Happy Boy's Day! (and Cinco De Mayo!)

So many holidays...Happy Cinco De Mayo everyone! We're having tacos tomorrow to celebrate. It's also Boy's/Children's Day (tango no sekku/ kodomo no hi), which is celebrated in Japan (as a national holiday) and here in Hawai`i (because we have a large Japanese population, and also because its fun!) I kinda got sidetracked and made this drawing of a little boy and his koinobori, or fish carp wind socks which are traditionally hung outside people's houses. The fish represent all the boys in the family, from oldest boy/longest fish to youngest/shortest fish. Basically, May 5th is a time to give good wishes to all the boys in your life. There are actually lots of these flags around now in celebration of Boy's day, and you can even buy them with candy and other goodies in stores around town, even Long's Drugs! I'm so in love with the look of the koinobori, especially their scales and bright colors.... they're a great design element. I also got some rayon chirimen fabric with a traditional Japanese scale pattern from fabrictales, an online fabric store based in Japan which has specialty fabric. I hope I'll be able to make some fish pouches out of these fabrics soon... I'm itching to have some koinobori of my own, even though I'm not a boy! Have a good Boy's Day, and don't forget to show love to the boys :D