Early February, Valentine’s Day, and tales of a long cold winter have givers and recipients thinking; thinking of red, heart shapes, sweet tastes, flowers, words, edibles, strength, and other ways of expressing warmth, fondness, memories, and anticipation. Sending an old photograph of a freshly rained-on orchid arriving by email on a cold morning is grand, too. Dried leaves, photos of yellow anthers on spiderwort flowers or tree bark impressions can be found in photos and nature’s debris. Actions of love, friendship and fondness in nature are just beginning or finishing late. Fondness has its dangers in the animal world when threes a crowd, but most losers live to fight, and maybe mate another day.