REST IN PEACE. The sugar skull on the left I decorated in memory of Grandad, who died on Friday, the skull on the right in memory of Nana and a brightly coloured skull for Stephen is not pictured, as Coco ate it.

Comments

baker st jones said…
lovely megs, and truly bizarre
Mon. Nov. 10, 08:39:00 am AEDT
gretta at lothlorien said…
Did you make the sugar skulls???
Mon. Nov. 10, 09:23:00 am AEDT
Moonaroo said…
Bless you Megs, so gracious in times of such mixed sorrow.
Mon. Nov. 10, 09:44:00 am AEDT
cousin eddie said…
i want to make one. i want to make one right now. i want to make both of them right now
Tue. Nov. 11, 06:13:00 pm AEDT
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