Make sure the wire is pliable enough to be bent into the shape of a circle, and sturdy enough to hold its shape under the weight of mini pumpkins and gourds. Grocery stores and farmer's markets are brimming with tiny orange squashes throughout the fall season. Pick out small, lightweight pumpkins and gourds for your wreath. Try to find pumpkins and gourds with interesting colors and textures. Choose orange, yellow, brown, green, and mottled pumpkins and gourds. If you want a more uniform wreath, choose pumpkins that are all the same size and color. For a longer-lasting wreath, go to a craft store and buy faux pumpkins and gourds instead of using fresh, perishable items. Create a pretty pattern with contrasting shapes, colors and sizes. Choose to alternate pumpkins with gourds or make a more random assembly of squash. To skewer pumpkins, place the wire on one side of the pumpkin (an inch or so below the stem) and push it through the pumpkin horizontally so it comes out the other side. To skewer gourds, place the wire at the largest part of the squash and push it through so that it comes out the other side. Use your fingers or a pair of pliers to bend the ends into c-shapes, then hook them together. Tie an autumnal ribbon at the base of the wreath, or add a sprig of evergreen as an accent. Fasten a string or a piece of wire into a loop, with its base tied or wrapped around the c-hooks you created to hold the wreath together. Hang the wreath from a nail on your front door or on your house.

Summary: Buy a 4-foot length of heavy gauge wire. Collect miniature pumpkins and gourds. Skewer the pumpkins and gourds on the wire. Bend the ends of the wire into hooks and connect them. Add accents. Hang the wreath.

Using a sharp knife, cut a clean hole around the screen tear to remove all irregularities. Make this new hole as small as possible to keep the repair simple. If the damaged area is already rectangular, trim the sides to make it even. If the damage takes up more than a quarter of the window screen, you may need to replace the entire screen. Leave at least 121 inch (1.32.5cm) of screen material between the hole and the window frame. The closer a hole is to a frame, the harder it is to repair. The new patch should be at least 1 inch (2.5cm) larger than the rectangular hole. Any smaller and your patch may not securely cover the hole. Measure the patch before you cut to make sure you cut the right length. Slack ends around the openings will help the patch adhere to the damaged screen. Bend each end on the sides of the patch at a 90-degree angle to help it lock into the screen. Keep the ends of the opening flat. Work the bent ends of the patch through the open screen's weaving. When they're locked in, bend the wires of the patch flat on the other side of the screen to hold the patch in place. Some patches have an adhesive backing while others do not. If yours does not, secure the patch with a clear, waterproof silicone glue.

Summary: Cut the damaged area into a neat rectangle. Cut a piece of patch screen material for the damaged area. Loosen the weaving around the opening and the patch. Weave the patch's ends through the screen.

A wrist fracture can be caused by similar types of accidents and trauma that cause wrist sprains. In general, the larger and stronger bones are, the less likely they are to break in response to trauma instead, the ligaments will stretch and tear. But when they do, they often create a misaligned or crooked appearance. The eight carpal bones of the wrist are small, so a misaligned or crooked wrist may be difficult (or impossible) to notice, especially with hairline fractures, but more serious breaks are easier to tell. The most commonly broken long bone within the wrist area is the radius, which is a forearm bone that attaches to the small carpal bones. The most commonly fractured carpal bone is the scaphoid bone, which is unlikely to cause a noticeable wrist deformity. When a bone penetrates the skin and becomes visible, this is known as an open or compound fracture. Pain from a wrist fracture also depends upon severity, but it's usually described as very sharp with movement, and deep and achy without movement. The severe pain of wrist fractures tends to increase during gripping or squeezing of the hand, which is not often the case with wrist sprains. Wrist fractures usually cause more symptoms in the hand, such as stiffness, numbness or inability to move the fingers, in comparison to wrist sprains because there is a greater chance of nerve injury/damage with fractures. Furthermore, there can be a grinding or crunching sound when moving a fractured wrist, which doesn't occur with wrist sprains. Pain from a wrist fracture is often (but not always) preceded by a "cracking" sound or feeling. In contrast, only Grade 3 sprains can produce a sound or similar sensations, and that's sometimes a "popping" sound as the ligament ruptures. As a general guideline, wrist pain from a fracture will get worse at night, whereas pain from a wrist sprain will plateau and not flare-up in the night if the wrist is immobilized. As noted above, a day or two of rest and cold therapy can make a big different in a mild-to-moderate wrist sprain, but the same can't be said for fractures. With the possible exception of hairline fractures, most broken bones need significantly more time to heal than ligament sprains. Thus, a couple days of rest and icing doesn't make much impact on the symptoms caused by most fractures, and in some cases, you may feel worse once your body gets over the initial "shock" of the injury. If a broken bone in the wrist pokes through the skin, then the risk of infection and significant loss of blood are high. Get medical attention as soon as you can. A severely broken bone in the wrist may completely cut off circulation to the hand. The swelling from the blood causes what is called "compartment syndrome," which is considered a medical emergency. When this occurs, the hand will feel cold to touch (from lack of blood) and turn pale (a bluish white). A broken bone may also pinch or sever a nearby nerve, which might lead to complete numbness in the region of the hand that the nerve innervates. Although the above information can guide you to make an educated guess on whether your wrist injury is a sprain or a fracture, only an x-ray, MRI or CT scan can tell for sure in most cases unless a bone is poking through your skin. An x-ray is the most economical and common way to view the small bones of the wrist. Your doctor will likely refer you for a wrist x-ray and get the results verified by a radiologist before consulting with you. X-rays only visualize bone and not soft tissues such as ligaments or tendons. Fractured bones can be tricky to see on x-ray because of their small size and the confined space, and it can take a few days for them to be visible on x-rays. To visualize the extent of ligament damage, your doctor will refer you for an MRI or CT scan. An MRI, which uses magnetic waves to provide detailed images of structures within the body, may be needed to detect a fractured bone in the wrist, particularly broken scaphoid bones. Hairline fractures in the wrist are very difficult to see on regular x-rays until all the inflammation fades away. As such, you may have to wait a week or so to confirm the fracture, although by that time, the injury is well on its way to healing. Osteoporosis (brittle bones due to lack of mineralization) is a major risk factor for wrist fractures, although the condition doesn't really increase the risk of wrist sprains.
Summary: Look for misalignment or crookedness. Identify the type of pain. Assess if symptoms are worse the following day. Get an x-ray from your doctor.