I have to celebrate you, baby
I have to praise you
Like I should
From Praise You by Fatboy Slim

But love is blind and lovers cannot see
The pretty follies that themselves commit;
For if they could, Cupid himself would blush
To see me thus transformed to a boy.
William Shakespeare

Sugar skulls for sale at the Dia de Los Muertos celebration.

All sanity depends on this: that is should be a delight to feel heat strike the skin, a delight
to stand upright, knowing the bones are moving easily under the flesh. Doris Lessing

A celebration of Dia de Los Muertos in my neighborhood

Traditionally, it is a time when family members share memorable stories that would commemorate their lives together. A special altar is made and adorned with pictures of deceased to remind the younger generation of their family roots. The altar also includes a feast gather at cemeteries to clean and decorate the grave site with flowers and candles. They picnic with their loved ones offering food and drink to strengthen spirits enough to return to their other world. The skeleton represent the spirit still living after it has left it’s flesh on this earth. From www.olvera-street.com

(click on image to see more detail, it’s quite elaborate!)