Our Home for a week
24. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
We are at Holiday Inn Oak n' Spruce Resort in Lee MASS
The Resort is a series of buildings with towhhouse-type units
Ours is #220
Took us 4 hours to get here with relatively no traffic
Dinner an exploring downtown Lee
24.–26. aug. 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
As per habit, we eat out our first night, so we took a short drive to downtown Lee and stopped at Locker Room Sports Bar.
Laurie had French Dip aptly washed down with Yengling and I hit FlatbreadLæs mere
Keystone Arches Bridges Trail
25. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
We had a nice restful night, and after a simple breakfast, we started planning the week.
Unfortunately, we discovered that I forgot to pack my swimming trunks, but also more importantly, Laurie forgotLæs mere
Park Knox Acres Trails
25. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
We then went to the nearby Park Kox Acres trails, which were described as easy and family friendly.
The problem here was that they wound up being "too easy." We were on 2 trails and off of them in aLæs mere
Pittsfield MASS
25. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
We needed some encouraging pick-us-up so we drove to Pittsfield.
Pittsfield is the largest city and the county seat of Berkshire County. It is the principal city of the Pittsfield, MassachusettsLæs mere
Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
25. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
Fortified thus we made our way to Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Yes, i was humming the song most of the time 😊
Set amidst more than 1,000 lush acres in the Berkshires, Pleasant Valley’sLæs mere
Chocolate Café
25. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
We rewarded ourselves for all our Deeds Du Jour by going to Chocolate Cafe and as hard as it was we only bought 2 Cookies. Chocolate chip for me and Dark Chocolate-dipped Ginger and Molasses forLæs mere
National Shrine of The Divine Mercy
26. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
The day started with another beautiful morning during which we had to figure out Plan B since, as mentioned previously, all serious hiking was out.
Completely out of the blue, I stumbled upon theLæs mere
The Shrine Sanctuary
26. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
A Door for Nancy Ish 😊
Gorgeous interior of Sanctuary
Sanctuary 2
26. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
The Althar
The Rose window
Icons of St. Mary
The Organ Balcony
St. Faustina Chapel
26. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
Maria Faustyna Kowalska, OLM (born Helena Kowalska; 25 August 1905 – 5 October 1938, also known as Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, was a Polish Catholic religious sister andLæs mere
The Life-sized Stations of the Cross
26. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
These are beyond stunning!!!
You can reference this page, which also contains videos of making the statues and interview with the sculptor
https://www.shrineofdivinemercy.org/stations
Stations I -Læs mere
Stations of the Cross V - VIII
26. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
Simon helps with the cross
Veronica's Veil
Falling down 2nd time
Speaking to women of Jerusalem
Stations of the Cross IX - XII
26. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
Falling down 3rd time
Stripped of his tunic (sorry somehow didn't take a shot of the whole sculpture)
Hit me, hurt me, nail me to the tree
Crucified among the Thieves
Father into Your Hands...
Stations of the Cross XIII - XIV
26. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
Who knew that they ho beyond 12? I most certainly didn't!!!
Taking down from the cross
Wonderful Pieta
Missing the Sudarium, though ...
The grounds of Eden Hill
26. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
On St. Peregrine's Knoll
(Peregrine Laziosi (Pellegrino Latiosi; c. 1260 – 1 May 1345) is an Italian saint of the Servite Order (Friar Order Servants of Mary). He is the patron saint for personsLæs mere
Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto
26. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto and Immaculate Conception Candle Shrine.
Built in the 1950's, The Marians created this beautiful replica of the Grotto in Lourdes, down a secluded path on Eden Hill. ItLæs mere
Shrine of the Holy Innocents
26. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
The centerpiece of the Shrine of the Holy Innocents is a life-size statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas and the Unborn.
This sacred space honors the memory of the souls of allLæs mere
Holy Family Shrine
26. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
The Holy Family Shrine is a favorite spot for pilgrims to prayerfully seek the guidance and protection of the Holy Family or simply thank God for the gift of family.
I tried to "superimpose" theLæs mere
Stockbridge MASS
26. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
Stockbridge (pop. 2,018) is considered to be an all year round resort. It was settled by British missionaries in 1734, who established it as a praying town for the Stockbridge Indians, an indigenousLæs mere
Norman Rockwell Museum
27. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
Again this is turning out to be way too relaxed vacation. Today's morning was very foggy but fof burned out by about 9:00 am and we ventured out soon after to go to Norman Rockwell Museum ILæs mere
Original Oils for SEP covers
27. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Some familiar images (they rotate their stock)
Main Street in Stockbridge, incl. The Red Lion Inn on the right and Rockwell's house at the time is on the left. It's pretty much still looks the sameLæs mere
MAD magazine association
27.–30. aug. 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Alfred E. Neuman in Tripple Portrait parody with X-Fikes to it's left
and in Fiddler on the Roof
1960s Oils for "Look" magazine
27. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
Later works highlighting social issues.
In "Do Unto Others", Rockwell pained 3 different images of himself
The grounds
27. august 2024, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
Lots of flowers and shrubs
The family's apple orchard
















































































































































































RejsendeNice place! Enjoy your time away.
RejsendeBoy you are fast 😁
RejsendeI'm sure this one will be much more relaxing (Julie-- since my blog name is posting)
RejsendeHey Julie,very nice hearing from you 😀