At the Grotto

The Vatican in miniature

I'm back! Not from Paris but back on the blog for a few days. After that, my friend Jean Reed is at bat. Thanks to Doug Stocks for sharing his photographs with us this past week.

In April, when bloggers Janet and Maya were visiting you'll remember we took a little field trip north to Cullman, Al to visit the Ave Maria Grotto. Known throughout the world as "Jerusalem in Miniature," it is a beautifully landscaped, four-acre park. It's a peaceful setting for the 125 miniature reproductions of some of the most famous historic buildings and shrines of the world crafted by Brother Joseph Zoettl, a Benedictine monk at St. Bernard Abbey.