12:02 PM: Light grass smoke. Somebody is burning yard waste. Close the windows! Every day somebody is burning something. If it isn't wood, it is grass, leaves or something else. It is cool and breezy at this time. The windows are open. Now it smells like burning grass inside the house. What more can you ask for in a city? 73 degrees, breezy, and gorgeous except for the grass smoke.
12:15 PM: No smoke. The grass burning is done or the wind shifted direction. I expect more burning grass before nightfall and plenty of wood smoke after that.
It was another evening with wood smoke in the air. This is the fifth evening in a row with wood smoke in the air. This is typical of North St. Paul.
4:55 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke varying with the breeze. Somebody is burning wood. The air is smoky again and likely will be for hours to come. Close the windows!
5:20 PM: Light wood smoke varying with the breeze. I think somebody may be grilling with wood as a primary fuel. 77 degrees and cloudy at this time.
6:00 PM: Light to moderate wood smoke varying with the breeze. The house would reek of wood smoke if the windows were left open. Do you want to breathe smoky air while watching TV in your living room? North St. Paul sucks! Horrible city!
6:45 PM: Faint wood smoke at this time.
7:15 PM: Faint wood smoke continues.
8:45 PM: The air is not fresh. That is easy to determine. There is some type of smokiness in the air. Probably wood smoldering from earlier burning. The air is unpleasant and I do not want that odor in the house.
10:00 PM: Air still not fresh.
11:00 PM: Air not fresh.
When I woke up around 3 AM there was a very faint unpleasant smokiness of some type in the air. I could hardly smell it but just enough to tell it was present. I don't want to breathe unpleasant air in bed so the windows will remain closed until morning.