More Dia de los Muertos And More Halloween!

Here are a few more Halloween photos that were on my camera. These are all from actual Halloween on which I stayed in, ate jack-o-lantern shaped pizza, watched Sleepy Hollow and Trick 'R Treat, and handed out candy. I actually got five trick-or-treaters this year! Mostly because I told the five kids in my neighborhood that they would get lots of candy if they came because I always buy candy and no one ever comes. This seems like bribery I guess, but hey, I got five more trick-or-treaters than I ever have before! I think it was a success.

Oh and guess what! That little white pumpkin? Grown by me in a pot! Yay! I got two adorable little white pumpkin babies off my pumpkin vine and was ecstatically happy. The first time I have ever really grown something like that before and I didn't totally fail! Thanks to Miss Vanessa for all the pumpkin growing tips.

Also, that pumpkin with the big carved out bursty shape used to have something in the middle of the bursty shape, but someone very naughty *coughMalcough* ate it! It is a good thing pumpkin is good for dogs.

Okay on to Dia de los Muertos. On the actual day I made this little altar for our beloved Cuppy. It made me so happy, but also a bit teary to set it up for him. *note: The little metal praying hands I found randomly in the dirt while on a walk. Finding awesome stuff on walks is one of my favorite things.

Then on Sunday Alyssa, Katie, and I went to the procession. It is a MAJOR deal here and unlike anything I have ever been to. It was incredible and had such a unique feeling. The celebration of a parade combined with the sense of honoring lost loved ones just creates an atmosphere like nothing else, lovely.

We did makeup and costumes, the whole shebang (me on the right).

The flash didn't go off on this one, but I like it, kind of spooky.

All the pictures I took of the parade are dark and blurry so I will only share a few.

Then there was the show and finale at the end where there were performances and they lit the huge ball of offerings on fire.

There were aerial acrobatics done hanging from a crane way up in the air. It was super impressive.

All in all it was an amazing night.

Dia de los Muertos And Halloween

Halloween was super fun and walking on 4th Mister B and I even had some people who recognized or costumes, yay! It was exciting because not many people knew who we were. I think this may be the first picture that has ever been on here of Mister B, but I really wanted to share our costumes and I can't do that if he is not in it so there ya go.

This one is my favorite.

This is our little group for Halloween. From left to right you have: a hipster, Han Solo, The Doctor, Amy Pond, and Alice from Twilight.

It was super fun and one of my favorite things is that every single piece that I bought for my costume (which is all of it) is just regular clothes and I can re-wear everything a lot! Also, Tucson Comic-Con is this weekend so we will probably wear our costumes to that too.

Other peoples' blogs have some wonderful Dia de los Muertos posts, but I just wanted to share an art show I went to see at Tohono Chul here in Tucson. All the art was based on Dia de los Muertos and not only did I get to see some awesome art, but I also got to learn more about the traditions that go along with the day. I did take pictures of some of the art (it didn't say not to), but I wasn't sure if it would be kosher to post them on here or not. What do you think? I don't remember who the artists are so I couldn't give credit. One thing I did want to share is this close up of part of one of the pieces:

Is that not the most amazing fabric you have ever seen?! I need it!

My favorite part of the exhibit was an interactive altar art installation.

People were allowed to leave notes and offerings and they even supplied paper and pens. I wrote one and left it for our Cuppa who we lost earlier this year. It was such an amazing emotional experience. I even teared up while I was writing my note. And leaving it there for him with everyone else's thoughts and wishes for their loved ones felt good.

I am just a girl from Oregon where this celebration is not so common, but this whole Dia de los Muertos thing just feels right! I am even going to the parade here in Tucson on Sunday which is a pretty big deal.

I hope you all had a nice weekend!

ps. I just noticed that my last post was #200! That makes this 201. Another landmark passed, 300 here I come!