png 144w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bright-flowers-107x107.png 107w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bright-flowers-120x120.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Images: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katthewanderer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/London-Flowers.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kat the Wanderer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/trevorbrightman.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/square_4.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trevor Brightman<\/a> &amp; Mikes Travel Guide<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one and a lily with the other.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Chinese Proverb<\/p>\n<p>May your May Day be full of colorful surprises!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11778\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11778\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11778 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Ending.png\" alt=\"Source: Chasing Fire Flies\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Ending.png 600w, https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Ending-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/chasingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e553a2de7288330134804162aa970c-pi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chasing Fire Flies<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h6><em>Featured Image Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livinginseason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/maydance.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Living in Season<\/a><\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although I am a born and bred Californian, I spent many years in the Midwest where the first of every May honored the beautiful tradition of May Day. Brimming with a fanciful Maypole dance, crowns of fresh flowers and May baskets, this day long ode to the glory of warm weather, new beginnings, promises of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11779,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,1255,1,43,855,851,853,850,859],"tags":[1117,1116,866,1115,189,663,1118,1095,703],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-11753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-color-theory","category-dear-katie","category-exhibitions","category-for-your-inspiration","category-lifestyle-musings","category-simple-home-design-ideas","category-simple-seasonal-home-decor","category-stylish-home-decor","category-whimsical-words","tag-happy","tag-joy","tag-may-day","tag-peonies","tag-spring","tag-summer","tag-summer-break","tag-tulips","tag-window-boxes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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