There are a few birthdays coming up this month, and hence I have been trying to think up some nice gift ideas for the concerned people. I am sick and tired of presenting them with the same old stuff year after year. This year I want to present them with something that is not only attractive, but also functional as well. Not something like flowers, because they wither away after a few days and are soon forgotten. I think what I may give this year are paintings, to be placed on their living room walls. That will surely not be missed, and they will remember me daily every time they see the painting on the wall.