From her surroundings at Bayberry Farm, in the house with a view of Polpis Harbor that she and her husband Bernie built in 1965, Grace Grossman has had ample opportunity to reflect on the realities of a community at sea. Succeeding her husband as Nantucket's representative on the Steamship Authority's board of directors, she has navigated the shoals and tempests of managing the island's lifeline - sometimes against formidable opposition.

Grossman spent summers on Nantucket as a young child, staying at the old White Elephant. Before moving to Bayberry Farm year-round, she had served on the mainland as chairman of merchandising at Old Sturbridge Village, and established the Museum Shop at the Kennedy Library and Museum. On Nantucket, Grace and Bernie championed such projects as converting the old Island Home into Landmark House, transforming Academy Hill School into apartments for seniors, and establishing the Small Friends day-care center.

In the 1980s, Grace led a fund-raising drive to assist the beleaguered Cape Cod Community College. She developed the Nantucket Historical Association's Museum Shop and was instrumental in the restoration of the Nantucket Atheneum.

This embroidered narrative depicts the beautiful scene at Bayberry Farm. It also features Grace's painted wooden egg bearing the words of Ecclesiastes 3:1: "To everything there is a season . . ."