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My brother, Don, came down today. He and my neighbor Alex took the copula down from on top of the garage. It was extremely heavy and was a more difficult job than I had thought. The roof has a steep pitch and they couldn’t carry it. I got a rope and they tire it up and lowered it down by sliding it on the roof. When it went over the side, it swung and hit the side of the garage and broke apart. There was no salvaging it and I don’t know how we’d get it back up if we were able to repair it.
I guess we’ll patch up the roof and be done with it. Don and I took the shingles off the copula in cases we couldn’t find any to match we would have them. We had some lunch and rested for awhile. It was hot on that roof. Don could feel the heat through the leather gloves.
Our next project was to fix the electrical boxes in the basement. Ted had hung the joist with joist hangers and 4 electrical boxes are still hanging. The plan was to turn off the power, mark the holes to drill, screw them in and turn the power back on. I got out the electric drill and realized how am I going to use this with the power turned off? I picked up the portable battery operated drill and of course it needed to be charged. If only I could find the charger. Don took a look and we figured we can turn off the power, mark the holes, and move the boxes over out of the way. Turn the power back on and drill. Turn the power back off and screw them in. It’s a project for another day.
I received the DVD I bought for the Singing Ambassadors 50th Anniversary. It was done by professionals. At lest that what they claimed to be. I was extremely disappointed. The sound quality is terrible. I’ll have to call them; maybe I got a bad copy.
It was time to walk Danny and get ready for the Japanese Obon Festival in Seabrook. We cleaned up and I fed Danny and we left for the festival. We took our folding chair and got a good seat in the second row. We went to get some food. We got the beef and onions over rice. It is quite tasty. Ted and would share a bowl and we would also get the sushi. It is not raw fish. It is a rice roll stuffed with various things. It could be raw fish but they serve it stuffed with avocado.
There were two problems with our seats. One was we were facing west into the setting sun. The other was three ladies in front of us put up their parasols and we could see. We went and stood in back of the last row of seats and had a great view.
The ladies do their Japanese Folk Dances and then the Drummers begin. They had four groups this year. One was a children’s group who started while we were getting our food. The next group was the local Seabrook Group named Hoh Daiko. The had a very good performance. Next was a group from Washington, DC named Lin Daiko. They also had a very good performance. Finally, came the Soh Daiko group from New York City. They were outstanding. They had so much energy and they danced and jumped around while they beat the drums. To learn more about them, go to www.sohdaiko.org
Ted has a clip of their performance from a previous year. I will try to find it.
It’s been a long day. Danny has been walked and he has gone to bed. I’ll be joining him shortly.
News from the Vorlon Wife
Posted by The Vorlon at July 21, 2007 9:54 PM