Happy 1st May

1st of May for me will always be . . .

maydonoz Yardley do a Lily of the Valley spray eau de toilette. I've worn it for years and buy it from their online shop. Also shower gel and body lotion - gorgeous and quite cheap!

What a charming tradition. We’ve been told that before we moved into our house, the front gardens were communal and there were lilies of the valley growing the length of the street. Apparently a couple of the residents didn’t like the scent and dug them all up. We’ve tried to grow them again in our garden, but without success.

It was SuperU I was thinking of mokryna but now I'm really confused because this magazine cover says 8 mai which is VE day?

The 8th May is another bank holiday but don’t forget if, as it is this year, they fall on a Sunday tough luck, no extra day is given to récup.
SuperU’s advert could make people feel guilty …. that they haven’t given any yet, another ploy to sell more.

We were talking about everything being shut in France on 8 May once where I used to work. My French colleague and I were trying to explain it to our German and Italian workmates.

Reminds me of the old joke about the French tourist in London who wondered why so many places were named after defeats (Waterloo, Trafalgar...)

My DDs at the international school had to be aware when in a history exam whether it was the French or the English one they were writing about.
To meet your Waterloo.