Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you like your turkey smoked, because wood smoke is in the air early today.
6:00 AM: Fresh air.
10:00 AM: Light to moderate wood smoke. It smells horrible. 32 degrees at this time. I opened the bathroom window after taking a long, warm bath and had to close it immediately because the air reeks of burning wood. We are prisoners in our home again. Why does everybody have to breathe smoky air because one person feels the need to have a fireplace going? How is it fair that hundreds or thousands have to breathe smoky air because one person can't make it through the day without burning wood?
We are not going to be in North St. Paul for Thanksgiving dinner. Lucky us! If we were cooking, the kitchen would get hot and the window would have to be opened to vent heat and humidity and we would be stuck breathing smoky air inside our home.
I will give thanks today that I won't be having Thanksgiving dinner in North St. Paul.
11:15 AM: No real wood smoke at this time. Must be a shift in wind direction.
1:00 PM: Very faint wood smoke.
6:00 PM: Light to moderate stinky wood smoke. 32 degrees.
8:00 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke continues. Last check of the evening.
We expect wood smoke in the winter. We don't like it. But we expect it. My real complaint is the smoky air in the spring, summer, and fall. That's when we have the windows open.