I came home one evening after work to discover that my fenced backyard had become, at some point during the day, much less fenced.

As you can imagine, it was a bit of a shock to turn up to your driveway after a long day at work and discover a fence that had looked perfectly normal about ten hours prior.

This is a shot of the fence from inside the yard looking out onto the driveway. I am thankful that the left corner panel did not fall completely, taking out the newly planted Confederate Rose in the process.

In addition, there was some other less photo-worthy minor damage done to other sections around the fence. Six panels in total tried to revolt against the fence-like duties that day.

The cause for all this damage was apparently wind. I had noticed it was windy that day, but had not reckoned that it would be wild enough to give my fence a run for its money (and succeed).

I ended up screwing all the panels back in place that evening. I never understood the use of nails on wood fencing (other than sheer economics) as screws are so much more resilient in their duties securing two pieces of wood together that nails pale in comparison.

After all was said and done, I realized that I have a very aged fence that is going to need replacing sooner rather than later. A new major project has been added to my list of things to repair or rebuild. At least this will give me the opportunity to build the higher privacy fence that I have always wanted.