love the one(s) you're with

There are so many loves in my life...human, animal, plant.  Just two are represented here...Avery and the garden.  Of course, I love those loves I'm not physically with as well...far flung family and friends.  And there are the global loves too...those to whom I send good wishes and protection, even though we've never met.

Valentine's day has never been exclusively about romantic love...not to me.  The celebration (a saint's day, really, I guess) has always been broader and more joyful than that.  I read once that St. Valentine is also considered the patron saint of beekeepers, which I find incredibly cool.  Not that I put much cred in religiosity, because we all know how checkered that history is!

Of course, love is more than just a day.  Hopefully it permeates our lives in its potentially many forms and fashions.  Sending love...