Melanie by Michael Mcmanus

What a fabulous watercolour. I also love your sharing of your life's experiences!

Sorry about that Michael. Lovely watercolour.

Very well painted, Michael, I like the choise of colours.

Thanks Gudrun, Henry and Cesare.

Kaunis!

Intimacy in the ranks? but so what if it creates work as good as this and gets you sorted out.

Paljon kiitoksia Satu. Thanks Derek.

Are you a secret Finn Michael?

Nicely drawn and an intertesting story behind the drawing.

ei oikeastaan Satu. Just a Googler. Thanks Ivan. My sense of humour can be a bit weird too.

You poor love, I bet it was awful for you Michael! I must say she looks very shy and demure in your painting.....although the verbal picture you have painted of her, she sounds anything but.....lol Remember, you were one of the 'Band of Brother's'. All that aside Michael, she has a great shape and tonal form. Can't wait to meet the rest!!

Thanks Fiona. I knew you would understand. Yes, this isn't Melanie's usual assertive pose. This was the moment I'd told her it was all over. Note the clinging mini dress of the 60s. I hope to publish some more but as you will understand, these memories are painful. I still see the band of brothers you know. Every couple of months the North East handlers get together in Weatherspoons at midday - alternatively Durham, Newcastle, Gateshead, Middlesbrough. The stories abound. In the navy they say you're 'swinging the lights'. Jolly Jack forever.

Wow Michael, sounds like you had a lucky escape, ... But looks like a loss lol...oh well back to art, I like the piece it creates an atmospheric work...

Thanks Alan. I was very fit at 18 but we all have our limits.

That must have been a huge disappointment to you Michael!! Yes she does look very bonny.

It was Adele but it was a very long time ago. Sometimes I think I'm only imagining it. Surely not.

I know the feeling Michael, as an ex paratrooper myself, I sweat these days just thinking what I used to do lol...

It's all coming back to haunt me Alan. Goodness knows what it must have been like for a paratrooper! The truth is Alan, I embellish and dramatise these days. It appeals to my sense of humour and puts a bit of fun into my diminished world. There I go again.