Word Weaves

I woke Valentine’s morning to find a beautiful vase full of luscious red roses on my dining room table.  My husband and I don’t usually celebrate that day with any extravagance, so it was a pleasant surprise.  Next to the flowers was a box of chocolates.  My heart was definitely his.  Later that morning I attended an orchid planting workshop at our local garden shop. The weather was picture postcard perfect.  I gathered around tables with a dozen other women, as we learned about potting and caring for the tropical plants.  I chose a white and a fuschia specimen and soon had them nestled in their bed of bark and peat moss.  The orchids are now gracing my back porch.  The roses are on the mantle.  My eye wanders to the petals throughout the day; soothed by their beauty.  Outside, my azaleas and kalanchoe are blooming.  Who could not feel love when surrounded by such intoxicating beauty?