There is a particular quality of light on Casco Bay in the early morning, the water flat, the air still, an osprey lifting off from its nest in the spruce at the edge of the lawn. At 675 Wolfe's Neck Road, this is simply Tuesday. One to three chicks hatch each year. In winter, eagles move through.

Positioned on 2.51 private acres along one of Freeport's most storied peninsulas, this 2012 shingle-style Colonial holds 223 feet of owned Casco Bay frontage. The views reach Eagle Island, Egg Rock Lighthouse, Bustins Island, and Harpswell Point. A panorama that changes by the hour, by the season, and on Wednesday evenings in the spring and summer, fills with the wite sails of races running across the bay. A deep-water dock and morring sit below the lawn. The shoreline is entirely private. 

The home was designed for the way a waterfront life actually unfolds, mornings in the kitchen watching the water, afternoons on the deck, evenings by the fire. The main living level is anchored by a stone fireplace and hardwood floors, with windows positioned to hold the bay from nearly every room. The kitchen opens fully to this space: a walk in pantry, INSERT REFRIGERATOR MAKE, and a generous sink that serves a home built to host as much as it was built to rest in. First-floor laundry keeps the practical out of the way of the beautiful.