Just A Little Non-Conventional Winterizing...

 We are first-time fence owners. Growing up, we had one fence separating our home and the next-door neighbors, but the other side of our lot was open to the mountain. As people began to build around us, we didn't put up fences, and when we built our own house, we didn't want a fence. 

The new place, though...

It's a much more traditional lot and because we have a standard poodle, we needed a fence so it became a priority. Last spring we had it installed and we've loved it ever sense. There are always pros and cons to everything (opposition in all things...), so there are some drawbacks to a fence. When it came to what kind of fence we wanted, we went with vinyl, mostly due to price. One of the downsides is the caps that sit atop the posts--we've found they tend to pop off during windstorms.

And we have windstorms.

During the last big wind--the one that destroyed our decorative windmill--I found two of the caps on the lawn. We decided to see if we could somehow attach them to the posts. I thought about getting small screws to secure them, but my wife had a better idea. She suggested using the small vinyl bumpers you put behind pictures or under things to protect surfaces to keep the caps in place.

Brilliant.

This afternoon in a cold light rain, I took off the caps and put on the bumpers. Our theory to keep the caps in place is unproven, untested. It may not work at all. We're expecting another windstorm tomorrow. I guess we'll see after it passes to see if it works. It's got to be better than nothing. I'm thinking it'll work great.