March 12, 2003


  • 70 printemps               70 springtimes .


      J ' ai 70 ans aujourd ' hui . C ' est une belle borne sur le chemin de la vie . Joyeusement , il faut savoir entretenir le feu .


      I am 70 years old today . Its a big milestone on the road of the life . Joyously I must be able to keep the fire going .



      Avec Sarah , il ya quelques jours , je coupais des hautes tiges desséchées d ' Asters et les brûlais . mais , avant , je lui avais montré les jeunes pousses vertes qui croissaient au pied . La plante est toujours jeune et vivante .


      With Sarah , some days ago I had cut withered high stems of Asters and burnt them . But , before I showed to her the young green sprouts that grew up at the foot . The plant always is young and alive .

Comments (127)

  • 70 Years YOUNG!!!

    Happy Birthday Michel !!!!!   Hoping you have the Most Wonderful Day there together. ~warm hugs~  Libby

  • btw.. my Asters are in bud....should be flowering very soon I hope.... 

  • Happy Birthday - I heard from Narrgansett that it was your big day.  Have a great time.

  • merci tellement pour votre commentaire... oui, j'ai tout compris =) =)

    ma bonne amie d'enfance habite toujours en france... mais ont continue a parler fréquemment...

    et avant que j'oublie...

    BON ANNIVERSAIRE MON CHER MICHEL!! :D

    - amitié à toi, kymmie :)

  • ...Happy Birthday, Michel, and may you have many more!!! Blessings today and throughout the year. MuSe

  • Bon Anniversaire Michel!
    Happy Birthday Michel!

  • I wish you a VERY, VERY happy 70th birthday Michel . My mother, had she still been alive today, would have loved to spoken to you here in French, as she had a huge interest in the French culture and language. She had learnt to speak French fluently . And had many French friends!

    So, I raise my wine glass to toast your 70th birthday Michel, and sing....happy birthday to you, happy birthday to youuuuuu!!! .

  • Have a wonderful birthday, Michel!  I'm sure there is a big family celebration waiting for you.  Here, you get greetings from around the world -- nice, don't you think?

  • Happy Birthday, Buon compleanno, Hartelijk gefeliciteerd,joyeux Anniversaire Michel.

    Il y a pas des flames dans le petit feux de ton jardin,c'est un feu de nettoyage , pas de destruction.

    Nous, on peux pas bruler les tieges dans le jardin,on doit le mettre dans un sac brun special  qu'on doit achter trés chere.

    Joyeuse journée à toi et à ta famille.

    Carlo

    J'aime beaucoup les aster.

  •   HAPPY BIRTHDAY 

  • Joyeux Anniversaire Michel

    C'est une coïncidence au sujet du feu.

    Carlo brûle un champ et vous brûlez un jardin.

  • Joyeux Anniversaire, mon ami!  I congratulate you on reaching the big 7-0!!  You have led a rich and marvelous life, and I salute you.  Here's wishing you many, many more years!  God bless.  Cheers, Neil

  • My dear friend... 70 very well lived Springs,  how blessed! And being part of this great existence somehow is also a blessing!! Congratulations!!

  • Bonne Anniversaire, Michel! 70 ans: une grande fête de la vie! Airchild

    P.S. Mon père est presque 70 ans aussi.

  • Joyeux anniversaire Michel!   Mes voeux les plus sincères pour votre 71e année (et beaucoup plus suivantes!)   Amité

  • Happy 70th, Michel... I'm happy to share my birthday with you.

  • Birthday Blessings, dear Friend!
    And MANY returns of the day!

    Your picture reminds me of my daddy - he always burned the dried garden at the end of the season - I can still smell that yummy smell!

  • there is a tradition in my country, once you reach 60 years of age it is said you begin life a new.  so i guess you are about ten years now,
    happy birthday young man! =)

  • Happy Birthday

  • Bon Anniversaire, Michel!  Vous avez le joie de vie, et c'est un élixir de jeunesse! 

  • joyeux anniversaire mon ami!  all the best!

  • Happy Birthday, Michel~!

  • Joyeux anniversaire! Happy Birthday!!!! I hope you have a fabulous birthday filled with joy and love. I also hope you truly feel blessed - to have grown to such a kind person, raised such a loving family and to be of good health and cheer. Can anyone ask for more?

  • Happy birthday Michel. I know I was early with your greetings but I was busy yesterday and didn't want to forget it. I had a wonderful time at my 70th. with all the family and I hope you enjoy yours as much. Remember you are as young as you feel and you seem to be very young at heart.

  • Frohes Gebortstag!, Happy Birthday!

    - Jon

  • Happy Birthday Michel....may your year be full of happiness and love.  JUst as you start a new garden...so starts another year for you to savor.  Love, Nancy

  • Bonne Anniversaire Michel!

    un baisser pour toi, 70 avec un chapeau... un homme vraiement distingué!!

    Ayez beaucoups d'amusement aujourd'hui

    Kelly

  • Bonne Fete, mon amie!!

  • Bonjour encore! À propos de votre question: oui, je parles un peu de francais, mais pas assez! J'ai étudié le francais pendant sept ans mais j'ai oublié beaucoup, en particulièr apès j'ai commencé à étudier le suedois. De temps en temps je méles le francais et le suedois, donc: "j'ai oublié mycket" ("mycket" = beaucoup), ha ha ha

    Les chevaux de Calais--est-ce qu'ils sont les chevaux de Carmarque?

    En chinois, nous souhaitons "long ma jin shen" (bonne santé comme les chevaux et le dragon) pendant l'année chinoise. Mais maintenant je vous souhais la même souhait pour votre anniversaire!

  • Happy birthday! I hope you have a wonderful day!

  • Que de merveilleux jardins, toutes ces belles années! Je t'en souhaite encore plusieurs et plusieurs et plusieurs! -- Lise

  • Happy birthday for sure.  And many fires more.

  • Happy Birthday, my friend.  May your day be filled with love.

  • Happy Birthday!!!  I hope you have a wonderful 70th birthday!!

    ~Nikki

  • Bon anniversaire, Michel!! Felicitacions.

  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY and many many more of them, I wish you health happiness and lots of laughter

  • Many big hugs to you!! I hope to always have the outlook on life that you do!! Celebrate with all the fire of life

  • Many many happy returns of the day! Keep blogging And thanks for the lovely pic...

  • Happy birthday, Michel! My very best wishes

  • Soixante-dixième anniversaire heureux, ami!

  • A happiest of birthdays to you, my friend!

  • happy birthday!! i was just glancing through your page... you have lovely grandchildren

  • Joyeux Anniversaire, Michel! Ayez un jour merveilleux!

    I am indeed on the west coast. We call it "lotusland". My plum tree in the front yard is covered with blooms and there are 10 daffodils, too. And yet we had snow last weekend! We almost never get snow - only in the mountains. Yet, although it is nice now and Toronto is under snow, in a few months they will be very warm and we will still be somewhat cool.

    Again, have a wonderful day. 70 years is a lot to be proud of!

  • Bon Anniversaire, Michel!!!!

    {{{{GREAT BIG BRALESS BIRTHDAY HUGZZZZZ}}}}

    I can't wait for spring!!!!

    ~E

  • Joyeux Anniversaire Michel!! =)

  • Michel, I wish you a joyful birthday with many more springs to come! Have a delightful day!

  • Happy Happy Birthday, Michel. i hope this will be your Best Year yet. thank you for sharing your life with us.      *God Bless You*

  • I Know I am late with this I have been in work to now , hope you had a great day and I guess your email was full of E cards today . Happy Birthday Michel

  • Happy birthday!!! 

  • J'espère que vous avez un bon anniversaire!!!  Le photo est si precieux!

  • Joyeux anniversaire mon ami. Mon souhait pour vous est bonne santé et beaucoup, beaucoup plus d'anniversaires.    Guy

  • Joyeux anniversaire mon ami. Mon souhait pour vous est bonne santé et beaucoup, beaucoup plus d'anniversaires.    Guy

  • Happy Birthday!!!!   I hope it is a wonderful day for you!

  • Happy Birthday Michel!!! Your wife is going to do anything special for you tonight?

  • HaPpY  BiRtHdAy !!!!    Dear, Micheal, you have the same birthday as my Father-March 12.  Have a grand day with many more to come!  Thank you for sharing  your wonderful family and your activities.

    Karolyn @-}-}--

  • Happy birthday, Michel! You will always be able to keep the fire going; just like the Asters, you are always young and alive.
    Bon anniversaire!
    -soleilshine

  • Michel.... my Dear Michel,

    a most blessed year to you .. this 71st year of your life is at hand ..

    this day .. happy birthday . a happy day with your loved ones!

    You are an amazingly vital and handsome man !

    thank~you for your most loving ways here ..with me (*.. with us all ~|~

    You are truly a special one .

    Love always,
    Jude

  • Me first in that great big list you're joking, I think I was 57th. I hope Angel Eyes sent you a birthday card I ordered it in advance, I like that titfer as well (cockney for hat) Rheumatic pains in arm today from shoulder, it never ends. I think for 70 you will still stay springy, I was O.K. until I fell, so tread carefully Love Marjie My dead Mothers birthday and 2nd Daughters as well, so you are eay to remember

  • Wishing you a very Happy Birthday and many happy returns!

  • Happy birthday my friend. I hope that it is a great day for you. 70 is quite a milestone in age.

  • Happy Birthday to my friend! I hope you have a wonderful day and many blessed years ahead.

  • And hopefully many more, my friend.

    And may young Sarah see all of them with you, stem to burning stem.

  • Bon anniversaire, monsieur!!!

  • Happy birthday, Michel!  All these wonderful comments are a tribute to you!  You are indeed a lucky man!  And your wife and family are lucky to have you.  Here's to many more!

  • bon anniversaire, michel~~ toutes les personnes de xanga vous admirent et apprécient.

  • hApPy BiRtHdAy DuDe!!!

  • Oh Michel.. Happy Happy Birthday.. 70 years young... and shopping for your dear wife... now we see you out in your garden!! heheh.. How wonderful.. I hope your day has been wonderful.. Hugs.. Rose

  • Happy Birthday......May God Bless You and your family

  • how lovely! happy birthday! ~j

  • happy birthday to you! :] hope you had a wonderful one

  • Bon anniversaire mon ami.

    Amour
    Hollie

  • To My Favorite French Man!!  Hope your day was great!!

  • I hope you had a wonderful birthday!!!

    Joyeux anniversaire, mon ami -vous êtes un homme extraordinaire!

  • Happy Birthday! I hope you had a wonderful day! Many blessings for the years to come!

  • To be loved by so many shows the true "worth" of the man. So loved, so celebrated, so adored!
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    Avec amour, Winnie

  • My mom is only a few months behind you before she turns 70.  I think she is looking forward to it!

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  You have lived a wonderful life and I want to thank you for sharing all that you have with us.  You are definitely my favorite frenchman and a handsome one at that!

  • oH! a very very happy birthday to you michel!!!!!!!! i hope you have a wonderful celebration!

  • I do start work at 7:00 but I didn't get here until about 10 after.  The time is probably wrong on my site.  Yes, I do start early - I have to get up at 5:20 every morning to get to work by 7:10.  I live such a hard life!  hehe!

  • thanks michel. for the wishes. and for not forgetting little ol' me. hehe.. yeah, i guess you're right. life will be different in a sense. i hope it'll be alright. sad to admit, i have this constant fear in me everytime i look at him. his capability of breaking my heart. oh well. actually my real name is aliah. decided to come up with another name so it'll conceal my real identity. no one really knows i write here. would appreciate it if you don't address me by my real name. thanks michel once again.

  • Happy Birthday!!! (one day late )

  • I send you wishes for a very happy and healthy year Michel!  Happy Birthday!  May you be surrounded by those you love, and walk in a beautiful land, eat well, be joyous, and know peace and contentment.

    In my tradition, we call our beloved elders "Grandfather" even though they are not related by blood.  I hope you do not mind that it is in my heart this day to call you Grandfather.

    With love to you and your beloved family  ~Paloma

  • bon anniversaire mon cher!  i'm sorry i missed it, but i hope it was wonderful!

  • My wishes are for a most happy birthday celebration. 

    Carol

  • Bonne Fete, mon ami!!!

  • Hey Michel, Big hug & congratulations...Many happy returns of the day. WIsh you  many wonderful b'days ahead

  • joyeux anniversaire à toi!

  • Belated Birthday Wishes Michel! Hope you had a wonderful day.

    From a Beatles Song.... The love you take is equal to the love you make....

    You have created much love all around you.

    Love

    Brenda

  • Happy Birthday, Michel!!!  Sorry this is late, but I just found out. I hope it was a wonderful day, as you are a special person and deserve the best...

    Love

    Edie Rose 

  • It is so encouraging to see you out there working with so much pleasure.

  • Happy Birthday Michel!

    The photo of you with your grand-daughter reminds me of my Grandpa. :)

  • Happy Birthday Michel!!! YAY!!!!! {{Big hugs}}

    I hope this year is your most fantastic ever. You have been a joy for Xangan's like me!!  I am so glad to have found your blog to read and experience what you do and to see pictures of France!!

    You are a great man!!!

  • Happy Birthday!

  • Many Many happy returns dear friend. May life continue to bring you joy and wonder.

  • Michel,

    I hope you had a WONDERFUL birthday!! 

    The burning of those stems reminds me of the passage of one season into the next-let the old go and the remains of it will fertilize the new growth.

    Lisa

  • Bonne fête, Michel!  Que les cieux vous bénissent.

  • Happy Birthday dear friend.  May the next 70 be more joyful than the past 70.  Love, hugs, kisses.  zera

  • Happy Birthday Michel!!!!

    I hope you had fun!!

  • HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY MICHEL!!!

    Soixante-dix annees de joie et de bonheur..je te souhaites un authre soixane-dix plein de sante et d'amour.  Keep that mischievious smile shinning

  • Non, non, non!, Je n'ai manqué votre anniversaire! Comment très horrible je suis. WOW! Soixante-dix ans. C'est merveilleux. Et vous, mon ami, ne semblez pas avoir plus de cinquante ans.

  • Happy birthday Michel.  I am sure the fire will keep burning for many years to come.  All good wishes,  Tom

  • Michel,
    Where in France do you live exactly? I think that you have told me before but I don't remember. Thanks!
    -soleil

  • Wanted to wish you a very Happy Birthday my friend.

  • Bon Anniversaire? is that right????..hehehehee....Happie belated B-day Michel...70yrs? but still looking sharp and on the top of things!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I wish you good health and happiness that never ends. Cheers! *smilez*

  • i'm a few days late - i hope you had a wonderful day, michel!  and....that this year is a happy one for you :)

    xoxo

  • Happy belated birthday to you! I hope you had a wonderful day and that all is well with you.

    Much love~OxOxSavannahxOxO

  • bon anniversaire! (en retard!) j'espère que vous l'avez tres bien passé!

  • The happiest of birthdays to you, my friend. Does this mean you are going to have a mid-life crisis? :)

    Perhaps one day, you and I can share a glass of absinthe together and toast to your good health!

    Happy Birthday!

    DG 

  • Happy belated birthday!!!!

  • Bon anniversaire! 

    M'enchante que vous ecrivez en francais et en anglais -- vous soyez etre le plus inteligent person de Xanga!

  • have a great weekend, Mivhel

  • Beneath the fire new life begins. You have a great weekend..

  • wow

    happy birthday

  • I hope you had a good birthday and that you have many, many more to come!!!

    rr

  • HAPPY HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!!!!! I hope you have many many more. Thank-you for your kind words. My daughter is doing better. Take care and May God Bless You and Yours.

  • Just heard a programme on the radio saying that many British people want to live in France where the foreign policy is much better!  I agree completely!  Tom

  • Non, pas difficile exactement....je suis le meuilleur élève de mon classe , j'ai reçu 90/90 pour mon dernier examen (AS-Level), j'étais le seul élève de le faire...
    Je comprends toujours ce que vous disez, mais quand j'écris moi-même je n'ai pas le temps de vérifier que c'est le bon français!!
    Et en ce moment, j'ai beaucoup de problèmes avec mon "coursework", mais c'est le même pour tous les gens parce que c'est très difficile à faire...

  • I've been away for a few days... Sorry I missed your birthday!!

    HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY MY FRIEND!!!

  • Joyeux anniversaire!!!  I hope that your next 70 years are just as wonderful! 

  • Bon anniversaire! 70 ans! C'est bon, n'est-ce pas?

  • I like the way you count.    Belated Happy Birthday!

  • Happy birthday, sir, and many happy returns!!!

  • Je suis desolee que c'est trop tard mais, Joyeux Anniversaire!  WOW, 70   les bonnes annees, je suis sur. 

  • ~*H A P P Y   B I R T H D A Y*~

  • Happy belated birthday, my friend!

    You have many admirers......

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