Flycatcher on Flowering Branch, Oil on Board Signed M Pahl, 1974 antique illustration which this one does not--rather

which this one does not--rather

though someone would need to be pretty special to deserve one of these

which I'm taking as a assertion of power and self possession

then two red

dating to the late 19th/early 20th century

Flycatcher on Flowering Branch, Oil on Board Signed M Pahl, 1974 antique illustration which this one does not--ratherI've been finding myself attracted to not very skillfully painted vintage paintings of late, I think in significant part because they feel cozy and comforting and optimistic. And maybe also because I keep fantasizing about a great old farmhouse bathroom with clawfoot tub in which I'd spend half my time soaking, and in which they would feel completely at home. This sweet painting of a flycatcher (noted on the back of the painting) with long forked tail