So this is how my day is shaping up. We were having some siding replaced and they discovered this underneeth. One of the vertical members directly under the window (removed before this was taken) was almost complete eaten away.
Almost 3 feet of the sill plate is gone, as well as the ends of at least two floor joists and some sub flooring. That large hole you see in the bottom middle of the frame goes under the floor directly beneath our kitchen sink cabinet.
Owning a home is like living with a cat; they keep you warm and cozy most of the time but they do what they want and sometimes they poop on your pillow.
Yasser Darwish founded the Egyptian Celebration Company in NYC to share the culture of Egypt. I had always associated the ‘whirling dervish’ dance with Turkey but clearly I was wrong. Still photos don’t do this performance justice; you have to see it live. The piece you see above his head started as a multi-layered ‘skirt’ and then he maniuplated it around and over his head.
This was a show I was looking forward to all season and he did not disappoint! He was constantly in motion with an agility of someone 20+ years his junior.
Despite a few too many ‘F-bomb’s from the stage for a family-friendly venue and embarrassingly bad behavior of some obviously drunk audience members this was a very enjoyable show. I would see him again in a heart beat!
Sadly, yet another ‘no real cameras’ show (Seriously? WHY?) so my shots are poor.
We had an annual tradition in my high school, ‘Hat Day’. I trust that I don’t need to explain the subject of celebration that day. 😉
I’ve done a fair bit of poking fun at my old friends in these #TBT shots so I thought it was time for a bit of turn-about. Man, my hair was short in those days. 😉
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