ARTWORK SAGA 14:

BUTTERFLIES
San Juan, Puerto Rico
1978

I was on vacation when I came across this place called "The Butterfly People." It was in an old house with a high courtyard filled with preserved butterflies. I was transfixed.

You could order a selection in any size and configuration. I called Ed and had him measure the space above the living room fireplace. While selecting the butterflies, I asked for an addition of a red one to the selection I had already picked out. "Oh, No," was the reaction. "That's a South American butterfly. You can't mix them with the African ones you've already picked!"

I got a wonderful, hermetically sealed 27" x 43" display.

FAVORITE DELAWARE COAST PLACES SAGA 6:

LEWES-CAPE MAY FERRY
Lewes, DE to Cape May, NJ

This ferry connecting the Delaware Peninsula with the NJ mainland is a marvel. It goes 17 miles in 85 minutes from coast to coast.

It takes foot traffic so it's also a great way to tour Cape May, a charming Victorian town.

While on board, there's excellent seating and a nice lunch area.

The terminal in Lewes also has a nice lunch spot—open air!

ARTWORK SAGA 13:

AN UNUSUAL POT
Washington, D.C.
1971

This ceramic I bought at the American Hand in Georgetown, D.C. I was (and still am) intrigued by its unusualness. The artist's signage is CT.

It's what's called slabwork.

FAVORITE DELAWARE COAST PLACES SAGA 5:

REHOBOTH BEACH

Delaware

Rehoboth Beach is one of the best beach towns in America—clean sand and water, small town, friendly, beautiful old houses, great restaurants.

It's a town of 1,000 people that swells to 100,000 on the Fourth of July!

One can always "get-away" to an uncrowded beach area.

As well as enjoy the crowds.

It's full of wonderful, old beach cottages from the 30s on.

Beautiful sunrises over the Atlantic.