Frozen in Time

First of all, I have to tell you I didn’t have my camera all day and I didn’t take this picture, but it was taken with my camera at least.

My husband is doing some remodeling of the choir area at our church while the carpet is being replaced and that is what he was working on in this photo which was taken by our drummer, who was helping him along with S, who is the other guy in this photo. Mike had the camera with him all day because he was taking photos of what he was doing before the plywood went in.

There is much more to the story in that what was supposed to happen was that the carpet was supposed to come out this week and Mike was going to get the choir area remodeled this week. We were going to have mass in the church this weekend on concrete flooring and the new carpet would be installed next week. However, the best laid plans…

Our drummer decided to go exploring in the attic while helping Mike earlier this week and found some trusses that were broken and/or loose. Which explained why the ceiling has been sagging. That in turn led Mike to look at the roof, which was also sagging. A sagging ceiling is one thing. A sagging roof is a much much bigger deal. So now the church can’t be used until the roof is shored up. Which won’t happen until next week and there probably won’t be mass in it until the roof is fixed, which most likely won’t happen for a few more weeks after that. If we’re lucky, we might be back in the church by Easter. But we probably won’t have carpet.

The roof is sagging in the back of the church, and the altar and choir area are in the front of the church, and since Mike is not doing anything that causes vibrations, he’s allowed to continue his work.

So, anyway, that’s the story behind the picture. J, the drummer, was standing on the steps to the font when he took this. I liked the perspective of the shot.

Taken February 22, 2008.