Chuck & Nancy

The Most WASTED of all Daysis that during which one has not Laughed!-Nicholas De Chamfort
And the best laughter comes from spending time with family and friends! This morning I enjoyed a fabulous “Sister Brunch” to celebrate all our birthdays - especially my sister Gina’s - whose is tomorrow. But since all our birthdays fall in [...]

The Mystic and Noank Library was built in 1891 through the generosity of Captain Elihu Spicer. It is a beautiful building and a wonderful library. The Library has some wonderful events coming up in the spring.

Honor Book Weekend - March 31 - April 2Come to Bank Square books over the weekend and select a book [...]

Our good friends, Ruth and Dick visited yesterday. It was wonderful to see them both. It was especially nice to see Dick looking good and up and around on crutches. He had a terrible accident in the fall which took a large chunk out of his right leg. I posted some photos of him on [...]

Chuck has been creating beautiful things in his workshop. His latest creation is a gorgeous Pembroke Table. It has a beautiful book matched crotched mahogony veneered top. The drawer, legs and curved drop leaves are inlaid with decorative trim and edged with ebony. The pictures below show the process of bending the steamed ebony in [...]

It’s a really beautiful morning here on the Connecticut shoreline .. already 60 degrees and the sun is glistening off the water. Yesterday in the mild weather I walked around the yard and noted the many new shoots of my spring blulbs, daffodils and hyacinth are sprouting up everywhere!

We returned home from Maui to a snow storm. Everyone tells us that it has been a really mild winter while we were away but it was cold and snowy on our arrival. I only ventured out as far as the front porch to snap this photo. The water and sky were [...]