Last October, we bought some of Ed Gulley’s fun wooden flowers, made out of discarded farm parts. Over the winter, the paint faded so I took this afternoon to paint them. It took me several hours – Maria could perhaps have done it in 20 minutes, but she was painting the farmhouse doors a bright fire engine red.

I agonized a bit over the colors – Ed is big on creation, not details – I liked the yellow and blue, but Maria pushed for the pink. I think it looks great. I put on one coat of primer yesterday and two coats of oil based color paint today. I am not really sure where their permanent home ought to be, but for now we picked the corner of the porch, so they can be seen from the road.

Ed will be selling his farm and folk art at the June and October Open houses (details on the events page at fullmoonfiberart.com and you can follow the wondrous world of Ed and Carol Gulley daily on their Bejosh Farm Journal.