Hardware, Fleas and Hard Times
It is nigh impossible to find antique hardware that was once so common in New Orleans – the way the doors latch, the hinges, the transom pulls, not to mention window locks – all of these fine metal pieces are victims of Katrina – no one salvaged anything – they just threw cypress doors away with the brass and iron ball hinges, they chucked transoms with the brass rods, asbestos roof shingles tossed into piles. So sad – if you knew that New Orleans is all about its finery, the fact that you could have gone down Orleans Avenue and rented a shotgun for under $500 a month and been living amidst cypress floors and carved brass hardware and now – what?
The American Can has a flea infestation – this has led Arlene to have a full blown allergy problem – my vet said it is epidemic in the city after Katrina – the vet said, “I hate fleas.” So after I bring Rusty to board at the vet and Arlene to board at the kennel I have to set off bombs because the Can has been remiss in trying to address this issue. It’s a bandaid – you can’t treat one of 500 apartments for fleas!
We are trying to salvage a life down here and pieces keep getting destroyed.