The summer's half gone by! Not so very many months from now, it will be time for Dias del los Muertos. Sugar Skulls are a traditional folk art from Mexico used to celebrate Day of the Dead. Mounds of colorful sugar skulls are sold by vendors in open air village markets during the week preceding the holiday. Spirits of the dead are welcomed back to their homes with beautifully decorated altars made by their loved ones. Sugar skulls, marigolds, candles, incense and special foods adorn home altars. Families take the flowers and sugar skulls to the cemetery to decorate the tombs on November 2. Sugar skulls are colorfully decorated with icing, pieces of bright foil, colored sugars and usually bear the name of the deceased loved one being honored.