#roadside chapel

[dramoor]

"Blessed is he who strives to please the Lord as others try to please men."

~St. John Climacus

(Image via Pinterest)

[gratiasagere]

visiting mom

[petpav]

Kojetín, U Svate Anny, roadside chapel

April 2021

[elladastinkardiamou]

Kos

Photo by Klaudia Osierda

[thestonecuttersguild]

Our Lady of the Wood. 2018

[monkismymoniker]

[elladastinkardiamou]

A dog has waited 18 months for his owner to come back to the site where he was killed

In a small town in Greece, a dog waits patiently for his master to come home every day. While this is common for canines, in this case, his master won't be coming home—he was killed a year and a half ago.

The unnamed white dog waits every day by a roadside shrine in Nafpaktos, TK. The monument stands where his owner, a man named Haris, collided with a cement mixer on November 9, 2017. Haris' death surprised the community as his brother had died nearby only a few years before.

The community erected a roadside shrine at the site of the accident, about seven-and-a-half miles from his home. And ever since, Haris's dog stays at the shrine all day, waiting for his owner to come home.

Various Nafpaktos residents have tried giving the dog a new home, but he always returns to his master's monument. They've since given up and set up a little shelter with a blanket for him, and give him food and water.

[thestonecuttersguild]

Roadside Chapel VII: Finished product

Until I get a good day to get out and shoot this (too sunny), here are a few pictures of the roadside chapel.

I washed the base in brown and black watered down acrylic, and drybrushed a bit of Elysian green. Flock, and foliage to make it look a bit overgrown and forgotten, and flowers for color.

Total build time: around 40 hours.