A happy home can be anywhere if there is plenty of love in it. This is an old fishing boat that the fisherman turned into a home for his family. His oldest daughter is up on the bluff looking through a spyglass at the ship coming in to see if it is her beau's. Grandpapa is mending the fishing nets while his little grandson looks on.

The inspiration for this painting comes from Charles Dickens's character, Peggity in David Copperfield. Peggity's family home was an old, beached boat...