Sunday 18th March 2012

 I'm not a big endorser of Mothers Day... its too commercialised and why should this be the only day of the year we let our mums feel special (actually I just never know what to get my mum ;) ). However, i don't ignore it... instead I put a little bit of effort into making a very special card and I'm sure most of you would have seen today's Google Doodle...

I thought it might be interesting to find out where the idea of mother's day came from in other countries:

Australia

In Australia the tradition of Mother's Day was established by a resident of Leichhardt Sydney, Mrs Janet Heyden in 1924. It all began when she went to visit a patient at the Newington State Home for Women, where she met many forgotten mothers. So, to cheer them up she asked local school children and businesses to donate and bring gifts to the women. Every year after that even more support has been raised by Mrs Heyden and since then the day has become commercialised. 

did you know?... the chrysanthemum is given to mothers as the flower naturally season in Autumn (equivalent to our spring i suppose) and it ends in 'mum' the australian slang for mother (although i think its slang everywhere these days)

China

In 1997 the day was established to help poor mothers and to remind people of the poor mothers in rural areas such as Western China. In the Chinese government's official newspaper 'People's Daily' an article explained that 'despite originating in the United States, people in China accept the holiday without hesitation because it is in line with the country's traditional ethics – respect for the elderly and filial piety towards parents.' In recent years a communist party member promoted the official adoption of mothers day in memory of Meng Mu (a chinese mother from early fourth century BC who was determined to provide her son with a good home - she is seen as the ideal mother figure); they also asked to replace the western gift of Carnations with lilies - these were planted by mothers when children left home in ancient times.

The story of Meng Mu is really sweet, i recommend you read it... http://chinesestoryonline.com/component/content/article/111-meng-mu-san-qian.html

Well that was all interesting... here are a few cards i found from previous mother's days. 

I believe i was 10 or 11

13 now... it says inside :S

Last Year... began to get blank cards from Paperchase and use my craft box to bring them to life :D

This Year.... made yesterday and opened this morning. TAPE :P

I dont think anyone reads my posts anymore... but I'd just like to say Happy Mother's Day.

TTFN 

xxx

 

snow...

Snow is a form of precipitation (stuff falling from the sky) on the Earth's atmosphere in the form of crystalline water ice i.e. pretty snowflakes that fall from clouds (probably not white, but grey by the time it snows, but we'll never know because dunno if you've noticed but you can't seeeeeeee the clouds when it snows, it's like they disappear.). Snow is a granular material because it is composed of small ice particles (as in frozen water), with an open and soft structure; unless packed by external pressure (like for snowballs :P). snowflakes come in a variety of shapes and sizes (but not in the shape of animals, vehicles or people. They are also symmetrical :D) when a snowflake falls in the form of a ball due to melting and refreezing, it is known as a graupel, ice pellets or snowgrains (or one could identify them as happy puffs of flake ;)).

Basically, snow is frozen water falling out of the sky in pretty shapes :)

Here are some of my own snowy pictures... taken just a few minutes ago

Everyone believes that there can never be two identical snowflakes, well they're WRONG. Someone found 2 indentitwined (made up word)  snowflakes, this person would have missed out on the fun of the snow looking for two identical snowflakes :S

DID YOU KNOW: for it to snow the top of a fluffy cloud (haven't decided if it's white yet) has to be 0˚C or 32˚F... i wonder why???

You can get blind because of snow, its called Snow Blindness :O because fresh snow reflect 90% of the sun's UV radiation...

Snowfall can also act as a thermal insulator in subfreezing temperatures and provides water for crop growth.(keeping plants warm in freezing conditions and giving them water)

But we mostly associate snow with recreational use.... SNOWFIGHTS, SNOWANGELS, SNOWMEN (snowomen as the case may be), SNOWBOARDING, SNOWSHOEING :D

so people, enjoy the snow while it lasts :D

The Blue Lagoon Iceland... te he 

I wanna go there :D

TTFN

xx