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Thinking About Painting Your Walls Pink?
The computer -- not a Monday morning or afternoon lover? -- crashed before I could enter the complete observation and question about paint-splashed chair and table sides.
The table side over the bench or chair displayed brown-red or red-brown ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/28/2023
Thinking About Painting Your Walls Pink?
The computer crashed before I could continue with the complete observation and question regarding paint-splashed design.
The sides of the table over which the bench or chair is in that episode of Curb your enthusiasm (Cache ta joie, pour les ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/28/2023
Thinking About Painting Your Walls Pink?
Just now, I'm watching The benadryl brownie episode on the Curb your enthusiasm series with Larry David and (presidential candidate Robert Francis Kennedy Jr's wife) Cheryl Hines.
Larry goes to a restaurant. He's happy enough with the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/28/2023
Marianne Stokes
The computer crashed -- again! -- before I could enter the third part to my French and German academies-related question.
Is it known which academies Marianne Stokes studied at in Paris?
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/28/2023
Marianne Stokes
The computer crashed before I could enter a second part to my question about French and German academies respectively admitting and not admitting women.
Did the French academies always admit women who hoped to become artists? If not, when in ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/28/2023
Marianne Stokes
Your second and your fourth facts, Couldn't study at the Academy and Paris, causes me to ponder the line Time goes by so slowly And time can do so much from Unchained melody by The Righteous Brothers.
Marianne Stokes didn't get to study at the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/28/2023
An insect friendly garden
We have fireflies, but in the south. We do not have them in the north, where I live. Mosquitoes might be making their entry into the south, but in the northern parts of Britain they would be competing with the Scottish midge. An irritating ...
frankbeswick, on 08/27/2023
An insect friendly garden
One of my favorite sentences from the above wizzley is your statement that "Many people regard insects as creepy crawlies and look on them with disgust, but l am reminded of a line from the New Testament when God says to Simon Peter that he is ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/26/2023
Thinking About Painting Your Walls Pink?
The second paragraph in your introductory statement considers "purplish pinks to make a statement."
How does one make purplish pinks?
Where inside and outside the house might purplish pinks make a statement?
What kind of statements might ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/26/2023
Marianne Stokes
Your second subheading, Couldn't study at the academy, has Marianne Stokes staying with her (maternal? paternal) aunt. The third heading, Muse, and the fourth heading, Paris, indicate nothing about her living arrangements.
At what age might a ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/26/2023
Thinking About Painting Your Walls Pink?
The last sentence to your first subheading, Which Spaces Can Be Upgraded by Pink?, ends with mention of bright and bold pinks.
What might be examples of boldest and brightest hues?
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/25/2023
Marianne Stokes
The Wikipedia article divulges Marianne Stokes as having been awarded a scholarship for her first picture, Mutterglück.
Is there any information as to what receiving a scholarship meant?
Might it have served as a reference for opening doors to ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/25/2023
Thinking About Painting Your Walls Pink?
The second paragraph to your fourth subheading, Dining room, alerts us that "too strong reddish and purplish tones can make you too excited and irritable, which is not a perfect basis for a nice family dinner."
Can strong purplish and reddish ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/25/2023
Marianne Stokes
The interaction indicated in your third subheading, Muse, between Marianne Stokes and Johann Strauss II intrigues me.
Nowhere in internet sources is anything indicated as to when, where and why they knew each other. Stokes may have traveled ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/25/2023
Rushes
Most certainly we would like it, but we have less space than you have in the USA, so the wild flower gardens that you describe would be smaller than yours is.
frankbeswick, on 08/24/2023