Friday, May 5, 2023

60 today 🎈🎂 and April recap 🌿 🌼

 Celebrating my 60th birthday today! This is just a quick "bonjour" with more pictures than words. I am so sorry to have missed April's blog, but posting a recap down below.


Hope everyone is having a lovely spring xxx

Dress by La Double J.

Old friends and new








APRIL recap

I always think of February and March as the pink part of the spring season and of April as the yellow, green and blue.


Late March and early April are the prime time for wild asparagus; I love foraging and bringing dinner back home when out and about with the dogs.


Also found in the wild ... mini Narcissis


Little Roley loves the sunshine.


Wild leeks


More green and yellow... courgettes with millet


First Peonies




Easter decoration






81 comments:

  1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Of course you do not look 60 - but 60 can be beautiful too and you certainly prove that to be true.

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  2. Beautiful lady, as always. Have a very happy 60th and many more!

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  3. Happy Birthday! What beautiful photos. I hope you have a wonderful celebration. With best wishes from Caroline - a reader in London.

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  4. I was 60 too, on April 30th. Happy Birthday Ms. MaiTai! 🎉🎉🎉

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  5. You are stunningly beautiful and wear 60 extraordinarily well. Enjoy celebrating a special birthday. I’m 70 years young as of last month and feel like 45 (most of the time).

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  6. Sending happy birthday wishes to you from Connecticut! Virginia

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  7. Happy Birthday! I turn 60 in 11 days. Feels like the new 40. You certainly make it look that way!!

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  8. Congratulations on 60 years of beautifying the world! Best wishes.

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  9. Happy birthday to you X

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  10. Wishing you a happy birthday from a long-time newsletter subscriber. You have helped brighten so many of our days, hope yours was a bright, lovely day, too! With love from Indiana, USA.

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  11. Happy Birthday!

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  12. Happy Birthday! Sending you wishes from Chicago!

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  13. A friend of mine insists that a lady has her 27th birthday - every year. So: Happy 27th birthday🌹

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  14. Happy birthday!! You have re-invented what 60 looks like. Love your news and posts!! I would love to invite you to be a guest on my podcast Extraordinary Women...perfectly describes you!

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  15. Happy 60th Birthday! I never would have guessed. Hope you enjoy your day and may the whole year be wonderful for you.

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  16. Happy Birthday! I really enjoy looking at all your lovely photos - thanks!

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  17. Beautiful at 30 and beautiful at 60!

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  18. Very Happy Birthday to you Tai! You are beautiful 😍 😍😍 Desert Mermaid 🧜‍♀️

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  19. Happy birthday from Belgium ! You look great and stunning !!!!

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  20. Happiest of birthdays from Dallas TX to a beautiful lady who brings so much sunshine into the lives of others. You are a true inspiration. Enjoy your special day.

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  21. A very Happy 60th Birthday Mai Tai. You look amazingly beautiful!

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  22. Dear MaiTai, wish you a wonderful birthday! And many more happier days ahead 😘

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  23. Dearest Tai,
    it may say 60, but you certainly don’t look like it, AT ALL! Age is just a number and these pictures show that appreciating the beauty of nature and all it has to offer is a means of staying young! I enjoyed marvelling at your beautiful pictures (as I always do) and send you the most heartfelt birthday wishes from just around the corner! Many happy returns and all the best, Katja

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  24. Happy Birthday MaiTai! You look beautiful! Linda from New York

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  25. Sixty years young! Thank you so much for your inspiration over the years, MaiTai. Have a lovely day.

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  26. What an inspiration you are — Wishing you a Wonderful 60th Birthday! And Thank you for sharing the beauty in this world throughout the year!

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  27. Happy Birthday to you. As always your pictures and words are as elegant as you.

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  28. Happy Birthday wishes to you! Sixty is stunning on you!

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  29. Happy birthday! You are a beautiful 60!

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  30. Happy birthday!🎉🎂 Wishing you all the best on your special day!✨🤗

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  31. Happy birthday! You look beautiful, as always!

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  32. Happy Birthday! from Florida! May your decade be filled with beauty and blessings. Thank you for sharing your wonderful photography and positive inspiration.

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  33. Happy Birthday 🥳 all the way from Toronto, Canada 🎂🎉look fabulous as always

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  34. Looking fabulous at 60. Love that dress.

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  35. Happy birthday to you. Have a fabulous day 🎂🥳🙏🏼💓🙏🏼🇺🇸from Kim

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  36. May all of your birthday wishes come true! Happy 60th to you from a very long time reader in San Francisco!

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  37. Happy birthday! Love the photos. You always make everything look so elegant.

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  38. Hear hear! Happy Birthday. I hope you are well-feted and have a lovely day.

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  39. Hyvää syntymäpäivää! Happy, happy birthday, dear Tai! You are radiant! Karen x

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  40. Happy 60th Birthday and welcome to the club!! Also, you are fabulous!!

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  41. Happy Birthday Mai Tai! Enjoy this and many more lovely birthday to come 🍀😀

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  42. Happy birthday Maitai! I love your colorful dress and shoes that make you so happy. Also lovely photographs of your inspirations. -love from @hollyestyles

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  43. Another Happy Birthday from Connecticut, you are an inspiration to a lot of people!TR🎂

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  44. Happy 60th Birthday - wishing you a beautiful day surrounded by all your favourite friends, family, food and things! Best wishes from Rachel in Australia :)

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  45. Happy birthday darling Tai! Thrilled to see your beautiful pictures—you look stunning, as always. Stay fabulous, glamorous and happy. Sending you much love and loads of B-H’s <3

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  46. Happiest of Birthdays to you, and thank you so much for your amazing, inspiring, and fabulous posts! The quality and visuals of your posts are outstanding....thank you from a long-time reader.

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  47. Happy Birthday! You look like life is agreeing with you. This is good news.

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  48. Truly beautiful. As always. Thank you for putting a smile on my face.

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  49. Happy birthday!

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  50. I love your new birthday dress. It’s almost as beautiful as you are! You look stunning. You always have . . . no doubt, you always will. Aging perfectly like a fine wine.

    Much birthday love,
    Jerrine (from North Carolina)

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  51. Happy Birthday, you are so elegant and beautiful, so great that I will have the chance to meet you soon in September, Lydia from Hong Kong

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  52. Joyeux 60e anniversaire! You look fabulous. I hope your day was filled with family, friends and fun! Thank you for sharing your pictures with us.
    Style and and grace are ageless.

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  53. Happy birthday, liebe Taina! Welch ein Vorbild ind Inspiration du doch bist! Alles Liebe
    Gruß Eva

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  54. Liebe Tai
    Ganz herzliche Glückwünsche zum Geburtstag! Sie schaffen es mühelos, gleichzeitig relaxt und elegant auszusehen, immer chic und besonders. Ich wünsche Ihnen noch viele schöne Jahre in der Provence oder anderswo, vielleicht schaffe ich es ja irgendwann zu einem workshop. Ihre scarf rings trage ich übrigens mit grossem Vergnügen. Tout du bon à vous, mes meilleures voeux!
    Cordialement,
    Barbara

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  55. Dr. Anita Gadhia-SmithMay 6, 2023 at 9:05 AM

    Happy birthday 🎂! You are eternally fabulous and a great inspiration ❤️

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  56. Congratulations have a fabulous birthday!!

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  57. Joyeux anniversaire Maitai!
    You do not age and look as fresh as the proverbial springtime daisy! Thank you for the wonderful pictures of the south of France in that promising season. May you and yours have a fabulous celebration. I think i can smell (big) orange boxes coming your way...
    Much love from the Central Coast,
    Bea from Australia

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  58. Happy Birthday !!!!!

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  59. A very Happy Birthday to you .You look lovely as always Thank you for all the great photos .NJ

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  60. ,Happy Birthday

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  61. Un très joyeux anniversaire 🎁 de Bretagne.

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  62. Happy Birthday, Amanda G

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  63. Beautiful photos and gorgeous woman! You wear 60 well. Happy Birthday!
    Carol H

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  64. Happy Birthday Beautiful! Love, Constance

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  65. Happy Birthday Beautiful Tai, love,love every pic and everything in them specially you.
    Miss you Annie.

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  66. Happy Blessed Born Day. 60 looks good on you. Thanks for sharing!

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  67. Happy birthday MaiTai, I am 54 this end May and you are my inspiration, wish I look half as good as you in 5yr time

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  68. Dear MaiTai, Happy Birthday! A bit late but I hope you will receive it. Thank you for the beauty and creativity you share with us! Isabel

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  69. Dear MaiTai, sorry for beeing so late for your party ;-) But also bearable I wish you the very best for the coming year. You look younger to me every year. It's great how you do it! (Ich hoffe, Du hattest eine schöne Feier!) Alles Liebe von Claudia

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  70. Happiest of birthday wishes to you

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  71. Happy birthday Mai Tai! Wishing you happy reflections on all that you have accomplished in your rich life thus far, and happy dreaming about all the many wonderful things ahead.

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  72. Félicitations. Toujours aussi rayonnante. Et cette fois-ci, c'est vous le plaisir des yeux ;o))))

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  73. Happy birthday! Lovely photos.

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  74. Happy Birthday to you! You have the most elegant style. I love everything you put together and love every picture you posted. Thank you so much!

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  75. Dear Tai, Happy Birthday! Thank you for sharing your wonderful spirit and eye for design. Through the years you have inspired and helped me and others in more ways than you could ever know. Here is to celebrating wonderful you. Most sincerely, Jennie, aka Wild Wonder.

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  76. Darling Tai,
    Happy Birthday once again. I hope your special day was spent with your family and friends. I hope they spoiled you and I wish you a marvellous year fulll of joyful moments, good health and lots of fun.
    Stay beautiful and graceful, dear friend.
    Much love, Manuela xx

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  77. Happy Birthday, You look amazing. Cannot believe that you are 60. Love the poitron Roger's as well.
    Poppy Bouet

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  78. Happy (very) belated birthday, dear MaiTai! Sixty is the new -- whatever you want it to be! And you wear it well. Wishing you love and happiness in the years to come. Hugs from Fifi

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  79. Fabulous dress and great pairing with the shoes! A belated happy birthday. Please publish more. It is always a pleasure to see the lovely pictures and read the descriptions. Always filled with much happiness.

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  80. Belated Birthday Wishes, to an inspiring, elegant lady. With kind regards from JD (Western Australia). I enjoy the beauty you publish here. Cheers

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  81. Happy belated birthday dear Maitai! I think of you often….we both turned 60 this year. I love my MT horn scarf ring and wear it often.

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