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Let's gather to honor "love as the poetry of the senses"!
(Honore de Balzac)
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To honor Valentine's Day, a love note to the rest of the year (Jo Lightfoot), I offer you my heartnotes to savor. I also invite you to create heartnotes / love notes to add to my Heartnotes Padlet for public viewing.
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lift up your heart
residing within the soul
wrap it in love
©CVarsalona, 2025
This heartnote is a Love's Message postcard from 1912. There is no message on the back, just an address. I created the haiku based on an inspirational thought: Love in all its complexity, is the ethereal beauty that resides within the human soul.
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The above image poem/ekphrastic poem came from nature's surprise as I walked out the door. Voltaire wrote, Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination. The photo is a heartnote to winter on a FotoJet canvas. My imagination allowed me to meld the photo and word choices into another love message.
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"Love is the greatest refreshment in life." - Pablo Picasso
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May everyone enjoy the A Gift of Love postcard sent in 1911.
Love is magical
Gift of one heart to another
souls unveiled
©CVarsalona, 2025
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Very pretty, Carol! Thanks for rounding us up. Here's a love quote for you:
ReplyDeleteThe things that we love tell us what we are.
Thomas Aquinas
Tabatha, thanks for the inspirational quote. I posted it to the Heartnotes Padlet at https://padlet.com/cvarsalona/heartnotes-w1ucc134cvaov4kc from you.
DeleteThese are all lovely, Carol! I can't get the inlinkz to work. I'm in today with a singing Valentine poem
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Linda, your poem, Singing Valentine, is delightful. I placed it on the Heartnotes Padlet with your name attached. I am sorry that you had trouble adding your name to the inlinkz.
DeleteNice, Carol! Thank you so much for hosting us this week. I appreciate the cheerful Valentine spirit of the roundup.
ReplyDeleteSusan, thanks for the comment and your interesting post this week.
DeleteThanks for the love bouquet this week and for rounding us up, Carol!
ReplyDelete"Souls unveiled" — lovely, Carol!
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting, and here's a quote: "Who, being loved, is poor?" ~ Oscar Wilde
Karen, thank you for your inspirational quote. I added a photo from FotoJet along with your name for the Heartnotes Padlet. You can find it at https://padlet.com/cvarsalona/heartnotes-w1ucc134cvaov4kc.
DeleteThanks for hosting today, Carol, and for sharing all these beautiful words and images. I especially love the Voltaire quote.
ReplyDeleteFYI: I've shared my link (after several tries!) but the post won't actually go live for a few hours yet.
Wasn't sure how to add this to the padlet, but here's my quote: "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting, Carol, and for all these wonderful sentiments!
Matt, thank you for the inspirational quote. I paired it with gorgeous winter scenes and placed on the padlet.. You can take a look at your offering at https://padlet.com/cvarsalona/heartnotes-w1ucc134cvaov4kc
DeleteCarol, what a lovely post. I like how in love "souls unveiled" can happen. Your photos and poems are sweet. The icy photo was a great capture, and I love thinking of winter perfecting the scene: "nature's artwork / perfected by winter's love"
ReplyDeleteDenise, when my son and I walked out the door to PT, we were amazed by the icicles on my tree. I have not see icicles since I moved from NY. It was a breathless scene. Then, as we moved along the road to PT we saw another magnificent scene-rows and rows of trees dipped in white. Derek said it was a winter wonderland. I knew that I would not see the icicles later on so I made sure I took a snapshot of nature's beauty.
DeleteThank you, Carol, for slowing us down to savor all these thoughts of love, your own also and the treasures & quotes from long ago. Beautiful images, too. Happy Valentine's Day/Season to you, and appreciations for hosting us this week with your usual panache!
ReplyDeleteRobyn, thank you for stopping by and commenting on my post. I have a small ephemera collection for Valentine's Day. It is one of my treasures. I will read your blog tomorrow and respond.
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