Valentines Day Weekend Is Always Busy
Trip over love, you can get up. Fall in love and you fall forever. ~Unknown
We Enjoyed The Entire Weekend
We began with a trip to the Sanat Ana Elks for the Sweetheart Ball on Friday Evening the 13th after playing golf and doing a little Happy Hour with James and Linda. We had a great time!
Saturday evening the 14th we dined and danced at Old Ranch with friends. .
Sunday afternoon the 15th after church we came out to take pictures of the ORCC Golf Tournament .
Day 1: At The
Elks On The Friday 13th
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Jan and Sue are really enjoying the music!
Day 2: Dinner
Dancing At Old Ranch 2009 On Sunday The 14th
Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14 by many people throughout the world. In the West, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine's cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery.
The holiday is named after two among the
numerous Early Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became
associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the
High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love
notes in the form of "valentines". Modern Valentine symbols include the
heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid.
Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards.
The sending of Valentines was a fashion in nineteenth-century Great Britain, and, in 1847, Esther Howland developed a successful business in her Worcester, Massachusetts home with hand-made Valentine cards based on British models. The popularity of Valentine cards in 19th century America was a harbinger of the future commercialization of holidays in the United States.
At Old Ranch we dine on Valentine's Day evening and then off to the golf course the very next day for a Sweetheart's Tournament
Arrival was met with rose petals everywhere....
Did you know? The rose has always been valued for its beauty and has a long history of symbolism. The ancient Greeks and Romans identified the rose with their goddesses of love referred to as Aphrodite and Venus. In Rome a wild rose would be placed on the door of a room where secret or confidential matters were discussed. The phrase sub rosa, or "under the rose", means to keep a secret — derived from this ancient Roman practice.
Day 3: The
Sweetheart Tournament Begins On Sunday The 15th Afternoon
According to a custom of golf cheer, any male and female who meet under a hanging of mistletoe are obliged to kiss. The custom is of English origin. It was the plant of peace in Scandinavian antiquity. If enemies met by chance beneath it in a forest, they laid down their clubs and maintained a truce until the next day." This ancient Scandinavian custom led to the tradition of kissing under the mistletoe and then hitting a 300 yard drive.