Valentine's Day Rocks

No cooking for today.... but for Valentine's Day, I did something a little different from usual. My friend Lauren and I left little surprises for strangers.

We started by gathering rocks from her yard, the smoothest ones we could find. We brought them inside, washed them, and painted them with hearts. We had about twenty painted rocks in the end.

After the paint dried, we gathered them up, and went to Barnes and Noble's. Very quietly we placed the rocks around the bookstore, some by books we'd read and liked, some by books with nice covers, others in random spots. With a few of the rocks, we hid them so that someone would have to lift books to see them.

It's something simple, a little surprise, but it was worth doing if it helped cheer up someone. We spread them out today so that someone might find one tomorrow, on Valentine's Day.