HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Happy Birthday to Ernestine Shepherd, whom you've already seen on this blog. This woman is such an inspiration! Breathing air on the planet for 80 years and still going strong, working out, working strong, and constantly working on being the healthiest that she can be! My she-ro!! (Notice that the optimum word is "working"!)

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