
Over the past couple of days the internet has been literally flooded by Valentine’s Day blog posts and articles of all sorts. Yup, it’s happening. Again. This might surprise you but I love the idea of Valentine’s Day. Although not many people might be aware of this, St Valentine’s Day is in fact a Christian day of remembrance of Valentinus. According to legend, Valentinus was a priest who was performing weddings for people who were forbidden to get married (eg soldiers). He was later imprisoned and sentenced to death. Whilst in prison he fell in love with his jailers daughter and before he was executed he wrote a letter to her which he signed ‘Your Valentine‘. What a heartbreaking story! I don’t particularly appreciate the whole commercialisation of the day however I do love sharing flowers and sweets with the ones I care about. Sweets are quite straightforward but flowers can be a little tricky! Did you know that each flower has a different meaning? What do flowers really mean?