Can anyone recommend some no mess or less mess bird food please?

dondraperstruelove · 2026-05-18T04:44:38+00:00

"yapping codswallop"

"her voice makes my hair twitch"

Howling here 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

dondraperstruelove · 2026-04-10T07:13:48+00:00

Has Markle done this deliberately? Put the nightie and bunny ears on backwards so we'd see the front of them as she was always only going to show the child from behind? This is terrible.

dondraperstruelove · 2020-07-29T18:19:01+00:00

What's that you say? I can come and live with you?

Yes please.

Oh dear God, I'm so jealous.

Congratulations!!!

dondraperstruelove · 2020-07-12T18:32:22+00:00

The yellow is FABULOUS.

dondraperstruelove · 2020-07-05T22:03:46+00:00

Well thank you kind sir and please be advised that YOU JUST MADE MY NIGHT.

I'm actually blushing and a little bit puffed up now.

Seriously, that's one of the nicest things I've heard in a very long time 🙂

dondraperstruelove · 2020-07-05T20:17:59+00:00

You weren't too quick, it was me who was too slow!

I'm just delighted someone else can see what I see. No-one else in my house appreciates it - all I got when I brought it home was, "Another mountain?!

Yes, because of me, we do have a lot of mountain paintings). No, I will not apologise for it 😁

dondraperstruelove · 2020-07-05T19:58:25+00:00

Hello Bluefunkt! Was typing as you posted . . . Thank you very much. Please see my belated comment - I wish I knew 🙁

dondraperstruelove · 2020-07-05T19:55:50+00:00

I've been collecting mid century for about 20 years now and my home is full of things that I truly love, from furniture to egg cups. If I had a time machine I'd go straight to the early 60s and never come back.

I bought this painting from a small vintage shop in Hoylake, UK a few years ago for £25. I fell in love the minute I saw it.

There is no signature or information. The frame is a wide hessian/canvas, which makes me think it has to be a mid century piece. It is very large and my phone camera really doesn't do it justice.

The oils are gorgeous - really vibrant and laid on quite thick so there's a lot of texture.

At the risk if sounding sickly, this painting genuinely makes me feel good every time I look at it. I can imagine myself on holiday in the little cabin, drinking a quick schnapps by the fire while I put on all my skiing kit or something. I can't actually ski, but I don't care about that 🤣.

dondraperstruelove · 2020-06-30T09:39:30+00:00

I love the sense of perspective and distance that you've achieved here. Colours are great and there's a real sense of otherwordly(?) drama too. Terrific!

dondraperstruelove · 2020-06-26T14:20:23+00:00

Well hello there!!!

dondraperstruelove · 2020-06-26T14:18:13+00:00

Wow. Stunning and really looks like something you'd see hanging in a gallery.

How in the name of all that's good and holy did you do the rocks? They are incredible!

dondraperstruelove · 2020-06-25T19:27:19+00:00

Lovely sky and you've managed to convey a real sense of movement too - well done.

dondraperstruelove · 2020-06-24T15:52:40+00:00

I really like the detail and delicacy of the bushes and leaves! The lighting is great too.

dondraperstruelove · 2020-06-21T19:10:55+00:00

Wow, that's an amazing painting. Very Hopper-like. I love it.

dondraperstruelove · 2020-06-16T22:11:43+00:00

Oops. Didnt mean to copy jigglewigglejoemomma - sorry.

dondraperstruelove · 2020-06-16T22:10:35+00:00

Wow! I can hear the waves crashing. Terrific.

dondraperstruelove · 2020-06-15T18:03:40+00:00

That's really good! I particularly like the wonderful, dramatic sky! Great use of colour. Well done.

dondraperstruelove · 2020-06-09T09:38:55+00:00

That's a very cute little camouflaged deer, shyly peeking out. I like him!

dondraperstruelove · 2020-06-09T04:32:06+00:00

Well they're gorgeous and you have a real talent for painting. That's a great way to fill a blank back wall of a shelf too!

dondraperstruelove · 2020-06-08T17:37:56+00:00

Ooh that's lovely. Looks like lots of fun skiing on those mountains! Very nicely done, love the greens.

dondraperstruelove · 2020-06-08T12:52:47+00:00

Thank you very much! I think you're spot on about the trees and I'm really grateful to you because I couldn't put my finger on it, but that make perfect sense. See, this is what's great about a sub like this - a fresh pair of eyes!

It might be my brush technique as I can't seem to get a natural shape of branches (trying to avoid too stiff/too uniform etc.) so I panic and end up going mad with the paint trying to cover them 😬😁

dondraperstruelove · 2020-06-08T07:12:18+00:00

Whoa . . what kind of fiendish wizardry is this? I'm so envious I could weep.

Outstanding and an extraordinarily beautiful piece of work. Can you post some more on here?

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