So many things have been happening; so many photos are waiting to be seen - here is a retrospect from October last year: My Sukkah.
This is a little structure, used for eight days during Sukkos, the Feast of Booths. It is a time of great joy when we dwell together with our Creator in this little rickety sanctuary, the point being that, as we leave our regular houses and move into our huts, we are reminded that all material security is a chimera, and all true safety and succor comes from the Eternal One.
I have conceived and built my Sukkah from scratch. The frame is metal tubing (that I showed here a while ago), and stretched over it are yards and yards of upholstery fabric that I laboriously cut up and sewed together according to the correct proportions, constructing little velcro flaps to hold the thing in place. This was fifteen years ago, when I had the energy.
In spite of the many downpours it has endured, the fabric has held up marvelously all these years and still looks like new. But obviously, however pretty the fabric may be, more decorations must be added on!
Shocking pink silky curtains in the corners can never be wrong. The grand needlepoint embroidery still-life was a true gift from Above - I found it (spotlessly clean!) sitting among some garbage cans in the neighborhood.
A sideboard holds many pretty, silly things... And no salon must be without a gilt mirror! Never!
The roof consists of reeds, so that the stars should be seen at night...
... unless the chandeliers get in the way, of course. These two were an astounding find at $8 each. They were originally ivory white, but that was easily remedied with some pink spray paint.
Another light contraption: electrified grape clusters, wrapped around a strange item gotten from IKEA (many years ago), consisting of a metal ring with long, hanging crystal prisms. The little birdcage is extra.
Flowers, flowers on the walls... which is the prettiest of them all?
Can a waste basket get more gorgeous than this?
A small waterfall is also good to have handy, just in case.
You can never have too many chandeliers! A multi-colored beaded wonder...
We can only just fit in a tiny dining table. The folding chairs are coming out later.
This is what the table looked like one day, when the Fairies were coming over for coffee. 
That was when I had the impulse to set up this little fake fire effect, as an experiment.
The experiment was quite successful, I am happy to report.
Here above we can see yet another chandelier. Just what we needed.
Isn't this what they call "polished, yet relaxed"? No?
Peeking in through the entrance.
These boots are made for prettiness!
Did we get sidetracked from the spiritual message of the holiday? Oh, no - not me! This pretty little house on the balcony is where I sit and converse with G-d. He is very comfortable there.
Regards from your prettiness-loving Rosebud!
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