Maria looked out of the bedroom window this morning, and said, slightly alarmed, “there’s a man in the yard.” it was starting to get light and we saw that it was a man, he was Ed Gulley’s Tin Man, brought her for the Saturday and Sunday Spring Open House.

The Tin Man is a wondrous addition to the Bedlam Farm lexicon of creatures, animals, art works and wonderful people. Red seems especially fond of the Tin Man, he sits right beside him as if they are going for a walk. Red is not like the other children.

Maria and I can’t get over Ed Gulley’s quite amazing creation, he is asking $750 for the Tin Man, we’ll see what happens. I predict he will get it, either at the Open  House or soon after.

Maria and I both realized at the same time, that the Tin Man should be right out in front of the farmhouse, they will be talking about it all over the county, he is the perfect symbol of our Open Houses, a celebration of creativity, art and our lives together.

Ed agrees, he is coming over this morning to move him to the front of the house. Better than a giant neon sign. The more we look at him the more we love him.