Gillian Everett's photos with the keyword: Orleans

Archive Sunday challenge 171 Spooky

SC83 post 18 February - Random subject - in this case... Mask (from archive, as this is a dividing image... a real photo, a mask I bought years ago, hand crafted in New Orleans, ) OR choose your own subject/theme. www.ipernity.com/group/daysincolour365/discuss/199004 Random subject/theme - means that for this week's Sunday challenge, you can chose your own theme for your photo. Please mention your chosen theme in the photo description. A new photo taken during the week please, not an archive. These links may help you to find a subject for your photo... codebeautify.org/random-theme-generator perchance.org/random-theme-generator 14 February - NOTE: The links to the random theme generators don't seem to be working for some people. The main thing is to chose your own subject this week, and mention it in your description. The links are not essential. The links lead to web sites which generate words for themes, NOT actual photos. I am unable to do anything about the links. They work for me, but ipernity drops the https:// (which precedes the link) when I post here.

Sunday challenge - Hallowe'en ~ but with a focus on black. Despite Halloween's rich history and the shared culture between Australia, Britain and the US, Australia doesn't really celebrate the festival... although we sometimes have a few trick or treaters. Halloween, or All Hallows’ Eve, originates from Celtic culture in the British Isles, with All Hallows’ Eve typically being linked to the festival of Samhain, or Summer’s End. This festival marked the end of summer and the harvest season, and the beginning of the darker half of the year. The spooky side of Halloween comes from the idea that this period is considered a ‘liminal time’. This means that the boundary between the physical world and the spiritual world is weaker, allowing spirits and fairies (called the Aos Si) to cross into the physical. In times past, food and drink would be left outside for these fairies to ensure good luck and survival through winter... spooky events associated with Halloween being linked to less daylight, and in Australia we have more daylight now, going into Summer, which traditionally starts 1 December. Another version in PiP

Fancy Faces New Orleans Mask (Mardi Gras, Halloween) Hand painted ceramic mask, signed 8/01 Renee. Fancy Faces, ceramic mask makers. Masks are made from their own moulds, poured, painted, and fired in kilns in New Orleans. The masks are signed on the back by the artists and embellished with varying degrees of ribbons, laces, sequins and fabrics. Sunday challenge... Mask