The weather is calling for some serious playing but there are so many odds and ends to be done before the movers get here Saturday morning. I'm sure the guys will have big incentive to get things done in a hurry as it's Valentine's Day. I'm not the one for a big mushy VD - I've always felt it was a holiday to make everyone in love feel guilty because they haven't gotten the "right" present and to make anyone not in a relationship feel inadequate. Damn Hallmark.
The only time I really loved the day was when i was a kid and the week before we got to take those white paper sacks (do they make them anymore?) and decorate them with paper doilies and construction paper hearts. Mom would buy the cards which, back then, had to be punched out and then you went through the careful process of who gets what card. We always had the rule (thank goodness) that everyone got cards. But...who wanted to send the yucky boy the "be mine". I still love those old retro cards. If you were lucky, you got the kind that a lollipop was attached. Moms would bring in homebaked cupcakes (not the grocerystore kind) and there was always red punch. The local dairy called their version "Jungle Juice" which different than the orangeade. Yum - I still love that stuff.
I've been guilty of breaking up with someone right before VD because I didn't like him and I didn't want silly presents from him. Tell a girl you want a dozen kids with her and that shakes her up - especially when she's only 16! He turned out to be a stalker. His best move? He had a long stem red rose and a "poem" delivered to me while was I sitting on the front porch with my sweetheart. Oh the drama. Now I just laugh. You know those guys right...the ones that think "poetry" is song lyrics? That only counts for Bob Dylan.
But...all this is really doing is keeping me from packing some more boxes. In the meantime, I've been torturing the tulips I bought to cheer me up.
i agree on the holiday part Char...but I do love hearts anytime...AND these flowers you have here~just a marvel!
ReplyDeletevalentine's day is kind of lame. my mom always sends me candy, which is so sweet.
ReplyDeleteand those tulips are just divine! if i could be a flower, i might go with tulip.
home the move goes well. moving is horrendous, but hopefully you are going someplace you love and that will be better for ya.
love the tulips! just p0sted some orange ones- can't wait for spring flowers!
ReplyDeletethe white bags and valentines for everyone..ohhh, how I remember that so well myself !
ReplyDeleteand now...I don't love the holiday either really, but this year for some reason I got creative and took some half nudies of myself, edited them and I'm framing them for my hubbys office....
I hope he doesn't die from a heart attack...as he's only expecting a card !!
I abhor formal occasions that command that you send love or respect to institutions or individuals. I pout at the star spangled banner.
ReplyDeleteThese tulip pics are gorgeous. I need to go buy me some. =]
ReplyDeletei'm with you on the Valentine's Day thing. But i did love it as a child. We decorated boxes instead of bags. I remember in first grade a little boy bringing a box of chocolates to my house.
ReplyDeleteThe tulips are gorgeous. i do especially love the textured one.
I'm so glad you wrote this. I can't stand Valentine's Day (not to rant, but it's the only holiday I know that can make you feel like a loser when you're a perfectly nice person).
ReplyDeleteIt's the chick flick version of a holiday.
However, if I had someone get me some tulips like yours, I would not complain... they just don't have to wait for the Hallmark specified day to do it! Lovely images.
oh!!! you so said it - a chick flick version I love that.
ReplyDeleteDid you know TCM is doing 30 days of Oscar?
I have to say that I am a bit of an Oscar grouch. Too often it's given to the wrong film or for the wrong reasons so Oscar don't hold too much sway with me.
ReplyDeletePlus, I don't have a tv. But give me the list and we can compare notes.
;-)
Well ladies, I beg to differ, my husband was born on V-Day and I still celebrate. Of course for him-he has to buy gifts on his own day...
ReplyDeleteOn the downside, sometimes my students get deliveries of hearts and flowers in class...and though they are happy, I sometimes see the pouty faces of the other neglected girls...it makes me think of that lyric "...and those of us with radish faces, lacking in the social graces..."
Come to think of it-maybe tangobaby is right- it is a 'chic flick' version of a holiday! <3
Pretty tulips!
those tulips: Luscious! And soft. And welcoming.
ReplyDelete(what Valentine's Day is supposed to be about...L-O-V-E)
I enjoyed your post too.
E.
Thanks for toturing the tulips. I love that textured one.
ReplyDeleteI have really been inspired by your tulip shots. Such a nice reminder of spring on it's way! Great photos!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, the grade school Valentine's Day you describe is the same one I remember! I remember decorating shoe boxes to put on our desk for our valnetines.
I'm diggin' your post processing of the second one.
ReplyDeleteYa, know the last few times I've visited your spot I've left singing? Now I have Aerosmith rollin' through my head...
Seriously, the tulip industry should be paying you advertisement fees! Gorgeous photos!
ReplyDeleteYou work is always so incredible. Your processing is always perfect, and I love the way you're composed these shots. I could never come anywhere near your work.
ReplyDeleteI will kindly ignore Vday this year!
ReplyDeleteI love the texture you applied on that second image, it's awesome!
Yes, Valentine's Day does seem to be a manufactured holiday... mainly for the merchants who need some business after Christmas.
ReplyDeleteLove your "tortured" tulips -- beautiful!
beautiful tulip photos! especially the first two!
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