Friends and neighbors matter. We had three cords of firewood stacked in the back yard with three days to go before the Open House, A Creativity Conference on Friday (and rain predicted for that day). We ended up with a fearsome firewood mob at the farm. Tyler, who helps us out on the farm came over on his jazzy four-wheeler, he is a working fiend, and then Ed and Carol Gulley came over to drop off Ed’s Junk Art for the Open  House.

Ed and Carol unpacked the art, saw the firewood stack and attacked it – “we’ll get 90 per cent of it done in ten minutes.” That was just about right, we tried to wave them off, they didn’t need to stack our firewood, but they simply insisted. Tyler came roaring in and Maria joined in. The Gulleys moved a huge chunk, then Tyler finished it off. It’s all cleared away.

Carol and Ed are dairy farmers and their code of conduct is to help neighbors and friends anytime and anywhere. We love the Gulleys, it feels like we have known them for years, and we are very excited about Ed’s art. Photos to come. We are glad to have the firewood stacked, we weren’t sure we had enough time to do it ourselves. Ready for winter, thanks Ed, Carol and Tyler.