Norman Reedusis a national treasure, as far as partnerDiane Krugeris concerned.

The German actress, 43, shared birthday love for Reedus as he turned 51 on Monday, posting a shirtless picture of theWalking Deadstar, who playfully dons a mask in front of a “feliz cumpleaños” banner for the celebratory photo op.

“My teenage dream of a man right here ! ? HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the love of my life ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️,” shecaptionedthe Instagram tribute post.

“Thank you all for the birthday wishes. If you can help the people and the animals in australia they could use some wishes and our help right now ♥️,” hecaptioneda screenshot of fire and rescue teams to which his followers coulddonate.

“It’s Bastille Day on July 14th and my birthday’s on the 15th, so at midnight they always have fireworks and we watched the fireworks,” the actress toldPEOPLE Nowin July, just days after their European jaunt.

And his presence was her present, as Reedus “never gets time off” from his hit AMC series.

As Kruger shared: “It just so happened that he got an episode off, which has not happened since we’ve known each other, ever. So that he was able to come there … and just being in Paris, it was just so special.”

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Norman Reedus (L) and Diane Kruger.Stephen Lovekin/WWD/REX/Shutterstock

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Despite their busy careers, Kruger and Reedus still make time for quality time together — sometimes in the form of joint self-care session.

In September, Reedusposted a photoof the two enjoying what appeared to be charcoal face masks. In the mirror selfie, Reedus and Kruger stick their tongues out for the camera while covered in the black substance — with Reedus even having drawn a cross shape on his neck using some of the mask.

source: people.com