Stopping by to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day. Receiving flowers, candy or sweet cards from your loved ones is always pretty special. Flowers were considered love tokens before there even was a St Valentines. But since the time of Solomon, the primary flower linked to romance was always the rose. A roman myth is that Cupid was carrying a vase of sweet nectar to the Gods on Mt Olympus and spilled it on the ground. From that spot of spilled nectar, roses grew.

In America hand-made valentines appeared around 1740 and were sealed with red wax and left secretly on a lover's doorstep or sent in the mail. Commercial cards for the most part took over in the 1880's.

Sweetheart, Sugar Pie and Honey is some of the dialogue used for people that are in love.

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Chocolate is another great Valentine gift. "Sweets for my Sweet" is a pun for giving any candy for someone that you care about. .

. * . Really missing Clay and hope that he has some great plans for 2009.

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• . The color of Valentine is pink, red and white for most cards and decorations. Red symbolizes warmth and feeling.

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Have a great day!!
Susan