Driving to the lower 9th Ward Village we passed this closed elementary school - note the date on the sign. There is apparently no will to re-open it or many other schools in the city -with catastrophic results for many children in the area.
closed school
Working at the lower 9th
Building shelves for the warehouse to be for Rebuild Green
Cute kid at the farmer's market - she was a fabulous photographer - and she's 7.
Farmer's market in the lower 9th
The farmers market included a lot of prepared food including grilled shrimp, red beans and rice, home made cakes, music - a choir of kids singing at one point and a jazz band later. Lots of church groups and rebuilding groups but not a lot of produce at this point. Turner, about whom you'll hear more shortly, plans to remedy this with the huge organic garden he's teaching kids to grow.
Typical sign post - although they often are only hand lettered signs.
Turner 
Garden at the Blair School
Turner talking to kids about his curriculum - organic gardening, rebuilding, etc
Blair Grocery School (name presumably refers to building's former function.)
Bayeau - maybe half a mile from the school - a reminder that the water is never far in New Orleans. Don took us there to see it after we left the school.
And oh yes - can't forget that today was Maddy's birthday:
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