This weekend, the Jewish holiday Sukkot began.  With one of our friends on our street, we had decided to build a sukkah.  The price of the kit at the local Israeli bookshop was $350; this was a bit outrageous.  Were I able to visit Home Depot, I would have purchased the necessary items and been "good to go" for less than $34.99.  Given the timing, a delivery would have been too late; and I can't go to stores (smile).  What's a sukkah builder to do?  Good old fashioned ingenuity (and a little bit of sweat) was a cure for this problem.  Some home construction had been going on at another neighbor's house; some fallen trees were still sitting in the rear of their backyard (and they were happy when I took them away).  I cut up these trees and made a wonderful sukkah frame.  Some friends came over and a good time was had by all.