Corn and the Humidity

I just heard the other day just how many gallons of water the Iowa corn throws out into the air each day. That is why we have such bad humidity here in the summer. There has been fog a couple mornings too, some of it quite thick. This morning when I went out to get the paper on the deck, it was foggy and the air smelled awful. It smelled like a musty mold. I didn't want to stay out there for long. It was sunny for a bit but now is overcast again.

Sheet of Ice

We had heavy fog last night.  Again, today it has gotten foggy also.  The fog has caused a total covering of very slippery driving or walking.  Then there is a light coating of white over the ice caused by the fog also.  You are taking your chanced if you go out on it.  I am staying in again today.  It isn't worth the risk to go to the mailbox.  They are large enough to hold quite a bit of mail and they are locked so it is safe.  It seems the mail is mostly advertising, junk mail and catalogs now and for a long time already. Tonight we are to get 1 or 2 inches of snow.  That should make walking and driving even more hazardous. I will be glad to see Spring and warm weather.  February can be brutal too but I hope it isn't this year.

Fall is in The Air

You can feel Fall is in the air.  It gets quite chilly at night and in the morning the house if cold enough to kick on the furnace a couple times.  It was foggy earlier, they said, but now it is full sun.  They are busy working next door on the new house so I hear lots of vehicles driving in early to get started for the day. It is only 57 now but will get up to 70 probably before the day is over. I love this kind of weather.

Decisions

I have spent an hour trying to decide whether to go out and get the mail.  I drive the car up to the mailboxes and the driveway and road is covered with a coating of thick ice.  I had to be very careful this morning when I walked out on the deck to get the newpaper.  It was very icy and slick.  Was glad to be back in the house safely.  We also have thick fog.  Can just see across the neighbor's yard and that is about it.  It is supposed to stay till tomorrow.  Praying all my kids get safely to work and back.  There were many car accidents yesterday and also semis on the freeway.

Fog

We have very heavy fog this morning. Visibility is not good. We are going to the next town this morning and they have a big lake there and it will be even more foggy. They are going to start harvesting where my brother is driving semi and it isn't good to have all this fog. But it is supposed to clear off and be sunny today. We need to drive over to a car garage this morning in this fog.