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May 8, 2009

As The Travels Come To An End, part 2

by Thomas A. Droleskey

Here are some more photographs to accompany what will probably be the last two extensive travelogues to be published on this site, Penance is Better Than Ever in 2009, part 2 and Penance is Better Than Ever in 2009, part 3.

Walking Chase at the miserable campground south of Sugar Land, Texas, Saturday, March 14, 2009.

Taken by Sharon as she rode a Ferris Wheel with Lucy, Sunday, March 15, 2009.

An "aerial" view of the double-decker carousel at Kemah Boardwalk, Kemah, Texas, Sunday, March 15, 2009.

With my Uncle Ed, my late father's ninety-one and one-half year-old brother, Pappa's Grill, Stafford, Texas, Tuesday, March 17, 2009.

May he rest in peace. Amen. Seaside Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Corpus Christi, Texas, Friday, March 20, 2009.

May she rest in peace. Amen. Seaside Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Corpus Christi, Texas, Friday, March 20, 2009.

Lucy placing flowers near her paternal grandfather's gravesites, Seaside Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Corpus Christi, Texas, Friday, March 20, 2009.

Looking out at the beauty of Corpus Christi Bay, Corpus Christi, Texas, Friday, March 20, 2009.

A photograph of a very young Norma Florence Red Fox Droleskey and her brother by adoption, William Woodrow Red Fox. Those who know Lucy can see that she bears quite a resemblance to her paternal grandmother.

With apologies for the blurriness, this is a family photo, taken at the home of my Uncle Ed and Aunt Atha Lee in Texas, on February 1, 1982, just six weeks before my mother's death, the day before she entered M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Yes, that's me with a red beard standing behind my mother. My brother, Dr. Robert E. Droleskey, is to my left, standing behind my father. The photograph of the photograph was taken in the home of my Uncle Billy and Aunt Bertha on Friday, March 20, 2009.

With my Uncle Billy, my late mother's brother by adoption, and his wife, my Aunt Bertha, Friday, March 20, 2009. A very good sketch of my late mother's and Uncle Billy's father-by-adoption, "Chief" William Red Fox, can be seen in back of Uncle Billy. It's an excellent sketch of my maternal grandfather by adoption.

After the deer strike, north of Bayside, Texas, Farm to Market Road 2678, Friday, March 20, 2009.

Loading ourselves into the cab of the tow truck. Joe's fiancee is behind me and in front of Lucy. Friday, March 20, 2009.

A most familiar site. The TrailBlazer being loaded onto the back of a flatbed tow truck. Friday, March 20, 2009.

Exhausted at the Best Western hotel, Refugio, Texas, Saturday, March 21, 2009, the Feast of Saint Benedict of Nursia.

Seen on Texas Highway 6, Sugar Land, Texas, Saturday, March 28, 2009. Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness and Empress of the Americas, pray for us !

Standing in front of a wrecked car at Sterling-McCall Nissan, Stafford, Texas, Monday, March 30, 2009. "Why couldn't our car looked like this?

Side by side: the rental car and the TrailBlazer. Wednesday, April 1, 2009, Sterling-McCall Nissan, Stafford, Texas. This was the "false start" as the TrailBlazer came back with lots of problems (see Penance is Better Than Ever in 2009, part 2).

On Chase's first birthday, Thursday, April 2, 2009. No, I haven't been to a baseball game since I walked out of the now-demolished William A. Shea Municipal Stadium in Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York, on Tuesday, July 16, 2002. This jacket, however, which dates from around 1994, is the warmest thing I have to wear when I am out and about taking Chase for his walk in the colder weather.

A father and daughter portrait with Chase, Thursday, April 2, 2009.

The farm stand east of Beaumont, Texas, Friday, April 3, 2009, the Feast of the Seven Dolors of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Passiontide.

Lucy holding a a bag of peanuts. On the road on Interstate 10, Friday, April 3, 2009.

At Space 52, the "tilting space," Winton Woods Campground, Monday, April 6, 2009.

Moving to a different space, Winton Woods Campground, Monday of Holy Week, April 6, 2009.

Entering the White House Inn,West Chester, Ohio, after the Easter Vigil Mass, Saturday, April 11, 2009.

Being given a greeting on Easter Monday morning, April 13, 2009.

Penguins "holding hands" at the Newport Aquarium, Newport, Kentucky, Saturday, April 25, 2009, the Greater Litanies and the Feast of Saint Mark.

At work in the manufactured home, Saturday evening, May 2, 2009.

His Excellency Bishop Daniel L. Dolan blessing our house on the Octave Day of the Solemnity of Saint Joseph in Paschaltide, Wednesday, May 6, 2009.

His Excellency as he asperged the house with Holy Water on the Octave Day of the Solemnity of Saint Joseph in Paschaltide, Wednesday, May 6, 2009.

A continuation of the house blessing.

The Enthronement of our home to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary on the Octave Day of the Solemnity of Saint Joseph in Paschaltide, Wednesday, May 6, 2009.

After the enthronement ceremony. His Excellency very generously provided the three carnations and the vase.

A brief visit with our wonderful shepherd on the Octave Day of the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Wednesday, May 6, 2009.

Our home enthronement shrine.

The statue of Saint Therese of Lisieux that was responsible for ending our days on the road (see Penance is Better Than Ever in 2009, part 3).

 

Well, I hope that you have enjoyed the travelogues and their accompanying pictorial essays. Thanks to all for your prayers. Our thanks, most especially, to our benefactors. We do, of course, continue to need your assistance as our work for Christ the King and Mary our Immaculate Queen in this time of apostasy and betrayal continues.!

 

Penance is better than ever in 2009, is it not?

All to thee, Blessed Mother. All to thy Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, we love you. Save souls!

Isn't it time to pray a Rosary now.

 

Viva Cristo Rey! Vivat Christus Rex!

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Joseph, pray for us.

Saints Peter and Paul, pray for us.

Saint John the Baptist, pray for us.

Saint John the Evangelist, pray for us.

Saint Michael the Archangel, pray for us.

Saint Gabriel the Archangel, pray for us.

Saint Raphael the Archangel, pray for us.

Saints Joachim and Anne, pray for us.

Saints Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar, pray for us.

See also: A Litany of Saints





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