If you see something on the farm that looks like a woodland creature dragged it into a pile, Pam did it.

That's Pamela Morris, born and raised in the great state of Florida when it wasn't so weird. That's a lie. It has always been weird. Pam earned a bachelors in education at the University of South Florida (go bulls), and a masters in gifted education at the University of Northern Colorado (go golden bears). She was a teacher for nine years. A lot of the educational material about gifted kids talks about how many students can teach themselves when teachers are busy with other students, and Pam took that idea and went nuts with it. Among many other things, she taught herself to paint and has been an artist ever since. She started selling her work in 2006 and has amassed quite a few local Missouri scenes in her portfolio, including the self portrait up there. She's responsible for the name Blue Bottle Gardens. Glass is pretty to look at and fun to paint, you know.

Because the garden is built of piles a woodland creature would gather, sowing, growing, and harvesting is all under Pam's domain. Gardening is one of the many topics Pam taught herself, and the one that seems to make the most sense. Though it fuels the soul, you can't eat art, a lesson taught harshly in 2020. As all her art shows were canceled and food prices rose, Pam focused all her energy on improving the garden and came out the year a better grower up to her ears in vegetables. And truthfully, Pam deals with some depression and dirt and toil seem to focus her energy away from the things she can't change into the things she can improve. Gardening as therapy. It works. You'll benefit too because the result of the dirt and toil is delicious and healthy. 

If you want to strike up a convo with Pam out of the blue, try any kind of music, interesting local places to paint, but definitely gardening and landscaping.