Smoke and Ash

I wipe down the top of my hot tub cover on a fairly regular basis and then apply a protectant to shield the cover from sun and weather damage.  Over the last couple of weeks, the constant smoke from surrounding wildfires deposited a notable grime on the cover.  More recently, flecks of ash have drifted down from aloft.

Yesterday, I wiped down the cover.

The results made me hope I have not been breathing in a lot what has been sifting through our skies recently.  I have posted a photograph of the first in series of wet paper towels I used to wipe down the cover.

—Mitchell Hegman