VALENTINE

Somewhere between red Valentine hearts and that Rolling Stones logo with the big curved red tongue, this salacious plant was found yesterday at the botanical garden. I have no idea what it is. I'm more interested in imagery than botany.

It's bitterly cold here by our standards. (Again, no jokes from residents of Frostbite Falls, etc.). There are only a handful of things to do indoors but a new opportunity came around. The Climatron at the botanical garden, that amazing, big, multi-climate geodesic dome, has been reopened on a limited basis. Mrs. C and I took a stroll through yesterday. Since my cupboard is otherwise bare, it looks like days of plants in this space. I promise it will be worth a look.                   

Valentine?

Well, Valentine's Day is associated with passion, isn't it? No better place to give it full vent than at the nightly fire dance show at the beachfront restaurant, Latitude Blue. This was pretty intense. Beautiful, athletic young dancers in slightly kinky costumes, flinging flame around their twisting bodies. At times it made me think of The Rite of Spring.

Robert Frost wrote:

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.

Fire and passion won last night. I got a lot more of these pictures to edit.
                                

STL DPB On The Road: Mass Kissing In Trafalgar Square For Valentine's Day

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An Italian liqueur company organized mass kissing in Trafalgar Square and around the world for Valentine's Day.