More than you probably want to know about Mother's Day

.....is there for the taking at Wikipedia

Other people's festivals

Japan....Setsubun is held on the 3rd or 4th of February and signals the start of spring. More details here at Japan-Guide It could be just the excuse you need for making and wearing the above mask, traditionally worn while you scatter beans with abandon to guarantee good luck. I originally downloaded the pdf from Canon 3D, but when I looked tonight to post the link it had vanished. So I've done the decent thing (but probably infringed copyright in the process!) and uploaded the "here's one I did earlier" to the boxfiles on the right hand side of the blog.