SWMBO hates it. I love it. But let's put a little more light on it.
Now, what do you think? I want to hear a vote. Do you like it? Or hate it?For those of you without Spanish, Dia De Los Muertos translates to Day of the Dead. It's a traditional holiday around the end of October and 1st of November.
And if you think the picture is dark . . . you ought to be in Mexico sometime during those days and see all the sugar skulls for sale in the markets. Or better yet, go to a Mexican cemetery during that time to see people gathering at the graves of their departed relatives, picnicking with all kinds of food and tequila. Rather than mourning the loss, it's a celebration. Not of their deaths but of their lives.
Cat-A, you just know that I'd think it was quite grand. I recall that the Archie McPhee catalog, years ago, offered all sorts of Dia de los Muertos goodies.
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ReplyDeleteJulie - You're my kind of gal!
ReplyDeleteAnd the BRD would love your pink flamingo fetish!
Our son would love that! I don't know that I would like to live with it, myself. I think I am with SWMBO here.
ReplyDeleteI dig it! Not the festive kind of skull I normally associate with the day of the dead, but it's got its own appeal.
ReplyDeleteMeggie - SWMBO had me hang it on a wall in my den that she doesn't normally face. "That way," she said, "I won't have to see it!"
ReplyDeleteTombo - Yes, I think it is one of a kind.
My niece had a Day of the Dead theme wedding. We were invited to bring pinatas, :)
ReplyDeleteMy niece had a Day of the Dead theme wedding. We were invited to bring pinatas, :)
ReplyDeleteI hope none were images of the groom!
ReplyDeleteI like it. A local Mexican grocery sells the sugar skulls and other Day of the Dead decorations and special foods. I like the cookie skulls decorated in brightly colored icings. Cool stuff!
ReplyDeleteWe went to a market once when we lived in Guadalajara. There were tons of that stuff!
ReplyDeleteI think it's an interesting picture and some of our children would love to hang it in their homes but it doesn't go with my decor.
ReplyDeleteJudy - I have it hanging right over my coffin!
ReplyDeleteIt's kinda creepy, especially in the dark. It would never hang in Willow Manor, at least not while I live here. ;^)
ReplyDeletewillow - That seems to be SWMBO's opinion, too.
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