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Friday, July 17, 2009

Here I gooooo!

photo taken by my son last week, as I went to gather dinner in the garden. He's lobbying for his own camera... and making a good case!

I'm off to go eat cake, dance under the stars, drink wine... and turn 40! All with my sweet family and good friends at my side. Doesn't seem so hard, yet! See you in my next decade... ahem... Monday. Happy weekend to you!
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71 comments:

  1. the nestJuly 17, 2009 at 12:57 PM

    Happy, happy Birthday!! I hope you enjoy every minute of your celebratory weekend!

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  2. JoanneJuly 17, 2009 at 1:15 PM

    Happy Birthday!

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  3. RosaMaríaJuly 17, 2009 at 1:24 PM

    happy birthday!!! that picture is beautiful!

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  4. Wyld Jane..July 17, 2009 at 1:25 PM

    have a lovely time xx

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  5. Margie OomenJuly 17, 2009 at 1:28 PM

    Have the best weekend an awesome birthday music festival can bring. The next decade will be spectacular!! All our love margie, ray and family, the three kitties and of course fern.

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  6. CassieJuly 17, 2009 at 1:33 PM

    Happy Birthday! It sounds like it's going to be a lovely one...

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  7. theveryflowersJuly 17, 2009 at 1:43 PM

    Sweet and happy birthday wishes to you, Maya! Enjoy every wonderful moment. :)

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  8. AnnaJuly 17, 2009 at 2:34 PM

    I love the stones. All you need is a red hoody and you would seem to be on your way to grandma's. Happy birthday. Love to you. Anna

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  9. KaranngutanJuly 17, 2009 at 2:50 PM

    Happy Birthday to you!
    Thanks again for all the great stuff you share through this blog.
    Always inspiring!

    Cheers!

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  10. AnonymousJuly 17, 2009 at 2:53 PM

    Fantastic attitude about your birthday! I have one coming up in a couple of weeks. Need to be more positive about it. Thanks for the reminder!! Happy birthday!

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  11. amybluestarJuly 17, 2009 at 2:57 PM

    Have an awesome birthday! Loving this picture -

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  12. JannetteJuly 17, 2009 at 3:21 PM

    Happy birthday! And your son has captured that very well, hasn't he.. How lovely.

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  13. LoriJuly 17, 2009 at 3:28 PM

    Yay! Happy birthday! 40 feels great. Just ate cake, drank wine, celebrated with friends myself. Here's to a beautiful weekend :)

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  14. Sarah BonnJuly 17, 2009 at 3:38 PM

    Happy Birthday! I'll be dancing to celebrate my best friend's birthday this weekend, too - salsa dancing!

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  15. PamJuly 17, 2009 at 3:42 PM

    Happy Birthday! Wishing you health and happiness in your new decade.

    And tell your son, "What a picture!" He has captured you looking so carefree yet on a mission.

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  16. BJuly 17, 2009 at 3:44 PM

    If your son got that picture of you I think he needs his own camera. That is a good image. Just tell him to make sure he makes a million and loves what he does with it. :)

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  17. walter and meJuly 17, 2009 at 4:01 PM

    Woo hoo! Happy Forty! I can tell you that the forties are a great decade...

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  18. FancyPants-designJuly 17, 2009 at 4:04 PM

    Happy birthday. That's a great pic your son took. looks like the kid has talent -- I say yes he should get a camera ;)

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  19. KirstyJuly 17, 2009 at 4:09 PM

    Happy, happy birthday maya. I hope that your birthday weekend is utterly gorgeous!

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  20. jenniferJuly 17, 2009 at 4:22 PM

    happy happy day, maya! enjoy your weekend and welcome to 40 :)
    p.s. i think your boy is making a good case for a camera.

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  21. Lisa-MarieJuly 17, 2009 at 4:29 PM

    Happy Birthday! I hope it is full of fun and frivolity!

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  22. gonzomamaJuly 17, 2009 at 4:42 PM

    happy birthday! i think of every birthday as a new beginning - so a new decade has even more potential.

    and i have to agree that yes, your son is making quite the case for his own camera. great capture!

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  23. ReginaJuly 17, 2009 at 4:47 PM

    I hope your birthday is beautifully splendid! May all your wishes come true! :)

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  24. heather janeJuly 17, 2009 at 4:48 PM

    Happy Birthday! We cancer girls gotta make the most of these dreamy July birthdays!

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  25. Between Hitching PostsJuly 17, 2009 at 5:23 PM

    The music festival looks awesome. Have a great time.
    HaPpy BiRtHdAy!

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  26. staceykt22July 17, 2009 at 5:48 PM

    Have a beautiful birthday Maya!

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  27. NikkiJuly 17, 2009 at 6:23 PM

    Happiest of happy birthdays, Maya! You sound like you're ready to face the next decade (nearly a year on, I'm still struggling with the concept!).

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  28. AnonymousJuly 17, 2009 at 6:26 PM

    Happy Birthday Maya! Have SO MUCH FUN celebrating your beautiful life!
    So much love, xo abby

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  29. mrs boo radleyJuly 17, 2009 at 6:55 PM

    happy
    happy
    happy
    happy

    (times ten!)

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  30. NanaBeastJuly 17, 2009 at 7:34 PM

    This is the most BEAUTIFUL photo I've seen lately, and that is saying a lot as I'm a Flickr-Lurker!

    HapPY bIrtHdAy tO YoU!

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  31. JessicaJuly 17, 2009 at 8:13 PM

    Happy Birthday! :)

    My son wants a camera too, he's 8. Hubby and I think we might get him a digital for his birthday in September. ;)

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  32. ELKJuly 17, 2009 at 9:18 PM

    it
    only
    get
    better
    from
    here
    ...
    elk

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  33. Julie AlvarezJuly 17, 2009 at 11:10 PM

    Risking on being repetitive here...:
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAYA!
    Such a happy way to enter such a happy and strong time of a woman's life.

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  34. Kimm BranchJuly 17, 2009 at 11:12 PM

    happy birthday***
    have a great time at the festival!
    forty is fabulous!

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  35. Kimm BranchJuly 17, 2009 at 11:13 PM

    i will have a little wine and chocolate in honor of you my nirvana friend. miss you!

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  36. hsing3kinderJuly 17, 2009 at 11:20 PM

    Happiest of birthdays to you Maya!
    ~ many blessings ~

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  37. BonnieJuly 17, 2009 at 11:51 PM

    Happy Birthday, Maya! I know it is your birthday, but I think you son has earned his camera. Great photo!

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  38. ShaletJuly 18, 2009 at 12:19 AM

    I'd say your son has a photographic eye! Happy happy birthday!

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  39. Snippety GibbetJuly 18, 2009 at 3:23 AM

    Ah, it's my birthday weekend too. Happy 40th. My 40's were the best decade so far, so enjoy!

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  40. CherylJuly 18, 2009 at 3:44 AM

    This is a gorgeous picture! Well done to your son. And happy birthday! I feel like every year gets better don't you?

    Jealous of the cute books and light sweater and all that lush green. We have been living in the UAE the last year, in the desert, and it has been unbearably hot lately AND has not rained for many months. I long for rain. But we're coming back home in 2 weeks! It better rain.

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  41. Sonia / COZY MEMORIESJuly 18, 2009 at 4:45 AM

    Ooooh my friend, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you, girl !
    Fourty marks the first third of your life ... wow. :) Wishing you two other thirds even more fun than the first one !
    Have the most awesome time, my sweet friend. Will be thinking about you xoxoxoxo

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  42. LOVE STITCHING REDJuly 18, 2009 at 8:23 AM

    Happy birthday - the forties are not so bad as they used to be .....

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  43. Mellow Mama KJuly 18, 2009 at 9:36 AM

    I was going to stop by and tell you how fascinating I find your blog and then realized I could also wish you a happy birthday?! Nice :) I hope you had a great time and I thank you for being such an inspiring person. :)
    <3

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  44. RowenaJuly 18, 2009 at 9:46 AM

    Happy Birthday! I'll be 40 next year. I'm looking forward to it. I hear it's great.

    And your boy has a good eye. That's a great picture... and so clearly not one of your own. He's got his own voice already... how old is he?

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  45. AnonymousJuly 18, 2009 at 10:15 AM

    Happy Birthday! 40 is good...and your 50's will be awesome. Trust me! (I know!) Great pic...he does deserve a camera!

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  46. AprylJuly 18, 2009 at 11:17 AM

    here I go again on my own travelling down the only road I've ever known.... er... ahem thats going to be stuck in my head all day now..

    Happy birthday! hope you have a lovely weekend!

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  47. gretchenJuly 18, 2009 at 11:50 AM

    Maya, wishing you the happiest of b-days...
    xoxox,
    Gretchen (from Squam)

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  48. Quince and QuireJuly 18, 2009 at 1:07 PM

    Have a wonderful celebration!

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  49. inbal weismanJuly 18, 2009 at 2:12 PM

    Have a Happy 40's Birthday!

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  50. a Cagey BeeJuly 18, 2009 at 2:33 PM

    Happy birthday from one of your fellow fishies! :)

    Hope you had a lovely day.

    Kris

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  51. MollyJuly 18, 2009 at 6:06 PM

    forty and fabulous! happy birthday! i can't wait to turn 40. you'll have to tell me all about it.

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  52. zukzukJuly 18, 2009 at 7:41 PM

    Many happy returns of the day Maya!

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  53. Grace@PoeticHomeJuly 18, 2009 at 10:12 PM

    Happy, happy birthday sweet Maya! I hope all of your birthday wishes come true!!

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  54. blue mossJuly 18, 2009 at 10:49 PM

    happy, happy birthday and happy weekend
    great pic by your son :)
    michelle

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  55. Journeying FiveJuly 19, 2009 at 12:39 AM

    happy 40, it's not so bad, i just turned it 26 days ago, not that i am counting!

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  56. cupcake studioJuly 19, 2009 at 4:31 AM

    Wishing you JOY! Happy Birthday!

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  57. jenJuly 19, 2009 at 11:33 AM

    Thanks for stopping by my new blog!!! Your post was so sweet! And, I'm so happy to hear from you, your blog is one of my fav's. :)

    PS - I still remember the first camera I got when I was a kid... so, I'm all for your son getting his own camera!!!

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  58. Eliane ZimmermannJuly 19, 2009 at 3:55 PM

    he deserves a camera, what a lovely shot, really atmospheric! and congrats to your new decade, you are so young, a decade less than me, you lucky one!

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  59. blairJuly 19, 2009 at 11:20 PM

    Happy Birthday dear Maya! It sounds grand (and being 40-ish myself, I say you're in for a great decade! xo

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  60. EliseJuly 19, 2009 at 11:55 PM

    Happy 40th birthday Maya. Fabulous and forty - enjoy!

    Elise

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  61. lisa :: the red threadJuly 20, 2009 at 1:21 AM

    Happy happy Birthday Maya... it's all good on the other side of the big FOUR OH!
    I hope you had a wonderful birthday weekend.
    Lisa
    x

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  62. ♥ tmJuly 20, 2009 at 8:14 AM

    Happy, happy, happy birthday.
    Muitos parabéns
    :)

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  63. LeslieJuly 20, 2009 at 9:07 AM

    Oh, I missed it! I hope it was an awesome celebration.

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  64. Blossoms GirlJuly 20, 2009 at 1:33 PM

    Happy Birthday Maya!!! Tons of happiness for you!

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  65. AG AmbroultJuly 20, 2009 at 3:22 PM

    ohhh...I wish I had to walk as far as you do to your garden! what a glorious yard you have! happy birthday to you!

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  66. LianeJuly 20, 2009 at 9:04 PM

    wow..there's a lotta comments here maya! so much internet love for the birthday girl:) xx

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  67. Marisa and Creative ThursdayJuly 21, 2009 at 2:02 AM

    happy birthday, dear, sweet Maya. Every time I visit you here, I'm reminded of how lucky I am to have met you at Squam. lots & lots of LOVE to you as you enter your new decade, and, well, always.

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  68. arounnaJuly 21, 2009 at 12:34 PM

    Happy Birthday Maya,
    great photo!

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  69. PinaJuly 24, 2009 at 8:13 AM

    Happy belated birthday! I had mine on Sunday. The 40th, too. :)

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  70. LisaJuly 31, 2009 at 9:38 AM

    Happy, happy birthday to you, a little late! I hope you had the most beautiful day, it is my turn next March, 40 is a milestone in many ways of course but a rather wonderful one I think?
    XXX

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  71. debAugust 4, 2009 at 9:51 PM

    Well Happy Belated Birthday Maya! I hope it was the *best* one yet!

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