The plastic wall is up and I’m taking this photo from where the other small plastic door will go — as if this could keep the rest of the house warm and dirt-free. This was just before the first day of destruction began and before the carpenter ants were found in the base of the greenhouse window. They are still crawling in and and being sprayed as I write this. Wonder how many there are and how far the damage goes? Guess we’ll find out as destruction day 1 continues. There will be a bit of reconstruction today as the new bay windows will go in where the old windows were. And they are quite a bit larger, leaving us the possibility that the damaged wood will just go to be replaced by new windows. Keeping fingers crossed as I type.
Note that even though the house is in shambles, from the outside there are still signs of Christmas (see the big wreath on the window?).