Visiting Treme

We visited the Back Street Cultural museum to see hand beaded Indian Mardis Gras costumes and Congo Square for jazz.

We're heading home

But not everything is coming home with us...

Tub surround

Felice showing off her and Ariana's hard work.

Louisa Project Site Team

We all wore our Project Homecoming shirts for our last day on the job site, and took pictures with our AmeriCorp volunteers.

After...

After clearing, tilling, shoveling, and moving all types of stuff, we finished our backyard.

Getting there...

Before ...

Mod Squad

A lot of power for a powerful woman

Three others begin

This is one of three houses on Overton being built by Project Homecoming

As one persons dream ends...

Mama and papa Sod...

Every day I'm shoveling

Part of the Sod Squad in action.

"Spunky"

Here's our girl doing an "Alexa" (carrying two squares of sod at a time)

Dynamic Duo!

They shoveled, raked, layer down sod and debated with one another.

Preparing for the French Quarter Festival

Molly prepares for her future as a talk show host and for the French Quarter Festival today as Marie does her makeup and Ureka styles her hair.

Ridin' with Ms. Fitz!

Louisa Project New Countertop!

At the end of Thursday

NOLA 2011

Last year we made a banner and when we visited them this year, they still had it up

End of Wednesday...

Sod Squad!!!

Shovel crew

Lots of work and lots of progress

Tiller-Man

In the beginning

The Sod Squad had a big job ahead of them... (Tuesday)

Dinner prep - spaghetti and meatballs

The Sod Squad standing on the finished product.

Mission accomplished! (at least in the back yard...)

Moving dirt into place for the sod squad.

More dirt to break up! Almost ready for more sod.

Ameera with her stunna shades

Lookin good gurl

Wall going up

Much better.

Stopping by Project Homecoming warehouse.

So big

Laying tile in Elysian Fields

Trying to decide configuration.

Kitchen countertops at Louisa

Mary Kathleen and Ureka tiling the countertops

Lower ninth ward.

Loooking up at the 14foot levee!

Beignets!

Sat on the stairs at the FRENCH QUARTER watched Molly eat her BEIGNETS. it was a cuuute site!

Frederick: our new friend

On a warm summer night, Nikki encountered a handsome young froggy friend, ribbiting with the passion of a thousand New Orleans trombones. She wondered if it would someday turn into a prince, and began to cultivate a relationship with Freddy. We'll see where this ends up....

ND crew in front of the Industrial Canal Levee in the Lower 9th Ward

The Sod Squad - Making it fit just right!

Prepping for sod-lots of dirt and sand being moved into place.

First rows of sod-finally some grass !

Ready for sod at 4675 Overton

A day in the life...