Birthday, Setsubun & Ikebana

Well, spring has arrived in Japan with Setsubun. This is the day when we throw beans (in our case peanuts) at the devil and force him and all bad things out of our house and lives. I think we were supposed to hang a sardine on the front door to keep bad things from entering, but I didn't have one handy. Also we were supposed to eat our age plus one in peanuts to ensure good health for one more year. We did that and then some, so we should be good to go.
Our darling girl turned 16 this week. We can hardly believe it. And very thankful that we're not in America where she could be learning to drive a car!
Also thought I'd throw in a new ikebana picture.
Not to brag too much, but the sun is shining, the sky is blue with some puffy white clouds and its about 40 degrees F. Looking forward to a really nice day! Hope you have one too.