This year the spirit possessed us and we decided to build a sukkah for the holiday of Sukkot. We’d done a poor attempt a few years ago but this was the first real one for all of us. Sukkot occurs 5 days after Yom Kippur, in late September or October. It reminds us of the […]
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Building a Sukkah (2008)
October 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Categories: Building · Family Life · House & Home · Judaism · Religion & Holidays · Sukkot
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Miriam’s New Bed – Part II
February 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments
This is a follow up to Part I from Dec, 2007. We got this bed frame for free from Freecycle and it was a mess. Massive scrubbing ensued. Then we varnished, but the coat done in the late afternoon bubbled due to the cold. It took nearly two months before we had a warm sunny […]
Categories: Building · Family Life · House & Home · Miriam Updates
Tags: · furniture, paint/varnish, photos-family, photos-household
Miriam’s New Bed
December 18th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Written Dec 12: I got a wooden bed frame with drawers from Freecycle December 9 to use for Miriam. It is quite old and solid wood with some plywood. It was pretty filthy, since it was sitting in a walled-in porch for years. I spent a couple hours yesterday scrubbing it all down. When it […]
Categories: Building · Family Life · House & Home · Miriam Updates
Tags: · furniture, paint/varnish, photos-household