by
Thomas A. Droleskey
Well, uploading these photographs, which are meant to accompany It's Still Better This Than Purgatory (or Worse!), part 4, posted a week ago today, proved to be more of a problem than I thought. We encountered a little problem even though Sharon, who takes most of the photographs, had found the software to download photographs from our digital camera to our new computer. The software asked for a "serial number" so that I could install its contents onto the computer. A telephone call had to be placed Olympus Imaging to secure a new serial number, thus removing the roadblock to what many readers say is one of the most enjoyable features of this site.
With no further ado, therefore, here is "A Pictorial Essay, part 4."
Adding more power steering fluid, Dickinson, North Dakota, Wednesday, May 9, 2007. Notice the fashion statement with the gloves. You see, contrary to what you may think, I am a working man, after all.
Taking the garbage down to the dump. Dickinson, North Dakota, Wednesday, June 9, 2007.
The Rocky Mountains. Somewhere in Montana. Wednesday, May 9, 2007.
Another photograph of a Rocky Mountain chain. Somewhere in Montana. Wednesday, May 9, 2007.
Tired of snow-capped mountains yet? Somewhere in Montana. Wednesday, May 9, 2007.
A view of Spokane, Washington, from Mount Saint Michael's Church and Academy, Thursday, May 10, 2007.
The large statue of Our Lady of Lourdes, which we had transported from Lebanon, Ohio, being removed from the motor home in Mead, Washington, Saturday, May 12, 2007.
The statue of Our Lady of Lourdes being loaded onto a truck as bystanders say goodbye to her. Mead, Washington, Saturday, May 12, 2007.
Stuck (and squished) atop a ferris wheel, Riverfront Park, Spokane, Washington, Saturday, May 12, 2007.
A nice collection of bugs on the front of our motor home. Photograph taken in Mead, Washington, Saturday, May 12, 2007.
Aboard the Riverfront Park Carousel, Spokane, Washington, Sunday, May 13, 2007.
Brother Joseph Cooper, CMRI, right, setting up the banners for the Rosary Procession, Spokane, Washington, Sunday, May 13, 2007.
Photograph, taken by Mr. Tom Gilbrough, of the Rosary Procession, Mallon Street, Spokane, Washington, Sunday, May 13, 2007.
Lucy Mary Norma Droleskey carrying a banner across the Spokane Falls during the Rosary Procession, Spokane, Washington, Sunday, May 13, 2007.
A view of the Rosary Procession, Spokane, Washington, Sunday, May 13, 2007.
Sharon is following the motor home following the installation of new air conditioners at Washington Auto Carriage, Wednesday, May 16, 2007.
A Crucifix at Mount Saint Michael's Church, Spokane, Washington, Friday, May 25, 2007.
Our King and Our Queen, Mount Saint Michael's Church, Spokane, Washington, Friday, May 25, 2007.
Lucy before her beloved Blessed Mother. Mount Saint Michael's Church, Friday, May 25, 2007.
Our King of Love, the Center of All Hearts. Mount Saint Michael's Church, Spokane, Washington, Friday, May 25, 2007.
Good Saint Joseph and his foster-Son. Mount Saint Michael's Church, Spokane, Washington, Friday, May 25, 2007.
Our wonderful wonder-worker, Saint Philomena. Mount Saint Michael's Church, Spokane, Washington, Friday, May 25, 2007.
Singing a tune as we drive along. Somewhere in Wyoming. Monday, May 28, 2007.
A rainbow, Eastern Wyoming. Monday, May 28, 2007.
It's getting darker and darker. The winds are getting stronger and stronger. Western South Dakota, Monday, May 28, 2007. The results of those winds are shown below!
An inside view of the newly cracked windshields. Mitchell, South Dakota, Tuesday, May 29, 2007.
A close-up of the driver's side windshield pane. Mitchell, South Dakota, Tuesday, May 29, 2007.
A close-up of the passenger's side windshield pane. Mitchell, South Dakota, Tuesday, May 29, 2007.
An outside view of the passenger's side windshield pane. Mitchell, South Dakota, Tuesday, May 27, 2007.
A Zebra looking for someone to scratch his tummy. Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo, Thursday, May 31, 2007.
Looking at Mr. Giraffe. Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo. Thursday, May 31, 2007.
This is the Omaha equivalent of the Long Island Rail Road (and it stays on time, too). Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo, Thursday, May 31, 2007.
Swans going for a swim. Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo, Thursday, May 31, 2007.
Veterinarian Dr. Albert Henry Martin Droleskey's granddaughter and her love of animals. Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo, Thursday, May 31, 2007.
Penguin exhibit. Aquarium. Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo, Thursday, May 31, 2007.
Not by evolution, my friends. God willed, by act of His pure intelligence, this fish into existence. Aquarium, Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo, Thursday, May 31, 2007.
One of this chap's ancestors tore into the right leg of my late mother, Norma Florence Red Fox Droleskey, when she was stationed in the Women's Army Corps in Florida prior to being shipped overseas in 1944.Aquarium. Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo, Thursday, May 31, 2007.
A sea turtle posing for a photograph. Aquarium. Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo, Thursday, May 31, 2007.
Lucy giving a puppet show. Motel, Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, June 2, 2007.
The Penguin Exhibit, Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Sunday, June 3, 2007. Notice that there is no ice in the cage. The penguins were panting! To quote Jedediah Clampett, "Pitiiiiiiiful. Pitiiiiiful!" Oh, well, there are some ice cubes, which are difficult to make out in the photograph, in the lower right hand corner.
A bear saying hello to us. Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Sunday, June 3, 2007.
See any animals in this photograph? Perhaps this is an exhibit of the Great Plains at the Great Plains Zoo? Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Sunday, June 3, 2007.
Still no sign of any animals, are there? Great Plains Zoo. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Sunday, June 3, 2007.
On the way to the glass shop in Mitchell, South Dakota, Monday, June 4, 2007.
In case you are in need of a place to stay in Mitchell, South Dakota, where there is no offering of the Immemorial Mass of the ages. Monday, June 4, 2007.
A grotto of Our Lady of Grace (the grotto is made out of an old bathtub). Mitchell, South Dakota, Monday, June 4, 2007.
Downtown Mitchell, South Dakota. Monday, June 4, 2007.
Mitchell Corn Palace. Monday, June 4, 2007.
A tour bus dropping off passengers across the street from the Mitchell Corn Palace, in which there is, thank you, exactly nothing, unless you count photographs of the Corn Palace over the years as something. Oh, yes, they also have two etchings of Lawrence Welk and Tennessee Ernie Ford. Mitchell, South Dakota, Monday, June 4, 2007. Can you imagine saving up money for your entire life so that you can go to the Mitchell Corn Palace?
Have you ever met our friends Froggy and Ducky? Well, here they are. Mitchell, South Dakota, Monday, June 4, 2007.
The locals at a restaurant in Mitchell, South Dakota, most of whom were oblivious to egregious "music" being played. Monday, June 4, 2007.
The exterior of the Mitchell Corn Palace. Monday, June 4, 2007.
The signs read: "The Symbol on this building is an Indian good luck sign." God has a good sense of humor. Standing next to us at this moment were tourists from Germany, of all places. A woman spoke after I spoke to Sharon about the photograph. The German woman said, "We are from Germany. We know. This is not a good luck sign. We know." Mitchell, South Dakota, Monday, June 4, 2007.
So much for the myth of the "causal clothing" of the West. Men dressed in jackets and ties and Lucy dressed in skirts or dresses, circa 1910. Mitchell Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota, June 4, 2007.
A lot of people have a lot of time on their hands. Mitchell Corn Palace. Mitchell, South Dakota, June 4, 2007.
Enchanted World Doll Museum, Mitchell, South Dakota, Monday, June 4, 2007.
Dolls of traditionally dressed nuns. Wait until you see what they are attending, however. Scroll below.
Ugh. Notice the "full, active and conscious participation" of the faithful. Enchanted World Doll Museum. Mitchell, South Dakota, Monday, June 4, 2007 (we had two hours to spend as the motor home's new windshields were being installed).
My proposal to Sharon. (I was thin once, you know! Very thin. Extremely thin.) Enchanted World Doll Museum, Mitchell, South Dakota, Monday, June 4, 2007.
Together again: Montini and Wojtyla. Enchanted World Doll Museum. Mitchell, South Dakota, Monday June 4, 2007.
A collection of figurines of the dictators of the United States of America. Looks like the war in Iraq has taken its toll on Uncle Sam. Enchanted World Doll Museum. Mitchell, South Dakota, Monday, June 4, 2007.
Two dictators and an assortment of wives (note FDR in a rare ambulatory moment). Enchanted World Doll Museum. Mitchell, South Dakota, Monday, June 4, 2007.
Sharon tells me that her family had this "Patty Pla pal" doll. I was never "into" dolls, thank you. Enchanted World Doll Museum. Mitchell, South Dakota, Monday, June 4, 2007.
A tight squeeze at the glass shop in Mitchell, South Dakota, Monday, June 4, 2007.
Backing out of the glass shop's garage. Mitchell, South Dakota. Monday, June 4, 2007.
Got an appetite? Rush to Mitchell now, will ya? Monday, June 4, 2007.
Corpus Christi Procession, Saint Gertrude the Great Church, West Chester, Ohio, Thursday, June 7, 2007.
Viva Cristo Rey!
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us.
Saint Joseph, pray for us.
Saints Peter and Paul, pray for us.
Saint John the Baptist, pray for us.
Saint Norbert, pray for us.
Saint Boniface, pray for us.
Saint Joan of Arc, pray for us.
Saint Angela Merici, pray for us.
Saint Michael the Archangel, pray for us.
Saint Gabriel the Archangel, pray for us.
Saint Raphael the Archangel, pray for us.
Saint Philip Neri, pray for us.
Saint Augustine of Canterbury, pray for us.
Saint Athanasius, pray for us.
Saints Monica, pray for us.
Saint Jude, pray for us.
Saint John the Beloved, pray for us.
Saint Francis Solano, pray for us.
Saint John Bosco, pray for us.
Saint Dominic Savio, pray for us.
Saint Scholastica, pray for us.
Saint Benedict, pray for us.
Saint Anthony of Padua, pray for us.
Saint Antony of the Desert, pray for us.
Saint Francis of Assisi, pray for us.
Saint Thomas Aquinas, pray for us.
Saint Bonaventure, pray for us.
Saint Augustine, pray for us.
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, pray for us.
Saint Francis Xavier, pray for us.
Saint Peter Damian, pray for us.
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, pray for us.
Saint Lucy, pray for us.
Saint Monica, pray for us.
Saint Agatha, pray for us.
Saint Philomena, pray for us.
Saint Cecilia, pray for us.
Saint John Mary Vianney, pray for us.
Saint Vincent de Paul, pray for us.
Saint Vincent Ferrer, pray for us.
Saint Athanasius, pray for us.
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, pray for us.
Saint Isaac Jogues, pray for us.
Saint Rene Goupil, pray for us.
Saint John Lalonde, pray for us.
Saint Gabriel Lalemont, pray for us.
Saint Noel Chabanel, pray for us.
Saint Charles Garnier, pray for us.
Saint Anthony Daniel, pray for us.
Saint John DeBrebeuf, pray for us.
Saint Alphonsus de Liguori, pray for us.
Saint Dominic, pray for us.
Saint Hyacinth, pray for us.
Saint Basil, pray for us.
Saint Vincent Ferrer, pray for us.
Saint Sebastian, pray for us.
Saint Tarcisius, pray for us.
Saint Bridget of Sweden, pray for us.
Saint Gerard Majella, pray for us.
Saint John of the Cross, pray for us.
Saint Teresa of Avila, pray for us.
Saint Bernadette Soubirous, pray for us.
Saint Genevieve, pray for us.
Saint Vincent de Paul, pray for us.
Pope Saint Pius X, pray for us
Pope Saint Pius V, pray for us.
Saint Rita of Cascia, pray for us.
Saint Louis de Montfort, pray for us.
Venerable Anne Catherine Emmerich, pray for us.
Venerable Pauline Jaricot, pray for us.
Father Miguel Augustin Pro, pray for us.
Francisco Marto, pray for us.
Jacinta Marto, pray for us.
Juan Diego, pray for us.
The Longer Version of the Saint Michael the Archangel Prayer, composed by Pope Leo XIII, 1888
O glorious Archangel Saint Michael, Prince of the heavenly host, be our defense in the terrible warfare which we carry on against principalities and powers, against the rulers of this world of darkness, spirits of evil. Come to the aid of man, whom God created immortal, made in His own image and likeness, and redeemed at a great price from the tyranny of the devil. Fight this day the battle of our Lord, together with the holy angels, as already thou hast fought the leader of the proud angels, Lucifer, and his apostate host, who were powerless to resist thee, nor was there place for them any longer in heaven. That cruel, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil or Satan who seduces the whole world, was cast into the abyss with his angels. Behold this primeval enemy and slayer of men has taken courage. Transformed into an angel of light, he wanders about with all the multitude of wicked spirits, invading the earth in order to blot out the Name of God and of His Christ, to seize upon, slay, and cast into eternal perdition, souls destined for the crown of eternal glory. That wicked dragon pours out. as a most impure flood, the venom of his malice on men of depraved mind and corrupt heart, the spirit of lying, of impiety, of blasphemy, and the pestilent breath of impurity, and of every vice and iniquity. These most crafty enemies have filled and inebriated with gall and bitterness the Church, the spouse of the Immaculate Lamb, and have laid impious hands on Her most sacred possessions. In the Holy Place itself, where has been set up the See of the most holy Peter and the Chair of Truth for the light of the world, they have raised the throne of their abominable impiety with the iniquitous design that when the Pastor has been struck the sheep may be scattered. Arise then, O invincible Prince, bring help against the attacks of the lost spirits to the people of God, and give them the victory. They venerate thee as their protector and patron; in thee holy Church glories as her defense against the malicious powers of hell; to thee has God entrusted the souls of men to be established in heavenly beatitude. Oh, pray to the God of peace that He may put Satan under our feet, so far conquered that he may no longer be able to hold men in captivity and harm the Church. Offer our prayers in the sight of the Most High, so that they may quickly conciliate the mercies of the Lord; and beating down the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, do thou again make him captive in the abyss, that he may no longer seduce the nations. Amen.
Verse: Behold the Cross of the Lord; be scattered ye hostile powers.
Response: The Lion of the Tribe of Juda has conquered the root of David.
Verse: Let Thy mercies be upon us, O Lord.
Response: As we have hoped in Thee.
Verse: O Lord hear my prayer.
Response: And let my cry come unto Thee.
Verse: Let us pray. O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we call upon Thy holy Name, and as suppliants, we implore Thy clemency, that by the intercession of Mary, ever Virgin, immaculate and our Mother, and of the glorious Archangel Saint Michael, Thou wouldst deign to help us against Satan and all other unclean spirits, who wander about the world for the injury of the human race and the ruin of our souls.
Response: Amen.
