Thank you Kristina @ decorartuk!
Kristina wrote and please go to her blog: "I found information about Paintings for Hope on someone's blog (your message is spreading!) and decided to participated as well. I posted a short article and hopefully it has drawn some attention from my fellow bloggers. Here are my hopes for painting #161 (I waited patiently before I saw a painting that evoked some kind hopes): I hope that whatever happens in the World good will always win against evil! Take care, Kristina http://de

the winner of yesterday
What a pleasure again! We got 8 applications. And the winner of the lottery is Markus Thewes in NRW/Germany. Congratulations Markus! His comment and hope: "I hope to keep a better balance between living and working." And to Yvonne, Flora, Panayiota, Lynne, Anika, Denise, Astrid, Fredy, Monika, please apply again. All the paintings waiting in line are carefully selected and true darlings of ourselves. Promise.:))) Thank you all. #betterbalancebetweenlivingandworking

Michelle in Down Under got her painting and started enlightenment:
"Dear Heidi and Peter, thank you so much for my painting, "she" has travelled far and well. She now has the pride on the mantle piece. I look at her everyday and this keeps my hopes alive. Many thanks and lots of love from Sydney. Xx"

the winner of yesterday
What a pleasure again! We got 8 applications. And the winner of the lottery is Joe Marsh in Kent/UK. Congratulations Joe! His comment and hope: "This time machine gives me hope for a better world in the future." And to Yvonne, Bill, Marina, Christian, Annemarie, Lynne, Romy please apply again. All the paintings waiting in line are carefully selected and true darlings of ourselves. Promise.:))) Thank you all. #abetterworldinthefuture

the winner of yesterday
What a pleasure again! We got 8 applications. And the winner of the lottery is Lisa Störkmann in Basel/Switzerland. Congratulations Lisa! Her comment and hope: "I hope that there will always be light within me and I can promise to be there for you." And to Yvonne, Flora, Heather, Annemarie, Christian, Astried, Athanasia, please apply again. All the paintings waiting in line are carefully selected and true darlings of ourselves. Promise.:))) Thank you all. #lightwithinmeandme

the winner of yesterday
What a pleasure again! We got 7 applications. And the winner of the lottery is Tabea Richter in Saxony/Germany. Congratulations Tabea! Her comment and hope: "At the end of all things, I hope there is still hope inside the hearts of people." And to David, Bill, Christian, Hether, Annelize, Markus, please apply again. All the paintings waiting in line are carefully selected and true darlings of ourselves. Promise.:))) Thank you all. #hopeinsidetheheartsofpeople

Sandy got her painting in the Netherlands and wrote:
Dear Heidi & Peter! Sinds your painting did arrive about 1,5 weeks ago, this is a pretty late reaction and I want to appologize for it. I just could not manage to get myself and the painting on a photo earlier, so that is the reason why I'm that late. In the attachment you'll find a foto of the very lucky me with the fantastic artwork, created and provided with your loving care, which I now may call mine. I'm such a Lucky bird :))) Once again I would like to thank you very ve