I Was Screened

     Last evening I was going out to the deck.  As I approached the door, I wondered why my wife had left it open, but I didn’t really give it a second thought.  I was just walking through the doorway when, 

“SCHWACK,” I ran into something; it was our screen door.  

    Many years ago we had purchased this fancy unusual screen door.  The screen is hidden on the vertical side of the door frame in a roller.  To use the screen, you pull it out from the side, across the door opening, and a powerful magnet holds the screen it place.  It is kind of neat.

    While it is nice to have what looks like an open door, when the screen is across it, the screen door has one big disadvantage;  when you have the screen across the door, you can’t see it, and last night was just another episode of accidentally running into the screen.  Both of us have done it, as well as our pets.  It is just really hard to see the screen when it is across the doorway.  (The screen is across the doorway in the photo above.)

    I did a bit of damage to the screen door last night when I ran into it, but I was able to pretty much restore it to its original state.

    I think I will have to put a small smear of paint on the screen so we will see it before I walk into it again.

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