Happy Valentines Day!

[caption id="attachment_355" align="aligncenter" width="255" caption="Heartfelt Wishes"][/caption]Though it may not be what you think it is.......intruigue and murder or unrequitted love. There are several legends. One has to do with the Roman Emperor Claudius II outlawing marriages because it kept his soldiers from wanting to go fight his wars. St Valentine supposedly kept marrying sweethearts anyway - another legend says it was an attempt by the church to do away with a Pagan harvest ritiual and yet another says St Valentine was a prisoner who fell in love with the jailkeepers daughter and sent her a note expressing his love.

Valentines have been mass produced in America since the 1840's and the tradition dates back to the middle ages in Europe according to history.

No matter which story is true it is always special when you get a chance to tell those closest to you how much they mean to you . So Happy Valentines day!