{"id":12573,"date":"2022-02-13T06:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/?p=12573"},"modified":"2022-03-09T15:27:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T20:27:17","slug":"loveland-hearts-afire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/loveland-hearts-afire\/","title":{"rendered":"Loveland Hearts Afire"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Loveland didn’t start out as a land of love and romance. A store owner named James Loveland supplied its name. But it has worked hard to justify its “Sweetheart of Ohio” nickname with things like its Valentine Re-mailing Program<\/a>. This year it cranked things up a notch with Hearts Afire Weekend<\/a>. Activities like a date auction, speed dating, and pet adoption filled the pre-Valentine’s Day weekend but for me, the attraction was the ice carving display.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>I photographed nearly all of the twenty-some carvings but am including just a few of my favorites. With the local pro footballers playing in the big game on Valentine’s Day Eve, you knew that there would be a tiger or two in the mix.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Maybe the carving of a frog was inspired by the legend of the Loveland Frog<\/a>. Maybe not.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>There was dancing in the street with Premier Tumbling and Dance<\/a> instigating, and inside City Hall, the King and Queen of Hearts greeted shoppers headed to Heartland Market.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>I grabbed photos of the raw materials and tools waiting in front of city hall for the ice carving demonstrations.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Then returned a little later to watch some of those demos.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>I didn’t stick around for the fireworks but did take advantage of a wonderful opportunity to look at love from both sides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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