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On the Road and In Your Backyard

by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)|  May 11, 20185:00 am| 16 Comments

This post is in: On The Road, Open Threads, Readership Capture

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On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions.

From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.

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Good Morning All,

This weekday feature is for Juicers who are are on the road, traveling, or just want to share a little bit of their world via stories and pictures. So many of us rise each morning, eager for something beautiful, inspiring, amazing, subtle, of note, and our community delivers – a view into their world, whether they’re far away or close to home – pictures with a story, with context, with meaning, sometimes just beauty. By concentrating travel updates and tips here, it’s easier for all of us to keep up or find them later.

So please, speak up and share some of your adventures and travel news here, and submit your pictures using our speedy, secure form. You can submit up to 7 pictures at a time, with an overall description and one for each picture.

You can, of course, send an email with pictures if the form gives you trouble, or if you are trying to submit something special, like a zipped archive or a movie. If your pictures are already hosted online, then please email the links with your descriptions.

For each picture, it’s best to provide your commenter screenname, description, where it was taken, and date. It’s tough to keep everyone’s email address and screenname straight, so don’t assume that I remember it “from last time”. More and more, the first photo before the fold will be from a commenter, so making it easy to locate the screenname when I’ve found a compelling photo is crucial.

 

So it’s Friday, and we all send otmar, his lovely daughter, wife, and family all the love and support we can from across the Atlantic. If it helps at all, she’s in so many thoughts, prayers, and good wishes. I confess to not being on the site much the past few days, so I hope things are still looking ok.

 

Today, pictures from valued commenter planetjanet.

Where it was taken: near the Plaka in Athens, Greece
When: Mar 2, 2018
Commenter nym: planetjanet

Other notes or info about the picture:I could not resist taking a picture of this regal feline.  Even though I changed angles several times to try to capture his gaze, he always turned away as if to say “be off, peasant”.  After attending a busy conference, Friday night was the only time I had to explore Athens.  Good thing I was able to visit the Parthenon on an earlier visit.  At least I enjoyed a lot of great Greek food at out of the way shops.

 

Thank you so much planetjanet, do send us more when you can.

 

Sorry for the slim pickings today folks, I have a lot going on. I’ll be pre-scheduling next week’s pictures over the weekend as I expect next week to be supremely busy.

 

Travel safely everybody, and do share some stories in the comments, even if you’re joining the conversation late. Many folks confide that they go back and read old threads, one reason these are available on the Quick Links menu.

 

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16Comments

  1. 1.

    ant

    May 11, 2018 at 5:12 am

    So, the other day I saw a bumper sticker on a car that said “pray for our police”.

    What message is being sent with this?

    ‘I am a religious authoritarian’ is what it looked liked to me, but I don’t speak wingnut.

    I wonder how the prayer goes.

  2. 2.

    Amir Khalid

    May 11, 2018 at 5:15 am

    I see that in Greece they ride the Cub motorcycles that are so popular in Asia. Even the kittehs, apparently.

  3. 3.

    JPL

    May 11, 2018 at 5:19 am

    Slim pickins are always okay, especially if they include pictures of cats.

  4. 4.

    Matt McIrvin

    May 11, 2018 at 6:20 am

    @ant: “Don’t pull me over, Officer”.

  5. 5.

    MomSense

    May 11, 2018 at 8:50 am

    Love this photo, planetjanet. I love Athens – except for the feeling when I leave all the stray dogs and cats I befriend while there. I’m still missing a dog I met about 20 years ago. He was a pup then and would follow me around during my morning routine. He was always at the bakery waiting for me. Then we’d walk to the park together and share a pastry.

    Sending good thoughts to Otmar’s daughter.

  6. 6.

    satby

    May 11, 2018 at 9:08 am

    Thanks planetjanet! It’s always funny how cats just own wherever they decide to perch.

  7. 7.

    Yarrow

    May 11, 2018 at 9:54 am

    Cute photo. What is the issue with otmar’s daughter? Hope everything is okay.

  8. 8.

    Gin & Tonic

    May 11, 2018 at 9:59 am

    In my brief time in Oslo I was surprised at the number of Roma (gypsy) women I saw begging on the streets. Saw none in Stockholm or Göteborg.

    Now on the train to Bergen; will return to Oslo for Constitution Day.

  9. 9.

    SiubhanDuinne

    May 11, 2018 at 10:13 am

    Had missed the news about otmar’s daughter. Whatever it is, I hope for a good outcome.

    Love the photo, planetjanet!

  10. 10.

    J R in WV

    May 11, 2018 at 10:34 am

    Well, I felt uninformed and guilty about it, but if no one else who’s here all the time know’s what Alain is talking about, I guess just uninformed is OK.

    Also hoping Otmar and all his family do well with whatever is going on, of course. He is a great guy, and is busy with interesting and cool stuff, and is sweet to take the time to photograph the passing scenery to share with a pack of, well, you know.

    Nice Kitty, thanks for sharing him. her. whatever. Thanks Janet!

  11. 11.

    rikyrah

    May 11, 2018 at 10:56 am

    I love this picture!

  12. 12.

    J R in WV

    May 11, 2018 at 11:05 am

    OK, here’s what happened to Otmar’s daughter:

    She fell and hit her head, concussion, and a fracture of her temporal bone. I remember now – he told us that his wife was staying in the hospital with her. Now he’s with daughter, and wife is coming to relieve him.

    Sounds like Austria may do better with relatives staying with hospitalized family members than most American hospitals, which provide a chair usually, and meals some places…

    Quelle surprise, huh?

    News that there was a fracture for me. Hope everything is still minor and improving.

    Keep in touch Otmar!!!

  13. 13.

    Miss Bianca

    May 11, 2018 at 11:27 am

    Healing wishes to Otmar’s daughter!

  14. 14.

    lol chikinburd

    May 11, 2018 at 11:39 am

    Another shooting, in Iowa

    Washington (AFP) – A 51-year-old man from Iowa was shot by his own dog while playing with the pet in his home, local media reported Friday.

    Richard Remme of Fort Dodge was encouraging his dog Balew, a cross between a pit bull and a labrador, to jump on his lap as he lay on his sofa when the dog apparently flicked the safety catch off the 9mm pistol he was carrying in his belt.

  15. 15.

    D58826

    May 11, 2018 at 11:42 am

    @lol chikinburd: well if the dog ate my homework is acceptable then this is a no brainer (on the part of the dog I should make clear).

  16. 16.

    shrerparick1

    May 11, 2018 at 1:59 pm

    @lol chikinburd: Well, the NRA and gun manufacturers increasingly market these weapons as fashion accessory, tribal signaling, and trolling liberals and minorities without being dangerous to anybody but “bad guys” so you get a guy wrestling on his couch with a sixty pound dog and surprise, he shoots himself (something if you think about is rather forseeable). But he would have been ready if a mob of Black Panthers, M19 gang members, and Sharia Adhering Muslims had come through his front door.,

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