120 Ty-Raps later: יש לנו סכה (We Have a Sukkah)

[richardf8]

Morgan and I decided a couple weeks ago that the key to שלום בבית (peace in the home) was to buy a prefab Sukkah. So we ordered a canvas and Electrical Metal Tubing (EMT) edifice, that went together beautifully. You fit the pipes into sleeves to form a large box and hang the canvas around it with ty-raps. Being a Sukkah, it has no roof - one thatches it with greenery. We figured we'd throw our lilac branches on top and we'd be good to go. Well that was the plan. The reality involved constructing rafters from lath, using Ty-Raps since the lilac banches weren't quite going to work. I went through about 100 ty-raps for that alone, and have something that looks like the frame for a hung ceiling. Tomorrow, Morgan will heap it with foliage.

Comments

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

I hope Rosh and Yom went very nicely, and that the Saturn car thing will work out okay...

[davidfcooper.livejournal.com]

B'shaa tova. As apartment dwellers we have succah envy every year.

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

If you'd told us before that you needed one, you might have heard, "I'm gonna git you Sukkah!" [ducks and runs]