Around this time of year various churches will start making something called fombras. Fombras look like carpets because they display them on the floor but what they really are, are colored saw dust formed into patterns on a blanket of yellow saw dust. It is really amazing because if you think about how careful you have to be. For example, once you are 1/2 way done and you screw something up that you did 1/4 of the way through, you can’t fix it. The way they make it is by making a wooden frame and then filling it up, including the patterns, starting a one end and working to the other. The frames are too wide to simply reach across without putting weight on the sawdust and there fore screwing it up. So if you or
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