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On the Road and In Your Backyard

by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)|  December 26, 20185:00 am| 6 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,

On The Road and In Your Backyard is a weekday feature spotlighting reader submissions. From the exotic to the familiar, please share your part of the world, whether you’re traveling or just in your locality. Share some photos and a narrative, let us see through your pictures and words. We’re so lucky each and every day to see and appreciate the world around us!

Submissions from commenters are welcome at tools.balloon-juice.com

 

So today is especially great – in your own backyard, and awesome. I so love the colors of lanterns and such nighttime illumination. It can be an entire language to a stranger in the dark.

 

 

Have a great (Boxing, or normal) day everybody!

Today, pictures from valued commenter ?BillinGlendaleCA.

As we came to the end of our fair haired adventurer’s trek though New Zealand, it’s time to return to our backyard for some festive lights. A friend of Madame and I had invited us and the fair haired adventure to the Chinese Light Festival at the LA County Fairgrounds in Pomona. The kid was unable to go since she had contracted the flu(yes she had a flu shot, it’s required for work). I’ve told her she needs to stay away from sick folk. So the three of us went and I, of course, took pictures.

Taken on 2018-12-02 00:00:00

Pomona, California

This might be a clue to a couple of additional posts featuring our fair haired adventurer. So stay tuned, “Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel…”.

Taken on 2018-12-02 00:00:00

Pomona, California

Here we have to panda shaped lanterns, I’m not sure what the gold thing or the green bottle is supposed to be. It was a Chinese Lantern Festival, so ya gotta have pandas.

Taken on 2018-12-02 00:00:00

Pomona, California

This set of tiger lanterns was pretty wide, so I shot it as several pictures and put them together in post.

Taken on 2018-12-02 00:00:00

Pomona, California

Mirror Lake in New Zealand’s got nothing on this! They had a long body of water with a barge in it with lanterns that nicely reflected in the water.

Taken on 2018-12-02 00:00:00

Pomona, California

Here’s the very colorful entrance to the festival. As you can see, the theme is “The Wild”, most of the lanterns were animal related.

 

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

 

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  1. 1.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    December 26, 2018 at 5:54 am

    Speaking of travel, Bro’ Man and I are motoring up to Philadelphia this morning to take the eponymous hound of Sighthound Hall, Kitty, to get her teeth and nails did at NGAP (greyhound adoption organization).

    I’m soliciting suggestions for lunch and Italian market-type places on the north side. Altomonte’s is on the list from last time, but I’d love to hear about other favorites.

  2. 2.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    December 26, 2018 at 6:22 am

    I was informed over Christmas dinner that there are more pictures from New Zealand, so the first part of the first sentence is incorrect. Our young adventurer was able to see the posts and was quite happy with them and your kind comments.

  3. 3.

    Elizabelle

    December 26, 2018 at 9:25 am

    Beautiful. I love Christmas/holiday lights. They are needed at this time of year.

  4. 4.

    StringOnAStick

    December 26, 2018 at 10:16 am

    I love the lantern festival shots, so pretty!

  5. 5.

    stinger

    December 26, 2018 at 10:27 am

    Beautiful and inventive!

  6. 6.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    December 26, 2018 at 8:52 pm

    @Elizabelle: Thanks, I’ve been taking some pics of the local lighting here in the hood.

    @StringOnAStick:
    @stinger: They were nice, but it was chilly and the cost of tickets and parking was a bit pricey.

    I should make one other correction…the kid didn’t have the flu but a sinus infection. She got a quick referral to get it all fixed up, it helps to work in a hospital with ENTs on staff.

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