D e c e m b e r 2 0 1 7 9 7 town and shore who helped her restore and keep the house. She loved her children and grandchildren first, but she loved her house, too, and ev- eryone who understood it. So she’d have people over to celebrate–everyone from ar- chitect Stockley Holmes to the painters to contractors to those who worked with her– or just appreciated her–gardens.” Who’d re- fuse an invitation to a place like this? nother drawing card was the mag- ic of looking out and seeing four lighthouses: “Portland Head Light, Ram Island Light, Seguin Island Light, and [the East Tower of] Two Lights.” Say it’s an icy day on Shore Road. What did Nancy like to serve in her romantic cas- tle? “Chicken cassoulet. Deep, rich stews. Of course, she’d have lobster. But the mem- ories I have of what she served often came in a soup bowl.” Nancy Harvey was what used to be called an original: “She liked to make up words. A ‘drooly’ day by the ocean on an overcast