This bird - coordinating with the stamp is so cheerful. Those stamps deserve to be reissued. I wonder if we know how the voting is going for the reissuing of stamp promotion that the USPS is running. <Pause while I check> The voting has ended. The winner will be announced at the 2026 World Stamp Expo and will be on sale in May of 2026.
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Here's a good story from the ofrenda. One of the 4 old-timers (which includes me) who were invited to create the 25th anniversary ofrenda is a person I have known for over 25 years. She worked at the museum and was the person who managed/coordinated events. She is not a reserved person and I realized that it would be better for me if she saw the nichos ahead of time. I told her point-blank - "If the first time you view them is when I bring them for the installation, you'll spend too much time gushing and that will not be a good use of our time."
She was happy to be invited to see them. At first - there was gushing - and then when she got to the 6th one - she started crying. I was taken aback. Obviously, they were happy tears - but I just wasn't expecting that level of non-reserved-ness. I was glad that my intuition told me to have her come and see them ahead of time.
The nichos are sooooo roughly made - and for me - each one is a rough draft. I'd love to do each one a second time and resolve all the kinks and technical difficulties -- but it was gratifying to see that they conveyed the essence of each ofrenda - and that she was very touched - because she had fond memories of all the work she had put into the event during the years that she worked at the museum.
one shot of the lobby - for scale - and the side with the face of the skull.
More photo to come.
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