25 more days to go!

ahh!

Getting Ready

And the wiseguys are out!

San Nicolas de Tolentino

San Nicolas de Tolentino, the Augustinian friar patron of the purgatory.

Krampus

On Etsy.

Emmanuel

Ofrenda 2003

Mission Chic

The Nativity Up High.

Throughout the centuries the glorious birth of the Christ Child has been rendered by artisans in numerous ways. Some artisans produce exotic representations that came straight from the Bible: the Holy Family huddled together inside a cavern amidst Bethlehem's arabesque buildings and a starry night. Others choose to set it in a more familiar terrain, their own.




This nativity scene by Fontanini follows the latter. Here, the Holy Family and the shepherdess are shown garbed in an Italian peasant clothing. I chose to set the Nativity Story high up on the Tyrolean Alps as a personal reminder that even when everything seems bleak, there is still hope.

On Etsy

Cross of the Angels - Cruz de los Angeles

Luisa Roldan

Madonna and Child with the John the Baptist.

Shepherd

Presepio

Vintage Italian paper-mache Presepi figures.

On Etsy

Corazon necklace

Wise guys

A bunch of wise guys.

dime store Plaster Americana and some German paper-mache figures.

Noli Me Tangere

@ MFAH

On etsy

Mater Dolorosa

German Nativity

A rather large paper-mache German Nativity figures from the first half of the 20th century. Repainted sometime later and covered with mica glitters.
This set actually reminds me of Henry Darger's works; Baby Jesus looks a lot like his Vivian girls.

Here they cometh

Christmas is just a handful of months away.
Unbelievable.

On Etsy

Flaming Heart Necklaces.

San Jerónimo

An interesting tableau of San Jerónimo.

San Ignacio de Loyola

por Agustin del Pino.

Retrato Colonial

Latin American
Spanish Colonial

He looks rather cool, wouldn't you say so?

San Miguel Arcangel

Argao, Cebu.
Must have been taken shortly after America's "purchase" of the Philippines and right after the Filipino-American war.

My apologies to my handful of readers...

And I really do mean a handful as I can count all those who read my posts in one hand. Ha!
I have not been posting in a while, and I do apologize.
Oh well.
It's amazing how fast time passes us by.
In that note, cheers to the rest of 2010!

San Antonio de Lisboa

For those who lost something today or for those who are single and looking for a counterpart, you all might want to pray to St. Anthony today. June 13th is his feastday.
He might just intercede.

La Familia de la Virgen Maria

San Joaquin y Santa Ana, padres de la Virgen Maria.
Grabado Filipino.

A 1701 Philippine woodblock print showing the Virgin Mary with her parents, Sts. Joachim and Anne.

"ORDENANZAS Y CONSTITVCIONES DE LA SANTA MIFERICORDIA DE LA INFIGNE CUIDAD DE MANILA."
Printed in Manila at Collegio de Santo Tomas de Aquino, 1701.