Dancing, Foam, and Face Paint

The Dancing Queens of the Llamadas.

 And the rest who competed for the honors of the queens, dancing too.

All that white on the poor marchers is foam.  Vendors walk up and down the side of the street selling it to parents who give it to their kids to squirt into the eyes of the marchers.  I find  the beahvior insupportably mean, and have no idea why parents would allow their children to behave in such a manner.

Look at this poor man all foamed!  Think of the cost of his costume, and how much it would cost to clean too - then think of all the dancing girls and their feathers and the rest.  All foamed.

Even those who are just carrying banners wear face paint!

Struggling to Get There

I've made progress, but not a whole lot.  I'm in the middle of the bottom row now. 

Carnaval is Underway!

And the parade begins!  Everyone who's competing at Teatro Verano has to march, along with a bunch of advertisers and other groups.  It's a long parade!

The next few pictures are of the queens of the Carnaval, Llamadas, and Samba.  They compete for the honors.

A Row Here, a Row There

Still going slowly, but I did manage to fill out two more rows of page one.  It's getting close to the end and I can move to page two... eventually.

Anticipating the March

Pictures of the preparations for the Carnaval Inaugural parade on January 24th.  We had box seats on Plaza Cagancha, and this first picture shows a view of the monument in the center at twilight.  I've got lots more parade pictures to share over the next several days.

Plugging Along

Two and a half of four squares done on this set.  It's going, slow, but going.  What keeps me stitching is that I think it's gorgeous.

Fourth Part Filled

Working from the middle out, each set gets a little bit bigger.  The hardest part of this section was pulling out the canvas threads.  Always a scary prospect!

Purse Project

Sometimes you get a lot done in a little bit of time.  That's what's happening with this piece.  I work on it while waiting for shawarma and waiting for the doctor to see me and so on.  It's coming along pretty well.

Still Not There

I've not had as much stitching time as usual this week because it's Carnaval, so there are still a few stitches left on this peacock feather fan.  On the other hand, there actually is progress.

More of Parque Salus

Corporate symbol on the wall of the bottling plant.  We didn't get to tour it.

A hornero nest.

There were these mounds of aloe vera plants.  I found their geometry fascinating.

Sparkly and Arches

I did the green sparkly in the upper left, making it look bright, and also started the left hand acanthus leaf outline.  There are now full arches on the houses too.

Another for Jean - Stitcher's Choice

I finished my temari for Jean, and it arrived safely in Canada.  The pattern I chose is a woven rose design, and it works up so well in kyo-temari thread. 

The Source of Salus

Salus is the bottled water company of Uruguay.  They're also owned by the same company as the brewery, and the spring for the water also supplies the water for the beer.  It's about a mile from the brewery.  The ornamental part is surrounded by jungle-like greenery, otherwise not seen for miles and miles around.  The panther fountain is because of a legend that the original users of the spring were allowed to by a panther who considered it "his" water.