![U.S. first lady Michelle Obama listens during a roundtable with interns after touring the Ma'o Organic Farms in Waianae, Hawaii November 12, 2011. [Reuters Pictures]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vvjWwJFfJOO4hmqRlHmkeE9uvk9uYuVaXneF2cex6Co2jcpBJ4Cxm9Ep-2PtBtbBg2S9iDUqr_ERksRhzO-sEbufDqWNtxFprcUxl6sMeraWrHhy9dsvfHbg0-wvAtj1RnipW75T13Eq4mE_5ZXvaPDg=s0-d "U.S. first lady Michelle Obama listens during a roundtable with interns after touring the Ma'o Organic Farms in Waianae, Hawaii November 12, 2011. [Reuters Pictures]")
Happy Birthday to First Lady Michelle Obama!
You know, it isn't easy to find a recent news image of M. Obama where she isn't with the President, with her kids, surrounded by people during some activity in her official capacity, or making a "discredit" face, i.e. the published images in which women in public service are caught making an angry, silly, and/or open-mouthed expression. I had to go back two months to find this image of the First Lady, on her own, looking thoughtful and serene and, as always, totally gorgeous.
