Yesterday was the perfect day to touch off our fall burn pile. The burn ban is over, temperatures are cooler, and rain is on the way. Over the course of the summer we’ve added to the pile. Trimmed branches, rabbit brush bushes pulled up to create more open space, and three old screen doors that were way past their prime. Truthfully, they never had much prime to begin with, and the only reason we purchased them in the first place was because they were cheap and available.

After three years of vowing to find new screen doors but never putting in the effort to do so, it was time to take decisive action. The doors came off, the hardware was removed, and up in flames they went.

Before we can walk through new doors, we have to get rid of the old.