Happy Valentine's Day.......

NOTE: If you are reading this and it's still Feb. 14, please excuse that the background has already changed from Valentine's Day to St. Patrick's Day!
I wish everyone a happy day today.....whatever you do...whether it be going out or staying home and relaxing. I hope it's a day for you to do what makes YOU happy.....a day to do things you love and to be with those you love. I know sometimes we are a distance from loved ones, but if they are close to your heart, that is special, too.Yesterday I saw a ROBIN...the first this year and I do believe they signal that spring will soon be here. I saw this when arriving at our church for handbell choir practice and it made the bells sound a little prettier to me to have met Mr. (Mrs.??) Robin on the way into church.Today we will go into that same town...Lewes, Delaware. (Google it to find out more about it...a really charming town.) They will have a big hospitality day with their merchants and restaurants and there will also be a huge craft fair inside the ferry terminal on the bay there. It should be a pleasant day and I'll try to remember to take some pictures.I have had some nice Valentine surprises this week......a card made by my good quilting buddy, Denny, in PA (Miss No Blog!!!). She is a special friend and we have shared many thoughts in recent months. Thanks, Denny. I love this card and will treasure it.The second Valentine surprise was a nice package sent by Sandi (Legacy of Stitches)... the owner of the Wooly Buddies Yahoo group I mentioned here a few days back. Look what she sent....and I made the pincushion from her pattern since she sent it and I love it. (Stop by her WoolyBuddies board by clicking here if you are at all interested in working with wool and wool felt.) She had a wonderful Valentine's swap that I talked about a few days back and you may recall I showed my wonderful package from Jane P. in Maine. (And around that time, I also showed my Valentine swap package from Sandra that was done in Pat Sloan's Yahoo group.) This package below from Sandi contains a really great card she made, too. She is super-talented AND generous. Thanks, Sandi.So...HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY....oh....gee, wait a minute...does that mean I have to wrestle with blogger now and get rid of the hearts and pink here and change my background? UGH....... funny how each month/holiday rolls by so quickly and it's already time to do that again!!!