Thursday, January 21, 2010

Birthdays and anniversaries...


Today is January 21st and on top of it being my birthday (and a VERY important one !!) it's also the anniversary of the death of Louis the XVIth. He was guillotined around 10 am on January 21st 1793 on Place de La Révolution (Revolution Square) which was renamed Place de La Concorde in 1795 (read the whole story here). So guess where I went to take a photo last night?! It's not very good, but at least it's appropriate!

124 comments:

  1. Joyeux ciquantième anniversaire Éric ! ! !

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  2. Happy Birthday Eric dahling! :D xxxxx
    What a fabulous shot, I really adore this one - one of your best. Mwah!

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  3. A very fitting photo. The lights from the lamp posts look like candles burning atop a birthday cake baked specially for you.

    Happy Birthday, Eric. A momentous day, indeed.

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  4. Joyeux anniversaire, Eric!!
    And at least as many years ahead.
    Who will think a second to Louis the XVIth today? Tell me? Everyone will only think of you!
    Je t'embrasse.

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  5. Not very good? It's fabulous, and so are you dear Birthday Boy. Happy 50th.

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  6. Happy Birthday!
    Happy Birthday!!
    Happy Birthday!!!

    This photo is FABULOUS, as are you. It looks as though everyone has come to la Place to celebrate!

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  7. Oh ! ! and another thing Eric, I found one or two shots of you in a few different countries and you may like to see yourself on Adelaide Daily Photo when you wake in the morning.

    (they are not those you have already seen).

    Happy, Happy Birthday, cobber.

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  8. Yes Suzy, in fact I'm pretty sure that by the end of the day the crowd of us will have filled la place de la concorde.

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  9. Bon anniversaire, Eric! I think it's a wonderful photo—and appropriate, as you say (at least for Louis). Glad you didn't try the perspective here. It's dangerous enough without that! I have a message for you on my blog, so I'll be back in six hours (when it's the 21st here) with a link. Meanwhile, hope you'll be having a big celebration --

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  10. Happy birthday! I’ll bet you are surprised that I could find a photo of your birthday cake. Fifty candles!

    It seems that many people have lost their heads over your blog.

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  11. Tall Gary,

    You are very creatif, but I think the candles, they will melt.
    We must sing happy birthday before they are blown out !

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  12. There is nothing else to say but Bonne Anniversaire, Happy Birthday. I'm still going to sneak up on you...

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  13. Oh, I don't know, I kind of like this shot!

    Happy b'day Eric, and many more to come.

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  14. Happy birthday, Eric, and many more.

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  15. Feliz Cumpleanos Eric. Really 50? Damn you look good.

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  16. Eric,
    Happy birthday from Bangkok; I hope your day is filled with joy. Paris Daily Photo makes me smile every single day. Thanks for the lovely gift of your blog!

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  17. It's your birthday, Eric, and you make us a gift of this terrific photo.

    A Happy Big Five-Oh to you and many, many more!

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  18. Happy Birthday from Sydney Eric. And like others, I'd also like to thank you for the reminder of Paris that you give to us every day. Have a wonderful day. P.S. I also love this photo - it's great.

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  19. Bonne Anniversaire Eric du Kentucky.
    50 est pas si mal.....

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  20. Joyeux anniversaire, et merci encore une fois de toutes vos photos!

    Amicalement,

    Marie

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  21. Eric, I hope your birthday is as joyous as are the days you bring us with PDP. And you're going to like being 50! I know, I've been 50 for years.

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  22. Monna said it best"thanks for the gift of your blog" and Cali noticed the birthday candles.
    A most Happy Birthday from your Southwestern(not Carcassone)girlfriend.

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  23. .. bonne anniversaire, Eric. I like this photo. BTW: It is only an 'important' birthday if you use a base 10 number system, which is rather arbitrary. I just had an even more 'important' birthday myself. We have plenty to celebrate, fellow Capricorn.

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  24. A very Happy Birthday to you!!! Of course, you're fast asleep into the day after by now.....but hope that your day was a very special one.

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  25. Oh I"m late. Pardon mon cher ami! I was squeezing into my trés chic dress just for your joyeux anniversaire! Pop one more cork pour moi!

    And that photo is fab so don't apologize.

    Salut Eric!
    V

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  26. Have a wonderful Birthday Eric! Thank you for this awesome photo.

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  27. Hope you've had a great birthday, Eric! Like others, I like this photo, too. It's perfect in B&W. (The reflections remind me of candles...on a cake :))

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  28. Happy Birthday! Thanks for brightening each day for me with your great photos. They bring back great memories of Paris for me every day!

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  29. Happy Birthday Eric.
    It's a beautiful photo.
    Enjoy the day!

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  30. BONNE ANNIVAIRSAIRE, ERIC!!! I'm just getting to log on after work, so let me add my late best wishes. I hope your draining the last drops of your best champagne, that you don't have to go to work in the morning, and that you're dreaming of all the wonderful things you'll do now that you're 50 for the first time! (I agree with Petrea!) May all the joy you've given us come back to you a hundred times.

    And, the photo is not so great??? Are you kidding us? I think its wonderful -- another home run. You do your city proud. Merci, merci.

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  31. So one man is beheaded on this day and one man is eating his cake. That's grand! Don't you just love Paris. Sounds like a joke is bubbling to get out from this one...hmmm, Marie Antoinette, cake...bread...no no, I'll let it go and just wish you the Greatest of Birthdays. Remember now that you're fifty, you must not blow out the cake and eat the candles, but ... ah, you'll figure it out. ;-) Cheers my man! We salute you.

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  32. Happy Birthday camera man
    May your birthday wish come true!

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  33. Many, many happy returns of the day. I'm glad you were born and even more glad you started a blog!

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  34. I like the photo. I think it's good. It looks nostalgic -- probably because you chose B&W. I love that Ferris wheel. It is a monster. I have never seen such a big Ferris wheel in my life. When I first saw it I was riding in a cab -- I almost didn't believe my eyes. I had to confirm with the cab driver what I was seeing. He said, Oh yeah, the Ferris wheel. Yeah, it's big alright. He sees it every day. Do you think if there was a big huge storm that it would blow over? Spooky :-s He said, no. It's okay -- don't worry.

    Merci for the history of "Revolution Square". I love history.

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  36. Eric -- I left you a message on my blog.
    (Thanks for the suggestion, Petrea.)
    Bisoux . . .

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  37. Did I suggest that? Oh for heaven's sake. When you've been 50 as long as I have, the memory starts to go.

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  38. Happy Happy Birthday Eric! I am so glad you were born! You are one of those special lights we all love to be around.
    & Thank you for inspiring us to create!

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  39. BON ANNIVERSAIRE !!
    Je vous souhaite autant de cadeaux que tout ceux que vous nous apportez par vos photos !
    Et autant de bons moments que les liens que vous tissez à travers le monde.
    Merci.

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  40. Happy birthday Eric!
    Thank you for making us dream!
    Manos-Greece

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  41. Cher Eric,
    ***Bon anniversaire***
    BISOUS !

    The photo is great - love it.

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  42. Happy B-Day and may every day be a photo day:)

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  43. Happy Birthday, dear Eric - enjoy the real one and the virtual! I hope you can feel the love being sent you from around the world. xxx

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  44. I love the photo! Joyeux anniversaire, cher Eric! You bring so much joy and light to the world!

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  45. A very happy birthday to you dear Eric. Soon it will also be the birthday of PDP! If I recall, the camera was a gift for your birthday which started this whole madness. What can you expect to get this year that will change the world?

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  46. Happy Birthday to one of the true lights... in the city of lights.

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  47. Happy Birthday have a super day and I am sure you will be having a delicious birthday dinner ( photos please?)

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  48. Happy birthday Eric!
    I know nobody else like you, as beloved as you are all over the planet. And so much deserved! I'm so glad I know you.
    Enjoy your special day and keep up doing so well :)

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  49. Have a good one, Eric! ... I'm going to try and enjoy my 50th - which isn't all that far away now - as much as you are surely going to enjoy yours. With any luck, it will also be in Paris. ... Very best wishes for the year(s) to come!

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  50. Eric

    Congratulations on being 49 again!

    Thanks for your continued efforts with PDP, your site is simply the best DP site there is.

    Cheers

    Rich

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  51. Happy Birthday, Eric! Thank you for sharing your view of Paris with the world each day. After following your blog for a few years, I have begun to blog myself! Thanks for the daily inspiration!

    Dana

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  52. Joyeux anniversaire et merci pour la vision esthète, décalée et/ou amusante de Paris que vous nous offrez chaque jour !

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  53. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
    Celebrate and enjoy it!!:-)

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  54. Have a wonderful day and night celebrating your birthday and many thanks for the fantastic blog - I so enjoy all your photos and captions, too.
    Catherine

    from Marin County, California, USA (just over the Golden Gate Bridge)

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  55. Poor old Louis. Just as well it is after 10 am over there where you are celebrating.
    Eric, dear friend, I just know that you are having a fantastic birthday. Congratulations on the 50th anniversary of your birth.
    Love, hugs, kisses & smiles,
    Mme B

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  56. Très belle photo pour un très bel anniversaire !

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  57. A very Happy Birthday to you Eric, all the way from Mumbai, India!!!
    Sonal

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  58. lol good point, Michael! Eric; do tell us what gifts you have received?

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  59. Ah yes, quite forgot; more Birthday kisses xxxxxxxxxxxx bises!

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  60. Birthday wishes are being sent to you all the way from Phoenix Arizona. Happy Birthday!

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  61. Happy Birthday and thank you for the photographic present you give me every day!

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  62. Le roi est mort (Louis 16)!!!
    Vive le roi (Eric)!!!

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  63. Happy Birthday, dear heart. I hope your day is as wonderful as the photos you give us! Enjoy

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  64. Bon anniversaire, Eric!! I hope your birthday has been all that you wished for and more. And I love your photo ~ soft and gentle yet festive ~ perhaps somewhat like you.

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  65. Thought I'd pop by to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU WONDERFUL MAN!!! Keep up the great work you're doing of being you ;)

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  66. Happy birthday, happy birthday, happy happy birthday, happy happy happy birthday, I could say it all day because it is yours and it is a beautiful one.
    All my thoughts... and much more. Thank you for all (past and future).

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  67. HAPPY BIRTHDAY,ERIC!

    Thank you for yet another outstanding photo on such a truly momentous day!

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  68. joyeux anniversaire, Eric !
    votre blog est dans mon coeur depuis longtemps et de l'autre bout du monde je vous envois mes mes meilleures salutations.
    bonne continuation!

    je vous ai fait une petite carte d'anniversaire dans mon blog :)

    http://redlandsdailyphoto.blogspot.com/2010/01/hommage-paris-as-seen-from-clouds.html

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  69. Happy Birthday Eric!! This is a fabulous photo! Thank you! Buon Compleano... that's Happy Birthday in Italian and Auguri, best wishes... it's as close (geographically speaking) to French as I can get...Anyway, from the United States, Colorado to be exact on a cold grey winter day I hope the sun is shinning on you on your special day!! Enjoy! Valorie

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  70. Joyeux anniversaire, Eric! :)
    I hope that your birthday is as wonderful as your photos. Thanks a million for PDP and all the best for you! A birthday hug from Estonia is on the way!:)

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  71. All together now, the PDP choir will sing:

    Happy birthday to you,
    Happy birthday to you,
    Happy birthday dear Eric,
    Happy birthday to you!


    Yes, welcome to the Over Fifties Club Eric. Some of the benefits of membership include:

    -Things you buy now never wear out.

    -You can sing along with elevator music.

    - You can live without sex (but not without glasses).

    - Membership also entitles you to a little nap in the afternoons. However, you can no longer refer to this as a 'power nap'- it's your age, dear!

    Seriously, have a great birthday!


    PS-Anyone who actually DID sing along is probably over fifty as well.

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  72. Happy Birthday I frequently start my day here in Colorado looking at your work and drinking a cup of coffee. So Cheers!

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  73. Wishing you a glorious day and many, MANY wonderful years to come. Thanks for meeting us at the Café Brebant last week...you are a kind soul and the blogging community adores you...
    Salut Eric!

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  74. Happy Birthday Eric!! I hope you have a fantastic day!

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  75. lol Drummond! - oops yes I sang along. I agree with all that you said there :)

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  76. Gorgeous photo, Eric! Hope you're having the Happiest Birthday today!

    And aren't you glad you don't have to follow in Louis XVI's steps today? :)

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  77. Happy Birthday Eric, I have enjoyed your photos of Paris for a long time.
    Thank you for all your wonderful work.

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  78. So fabulous, Eric!
    Drummond I DID and I'm still under fifty (ooops sorry, Drummond ;)). But you know a niece of mine told with a sweet wink (really sweety) to her father, the day of his fifty : "That's not too bad Dad. You know, at forty, you were already old ;)".

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  79. Stunning photo, though I'm sure it looks a bit different than the day Louix XVI last saw it! Et bon anniversaire!

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  80. Happy, happy birthday on this cold grey day in Paris. Your shot is spectacular! Who watches your back when you stand in the middle of the street being so creative?

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  81. Happy Birthday, Eric. Many happy returns.

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  82. Hi everyone. Don't go thinking I ignore you! I'm just still at the office and now on my way to a dinner (no, not a B-day dinner party, but a work dinner!)

    See you in a bit.

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  83. What a lovely message from Océane!
    Drummond -- I sang too, but I've been turning 50 for a while now.
    Wouldn't it be funny if Eric's "work dinner" turned out to be a big surprise party? Actually, that would be perfect.

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  84. A work dinner with you would never be a work dinner! Too bad I don't work with you, do I?
    Did I tell you Happy birthday today ? Hmm, ah yes, true! But one more - just in case you'd forgotten ;)

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  85. Happy Birthday Eric, yahoo I am the 100th commentator

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  86. Joyeux ciquantième anniversaire Éric ! ! !

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  87. "Guillemette said...
    Le roi est mort (Louis 16)!!!
    Vive le roi (Eric)!!!"

    Si La Reine parle, écouter!

    Enjoy when you can, but don't feel too importantant: remember, you're only half-way there now!

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  88. "Guillemette said...
    Le roi est mort (Louis 16)!!!
    Vive le roi (Eric)!!!"

    Si La Reine parle, écoutez!

    Enjoy when you can, but don't feel too importantant: remember, you're only half-way there now!

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  89. Bon anniversaire! Vous êtes maintenant sur la colline....

    Which means you can now make inappropriate jokes, be late without excuse and start sentences with "I remember when....."!

    Enjoy your day...


    Sean

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  90. Bon Anniversaire aussi de la part de Buzz Girl, tres occupée en ce moment mais qui n'aurait pour rien au monde voulu rater la party.

    Gros bisous Eric!

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  91. You are half a century old, Eric. he he I can say it, as I am too. We are 100 years old between us. Eek!!

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  92. Lots of fun with your birthday. And champagne off course. Congratulations.

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  93. Happy day and oh boy, I didn't realize my favorite metro station had such a location history !

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  94. Cher Eric,
    Je te souhaite encore beaucoup d'autres belles annees et t'embrasse tres fort.
    Joyeux Anniversaire!
    Dorothee

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  95. Happy Birthday Eric!
    Thank you for a lovely blog, looking forward to another year
    Pipxxx

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  96. The photo is apropriate cause it's grand.

    Just like you are dear Eric. Happy Birthday! It IS a grand date!!!!

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  97. Happy Birthday Eric!!
    I wish you have a wonderful and great day ever~

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  98. Happy belated Birthday Eric! Have a wonderful year full of great pics!

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  99. Thank you Alexa. We were on the same wave length and it feels so good sharing such a great time with Eric.
    I spent really a very happy 21st January this year ; the best one for me so far :) Unique.

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  100. Happy birthday, Eric!
    Thank you so much for always being there.

    p.s. : faites attention de ne pas attraper un rhume, il fait tres froid dehors!

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  101. A belated Happy Birthday to you!
    (It was my birthday too!)
    Thank you for posting pictures of the most fabulous place on earth!
    Tesla

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  102. Happy belated birthday Eric. So sorry I missed it. I hope it was wonderful.
    Deb

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  103. A happy belated birthday wish wings across the Atlantic to you. What an historic date!

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  104. Joyeux anniversaire! Peut-être qu'un jour je finirai par rejoindre ce groupe que je retrouve souvent sur les blogs... mais une fois par jour? Un peu trop pour moi.

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  105. One moment, I'll post mine soon. just wanted to say I love your new site!

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