Sweet Old Folk Art House From Farm in Bethel, Maine figure with heart with drawstring for closing it

with drawstring for closing it tight

which is attached by brass screws at center

Four Miles from Edinburgh

and "Abandon Evil Company" (in wonderful gothic lettering) are pages of individual letters and numbers and

counterpointing her prettiness a bit

Sweet Old Folk Art House From Farm in Bethel, Maine figure with heart with drawstring for closing itThis charmer of a folk art house I know came from the Stanley Roberts Farm in Bethel Maine, retrieved by a fabulous woman named Verna, who sold it to me, along with a few other treasures from the same estate. The house is made of crate wood, with glass for the windows (inset into carved niches visible on the interior) painted with black crosses for windows and bordered on the bottom with black painted bits of wood. The dark red along the bottom