Photos of Clean Up Day -- before and after.

View of the rotten garage doors (one frozen in place, the other falling apart).

The New Mexico boys beneath one of the new garage doors with a very grateful old man. (Left to right: Steve Studley, Bob Wright, old man, John Hassen.)

Before: vegetation, right front.

Before: vegetation, left front.

Before: Left side yard vegetation.

Before: Lower back deck wreckage as viewed from upper deck.

Before: Wall rot and squirrel holes to left of back door, upper deck.

In process: front vegetation removed.

Volunteer parking lot. The vehicles filled up the front yard and extended down the street.

Some of the volunteers.

In process: backyard jungle gradually removed.

In process: The dump closed unexpectedly early so we only got three loads hauled off.

In process: with the wreckage of the above-ground pool hauled off the previous weekend, the sandy floor made an excellent firepit.

So, we began burning the brush and it made an ever more glorious bonfire.

I'll have more pictures of the new deck, back wall and completely bare backyard in a later post. God bless the volunteers and supporters who made all this possible. Afterward, Rosey and I wept at the results. Things like this make you truly humble.