Please join me in wishing my dear co-blogger and friend Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert a very happy birthday today.
A hummingbird and an orchid for Lisa as a tropical birthday gift.
[Painting of hummingbird with an orchid by American painter Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904)]
Image from http://thombeau.blogspot.it/2012/02/martin-johnson-heade.html
Repeating Islands 
Happy birthday Lisa, Wishing you lots of birthday years
Happy birthday Lisa!
You both have a great blog.
Greetings from Holland
Happy Birthday Lisa!
Happy Birthday, Lisa!
Best wishes on your birthday, may the Lord bless you, today and always.
Pabien i hopi mas aña di bida i salú (Felicitaciones y muchos años mas de vida y salud).
Happy birthday Lisa – that’s a v appropriate image – very similar to the image on the cover of the Virago edition of The Orchid House if I’m not mistaken.
Best wishes for a happy and memorable Birthday, Lisa.
Long life, good health, happiness, and success in all you do
from Ameena and all of us at The Arts Journal
¡Feliz cumpleaños, Lisa! ¡Todo lo mejor!
Happy Birthday, Lisa. Your blog is just great and so informative ! It keeps us in the loop! Kee0p up the great work and may God bless you every day.
Happy Birthday Lisa. God bless to you and yours. Ire,from Costa Rica.
Joyeux anniversaire, Lisa!!!