Sun-drying Coffee Fruits in Finca Filadelfia
These delightful fruit you see above are coffee fruits being dry after they have been hand picked from the coffee bushes. You …
Show Me The Moon from Antigua Guatemala
Detalles, detalles, detalles. What better way to show you the brand new paint job at the Iglesia de La Merced than to …
Guatemalan Bread Sampler: Name the Bread
Details, details, details. To celebrate the first anniversary of AntiguaDailyPhoto on May 1st, 2007, I published a sampler photo of sweet bread …
Wireless Antigua Guatemala
Details, details, details. Oh boy, here are those ugly power lines again. But wait, what’s in the background? Sure enough, now everywhere …
Farol or farolito
Details, details, details. There are so many different street lamps or faroles, as they are known in Spanish, in La Antigua Guatemala …
Corner Window in Antigua Guatemala
Detalles, details, detalles. Take a corner window, add a forged iron crate and a few plants and you have transformed a boring …
Antigua’s Lamp Shadow
Details, details, details. I also believe that, some times, details are like opportunities: you blink and they are gone. So you always …
Antigua’s Metallic Owl
Details, details, details. I believe beauty manifests itself in the details. Correct me if I am wrong!
Antigua’s Door Knocker
Details, details, details. Gustave Flaubert believed that God was in the details. Other people believe the devil hides in the details. What …
Antigua’s Window Grate
Details, details, details. Often you find little windows on the doorways of the houses of La Antigua Guatemala and most often they …
Dr. Cascarón or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Eggshell
These colorful Guatemalan eggshells filled with confetti are known as cascarones and are the sure sign that marks the arrival of carvinal …
Guatemalan Chinchines or Sonajas
The sonajas or maracas take on a different name in Guatemala, they are called chinchines; an onomatopoeia (onomatopeya in Spanish). Generally, Guatemalan …
Guatemalan Money Sampler
Just like everything else in Guatemala, money is very colorful. I believe I could also do a series in Guatemalan currency. What …
Theme Day: Circles/Spheres
“I miss playing tenta, el botecito, escondite, kick-ball, cincos, trompos and all the good old games kids play…” —MO It was only …
Colonial Style Door Knocker and Knob
Lucky me that I learned to have new aesthetic values for things antique and old. Lucky me that I find beautiful and …