Happy Martisor - part deux - first blossom

We found the first branch in bloom - in our garden - our former plot - so we made our wishes and tied our strings in the tree

Happy Martisor!

First branch in bloom

Spring came late in new York so Maya noticed the first flowers only yesterday. We went in the garden today and tied our martisor strings to a forsythia branch in bloom.

Ava wrote!

Got the Martisor!

Happy Martisor everyone!

I got a piggy, Maya a dog, Ava a sun (hopefully got there!)
For those who don't know/have to answer questions, some info
and also here

At school Maya did a presentation - telling the kids what martisor means. She was asked to tell the name she gave her martisor doggie.


Also, editorial note:
I completed tagging . That means, those labels under the entries can take you to all posts on those subject matters . "Odds & ends" catches all non-birthday celebrations. Don't forget to use the "older posts" button at the bottom of the page, and click the photos for larger version (not yet on the older one, but will change that)

Happy martisor!

This year I satarted making my own - for my girls and me!
Victor decided to start our own tradition - got some red and white foods - coconuts and strawberry , red and white potatoes.

Happy Martisor everybody!
It snowed here today - and everything was so pretty, I took a lot of pictures. Until the film is done, one of the older ones made in Central Park - around the Gates installation (which should be dismantled by now and made into profitable shower curtains):

(Click the "gates" link for details)

Happy Martisor Day Ladies

Thanks to Cati, maya and I are wearing ours. I am hoping Maya will get questioned and will tell the story at school.

Today I started a Family discussion group at Yahoo.
It is at this link Please go there and join (registering with yahoo may be involved - no big deal)

Happy
Martisor !
This has been sent by Cati to all the women and girls, big and small in the family!
The Romanian writing on the card says: "First Day of Spring" - which March First was according to some Roman calendar. (I am minutes from March 1st)
For those with slight Romanian roots, here is the story:
the essential prt of the Martisor is the little thread in the lower right corner of the picture. It's made of red and white silk, twisted together. It was the custom with the Romans to make this gift representing passion and purity to the women in their lives. The custom survived EXCLUSIVELY in Romania.
There is another tradition connected to this: save your Martisor thread until you see the first tree in blossom. Tie it around that branch and make a whish (Maya and I did it for a couple of years)