Hearts And Flowers

 When I got to the county line on my walk today, this was hanging from a mailbox support and of course I had to take its picture. The sweet guy who lives in the house there likes to decorate and I appreciate it. 

This church was also sporting hearts and I appreciated that too. The sky was that beautiful today. 

One of the things that Glen does for me is to make the coffee every night before he goes to bed. Well, he sets it up so that it will brew in the morning. And sometimes he leaves me sweet notes and he left me one this morning for Valentine's. I have those notes (mostly written on index cards) all over this house. Candie, my cleaner, wanted me to somehow display them but I prefer to just tuck them here and there. I probably should at least get a pretty box to put them in. 

He had to go to town early-ish to meet with the guy who helps him with his workout routines and so after my walk, I started in on the pavlova. For some reason, I was nervous about it. I've had pavlovas fall into very shallow and gummy circles before and I did not want that to happen today. It's so humid here but today's humidity was only 35% so I figured this was my best shot. 
Here's an incredibly wonky picture of what it looked like before it went into the oven. 

I swear I was not drunk. 

Once I got that squared away and baking, I rolled the ganache for the truffles. They turned out nicely. 

Somehow all of this took me most of the day. I also started a loaf of bread to go with our supper. 

I do not have great hopes for proper rising but a girl can dream.

And then the man got home and he started bringing in presents and you know what? I have the hardest time receiving gifts. My gifts to him are so simple- sweet things to eat and a card- and he's giving me roses and my favorite espresso and he got lobster tails for our Valentine's Day supper and he brought home some hardware that he thought might work for my pot-hanging wall and I was just so overwhelmed. 
I mean, he brought home an entire truck load of compost the other day! What more could a girl want? 
I am overwhelmed. 

In other news, August has covid and Levon probably does too. Either that or something else. He did not test positive but those boys live in each other's spaces and faces and by the way, Jessie's sick too although she has not tested herself. 
Sigh. 

Anyway, it's been a sweet Valentine's Day and I even finished my little patch. 

Another good example of funky and wonky. Oh well. It's cheerful. And here's how the pavlova turned out. I am happy with it.

I have mixed fruit to go on top. 

I haven't answered comments today as I've been a little busy but I'll try to get to that at some point. 

Meanwhile- will you be my Valentine? Please?

Love...Ms. Moon