Today is my birthday. My wife, Mary Livingston – The Backdoor Artist blogged a nice birthday post to me, and I want to say Thank you to her. So, thanks honey. Just for fun and for a little self-inflicted birthday humiliation I’ve attached a self portrait that I drew about 33 years ago. This was part of my early beginning into serious art. Well, you’ve got to start somewhere. This was about a year before I met her on a blind date, don’t ask. Back then I still had hair, a lot of blond hair. I miss that hair. Thinking back I can almost hear the disco music playing.
Happy Birthday!!! All the very best on your special day…“God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. “Voltaire
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Thank you and well quoted.
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You and Mary are very good looking! :)… 30 years back and now!… I did notice the great hair in the portrait… :)… Blind date sounds very romantic…
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Thank you it must be all the makeup we had on. The blind date is a long story. It really didn’t turn out very well, but we ended up together anyway. I guess it was meant to be. One of us may have to tell that story in a future blog.
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Happy birthday! this is a lovely post!
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Thank you!
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The happiest of birthdays and thanks for liking my Toad Lily! Nice hair-do on your self-portrait.
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Thanks, my hair doesn’t look like that anymore. 😦
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Lol! I like that bit about ‘self -inflicted humiliation’! Needless to say we love the hair too 🙂 hope you had a great birthday 🙂
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I did, thank you very much.
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Happy Birthday!! Love the hair, very Bee Gees 🙂
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Thanks, lol !
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Happy birthday! nice drawing! all the best! God bless you and your family! 🙂
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Thank you Irish.
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A very happy birthday to you Tim..and you have drawn a pretty well sketch of yours…
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Thank you Soumya. Maybe it is time to update the self-portrait!
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Ha ha! 🙂 🙂
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Happy Birthday. I’ve got to say that I am enjoying your blog and your lovely wife’s blog. Yes, a new self portrait is in order;)
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I’m glad you’ve enjoyed the blogs. If I do a new self-portrait maybe I should add the hair….maybe not.
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Happy birthday ! All the best 😃
What a lovely post❤
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Thanks Violet!
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Belated birthday wishes,Tim. May years be kind and your art take on to new directions and keep you young at heart.
Wishes,
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That is a beautiful wish Benny, thank you.
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You look like the blonde actor on the show, “The Dukes of Hazzard.” Forget his name, but I always thought he was hot.
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John Schnieder, well thanks I’ll take that. Back in high school if I had a General Lee instead of a Datsun pickup it would have been “far out”. Oh well, another lost opportunity. I saw him on TV a few weeks ago and he still has a full head of hair. Some guys have all the luck. I wonder if he bought his hair? That would be “right on.”
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Happy Birthday Tim…hope you have a great day! Wow..you had lots of hair!! Do you still have the angel flights and platforms???? And did Mary really pin you on the wrestling match?…;)))
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She wouldn’t say that. I know better. I never had the Angel flights or platforms. I was never that rad. Did do the Hustle a few times. Thanks for the Birthday wishes.
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It is good that you still have the drawing because it is a moment in time which captures many memories. It also looks like a happy young man.
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I like you thoughts about it. I was a happy young man, but now I’m older and I’m still a happy man!
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Happy birthday! You look so happy in that portrait.
Wish you all the best!
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Thanks for the Birthday wish. I was happy then, and I still am!
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