Saturday, May 31, 2014

May Flying Carpet 2014

By the end of May, the competition was fierce 
for The Flying Carpet’s Semi-Annual 
Most Unforgettable Passenger award.
The Mad Hatter hopped aboard on Easter Sunday at Penland 
and we headed for 
Wonderland.
 
 
Leonardo da Vinci made a cameo appearance 
in Chicago in April 
long enough to paint The Last Supper 
despite heavy turbulence 
(and you know what a perfectionist he can be) 
(Thanks to Eugenie for this photo)

 
The competition picked up 
when we picked up Javier Cortés 
at the corner of Filomeno Mata & Madero 
in Mexico City in May. 
He deftly loaded his assemblage shoe shine stand 
and polished everyone’s shoes to boot.
 

Freda and Diego also joined us briefly in Mexico City in May 
but Freda could not stand 
wearing the same outfit for more than 1/2 hour, 
so the Flying Carpet had to take them home.
 

Saint’s Day at Yanhuitlàn, Oaxaca upped the ante in May 
with its Dancing Devils, twirling Señoritas and engraved tuba.
 
 
Diana The Huntress tried to board, 
but there was not enough uplift 
and she had to remain 
at the Laguila Flea Market in Mexico City
 
 
Whew! How exhausting!



Special thanks to Frances Miller, 
my indefatigable Mexico Companion, 
whose “Up close and personal” photographic style 
inspired many of these photos. 
Thanks also for this "unforgettable"
Dances With Devils photo.