We’ve been celebrating today with handmade chocolates
that I see from happy, chocolate-y faces were worth the late night last week, cards (Laura has recently taken up quilling, thanks to one of her Christmas presents and to Frankie too who gave me the original idea), easy crafts (the Hershey’s Hugs in the little papercraft boxes from Orange Beautiful were our one concession to the stores),
and a pot of grape hyacinths.
It’s all I have to bring today –
This, and my heart beside –
This, and my heart, and all the fields –
And all the meadows wide –
Be sure you count – should I forget
Some one the sum could tell –
This, and my heart, and all the Bees
Which in the Clover dwell.
(No. 26, by Emily Dickinson)
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Laura does lovely quilling work!
And to you, Frankie. Thanks for the compliment, I’ll pass it on. It’s early days yet, but she’s having lots of fun!