Meri's Play Place

My blog friend Bonnie is hosting Photo Art Friday and invites participants to link to a post where they've featured their own artistic photo. For my first submission, I'm posting this photo called "Spirit Dancer" Spirit Dancer © 2011 Meri Arnett-Kremian that I like so much I'm having it printed on canvas just to see how it looks. I want to include it in the "Day of the Dead" exhibit I'm putting up in the local Key Bank branch.

Here is my contribution for MOSAIC MONDAY and MEXICO MONDAY . Enjoy! Images of San Miguel de Allende's Parrocchia © 2010 Meri Arnett-Kremian. One of the most recognizable landmarks of  San Miguel de Allende is the city's Parrocchia, one of the many parish churches  rather than a basilica. It has a neo-Gothic facade clad in a beautiful pink stone and its fanciful appearance has reminded some of Disney creations.   The church was built in the 17th century  with a more conventional exterior, but "redecorated" in 1880 by Zeferino Gutierrez.  He was an indigenous bricklayers and  self-taught architect who was shown  postcards and lithographs of European  cathedrals in the Gothic style  and asked if he could replicate the look. The resulting revision -- which reclad the exterior walls of the church -- is his own interpretation rather than a  copycat cathedral.  The interior of the Parrocchia is quite traditional. We were luck...

For Ruby Tuesday , the headdress of an indigenous dancer  on Halloween night  in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

Today I'm celebrating Mexico and color and tasty food and fascinating customs like Dio de los Muertos. These images were taken 10 days ago in Guanajuato, where everyone was preparing for Day of the Dead. So I'll make a pitcher of margaritas from scratch and pour us each one so we can peek at my pictures. Come to think of it, with all the pictures I've taken, we'll need more than a single pitcher.