Hello everyone.
Yes, we know it's Friday and early for our usual post, but as it is Valentine's Day here in the UK, Beverley and D wanted to wish you all lots of love today and thank you for your support as our blogging and visiting friends.
St Valentine's Day is celebrated by those who wish to celebrate it on 14th February each year. The day chosen to celebrate Valentine's Day in the Eastern Orthodox church falls on the 6th July.
Valentine was a priest who lived in 3rd-century Rome and was martyred during the rule of Claudius II. Many stories and legends concerning Valentine exist, one of which suggests that before his execution, Valentine wrote a letter to the daughter of his jailor, whom he had converted to Christianity, signing it 'Your Valentine'.
The celebration of love on St Valentine's Day has evolved over the centuries into the cultural, religious and commercial activity it is today.
If you are celebrating, we hope you have a wonderful day. If it is just another day, may it also have been a happy day for you.
We looked around the house to find a few heart-felt items and found these.
Cards we made in a crafting session.
Cross stitch ' Heart of the Home'
Finally, here is a delicious cheesecake we made for someone we love very much.
Have a lovely weekend, everyone, and enjoy what you do.
Beverley and D
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Very nice post. LOve to see the cake.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Aritha. The cheesecake is delicious.
DeleteA lovely Valentines Day post.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed seeing the décor around your home and that cake looks delicious.
Have a good weekend, I'm hoping to see some sunshine after the very grey week it's been ... we shall see.
All the best Jan
Glad you enjoyed the hearts post, Jan. The garland was made several years ago not long after I lost my mum and it holds special memories of those dearest to me. The cheesecake is delicious but I am
Deletetrying to ignore the calorie content for a day or two. Sunshine this week would be lovely. Hope it shines in your corner.
Cards, cake, count me in. Yum and fun. Happy Valentine's Day!
ReplyDeleteHello Ivy. Normally we make a conventional cake for Valentine's day but cheesecake is my hubby's favourite. So how could I refuse! Hope you enjoyed your day too :-)
DeleteI totally get that. I recently bought a new spring form pan to make hubby one as well. Though he can't have dairy so it'll be a non-dairy "cheese" cake. Still fun!
DeleteWeekend started off wonderful and then he got sick. He's on the mend now.
Cheesecake is always a favourite . I'm sorry your hubby has been unwell but I'm glad he's on the mend now.
DeleteThank you. He ended up giving it to me and now we're both going strong again.
DeleteGlad you are both tip top again x
DeleteI just adore those crocheted hearts. What a perfectly lovely idea. Xx
ReplyDeleteI think the hearts were one of my first crochet projects, so they are special for lots of reasons. Glad you like them too x
DeleteThat's so interesting and love all these beautiful hearts. Absolutely smashing!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed wandering around the house looking for all the hearts. Have a good week and hopefully no more snow for you x
DeleteWow what beautiful cards you've made..and that cheese cake looks delish.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Chris. I enjoy making cards but I don't make them as often as I used to. I still enjoy giving and receiving a homemade card. Our son and his wife visited this afternoon so we were able to share some of the cheesecake with them. Ther's not much left now sadly.
DeleteIt looks like you had a wonderful Valentine's Day... yes, such a small cake is a must for this day.
ReplyDeleteAnd I love the hearts/flower garland as well as the “Heart of the House” cross stitch.
Best wishes to you - have a good rest of the winter. It's over 10 degrees below zero today and the snow is glittering in the sun. I'm happy... very happy :-)))
And I wish that for both of you... you three :-)))
Brrr, it is very cold where you are but hopefully you are enjoying some skiing days, Viola. Glad you enjoyed seeing all our hearts and thank you for you kind wishes to us all. Happy days to you xx
DeleteI love the idea of including the names of loved ones inside the hearts, how lovely. The cheesecake looks scrummy.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jo. The hearts garland is very special to me. The cheesecake was a no-bake version, very easy to make and was eaten very quickly!
DeleteLove the info about Valentine! And loving the cheesecake!
ReplyDeletehugs
Donna
Hello Donna. I'm glad you found the info interesting. Cheesecake is my hubbys favourite and he is always happy when a fresh one has been made :-).
DeleteHope you are all doing Ok.
Very interesting! Here in Wales we have our own version of St Valentine's Day... Ours is St Dwynwen's Day "Dydd Santes Dwynwen" on 25th January.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that Wales had their own version. Does that mean you can celebrate twice :-)
DeleteGoodness, I missed this post, lots of lovely heart shaped crafting and the cheesecake looks delicious, I hope you enjoyed the day:)
ReplyDeleteYes we did, thank you x
DeleteSo many different hearts, I love to hear the story of Valentine. When my 2 boys were at the primary school, the head used to tell the tale each year.
ReplyDeleteIt was fun to go round the house looking for all the hearts.
DeleteIt had been many years since I last heard the story of brave and faithful Valentine and it was good to be reminded of him on our visit to St Albans.