How To Disappear Completely

won't you be my valentine?

This year, for our very first Valentine's, Evan and I had similar ideas.

My card for Evan consisted of a hand-sewn book with little cards, envelopes, scrapbook-y things inside. And watercolor on front:

Evan wrote me a lengthy and very amazing letter. He wrapped it in heavy art stock paper. With watercolor on the front:

And he gave me a hydranga bush:

He was a bit nervous that hydrangeas might mean something terrible, but he need not have worried:

The hydrangea’s blossom in the shape of a globe has long attracted many admirers. Japanese legend has it that the emperor once sent a bouquet of hydrangeas to apologize to the family of a girl he loved, his only recorded apology. This radiant flower has come to symbolize earnestness, and is ideal for communicating any heartfelt emotion, from joy to grief.

Finally, I was worried that having a boyfriend this year might mean that my parents wouldn't send me beautiful flowers. But they came! They came!!!

All in all Valentine's was a beautiful day. When I told my sister that Evan and I watched Standing in the Shadow of MoTown, a documentary on The Funk Brothers, or the musicians who made the MoTown sound, she laughed. No chick flicks for us, I suppose. But we watched Paris Je T'aime last week, so we aren't total nerds. :)