which is just as searingly hot as the rest of the summer. There is no chance that an August holiday weekend here can be washed out, like it might be at home, like I heard it was last weekend.
Monday is Labour Day, one of their big deal holidays, and the end of summer (at least summer is considered to be over, even if the weather says otherwise) It is a "yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of their country". It can't be held though on the 1 May when the rest of the world celebrates International Workers' Day, promoted by the international labour movement, because that has overtones of socialism (a dirty word here) and worse "communism".
May 1 is an ancient European spring holiday - and isn't that when we used to dance round maypoles back in the day? But I am digressing again.
May 1 was chosen as the date for International Workers' Day by the Socialists and Communists to commemorate the Haymarket affair in Chicago that occurred on 4 May 1886.
The Haymarket affair is generally considered significant as the origin of international observances for workers on May Day. Originally it was a peaceful protest - workers were striking for an eight hour day, and an unknown person threw a bomb at police, killing 7, and 4 civilians, and injuring scores of others. (from Wikipedia)
I have just been ploughing through my turning out/spring cleaning today and just beginning to see a little progress. Kevin came this evening to cut the grass and got it finished just as it got dark. I was very pleased to see him as he also helped me move two tables, one out of the computer room on to the front porch, and a heavy coffee table from the living area to the computer room. Now I can get down to making the computer room look cosy. Tomorrow.
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