Welcome home

We knew having tenants in our house for three years might take a toll, and things actually could have been much worse, but it was still a bit of a surprise to move in and find one of our shutters missing (we found it on the side of the house)...



...a planter full of cigarette butts in the back yard...



...dried leaves calf-deep (with a random piece of newspaper to heighten the effect) at the entry to the basement, blocking the sump pump...



...and our storage shed (which, in all fairness, wasn't in the best of shape when we left) slowly being returned to nature...