Gleaning Facebook: My Valentine

 Happy Valentine's Day to the love of my life!

We've been going through boxes and boxes of pictures this week and I've been scanning some. This one is a little fuzzy but captures the brilliant, kind, beautiful young woman I talked into marrying me fifty years ago.

I am a fortunate fellow.

Leatrice Michelle Carter

Betty Smith Franklin amen

Ann Perkins Niemeier She’s wonderful and devoted wife & mother! 

Jane Nelson Risdon

Angela Greear Lucky indeed

Carl Franklin You are indeed a lucky man. 

Michael J. Burton Remember her the first time she came up the steps to my classroom in cave springs

Sandra Popham Indeed you are!

Mary Nisbet Asbury She hasn’t changed a bit!

Mike Bock very nice !

Christie Hufstedler Boyd You are a very lucky man!

Gleaning Facebook: Valentine Tree

From Stacy Cates: Happy Valentine's Day from Burwell Creek.

 

Valentine Roses for the Women in my Life

These five gorgeous roses were created for my sister Joan of Daddy's Roses by her granddaughter and my Very Grand Niece. I borrow them on this St. Valentine's Day to celebrate the women in my life, including my five wonderful sisters. (Joan, would you ask my VGN her fee for the electronic use of the roses?)

Since I have waxed sappy on more than one occasion about my Supreme Valentine and my Two Darling Daughters and my Marvelous Mama, I'll stop with:

Happy Valentine's Day!

Time Machine:

We found this little poem in 2024 among my Mother's papers in very rough form. She likely recopied it with further edits for Daddy on the Valentine's Day of their fortieth year of marriage -- 1978.

 

Happy Valentine's Day

                    by Ruth Baird Shaw 

Happy Valentine's Day, My Love!

This verse is from my heart.

I could not find a card just right

At Rich’s or Kmart.

So with my pen and paper,

Sans talent and sans time,

I wrote for you this love note

In my infamous rhyme.

How do I say I love you

With words that your heart hears?

Browning counted up the ways;

I’ve totaled up the years.

How do I love thee?

Let me underscore

That 40 years count all the ways

That Browning named -- and more!

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