There was more wood and grass smoke in the air this evening. This was less than normal for North St. Paul, MN. It was not that bad. Just a little wood and grass smoke is about as good as it gets in this town. Don't you want your bedroom to smell like burning grass?
5:15 PM: No smoke of any kind. 78 degrees, sunny, a beautiful day.
6:30 PM: No smoke.
6:50 PM: Faint wood smoke. There is wood smoke in the air once again. I could smell it coming in the windows. It did not last long. The burning was very short in duration, possibly to dispose of something, or the breeze shifted direction and no longer brought the air pollution into our home.
7:00 PM: No wood smoke. The wood smoke from earlier is gone.
7:50 PM: No smoke.
8:15 PM: Faint grass smoke. Somebody is burning yard waste. I was lying in bed listening to music when I smelled grass smoke coming in the bedroom window. Close the windows! When I was done closing windows around the house the bedroom smelled of burning grass. Now I get to listen to music with the aroma of burning grass. Grass smoke in your bedroom is one of the joys of living in North St. Paul. Do you want to live in a city like this?
8:35 PM: A very faint trace of something is in the air. It is not strong enough to determine what it is. I can no longer smell grass smoke. There is no mistaking that there is some type of smoke pollution in the air.
9:00 PM: A very faint trace of some type of smoke continues. This would not be enough to close the windows. But it is a little unpleasant.
9:30 PM: A very faint trace of something continues.
11:10 PM: A very faint trace of some type of smoke and a trace of a sulfur smell is in the air. Last check of the evening.
When I woke at 1:30 AM the air was fresh and clear. Confident there would be no more burning tonight, I opened the windows to let mother nature cool the house.