An older house comes with certain requirements or obligations, not always present on more modern structures. In the case of Whitewater house, it's storm windows. While storm windows do help to keep out storms, such as blizzards, they also just snug up a house that has old fashioned single-pane glass. So it is screens in the spring and storms in the fall.

While doing the switchover is a certain amount of work, it is also a rather pleasant seasonal ritual. Today, operating as a team on a gloriously bright and cool fall day, we got the job done in a few hours. Of course, Enerty Star, argon-filled, triple panes are nice, but they lack romance.

And Pax helped...