The day dawned so fresh and breezy that I just had to throw open the windows and let in the air. As I did, however, I was reminded of a detail it has been easy to ignore for decades, so seldom do we have the windows open. Our screens are original to the house and over 40 years old. Time has not been friendly to them, and they are tattered and torn around the bottom frame.
Years ago, when we were children, visiting our aunt and uncle in Little Falls, New York, my brother leaned on a screen in an upstairs window and tumbled out onto the roof. He might have rolled off onto the sidewalk below were it not for my Aunt's quick hands. Today, I could picture something similar happening to our cats as they leapt to the sills to enjoy the rare breeze.
Fortunately, I had what I needed to repair the screens: I ordered the tools and supplies a couple of years ago when I replaced the deck slider with pet-resistant Teflon mesh. I'd discovered then that the job is not really that hard, so I decided to fix those old screens then and there. A little over 30 minutes later, the windows were open and secure, and I was feeling quite a sense of accomplishment.
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