Day 16 - Mexican ceramic cat

[vilakins]

This is one of a pair of matched hand-painted ceramic cats. It has similar colouring to the lizard so I wonder if that's a traditional style. The cats come from Tonala but the lizard just has "Mexico" underneath.

Mexican ceramic cat

I gave her a hot background to remind me of Mexican sun in this very cold winter. :-) On her back she has two leaves, two flowers, and a bird, all green. :-)



My NaArMaMo 2011 Gallery is here; go up a level for the others.

Comments

[trixieleitz]

Cute! You've really captured the gloss of her glaze.

We need warm things in weather like this :)

[vilakins]

It's amazing what a little highlighting will do!

Are you snowed in? I hope you house has better insulation that ours. And, you know, ceiling spaces. :-( It's 10C in here. At least it will be warm in the office though some people are saying it's cold.

[trixieleitz]

We didn't think it safe to try to drive anywhere on Sunday or Monday (day off work, yay!), but everything was back to normal on Tuesday. The house is only about ten years old, so pretty well insulated, and we have a big Yunca, so there were no problems staying warm :)

[vilakins]

Yunca? Some sort of heater? Anyway, lucky you. One day I might live in a new well-built house...

[trixieleitz]

Wood burner.