Mexico is a celebration of life and spirit, even...maybe especially...during Dia de los Muertos - the Day of the Dead. These photographs were taken during the week leading up to the Day of the Dead in Oaxaca City in the state of Oaxaca. I stayed at the delightful Casa Colonial ( http://www.casa-colonial.com) which I recommend wholeheartedly. It's a cozy, funky, low-key guest house where meals are shared and strangers quickly become friends. I've included in this gallery lots of photographs that I don't regard as my best, simply because they evoke memories I want to share with fellow guests from the Casa.

Please forgive the occasional obtrusive and fairly obnoxious credit lines.

This is a gallery-in-progress.