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 For February 9 2023

.. since it's so close to V-day let's think about what we like about Valentines day.

do you make a special cake or truffles for instance, or give cards, get cards, get chocolates, give gifts? Even if you don't have a mate you could send flowers to a best friend, or give a sweet heart necklace to your daughter, or call your mom...

It's about love and showing it.

If currently things aren't happy, then do you remember any previous V-day that you liked?  Anything you like about celebrating the love.

I like Valentine's Day well enough but I don't need to celebrate it.  My sweet hubby has taken me to some really expensive restaurants over the years.  I enjoyed the meal but never feel it was worth the big bucks.  I guess I am a bit of a cheapskate!  Honestly, one of my best memories of Valentine's Day was when our children were really young.  We didn't have much extra money so my sweet man made two dinners.  One for the kids to eat and watch a show.  One for us to enjoy alone in the dining room.  After the kids went to bed he built a fire in our wood stove which we hardly ever used.  It was a lovely evening sitting by the fire.  So simple.  I am pretty low maintenance.  We like to treat each well all year long not just on Feb. 14.

I don't do much else for Valentine's.   A very dear friend usually sends me a sweet old-fashioned card.  I really should reciprocate!  But, I probably won't.  I show her I love her in other ways.  

On another note, I like participating in challenges.  They push me out of my comfort zone and help me to learn new things.  I love learning new things.  Pictured above is a fractal I created using one of my kaleidoscope photos.  I created it for the prompt of infinity.  I think it works pretty well.  I used an online fractal creator so it was pretty simple.  I definitely want to play around with that some more!

Thank you LeeAnna for all the great questions and hosting I Like every Thursday.  May we all feel deeply loved.