To Screen or Not To Screen?

Allrighty people, I have a pressing issue (and I use that term lightly) that I need y'all to weigh in on...

Should we screen in the porch?  Or leave it as a veranda?

I see pros to both - primarily that screens would keep out some bugs, leaves and debris, but a veranda affords crystal clear views and makes it easy to hang my flag buntings (yes, I consider little things like that).  I don't find screens to be the most attractive things in the world.  But perhaps their function overrides their form??



We haven't had too much of a problem with mosquitoes yet, but then again I was convinced I had west nile earlier this week...



What to do?  What to do?

Perplexed in GA...
xoxo

(See the whole porch here.)