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.............................................................................photo by Elaine A. Russell

(as seen through the windows of Masks Y Mas on Central Ave in downtown ABQ)

** and in other news... I am featured in this week's ALIBI newspaper for having won the shutterbug photo challenge for this week... ♥ ♥ ♥

wow. Dia de Los Muertos rocks....

*photo by Elaine A. Russell

---such a busy weekend..... yesterday the hubby and I went to the Psychic Fair at the ABQ Garden Center on Lomas. It was simply fabulous. So many cool things to look at.. and I got my yearly Samhain tarot reading for the upcoming year :)
More on that later ....

Early this am, had to take the hubby to the airport for another out of state work-related trip. ergh. He is, however, going to be able to see some family while there.. so that is awesome.
This afternoon-- a friend and I went to the Tome Gallery to see their Day of the Dead festivities. Lots of great art.. lots of great food... lots of great people. I will definitely be posting more on this later on in the week.
Then.... we made it back to ABQ in time for the Dia de Los Muertos Parade in the South Valley. Freakin' awesome.

So-- provided any of the pics I took turn out... there will be lots to play around with this week for blog posts. But for now... hot chai and bed :)

MsBonz says...

photo by Elaine A. Russell


I took this shot the other night, peeking in the window at Que Chula! on Central Ave. (of course, altered a bit in Picnik). She is fabulous. Things like this really really inspire me. I've been doing Day of the Dead art for several years now, and it never gets old.

So-- the hubby is out of town on another work related trip (yikes). I hate it when he is gone. When the kids were little, we used to make a game of it. We would have "theme nights." For example...One time we got Chinese food, watched Mulan, ate at a table low to the floor on pillows, used chopsticks, and slept on futons. That was a typical venture.
Now that the kids are grown.... it has become more about photo days or some such. But today, the daughter is making "samosa" from scratch. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samosa). I slept in til the afternoon... enjoying my comfy bed and soft quilts and snuggled with my puppy. And I have spent several hours just reading and surfing the net for interesting bits.

Another great day :)