Am I being spoilt?

Today is Mother's Day in Finland, but it was not Mother's Day in England.

So Annikki did not get any call from our kids there. She got some beautiful roses from Pailin and Unnop, and Kannan rang and sent her a text message from Rauma - so the kids who have adopted her did not forget her on this day.

When I rang Samu in Newcastle, Joanna answered and was quite surprised to hear it was Mother's Day here!

Annikki thought it was Mother's Day last week and dished up a great cake, only to discover she was a week too early. So this week, with a vengeance, she made another cake studded with strawberries - maybe a kilo of them, plenty of cream and her own lemon rind cream filling. Hilja Reinikka (Äiti), Annikki's mother, was very happy to get all the good wishes and a cake all for herself!

The finishing touches to the strawberry Mother's Day cake.

Äiti observes the cake as it is placed in front of her.

"I am waiting", says Äiti, as she waves to the camera.

We did not quite finish the cake this evening, leaving just enough for a midnight snack after a sauna!

Hope all of you Mothers had a great day today.

P.S. We may eat the King of Fruits today. The Durian fruit is considered as the King of Fruits, but it is also the King of horrible smells. We were advised to eat it outside - and as this evening is sunny and we plan to have a sauna later, we decided we may eat this fruit in the garden later this evening.

It is now 10:30 pm and sunset will be in about 10 minutes.