Welcome to Doug Shepherd's San Diego Habitat for Humanity webpage!


This lovely lady's name is Rosemarie. She had the extreme misfortune of losing her house in Crest to the November 2003 San Diego wildfires. She had previously been unable to purchase fire insurance because her house is located in a fire zone. Does that make any sense? It's like the banks' refusal to loan money except to people who don't need any!

Fortunately for Rosemarie, she has long been active in the Habitat for Humanity organization, and knew just who would be willing and able to help her in her time of need.

I worked on Rosemarie's house a total of ten days, from September through December 2004. Click on one of the dates below to see the activity that day:


September 22, 2004: A frame rises from the rubble


September 28, 2004: Finishing the roof framing


October 5, 2004: Roof sheathing goes on


October 6, 2004: More finish framing


October 12, 2004: Framing the back porch


October 26, 2004: A slow, wet day