now we know where all the bricks came from...

Brandon asked our next door neighbor if he had any old photos of our house.  Tonight we got a text message from him saying that there was an old photo on the property tax database for the county.  I swear I've looked at the database before but have never seen a photo.  We checked, and sure enough:

So, it looks like the PO did some good things, like maybe losing the chain link fence (although that could come in handy now!) but--is that a carport?!  I can live without the screened in porch (although that would also come in handy now), but I would really love the carport back.  But now we know where all the bricks (cemented into the ground under the back porch) came from.  It also looks like there was a tree in the front yard, which would explain the small sinkhole we now have.  Sigh.

Random side note for the day:  Brandon found a snake ON THE PORCH.  In a planter.  Ew!