Shattered

We considered ourselves lucky in this last storm -- the Lowell Sun is calling it the worst ice storm of the decade -- as we were only without electricity for about 6 hours, and due to our ancient systems, our gas heat and stove were unaffected. But apparently, some folks in Lowell are still without power, and certainly many in more remote areas of Massachusetts and New Hampshire are still without power.

But this afternoon, when Jake went to go out for a bike ride, he discovered that 83 Durant has not escaped completely unscathed: we have a shattered storm door. It's the one that leads out to the backyard from the basement. I don't know when it happened. I'm glad it isn't one of the new ones we recently installed. It wasn't a super fancy one, and in fact, I had remarked on a few occasions that the latch seemed to well, unlatch and open of its own volition. Perhaps it was swinging open when the storm winds caught it and shattered the glass. In any case, we are now in the market either for a new storm door window, or perhaps a whole new storm door.