Saturday, February 14, 2015

A Valentine's Day Post.


The Realities of Life.

Happy Valentine's Day everyone.....well this morning hubby and l were up early, we chatted away over breakfast, our talk full of things we want and need to get done today....l drove off early to do a few garage sales and he went out to the garage to work on a shed he's building. It wasn't until l popped into the supermarket after trawling the sales and visiting Mum that l even remembered it WAS Valentine's day and l only remembered then because there were all these blokes carrying bunches of red roses.....naturally l bought myself some flowers too (pink, not red:-) 'cos any old excuse will do, although today l don't really need one do l:-)
l thought l'd have a laugh and present them to hubby and wish him happy Valentine's but can you believe the roses were already falling apart all over the bench and l didn't want to deal with the mess all those petals would make if l carried them out to the garage so straight into a jug they went...or at least what was left of them did. So romantic aren't we..haha.



l've done a little digging to reveal some facts about Valentine's Day that l hope you'll find at least a little bit interesting:-)

Valentine's day has been around in some form since around 496 AD - more than 1500 years, which is when on February 14th a priest named St Valentine was sentenced to death for having the audacity to perform secret marriages which were illegal at the time. The Roman emperor Claudius was having no end of trouble enlisting men into his army, which he felt was directly due to men that were married not wanting to leave their wives and children to go into battle. Hence the ban.


Valentine's day began to gain mainstream popularity in the early 1800's in England when paper Valentine's were so popular they were assembled in factories, and by 1835, 60,000 of them were sent in Britain despite postage being expensive. Being able to post a Valentine's card meant that people were able to send them anonymously, and because they were anonymous the card companies often made the verses a bit raunchy. In Victorian times it was considered bad luck to sign your card.


Valentines Day is also the day of SAD (Singles Awareness Day) which is meant to be a humorous celebration for people who are single. On this day 15% of all American women will send flowers to themselves.
Most roses for Valentines Day come from South America and around 110 million roses are sent over a three day period....most of them red.
Men are the spendiest of the sexes, averaging around $130 each which is more than twice as much as women. 
Around 8 billion candy hearts are produced as well as l billion cards exchanged. Surprisingly teachers receive the most valentines followed by children, wives and mothers. 
 
Valentines Day will set the scene for 220,000 marriage proposals. 
 
 
 
 
Wishing you all a special and beautiful Valentine's Day no matter how you choose to spend it......


The info in this post was found here and here.



Thanks so much for visiting,

Til next time,

Bron.
 

13 comments:

  1. Bron,
    Lovely Images as always, and the facts about Valentines was interesting. My husband and I got married on Valentines, so of course I love this holiday, it's a 2 in 1 holiday for us- no chance of forgetting anniversaries :-)
    Happy Valentines to you!!
    Teresa
    sugar, spice and whatever's nice

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    1. Thanks so much for stopping by Theresa and for your kind words. Hope you and your hubby had a beautiful Valentines wedding anniversary.

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  2. You certainly have done your Valentine's Day due diligence and homework to Share! I didn't know hardly any of this information so I feel quite enlightened now! *winks* Thanks for stopping by for a Blog Visit and I'm glad your Valentine's Day Gift to Self was something you enjoy. The Man and the G-Kid Force always want Candy so they should be in a sugar coma til' the end of next week with all the treats I got for them. *Ha ha* Your Imagery as always was so lusciously Romantic, you sure know how to set a Mood my Friend! Happy Valentine's Day from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian

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  3. You certainly have done your Valentine's Day due diligence and homework to Share! I didn't know hardly any of this information so I feel quite enlightened now! *winks* Thanks for stopping by for a Blog Visit and I'm glad your Valentine's Day Gift to Self was something you enjoy. The Man and the G-Kid Force always want Candy so they should be in a sugar coma til' the end of next week with all the treats I got for them. *Ha ha* Your Imagery as always was so lusciously Romantic, you sure know how to set a Mood my Friend! Happy Valentine's Day from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian

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    1. Thanks for your lovely comment Dawn and l love popping into your blog to see how things are in the desert with you and the family...Yeh l bet the G-Kids would have loved all that choccy and you could have been gadding about while they were in their sugar coma haha...sounds like fun:-)

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  4. Pretty stuff on your blog, so beautiful! Happy Valentine!
    Janny

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    1. Thanks so much for the Valentine's wishes Janny...hope you had a lovely V-Day as well:-)

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  5. What a great post! I learned something new and got to look at pretty pictures at the same time.Thanks for sharing.

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    1. Thanks so much for popping in here Karen, and for your lovely words it was a pleasure to share the post with you:-)

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  6. Beautiful vignettes! Happy belated Valentine's Day! Thanks for all of the interesting facts! Thankyou also for your sweet comment on my blog - I love to hear from you! I hope the rest of your weekend was wonderful!
    Jennelise xo

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    1. Thanks heaps for stopping by Jennelise and for your kind words, it's a pleasure to visit your blog and see what lovelies you're sharing.....it's always something beautiful and interesting:-)

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  7. Bron I love your pretty tea cups
    and your styled bed looks amazing.

    Michelle

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  8. Hehe......so you like my messy bed hey:-) it was great fun making it look that way. The doona cover is new but it didn't come with pillowcases, luckily l had plenty of florally scraps to make patchwork ones that kind of match. Thanks so much for popping in for a visit and l hope you have a lovely weekend.

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