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Spazito

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8. Love your yard...

Reply to MiHale (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 01:13 PM

12 hrs ago

it's lovely. Sorry about the smoke, some of it, if not most, is definitely from Ontario, Canada. Toronto has the worst air quality in the world today, yikes.

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Smoke gets in your eyes...blotting out the sun... [View all] MiHale 14 hrs ago OP

o gawd! rurallib 14 hrs ago #1

I am sorry that you are experiencing this TexLaProgressive 14 hrs ago #2

We get smoke from Canadian wildfires periodically... MiHale 13 hrs ago #4

Here in VT PuraVidaDreamin 11 hrs ago #31

It's a dull yellow out... GiqueCee 11 hrs ago #33

rather scary to me. riversedge 10 hrs ago #37

Sad. Be careful out there. My eyes are burning livetohike 14 hrs ago #3

👍...taking it slow today... MiHale 13 hrs ago #5

Great looking garden! My compliments! biophile 12 hrs ago #6

Looking foward to smoked tomatoes...🤣 MiHale 12 hrs ago #9

It's the same here in Buffalo Niagara 12 hrs ago #7

Love your yard... Spazito 12 hrs ago #8

Thanks...keeping with the quip up thread... MiHale 12 hrs ago #11

.... Spazito 12 hrs ago #12

Toronto is just across Lake Erie from Buffalo. wnylib 12 hrs ago #16

It's pretty nasty, it's the top story in the news today... Spazito 12 hrs ago #18

Yeah, we've got the temps here, too. wnylib 12 hrs ago #20

I feel for anyone who is going through this... Spazito 11 hrs ago #22

Rain is in the forecast here for Friday night and Saturday. wnylib 11 hrs ago #25

Fingers crossed that will be the result... Spazito 11 hrs ago #27

We should be practiced at PPE usage. Prairie_Seagull 12 hrs ago #10

Just like... 2naSalit 12 hrs ago #13

Hey, 2na!.. like sitting at the campfire... MiHale 12 hrs ago #17

Just like campfire smoke, indeed. 2naSalit 11 hrs ago #23

Holy moly...the garden... MiHale 11 hrs ago #30

I had... 2naSalit 11 hrs ago #35

As a little kiddo when I complained about the smoke from a campfire, my mom told me smoke follows beauty. Bumbles 8 hrs ago #40

Same here in north WI. Talitha 12 hrs ago #14

Mars!...yes...you reminded me... MiHale 11 hrs ago #28

Does NASA know you're terraforming? Talitha 10 hrs ago #36

Western Mass and most of New England. Dangerous for certain classes of people. erronis 12 hrs ago #15

Working out in the garden... MiHale 12 hrs ago #19

Don't come inside your clothes! Oops wait Tbear 9 hrs ago #38

We have the same conditions in midcoast Maine. Maine is known as the tailpipe of the nation. Bumbles 11 hrs ago #21

I will admit...never heard the 'tailpipe' moniker... MiHale 11 hrs ago #24

I guess we can be relieved it's mostly passing through and not dropping off ; ) Bumbles 8 hrs ago #39

We have a weather alreat for smoke and haze....here in herr Hudson Valley Historic NY 11 hrs ago #26

Are those straw bale garden plots? Trueblue Texan 11 hrs ago #29

Yes the are... MiHale 11 hrs ago #34

It is settling in here in Columbus, Ohio right now. The haze is getting thicker and we will have yellowish color Botany 11 hrs ago #32

not as smoky here, but air bad + its HOT. pansypoo53219 6 hrs ago #41