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Happy Valentine's Day to you!
"Have A Heart--It's Leap Year" illustration by James Montgomery Flagg, from 1920 calendar, copyright Judge, New York
I love Valentine's Day for some odd reason. I say "odd" because based on a pretty pitiful history with this day, and an unlucky love life in general - I really should hate Valentine's Day.
But I don't. Because I am, and probably always will be, a romantic fool...
Just look at what greets visitors when they enter my front door and step into the porch - a 1950's wedding dress!
The dress is sort of there by accident. I keep my mannequin in my front porch because that's where the best light is for taking photos. And the last clothing item that I photographed in December was the wedding dress. It looked so pretty, I decided to keep it there...
Do you think I've been frightening away potential suitors with this dress? Haha...never thought of that...
Other than my wedding dress, I don't get too carried away with Valentine's Day. All I've got displayed in my home right now is this sweet little ceramic made-in-Japan heart, which is perfect for holding old Valentines...
...and an old Fanny Farmer heart-shaped candy box under my...
...Christmas tree!
Yes, I will sheepishly admit that although I put away (most) of my Christmas decorations a couple of weeks ago, my 1960's silver aluminum tree is still up. So, not only am I a romantic fool, but I'm a procrastinating romantic fool!
I've had a lovely start to my Valentine's Day so far... My daughter called at 6:30 this morning asking me if I would please, please, please consider driving her to work today so that she wouldn't have to rush to take the bus. Since I only get to see her about once a week these days, I happily said YES. Then when she got to work (she works at a coffee shop) she happily treated me to a yummy mocha-hazelnut latte.
That little exchange of mother-daughter love may be my only Valentine gift today - but it's plenty for me!
How did you celebrate Valentine's Day today?
I hope that I'm not the only romantic fool in Blogland...
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