“I was concerned but I figured that inviting Autumn Fern to
sell with me at an art show probably wouldn’t kill either of us,” said Sarah
Daffodil. Daffodil enjoys spending time with Fern but Fern had never had to sit
in an outdoor, full-sun art booth for six hours. Daffodil wondered if the long day
would lead to agony for all. “She was delightful!” Daffodil announced after the
event, “Everyone enjoyed seeing her and I’d be glad to have her with me at
another art show!”
The show was one that Daffodil had done several times before
at The Sautee Nacoochee Center. Daffodil sold her card sets, cornhusk dolls,
necklaces, etc. Fern sold her new cornhusk sheep. Mayor Asher Ply Wood used to
be Acorn Hill’s sheep maker but after finding other ways of making money that
he preferred he gave his sheep making business to Fern. Fern greatly enjoys
making the tiny cornhusk and wool sheep and has developed her own style. She
had nine sheep at the show and sold every one of them by lunch time. “I’m
really glad that I got it by lunch time because people get their lunch and they
already had their sheep,” Fern said.
Because Fern behaved herself and was obedient Daffodil was
able to allow her freedom to roam around the festival after the last sheep was
sold. Fern made purchases, took photos of dogs and collected compliments on her
1800s costume that she was wearing. At the end of the day she was surprised to find
that the indigo-colored pottery fish that she’d been eyeing had become hers.
The artist who had made the fish had offered to trade it with Daffodil for one
of her cornhusk dolls as a gift for Fern. “It was really fun because Sarah
traded a doll for a really good fish made of clay and I bought a dog for $8.
The dog was made of clay. And they gave me for free a chicken made of clay and
that’s what I have to say,” said Fern.