Escape to the awe-inspiring and unforgettable scenery of Telluride, Colorado. Spend a week in the penthouse at the Ice House Condominiums located in the center of Telluride near the restaurants and shopping area and just two blocks from the free gondola and chair lift. Enjoy two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a study with a pullout queen sofa, as well as use of a pool and hot tub. Available for seven nights January 4-11, 2024 or June 1-8, 2024, by mutual agreement. Airfare not included.

Roses and Tulips by Matilda Browne (1869-1947) watercolor on paper, 10.25 x 29.75 inches, 17 x 36.5 inches framed (double-sided). Browne was the first woman artist of the Lyme Art Colony. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Matilda Browne was a child protégé, active in Greenwich, New York City and Old Lyme. Although flower and animal paintings became Browne's specialty, her skill in both genres led her to elevate her subject matter, and her work stands in comparison with some of the best Impressionists of the age. The Florence Griswold Museum hosted her first-ever museum exhibition in 2017.

Guillemot Kayaks was created by Nick Schade in 1993 to share the kayak designs he created for his own use.

Nick grew up around canoes and kayaks. After beginning a career as an engineer for the US Navy, he knew he wanted to get back on the water himself. In 1986 he decided to design and build a kayak using a technique he had seen used to create canoes: the "strip-built" method.

A development of the original Guillemot line, the Night Heron family of kayaks are the result of Nick Schade's ventures into rougher paddling conditions. The Night Heron family differs from traditional Inuit designs by maintaining a full waterline shape out to the ends instead of the "pinched" ends that are characteristic of the skin-on-frame kayaks made by the Greenlanders. The fuller ends create a long, effective waterline giving the Night Heron great efficiency at high speeds.

This kayak was built by Arthur Lima, a Mystic Seaport boat builder, on May 14, 2008 and has never been in the water. Measures 18 feet in length.

Inside the Belly of the Raccoon (foxgloves at night) by Dana Sherwood watercolor and acrylic on paper, 16 x 12 inches, 20.5 x 16.5 inches framed, 2023. Dana Sherwood is an American artist whose diverse practice explores the relationship between humans and the natural world in order to understand culture and behavior in a changing environment. In her work, nature, often in the form of non-human animals, plays a complex role as both subject and collaborator, asserting its presence and subverting the artists' perceived control. Sherwood relies upon her own style of magical-realism to portray contact between human and non-human animals as a tool to understand culture and behavior and more importantly to recognize the interconnectedness of our ecosystem. Since graduating from the University of Maine in 2004 Sherwood has exhibited throughout The Americas, Europe and Australia including her solo exhibition, Dana Sherwood: Animal Appetites and Other Encounters in Wildness which opened at the Florence Griswold Museum in 2022.

Enjoy a unique dining experience with the Museum's Executive Director, Joshua Campbell Torrance and his wife, Jennifer, along with eight guests in the historic boardinghouse.

The evening will begin with an invitation by Miss Florence to gather along the side porch of the house and enjoy cocktails and light hors d'oeuvres as the artists would in the past during the Hot Air Club. Then, head into the dining room for a dinner prepared by Gourmet Galley Catering based on a menu inspired by Miss Florence, where you can dine among the painted panels. Date to be mutually agreed upon during April 2024.

Enjoy a unique dining experience with the Museum's Executive Director, Joshua Campbell Torrance and his wife, Jennifer, along with eight guests in the historic boardinghouse.

The evening will begin with an invitation by Miss Florence to gather along the side porch of the house and enjoy cocktails and light hors d'oeuvres as the artists would in the past during the Hot Air Club. Then, head into the dining room for a dinner prepared by Gourmet Galley Catering based on a menu inspired by Miss Florence, where you can dine among the painted panels. Date to be mutually agreed upon during April 2024.