Blanche & Lucy Love Kennebunk, Maine

Blanche & Lucy took the top down and headed for the Maine coast again today. We decided to drive to an area where I had spent many summers.

We decided to poke around Kennebunk, and Kennebunkport, Maine.  We first stopped at the Brick Store Museum - that had great displays on all the beautiful architecture in the area.

The Brick Store Museum displays were in several houses that were built during the turn of the century.

This is the back of one of the buildings of Brick Store Museum.  Look how low the first floor windows are on this building.

These two monuments were dedicated to the firemen and police men that served the town of Kennebunk.

Over the rooftops I could see the steeple of one of the town's white churches.

I had a summer place in Kennebunk in the 80's and 90's and this is the Unitarian church that I attended.

The great thing about Kennebunk is that there are many places to meditate and worship - the Franciscan Monastery is another place where we attended services now and then.

The 'style' at this Monastery is very surprising - very modern and 'sharp'.

The beautiful grounds here at the Monastery are wonderful to walk through.

Throughout the wooded areas there were lots of beautiful life sized statues and grottos like this one of "Our Lady of Lourdes".

Another statue we found along the walkways was one of St Francis Assisi (the saint of animals) in this beautiful fountain.

This grotto 'Our Lady of Fatima' is one of the areas they use to have outdoor services in the summertime.

This is the exterior of the Monastery.

When you walk into the chapel - this is the first statue we see- Saint Anthony

And also the many votive candles.

The next stop was "The Wedding Cake House".

A sea captain built this house (that resembled a wedding cake) for his new bride because he was going to sea for several months.

We drove through Kennebunkport and stopped at St Ann's on the coast.

This is another place where we would come to enjoy outdoor services.

We enjoyed the view and wonderful peaceful feeling we felt here. 

This is the exterior of St Anne's Church, the back rectory and surrounding low wall. St Anne's is just around the bend from President Bush's compound.

St Anne's was built in 1887.  The church is made of large sea washed stones that were dragged by man and horse and assembled stone by stone.

There are beautiful stain glass windows all around the church that have been donated my parish folks.

The alter area is beautiful and boasts a cross made of Italian beach walnut  and the alter is made of Italian marble.

This memorial anchor was given to the elder President Bush (H.W).  You can see the Bush's compound in the distance.

Here is a close up of the plaque that was presented to the elder President Bush.

There is just a narrow water way that separates Rte 1A and the curious photographers from the Bush compound.

Blanche & Lucy and Cheryl visiting the Bush's at their Kennebunkport compound.