The history of Valentine's Day is impossible to be obtained from any archive. It is unknown why the 14th day of February is known as Valentine's Day or if the noble Valentine had any relation to the day. With the veil of centuries gone by it has made the origin of this day more difficult to trace. Nonetheless, it's one of my favourite days of the year!
Fall '09 ~ celebrating my 40th birthday in Paris
I vividly remember the first Valentine's Day I spent with my husband. We had been dating nearly 3 months. We dined at our favourite restaurant, it sat beside the airport runway. He gave me a dozen beautiful red roses, chocolates and a lovely ruby heart pendant. The heart pendant was one that I admired whilst we passed a jewelry store window a month or two prior. I had forgotten about it until he gave it to me! He has always been thoughtful that way.
There is one happiness in life, to love and be loved ~ George Sand
Cupid and Psyche at The Louvre, Paris
The best thing in life to hold onto is eachother ~ Audrey Hepburn
Some loves last a lifetime. True love lasts forever ~ unknown
Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistably desired ~ unknown
You know you are in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams ~ Dr Seuss
Wishing you a Valentine's Day filled with love, happiness and champagne!
Au Revoir! xoxo, B
And much happiness and more anniversaries to you! Lovely picture of you and your man on your 40th! You look marvelous.
ReplyDeleteI raise my glass to you and say:
A la vôtre! Anita
Lovely photos, darling B!
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine's Day!
xoxox,
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Happy Valentine's Day! I just stumbled upon our blog via Bonjour Romance. There's a whole lot of loveliness here. I just became a follower and will be back to visit again!
ReplyDeleteI hope you are enjoying your day!
XoXo
Gail
Happy Valentines Day! lovely post
ReplyDeleteKit
soo romantic!
ReplyDeleteKit
Bonjour;
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely couple you make. Lovely black and white images and some of my favorite quotes.
Thank you for your kind wishes, we did have a wonderful day - of course everyday is wonderful when you're in love but then you already know that my friend.
Hope you had a fabulous Valentine's Day!
Cute, lucky you.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful post on Love!:-) You and your husband look like such a happy, beautiful couple! I hope you had a great time this past Sunday!
ReplyDeleteWell, when it comes to hat buying tips for hats I have only one - try it on and see how it makes you feel. Sometimes the most unexpected hats you would never think of wearing become the "it" hat for you. Wishing you wonderful week. :-)
Yes, to love and be loved -- that's it.
ReplyDeleteNow, here come your second and third awards. Please drop by chez moi to pick them up. Merci par avance.
Bonjour ma belle!
ReplyDeleteI hope you had a divine birthday and love weekend!!
Thank you for coming by my Cinderella blog and indulging our fantasies! How we must seize the day to make each step count!
Have a wonderful week of love, beauty and wonder! Anita
i think it's lovely that there is a day entirely devoted to LOVE.
ReplyDeletehope you had a wonderful one!
xox alison