I was able to download some more pictures from our most recent trip tonight. These were from Ambers camera. Thank you Amber...you took some very nice pics. Here are a few pictures of my angel and of her beautiful birth country.
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One of the distinctive aspects of the celebrations in Antigua is the celebration of sawdust carpets, made to welcome the Easter processions of Spanish colonial statues carried through the city streets. The carpets are made with sawdust dyed in a multitude of jewel-like colors, flowers and pine-needles. First, a layer of natural sawdust is put down on the cobblestones and sprinkled with water. Boards are laid across the work so the artist don't disturb their work. Next, designs are drawn on with colored sawdust sifted through stencils. Finally, a fine mist of water plays over the carpets to keep the sawdust in place. It takes all day to produce the beautiful and fragrant carpets upon which the corteges will walk. On Good Friday morning, the carpets create an explosion of color and texture throughout Antigua's old streets. 
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