February - a month long celebration

February 2010 - I tried an experiment and had fun with it and so this year I am going to repeat it.

I am going to celebrate February with a heart-a-day challenge and link it with each day from last year.

The original old English name for this time of the year was solmonap meaning mud month and seeing how squishy my garden is, it is an excellent name and should be re-instated!

February's present name harkens back Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome circa 700 BC who added both Januarius and Februarius to the Roman calender. Originally Februarius was only 23 - 24 days but in 46 BC, Julius Caesar reformed the Roman calendar by changing the number of days in many months including February making it more like the calender we are used to.. 


The Romans used to celebrate a Festival of Purification on the 15th but more relevant to us today is the February 14th when we celebrate Valentines Day.

Therefore, without further ado, I now present to you today's heart ..............

On a lock on an isolated gate. 

Brought to you by my boys

We had been walking for what had felt like ages and there were some mutterings of mutiny by the boys.

.....I'm tired.....I'm hungry....my little leggies are tired.......are we nearly back yet?....

I made soothing sorts of encouraging replies until we stopped for a bite to eat and a cup of tea where Himself and I sat down expecting the boys to flop down next us but oh no... after a moment or two, they were up and about playing. While they were exploring the area, they found the lock on a gate and excitedly ran back to find us. I wasn't even allowed to finish my cup of tea when I was dragged over with my camera for the all important photo. 


There was a bit of scuffling as they tried to both hold on to the lock.....photo taken.....then we triumphantly went back to our little pit stop, finished our picnic and set off, mutiny forgotten.


February 2010's entry can be found here