Day of The Dead at Everett

Last night's Day of the Dead celebration at Everett Middle School, BZWZ's alma middle mater and the school where Ducknik has volunteered for several years, was quick, informative and fun. Fátima, her teacher, explained that everything you see on that table is traditional, including the tamales, the pan dulce and the orange zempoalxochitls, that we call marigolds.

People put favorite foods and photos of the departed on the altar because it is said that on this day the other side can cross back and communicate with us. Along the top, note Steve Jobs, Fátima's father and Ducknik's Mom.

Ol' Everett hasn't changed. BZWZ would recognize the old mural painted on the wall with the homelands of many of the students. They've put a lot of money into this school since the 1990s and it looks it.

This morning Plottie woke up early and later on took a picture. This was the view at 7am, which will be the new 6am a week from now.