Just an Old Screen Door

My co-worker and I had to travel about an hour and a half yesterday to attend a meeting for work.  I was happy to let her drive because it gave me the opportunity to "pick" from the car.  Even though I was less than thrilled about attending the meeting, I truly enjoyed the trip.   I loved getting to look at the countryside as we traveled roads I'd never been down before, but I loved seeing the old farmhouses scattered across the landscape most of all.  I craned my neck on more than one occasion to get a closer look at what people had on their porches.  What was stacked up behind the house.  What was overflowing from the barn.  I was picking at 55mph!  

The one thing struck me the most and had me drooling was all of the old screen doors left on the front of abandoned homes.  Had we not been on a schedule, I would have asked her to pull over and let me out!  I'm in the process of preparing to screen in my back porch and the one thing I want more than anything else is old screen doors.  I don't want to go to the big box store and pick up new ones that are designed and created to look old.  The look of the old doors may be recreated in the new ones, but the feel and the sound of the slam isn't authentic in the new ones.  Can't be.  And that's what makes the old ones so special.  That's what makes them the real deal.  And the ones we passed by yesterday were the real deal.  I would love to be able to find the owner and make them an offer on those things!  But for now I guess I'll keep looking.