Feliz Dias de los Muertos!

A detail from one of the Day of the Dead dioramas Darlyn bought me on Olvero Street in Los Angeles.

Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico can be traced back to the indigenous cultures. Rituals celebrating the deaths of ancestors have been observed by these civilizations perhaps for as long as 2,500–3,000 years.[1] In the pre-Hispanic era, it was common to keep skulls as trophies and display them during the rituals to symbolize death and rebirth. more

The good stuff:
 
Trick or treating by pedicab.
Only 24 more hours of political ads
Renewing acquaintances
Family reunions
A buck by the lake at dawn
Sandhill crane couples
Morning fog
Wrestling a goal to reality
Fondue forks
fondant icing