Happy Valentine's Day

She Wolf Night here and recovered a lot. Thanks everyone for the well wishes and kind hearted warm comments. Special thanks to Violet Dark for making posts here at this blog and keeping it active, especially doing the Spooky Quicks this month. Lots of hugs and kisses to those who've been there. 

Anyway I will try to remember what I was planning to post about! Since we're near the 14th February it's going to be a holiday themed entry, which is easier for me to think of a subject. I've been talking about the origins of Valentines Day so much now so this time I wanted to mention a humorous side to this lovely time of year. 

In Victorian times, most people used to send love letters just as we do now. These were written either plain, perfumed or included small amounts of dried flowers. But also there were some who wanted to play mischief. They sent something offensive and silly to others! They might coat letters in unpleasant smells or tell crude jokes, insults and name calling. They also liked to send Vinegar Valentines cards. These were rude cards, designed to insult and mock someone. The recipient would open their mail and find a cruel Vinegar Valentine card instead of something sweet and romantic. That is just vicious. 

For images of these Vinegar Valentines cards, visit Pinterest HERE 

Wishing everyone a Happy Valentines Day!

She Wolf Night 

Prayers for flying foxes (fruit bats) in Australia's heatwave

This blog should really be about werewolves and lycanthropy all the time, but it's not always. It delves into other aspects of folklore, including paranormal legends and even descriptions of unknown creature/cryptid sightings. It's never posted about anything else much. She Wolf Night's main owner and founder has been unwell recently so Violet Dark, Charlotte Woods, Luna and other friends have sent healing towards her and many others. We'll post about different things in the meantime before She Wolf Night returns.

I wanted to mention the sadness of losing thousands of flying foxes (fruit bats) due to the severe heatwave in Australia in January and February 2026. It's been a shocking discovery that 80% of the bats from the Naracoorte Colony died. Hundreds of flying foxes have been rescued. Quoted from Animal Survival:

"Temperatures over 42 degrees are known to cause mortality in flying foxes, sometimes at Biblical scales,"  said Professor Justin Welbergen, of Western Sydney University and expert in flying foxes. 

This is just awful news. Fruit bats/flying foxes have got a bad reputation as superstitious people associate them with vampires. This is a myth. Flying foxes are actually vegetarians. They're sweet animals and need to be understood properly. Here are some facts on these cute animals with a link to Wild Nomads page. 

The public was advised not to attempt helping the bats alone and instead contact their local wildlife centre or a vet. Members of the public have their hearts in the right places but they're not fully aware of how to handle flying foxes/fruit bats. 

Healing sent to Australia's poor suffering animals ❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹 

Violet Dark

Spooky quicks February 2026

Everyone it's February and things are getting lighter each day gradually. Tonight is a full moon, and an important event because it's happening on the first day of the month. For those interested in the stars and astrology, this moon is happening as it aligns with Leo, giving a warm fiery glow to the winter. People born tonight will have a magical influence of the full moon and Aquarius the Water Bearer. 

Fairy rings are a very sudden sighting, as I've been observing. A perfect circle appeared on the grass in many areas not used by humans or traffic. Small garden lawns, private fields and parks get these fairy rings, often appearing quickly and mysteriously. While they're associated with the paranormal, many offer rational explanations of underground fungus, causing mushrooms to appear. It doesn't always happen in warm seasons, but in winter, due to the wet moist growth movements. And I thought it was made by dancing faerie folk. 

For the land to the sea. Fairy rings can appear in the sea also, believe it or not. Aerial cameras filmed over the Sound of Barra in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. The fairy rings are blue in colour and formed with seagrass showing them as perfect circles. Nicknamed "seagrass doughnuts" because of their shapes, it fascinates and baffles many too. 

From fairy rings to ghosts now, and recently the NHS trust staff have complained that a ghost has been scaring them. Hospice staff at Norwich wanted to call Ghost Busters... no not really, but an exorcist, to get rid of hauntings. The location is believed to have become full of energy as it used to be a children's ward, and staff are feeling afraid. They believe the spirits were once living there and have made themselves known including a small ghost in a red dress.  

Here is one chilling ghost story shared by a Reddit user online. 

A woman says that when her daughter was a baby she experienced a chilling event. While her baby daughter slept in her room, she and her husband could hear the voices of people talking on the baby monitor. The voices commented on the baby sleeping. Concerned parents rushed upstairs to check on their daughter, who was sound asleep and no one else was there. The woman said her husband is convinced that the voices on the baby monitor sounded exactly like his late grandparents. That was a story posted by Ryliesmama.  For more stories like that, visit "20 people describe their creepy ghost stories" on Ranker. 

I will stop there for now. Enjoy the weekend and have a fun Full Moon! 

Violet Dark on behalf of She Wolf Night