Dia del Muertos

Busy weekend -sugar skulls, calaveras, altars, 

and remembering all those who have gone before

From 18th Century Elegance to La Calavera!

We've all heard the one about when the universe hands you lemons - make lemonade.  Well. when a favourite figurine gets broken - add a skull!!

I picked up the ceramic 18th century lady over 40 years in a small thrift store outside of Yucca Valley.  A week ago she fell off her shelf and decapitated herself (ala Marie Antoinette).

I had the ceramic sugar skull for a few years, it had broken off a dish that my younger daughter gave me.
And the colours of skull and lady were an absolute perfect match.

She makes a fantastic addition to my Mexicolor bathroom!

Here a Skull, There a Skull!

 In October - a young man's

 (or in this case, a woman of a certain age)

 fancy turns to SKULLS!

Big ones, little ones,

grinning ones

 pirate ones!

 Not always human,

but often very colourful!