Summer Living : The Screened In Porch

• As I was working on putting together the intro to my book, I started thinking and writing about some of my favorite things from where I grew up and things that I remembered...

• One of the things that came to mind was a good, old-fashioned screened in porch...

• Many of the houses I grew up around had them...They were very much a part of summer life...In fact, before the days of fully air-conditioned houses, people used their summer porches for sleeping...Maybe we can use that same idea today - if we are thinking of ways to live green...

• As a grown up, I think these kind of porches are still one of my favorite rooms of the house...even though they are an outdoor room - they are very much a part of the living space...

• Here is one such porch that I came across while shooting the book...