In the woods behind our house, there is a large “erratic” to the left of the trail. (An erratic is a rock that is not the same as the underlying bedrock, having been transported from the north by a glacier and then left behind when the glacier finally melted.) The rock is well over 7 feet high. The rock sits on property once owned by Constantine and Olga Monks Pertzoff, who lived in a house they had built at the very end of Canaan Drive. Mr. Pertzoff, a well-known mid-century modern architect designed the house.
When Constantine died, his wife had the words “HE LOVED THESE FIELDS AND WOODS” carved into the stone under his name and dates. Several years later, when Olga died, the stone inscription was updated, due to some rather clever pre-planned spacing in the carving, to read “THEY LOVED THESE FIELDS AND WOODS.” The photo is the detail from the word “LOVED” carved in the stone.