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Thursday
24Sep2009

« love thursday: the many 40-year-old faces of marcus »

Photographed on the eve of his 40th birthday.  All images completely unretouched, straight out of the camera. Nikon D300, ancient 50mm manual lens.


Today is Marcus' 40th birthday.  Happy Birthday, beautiful man.  I love all your faces.

 

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Happy Love Thursday, everyone.  Feel free to leave your stories or links to your words or images of love in the comments, below.

And may you take some time to really appreciate the faces of the people you love today.

SongBirthday by The Beatles

Reader Comments (44)

I love it- I'm not sure if I am bold enough to put this 40 year old face that up close and personal with my lens- my hats off the Marcus- happy birthday and happy love Thursday!

http://momsdailyretreat.squarespace.com/notesfromtheedge/2009/9/24/love-thursday.html

September 24, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAmelia

Gorgeous and a great sport too :) Happy Birthday to Marcus!

More goat love this week at my place. What can I say? I'm a proud goat maaaaa :D

Goat Tears Cure Muscle Aches and Pains!

Happy LT everyone!

September 24, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMichelle | Bleeding Espresso

Can you tell it is late where I am! My initial comment includes a bad link- let's try this again

as a displaced Southern woman, I decided to list my favorite Southern expressions for love Thursday, I hope you enjoy!

http://www.momsdailyretreat.com/notesfromtheedge/

by the way, Marcus' birthday happens to be my anniversary- good stuff happened on September 24th- that love post is forthcoming :)

September 24, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAmelia

Happy Birthday to Marcus! Beautiful photos :-)

September 24, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterDori

Wonderful portrait collection.
Here's a little love for today:
http://marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=932

September 24, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterDaily Practice

I made Marcus a little birthday photo montage of Cornwall this morning.

http://giftsofthejourney.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/birthday-greetings-from-cornwall/

Happy Birthday Marcus...I hope you enjoy the " trip" home.

September 24, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterElizabeth Harper

How cute and what a wonderful and telling face he has.

http://lifesignatures.org/wordpress/2009/09/a-life-interrupted/

September 24, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterPuna

Happy Love Thursday. A little sad love.

http://busymomma66.blogspot.com/2009/09/why.html

September 24, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterbusymomma66

Happy Birthday, Marcus!

September 24, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterchris

Happy Birthday Marcus!

here is my contribution to Love Thursday:)

http://memyselfandotherthings.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/love-thursday-feline-toddler-relationship/

September 24, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMel

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