It's pretty sad when the Purple Air website is the first thing you look at in the morning. The only good thing are those red dots out to the west of Seattle. That means the air quality will gradually improve today as the onshore flow increases in front of the first fall storm. We've had a mere half inch of rain the entire summer. Yes, another record.
Wildfire smoke affects both the body and mind, making people feel anxious, stressed and trapped. I think the sight and smell triggers some primal survival response in animals. Friends who have lived here their entire lives say they've never experienced heavy smoke like this. Seattle was almost invisible yesterday.
Well, this too shall pass. I'm making an apple pie tomorrow to celebrate the return of rain. Cosmic Crisp apples were 79 cents a pound at Safeway!
Remember that big fuss when Cosmic Crisp were first introduced? This was the most over-hyped apple of all time that could probably never live up to the expectations.
A reviewer described it as a "beautiful looking apple worthy of a Wes Anderson prop" but the apple itself "screams mediocrity" with below average sweetness and a tough skin people dislike. Stay tuned on the pie potential. I'll set John to work peeling with one of his razor sharp knives. He's watching a YouTube video now on how to peel apples. Correctly.
Have a good weekend dear family and friends.
Engineers. Gotta love'em
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