Flashback to Africa

 Way back in 2010 when I was showing you Philadelphia Flower Show pictures, I thought of doing a post of masks from the Africa exhibit. It was one of the most popular of the show. But I never got around to it. Let's do it today.

This is sort of an unusual one.

Remember, these are at a flower show. Everything has to be made of natural material, primarily plants, although feathers have been used on some of them. The colored beans are clearly seen on this one.

This one seems suggestive of a lion face.

Here's maybe a good one for Halloween. Definitely a haunting spirit kind of vibe going on.

This one goes to the dark end of the hues.

And just because I like the geometric patterns of the woven grass, I'm throwing in a shield too.

We had a power outage this morning, but they got it fixed sooner than expected, so that was good. I got a late start on the day due to not sleeping well again. But I did get my Mason County Press column done. I wrote 1020 words in Vacation from DMS, and worked on several other projects as well. No walking though.

I REALLY need to get my act together and try to fix the lawnmower tomorrow. Can you tell I don't really want to do this? (I hate engines... if there were any way I could keep this mess cut without a motor, I'd do it- well, I own a scythe, but I'm not really tough enough to pull that off anymore for the amount of space we need to clear to keep the autumn olive, deer and mosquitoes at bay.)

See Flower Show 2010- Textures