Earlier Gourds I Painted From 2001

These are the very first gourds that I painted (at least that were not just gourd heads for dolls). I have all my gourds numbered. Number one is the little blue pixie...my very first gourd. Number 2 is the dark skinned pixie. Then we jump to 9 and 11 which are the mermaid and pink fairy. These were painted June and July of 2001. During that short period of time I was on a roll and painted 36 gourd figures. As of today I am up to gourd number 118 but that doesn't count all the ornaments, bees, bugs, exchanges, nativity sets and others that didn't get numbered before leaving me. A correct count is over 300.