The curator of the Bedlam Farm Windowsill Gallery is in Alabama this week, so the task fell to me. I am different than Maria, not nearly as graceful or invented. Her gallery exhibits include twigs, discard baubles, stones, rocks, bits of fabric and jewelry. I decided to go with impact, old bottles, pansies and other flowers from the budding garden. The sun always comes up behind the barn in the morning, so I put them there.

Maria is an artist, she is all about style and the beauty of the earth, I go for light and color every time. It’s interesting that in the two years that we have lived here, this is the first time I have curated the windowsill gallery. I suspect it is one of those gender things, something mostly done by women, something me see as not their chore. Always good to be stretched and opened up to new realities.