Aerial view of 26 Schoolhouse at the edge of the Mystic River, amid autumn marsh and trees

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The house, the water, and the seasons.

A few favorites

A leap off the dock, silhouetted against a Mystic River sunset

A lone swan on the river in a golden dawn fog

Mayflower II under tow through the fog, leaving Mystic Seaport after her restoration (July 2020)

Wehpittituck Farm. Vegetables, flowers, and eggs sold on the honor system.

The house from the air

The house and grounds at 26 Schoolhouse, seen from the air — Dusk over the cove.

The house and grounds at 26 Schoolhouse, seen from the air — Spring aerial in calm water.

The house and grounds at 26 Schoolhouse, seen from the air — The house nestled between the cove and the estuary.

The house and grounds at 26 Schoolhouse, seen from the air — October from above during a very high tide.

The house and grounds at 26 Schoolhouse, seen from the air — Autumn dusk.

The house and grounds at 26 Schoolhouse, seen from the air — Evening light, looking out to the Mystic River.

The house and grounds at 26 Schoolhouse, seen from the air — Sunset aerial. The house looks over the Mystic River.

The house and grounds at 26 Schoolhouse, seen from the air — Late autumn view.

The house and grounds at 26 Schoolhouse, seen from the air — Peak foliage at golden hour.

Around the area

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Beach-rose hips ripening along the shore.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — An old garden cart gone to rust.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Flying the drone with my daughter at the Seaside Chapel.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Ram Island sits between Noank and Fishers Island.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Ram Island at first light.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Latimer Reef Light at sunrise, two miles offshore.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Church in Stonington Village.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Sunset over Stonington.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Evening light over the Stonington fishing fleet.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Enders Island silhouetted against a winter sunset.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Mouse Islands off Noank, Connecticut.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Stonington Village at dusk.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Noank sunset.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Enders Island.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — The stone church on Enders Island.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Slipper shells on the gravel beach.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — The dock on a foggy day.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — The Stonington fishing fleet.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — The Stonington fishing fleet at the end of a day.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Hard-working ships in Stonington harbor.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — The moon over the pond on Mason's Island.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Sunset behind St. Edmund's church on Enders Island.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Sunset at the Seaside Chapel on Enders Island.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — A foggy morning.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Nets and floats piled on the fish pier.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Heavy rope coiled on the dock.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — A sloop on its mooring in the fog.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — A washed-up shell in the seaweed.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — A shell in the beach cobble.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Weathered lobster traps.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Lobster traps stacked on the pier.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Boats moored on the Mystic River.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — A small sloop moored in Noank, Connecticut.

Mason's Island, the Mystic River, and the Stonington shoreline — Flat calm and fog.

Wildlife

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — A line of goslings behind their mother.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — A great egret banks low over the marsh pond.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — An osprey comes in over the nest, its mate waiting below.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — An osprey hauls a stick to the nest.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — A young gull on the piling.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — A great egret lifts off across the marsh grass.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — Talons down, coming into the nest.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — Three ospreys crowd the platform nest.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — A swan patrolling the bank.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — The swan steps ashore.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — A herring gull sounds off.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — A pair of egrets in the marsh.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — An egret and its reflection at the marsh edge.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — Working the tide line under the stone wall.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — An egret doubled in dark water.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — A foggy morning on the rocks.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — An egret on the point in the fog.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — A horseshoe crab shell on the gravel.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — A snail among the beach roses.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — A gull on its piling above the fleet.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — A gull glides over the water.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — A gull springs from the piling.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — A gull in full cry.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — A gull shakes off after a bath.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — A gull in sepia.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — Two egrets fish the rockweed at low tide.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — An egret works the tide line below the rocks.

Wildlife around 26 Schoolhouse — An egret hunts along a granite point.

Fishing off the dock

Fishing off the dock at 26 Schoolhouse — A bluefish off the dock.

Fishing off the dock at 26 Schoolhouse — A striper caught at night off the dock, then released.

Fishing off the dock at 26 Schoolhouse — Casting into a violet sunset off the dock.

Fishing off the dock at 26 Schoolhouse — An evening cast at sunset.

Fog days

A foggy morning on the Mystic River — A fog bank hovers above the Mystic River.

A foggy morning on the Mystic River — Fall marsh colors on a foggy morning.

A foggy morning on the Mystic River — Mayflower II passes the dock in the fog, under tow after her 2020 restoration at Mystic Seaport.

Winter

The lane under fresh snow, every tree coated white

The house from the dock on a winter evening

Two Adirondack chairs on the stone patio, each wearing a cushion of snow

The snow-topped dock reaching into the blue on a clear day after the storm

Snow-covered rocks at the point, the dock running out behind

A snow-covered cedar on the point above the cove

Falling snow over the cove, the beach grass still golden against the white

A flock of geese on the winter river, framed by snow-covered branches

Snow-laden branches arching over the dock pilings

Snow falling at night over the buried dock

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