Today is not going to be an easy Valentine’s Day. A lot of humans have had to cancel their plans because of bad weather, including the flame-haired one. She has been complaining nonstop since Thursday! Me, I haven’t been outside since last week because it’s too cold and there’s all sorts of birds and squirrels and who knows what else out in the back yard! A cat’s work is never done and I can’t do my work until the temperature gets back above freezing! Meh!
But Valentine’s Day isn’t about what you do or where you go. It’s about loving what you love. Some humans love other humans. Me, I love Temptations snacks, playing with my toys, and sleeping 10 hours a day. That’s what Valentine’s Day is all about to me.
Whatever Valentine’s Day is about to you, we all hope that you are having a good and a safe one! Happy Valentine’s Day to all! Be kind to those you love and never, ever forget the cats and the humans in your life!
There’s a story that goes along with this picture but I’m not sure if I’m allowed to tell it. So, I’ll just all of you the happiest of Valentine’s Days!
As everyone knows, Valentine’s Day can be difficult when you’re single. Everyone around you is in love and you’re just trying to find something good to watch on Netflix. If you are among those who are single today, do not worry and do not despair. You’re not the first person to find yourself in this situation and you’re not alone. The path to true love is never an easy one to travel but the destination makes the trip worth it. To help you on your journey, here are some vintage romance comic covers. Even in the 1950s and the 1960s, Valentine’s Day wasn’t for everyone.
Finding love is not always easy.
And sometimes, you have to first discover who you are before you become a part of a couple.
But don’t worry because when you find love and you find the right person to share it with, it’s all worth it.
As Jane Austen once said, “There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”
From the humans and the cat at the Shattered Lens to all of you, happy Valentine’s Day!
Some people, like the flame-haired one, love this day while the others, like almost all of the silly humans on twitters, hate this day. Of course, if you’re a cat, every day is Valentine’s Day!
Whether you’re celebrating, observing, or denouncing this day, here’s hoping that it’s a good one for you and all of your loved ones!
Today, we wish love and happiness to every single one of you. Over the last ten years, those of us here at the Shattered Lens have talked about the movies and the TV shows and the books and the music and the performers that we love but in the end, the most important love is the love that we have for each other and for those of you who have been kind enough to read our thoughts.
From the humans and the cat here at the Shattered Lens, thanks you!
Love takes many strange forms, none more strange than the obsessive love Don Jose has for the Gypsy temptress Carmen in THE LOVES OF CARMEN, Columbia Pictures’ biggest hit of 1948. The film, based on Prosper Merimee’s 1845 novella and Georges Bizet’s famous opera, reunites GILDA stars Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford with director Charles Vidor, and though it’s in glorious Technicolor and set in 1800’s Spain, it’s got a lot of film noir elements going for it: there’s the protagonist caught in a rapidly moving downward spiral, the amoral femme fatale, crime, murder, and a bleak, downbeat ending. Think I’m stretching a bit? Let’s take a look…
Young nobleman Don Jose arrives in Seville with a dragoon squadron, a corporal with political ambitions and a bright future ahead of him… until he meets Carmen, a gorgeous red-haired Gypsy who is an expert manipulator. Jose is enchanted by this free-spirited…
Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown may not be as acclaimed or well-known as It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown or A Charlie Brown Christmas but it’s one of my favorite of the Peanuts holiday specials. It has a very important lesson to teach us all.
It’s all about faith.
Hardly anyone in Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown has a good Valentine’s Day. None of them should have been surprised. All of the Charlie Brown holiday specials are about how days like Halloween, Christmas, and Thanksgiving rarely live up to our expectations. Why should Valentine’s Day be any different?
Charlie Brown shouldn’t have been surprised when he went home empty-handed. Sure, he thought he’d get a lot of valentines. He even brought a briefcase to school with him because he was expecting to get so many. After Schroeder handed out all of the valentines, Charlie Brown even went to big red box and turned it upside down. There was nothing for Charlie Brown. There’s never anything for Charlie Brown.
And Linus shouldn’t have been surprised when his teacher left school before he could give her that big heart-shaped box of candy. After spending all of those Halloweens in a sincere pumpkin patch and waiting for the Great Pumpkin, Linus should have been used to the disappointment.
And Lucy should know that she’ll never be able to compete with Scroeder’s love of msic, no matter how many times she destroys his piano or tells him that Beethoven was overrated.
In the world of Charlie Brown, only Snoopy gets what he wants but he’s a dog so he doesn’t want much. All he has to worry about is keeping Woodstock happy, finishing his new book, and shooting down the Red Baron.
But they never give up. None of them. No matter how wishy-washy or crabby they may be, all of them keep the faith. None of them surrender their hope. That’s the lesson of every Peanuts holiday special but it’s especially the lesson of Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown. Someday, the teacher will accept Linus’s gift. Someday, Schroeder will learn to appreciate Lucy’s finer qualities. Someday, Sally will be able to make a Valentine just as impressive as Snoopy’s
And someday, maybe today, Charlie Brown will finally get that Valentine!
Never lose hope. Never give up. That’s a good lesson for Valentine’s Day. That’s a good lesson for any day.
From the humans and the cat at the Shattered Lens to all of you, happy Valentine’s Day!
Some people, like the flame-haired one, love this day while the others, like almost all of the silly humans on twitters, hate this day. Of course, if you’re a cat, every day is Valentine’s Day!
Whether you’re celebrating, observing, or denouncing this day, here’s hoping that it’s a good one for you and all of your loved ones!
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