Chimneys cleared, stairs scraped, floors found, and alliteration abounds!

So even though I posted that Ralph was about to begin demo in the blue room, now, just a couple hours later it's finished and he's in the attic tearing up the nasty floor of the bathroom to reveal large old boards beneath. I've never seen anyone work so fast.
**The room went from this:**

**To this:**

**To these:**



**Can you believe this guy?**
It's insane...you can look at the blue album below to see the before and after pictures of the demo. You won't believe this all happened in the small part of the afternoon in one day! And he didn't just do the demo and clean up in that time. He also neatly stacked hundreds of old bricks...crazy.

Blossom is lonely today. Reggie's not in the office, and I don't have time to play with her. I tried to have her sit quietly in my lap but she kept eating my sleeve.

Ralph found an old photo album in the attic wall. If you recognize any of these people, send an email to howardhall.farm@gmail.com to claim it.

Meanwhile, out in the yard, Harry's preparing the gigantic beams to be hoisted into the attic.

And Lorena is scraping years of accumulated lead paint from the Victorian staircase:

**Look at the lovely rose-colored wood under there! I can't believe people painted over it!**

The hero of the day is Ralph, who is now officially dubbed Speedy Gonzales:

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On his way out today, I was telling Ralph that it's scary how much work he got done, and his reply was,
"Well don't go into the attic then, because I also ripped out the bathroom floor..."