Friday -- Our last day (for now) in New Orleans. If you look back at the pics from Wednesday, you'll see what Miss Alice's house looked like before we tackled the yard.

Although the house looks much, much better on the outside, much interior work remains. We found a huge termite nest over the front door, with resultant damage throughout the door frame & into other rooms.

Given the age and health of Miss Alice, we don't know if she will ever really be able to return here to live. All we could do was help give her some options, so that she could decide the fate of her house for herself. We were able to find a few "treasures" for Miss Alice to start her life over again wherever that might be.

Yuck, yuck, triple yuck. The shower in the background had about 4" of hurricane water & piles of sodden clothes. The smell was difficult to bear. Anne is shown here doing the dirty work.

Jack is using brute strength to get through the plaster & underlying lathe. The baseboards were so difficult to remove, we think they must have been heart pine.