If ever there is a turning point in winter, surely it is Valentine's Day.By Feb. 14, the days are longer and there is a perceptible shift in the angle of the sun. Sunsets are vivid again, as they are in December, and on warmer mornings there is a feeling of spring in the air.
It is, of course, a boon for florists and card companies and jewelers and it really isn't a holiday, but nonetheless, I think it might just be my favorite special occasion.
I remember the fun of getting valentines at school, and bringing them home in a small tissue or construction-paper-covered "mailbox" and usually also finding something special on the table that night, like chocolate cake or cutout cookies.
My mother would get roses and one year, my father got one for me, too, a pretty pink bloom with a tiny fake pearl heart on a stick, also pink.
I especially loved Valentine's Days that fell on Fridays as they added something special to the weekend. I could reread my cards, savor the scent of my rose, and eat more cookies.
I became engaged around Valentine's Day, and most years, my husband remembers with a dozen roses. This has been especially fulfilling at times when I've worked with many women, as I often get the largest and deepest red arrangement. Ha! Mine are bigger than yours!
This year I gave my husband a new snow blower and a box of chocolates and a list of things I might enjoy.
I'll make him a special meal. Salmon perhaps. Surely something heart healthy.
What are your plans?
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A voir...usually not much.
Opening a bottle of champagne?
Marion and I love Valentine's Day, Mimi! I've made reservations at a lovely little rustic French wine bar and café here in Chicago, Red Rooster.
I still remember our first Valentine's Day together. We had known each other maybe a month and were white hot in love. We were also perpetually broke. So when a neighborhood bar announced that if the couple kissed for the bartender, the woman's drinks were free, we were so there. One shy man gave his date a quick peck. The bartender said it wasn't good enough. Someone at the bar pointed at us "practicing" off to one side and said, "Watch them. You'll get it."
My husband ordered me a couple of bottles of perfume ( I am a scent nut) and I bought him one of these new mini patio lime trees. He has just decided he loves salsa with his food and he has discovered the gin and tonic with a slice of lime (sooo good on a HOT day). We shall stay home and have chinese take-away and rest up for Friday we go and get our new dog! A pug rescue who shall be flying interstate to us! She is Rosie ( very Valentiney LOL) 8 years old ,had a hard life and not the prettiest girl on the block so noone would adopt her. Well she is ours! Best Valentine present ever and a new friend for our other dog Oscar.
Chocolate kisses and champagne dreams to you Mimi and all out there!
Well, since I'm single, I am going to a friend's house for a dinner which she gives for all us single folks. We get to be with others who aren't coupled in a world filled with couples.
I think a bottle of champagne is all you need, Betty!
Oh, TerryB, what a story. I will look up the Red Rooster on the Internet.
Oh, Lady Jicky, a couple bottles of perfume? What fun! It sounds very romantic at your house!
Toni, that sounds like fun! Whoever said Valentine's Day must be only for romance? My best friend gave me a yellow basket filled with bubble bath, a candle and a yellow rose. I always treated myself when i was single.
Such a warm and welcoming site you have, Mimi ...
Valentine's Day reads the same for me ... a turning point ... delighted in the longer days. Plants inside are rousing and, even though covered with tons of snow, those beneath the ground will soon be stirring :)
Thank you, Joey. and welcome!
Yes, I do think I feel a stirring beneath the snow...an anxiety...I think those bulbs are busting to get out and burst open.
I love spring!
Gosh it's tomorrow. We've been working days and days in the back yard building a trellis arbor for the wisteria. Trying to get done before it bursts into bloom. If it's finished tomorrow maybe I can give dinner some thought then. At least we'll celebrate with a kiss.
Hey Tanna, a kiss is great! Actually, building an arbor for wisteria may be even better - LOL!
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