All Saints Day in Guatemala, Central America, Western Hemisphere, Earth

Today is a Nationwide Holiday and a SPECTACULAR DEMONSTRATION of Family LOVE and UNITY in Guatemala.

The winds, are blowing strongly and it´s a perfect day for flying the vividly colored kites that dart about in the sun saturated air. The skies are filled with these multicolored, multi-shaped/sized amazing individual treasures that are often handmade...most are flown around cemeteries as a lively living tribute of fond rememberance as entire families are gathered around the graves of those who have died.


Juan Carlos purchased a huge rainbow colored kite today...it has a six foot long tail. He told me he´d never had a kite before today, it´s his first at age 33...he was much like a child in ecstacy as he assembled his gorgeous kite...no doubt it flies with honor as he remembers his Grandfather who loved him dearly but died when he was a child.

May God continue to Bless all loving Grandparents who have added so much to our everyday lives...both those grandparents still with us as they helped us, taught us and loved us....and also, the dearly remembered souls of their parents, and their parents parents and all who preceeded us in life and who now rejoice in the great beyond....high up and all around us where the kites dance in perfect untwisted harmony, where there is eternal peace, a place of unlimited kindness, respect for all and the natural lightfilled bliss of great heritage.

Thanks be to God for all the beloved who have come before us.



Kite, Sumpango, Sacatapequez, Photo Juan Carlos Castillo
Ruins, San Francisco el Grande, Antigua, Photo Juan Carlos Castillo
Flowers, Flickr Photosharing