Rambling thoughts

Tomorrow is Valentines Day.  Aside from newlyweds and young lovers, it seems the Holiday means the most to the flower and candy industries.Children in school still trade valentines,and early in the century, it was done between friends. Today, it is a multi-billion dollar industry.
Do  you send a valentine?   Long ago, I stopped. I began doing other sorts of things instead.  A  new book for my read-a-holic son.   Later, when he was in College, I made baskets of fruit and tucked some mad money in. 
Candy tends to stay forever here.  None of us has that much sweet tooth, so I try not to buy much.
For me, Valentines Day is the harbinger of Spring.  No matter how cold and dreary it is, I know that Spring is not too far away.  I wait for the signs.  Birds building nests, flowers pushing up through the ground.   A friend told me that his cows will be calving soon.  New calves running and dancing in a field, a sure sign of  spring.
And somehow,  that leads to the indoor rites of spring.  Cleaning, organizing, maybe redecorating.  Its as if we try to renew our surroundings.
I am thinking of renewing some fabrics into aprons. They seem to be out of style , but those Prairie style aprons with big pockets to hold my  treasures are comfortable to wear.  There are many variations of them,  the  Amish style, Frontier style, even the Chef style.  So, today I will look through my stash of fabrics, choose  one that seems right, and begin to lay it out.  Its my way of hurrying spring along.  What do you do to rush spring?