Looks Like Home Again!

For several years we've had a beautiful palm plant at the front door, along with several other potted plants near the porch. Since things are beginning to get back to normal, we replaced our palm this weekend! Nothing in the flowerbeds yet, but it does look a little more like home with the return of our palm.



Progress continues with hardi-board closing off the exposed concrete pilings around the front door. It took a little creativity to figure out how to seal off the hardi with the remaining stucco, but they're on the right track.



Check it out ... we no longer have a gaping hole above the door frame.



What's this? Privacy lattice work between us and #2?



New this week ~ more open lattice across the back of the garage. We've got a working gate, even though it's crooked & doesn't line up with the latch. All minor things that Juan can fix once the Galveston guys are finished.




The view from out back is a dose of reality. You'll notice the missing sections of stucco.

These make-shift walls are a real bummer, but the Association is getting closer to approval on an SBA disaster loan. That will allow us to complete the repairs while the lawsuit is being processed.

Landscapers have been working for the last two weeks, planting grass and trimming trees. All of the large palms look great, although Denny will be sad that he can't hang over the balcony and see the bugs, lizards and tree frogs on the palm branches brushing against our house!

A number of people have asked me about The Waterman and I've been so self-absorbed I hadn't been over there to shoot any photos. As expected, it's a mess.

Here's the area between the restaurant and the marina where a beautiful deck and atrium with plants was located before the storm. The door to the restaurant is on the left.

This is the original pier and the area where the boards go straight across is where the bait shop was located.

This shot shows where that nice, wide deck ran down the side of the bulkhead with stairs that went up to the balcony dining area. All removed courtesy of IKE.

The Marina is another story entirely ~ it was completely destroyed since it was a "ground level" building.

As you can see, there is only the front wall standing. Everything on the water side was destroyed.

The blue area is where the bathrooms were ~ you can still see one mirror on the wall that survived.

The bay windows on the remaining wall.

View from the East side ~ a sad reminder of the power of moving water!