As you know, today is Valentine’s Day.
But flowers are still easier to buy than on March 8.
Does anyone remember how I conducted the Puja for Maha Shivaratri many years ago? I had to buy flowers on March 8...
That was when Shiva put me through a full test...
Physically, it looked like this: getting to some flower shop in the city of Oryol where THERE WERE STILL FLOWERS.

It’s funny already....
The search for such a shop took place in some kind of snow-rain...
Making my way through incredible queues in the shop...
Ultimately astonishing the saleswoman with such a huge number of flowers... And answering the question, "Do you know how much all this will cost!!!???"
Catching a taxi.... Fitting in with all the flowers....
Answering the taxi driver’s question, "If it’s not a secret, why do you need SO MANY flowers...."
Unloading....
Arranging everything in jars of water....
Some civilization has now appeared in Oryol, and it’s possible to order online (but another problem has appeared—the internet is periodically blocked). We’re still dealing with difficulties as best we can...
In the end, there will be 108 roses. This is the largest number ever. Moreover, they are divided into two bouquets: 99 roses and 9 roses.
The final number is 999. An odd number.
There will be other flowers besides roses.