Passion Petals

Fortuitously a Christmas present from a friend of an amaryllis bulb is in bloom in time for Valentines Day.
But what’s the origin of Valentine’s Day?
Here is Wikipedia
Here’s AI
“Valentine’s Day originated from a Roman festival, the martyrdom of a saint named Valentine, and the idea that February 14 was the start of the birds mating season.”
All we can say for certain is that the origin of this festival has a murky past lost in the history of time.
 
Thank you all for your interesting comments on yesterday’s blip. None of us know what the future will be like in five years’ time let alone 15 or even 50 or how best to prepare for it such is the speed of technological changes.