Hearts and flowers

The tulips are on their very last legs, with many petals having already fallen and the stems sagging further and further. I bought them on Helena's birthday nearly two weeks ago. It seems fitting today that they are in this vase covered in hearts. The Amaryllis is nearly reaching its ultimate form. Sadly, the tones of the pinks and reds are not very complementary. But I like all the shapes enclosed within this framework.

So here is another Saint Valentine's Day offering to she-knows-who, with the addition of these words - I love you.

Wiki says:
Saint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day, is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs, Saint Valentine, and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD. It was deleted from the Roman calendar of saints in 1969 by Pope Paul VI, but its religious observance is still permitted. It is traditionally a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). The day first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.