Gift giving in February

So Groundhog’s day has passed and once again Phil is not my friend..  Snow the day after groundhog’s day really didn’t help my mood either.  However, since I don’t care to celebrate the other February holiday I give groundhog’s day gifts.  (yes groundhog’s day gifts)  Apparently I need to work on my delivery skills of said gifts though.  Not all went smoothly.  I had a myriad of reactions. Here are a few examples of the less than perfect ones for instance, I made one person cry, had the child of another recipient run screaming from the door when she came to see who knocked,  and scared another person half to death as she was pulling out of her garage, and yet everyone is still speaking to me so not a total bust….

I was asked though if I were to celebrate the holiday on February 14th what would be a good gift for me.  It was from someone trying to figure out what to get for his girlfriend.  I said I was the wrong person to ask.  I am not the diamonds and roses kinda girl.  I am more of the Zwahlen’s apples and camera equipment kinda girl.  Don’t get me wrong I LOVE getting flowers, because they give me something to photograph in the winter months when nothing outside is blooming,  but why pay a premium for flowers for the holiday.  Never fear though I did help this person come up with some good gift ideas for his GF.

Be sure to share what you are hoping your sweetheart gives you this year…

And since posts are useless without pictures here are a few I snapped recently while out trying to get some shots for another website I was working on.   I can’t wait for spring.  I keep coming up with these great ideas but I need to borrow some kids, bribe some friends to let me take pictures of them and wait for warmer weather to make it all happen.