One of my blog muses began simply and has become, while still as interesting both verbally and visually, more intricate and extensive over the past years. Images especially, I was thinking, have become increasingly abstract and even edgy. Meanwhile, mine are icons of a romantic ideal of life. Maybe it's simply different sensibilities, but maybe the one is a better way to face life, less blind-eyed. But on Valentine's Day (late) it's fine to show lovely things.The Valentines pictured above span six decades, more or less. 
When you send a Valentine,
That's the time for fun;
Stick it underneath the door
And run, run, run.
That one's so satisfying to say. Here's another, a brief quotation from something still under copyright, Father Fox's Pennyrhymes, by Clyde and Wendy Watson:
Country Bumpkin
Pick a pumpkin
Put it in your heart:
For little Jenny
Half-a-penny
Valentine sweetheart.
Also from that lovely book is this, intended for the summer fair in its cycle of seasons, but appropriate for this day as well:
Huckleberry, gooseberry, raspberry pie
All sweetest things one cannot buy.
Peppermint candies are six for a penny,
But true love & kisses, one cannot buy any.
"Love's a sweet no money can buy." ~ Father Fox
