the lovely effect of creating and putting up a chuppah is so worth it in the end, but boy can they pose a challenge to put up. it's one of those things that seems so easy when looking from the outside in, i.e. you're not the one actually putting it together. i have to admit i thought the same way until i tried to construct a chuppah-like canopy for my deck. bamboo poles, poured concrete stands and still the thing sagged and the poles bent in. we recently did a wedding where we put up a chuppah that jane and sis have perfected through trial and error. it went up smoothly and solidly. it's funny because both of them still carry the "war wounds" of getting to this point, i think maybe they still anticipate problems, but in the end it was a beautiful place underwhich to say wedding vows. the heavens must have agreed because the rain held off just long enough for the ceremony to take place outside.
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