Our Home for a week
24 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 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 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 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 FlatbreadEn savoir plus
Keystone Arches Bridges Trail
25 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 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 forgotEn savoir plus
Park Knox Acres Trails
25 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 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 aEn savoir plus
Pittsfield MASS
25 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 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, MassachusettsEn savoir plus
Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
25 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 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’sEn savoir plus
Chocolate Café
25 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 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 forEn savoir plus
National Shrine of The Divine Mercy
26 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 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 theEn savoir plus
The Shrine Sanctuary
26 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
A Door for Nancy Ish 😊
Gorgeous interior of Sanctuary
Sanctuary 2
26 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
The Althar
The Rose window
Icons of St. Mary
The Organ Balcony
St. Faustina Chapel
26 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 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 andEn savoir plus
The Life-sized Stations of the Cross
26 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 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 -En savoir plus
Stations of the Cross V - VIII
26 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 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 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 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 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 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 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 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 personsEn savoir plus
Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto
26 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 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. ItEn savoir plus
Shrine of the Holy Innocents
26 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 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 allEn savoir plus
Holy Family Shrine
26 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 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" theEn savoir plus
Stockbridge MASS
26 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 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 indigenousEn savoir plus
Norman Rockwell Museum
27 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 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 IEn savoir plus
Original Oils for SEP covers
27 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 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 sameEn savoir plus
MAD magazine association
27–30 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 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 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
Later works highlighting social issues.
In "Do Unto Others", Rockwell pained 3 different images of himself
The grounds
27 août 2024, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
Lots of flowers and shrubs
The family's apple orchard
















































































































































































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