FFfAW — The Morning Mist

Fandango

img_2396Early that fall morning, the family piled into the minivan to embark on a brief vacation. As they drove out into the countryside, Jeremy was looking out of the car’s window and was fascinated by the low hanging mist. He asked his father about it.

“This is common when the weather shifts from warm summer sunrises to crisp, cooler autumn mornings,” John said. “It’s often called evaporation fog.”

“What makes it happen?” his daughter asked.

“Well, Jessica,” John began, “the air over the land cools down at night. But once the sun starts to rise, a thin layer of air is warmed. The morning dew evaporates into this thin, warm, moist layer of air and mixes with the cooler air from the land and condensation occurs, which forms a layer of fog. It looks like steam rising above the land.”

Turning to his mother, who handles the kids’ homeschooling, Jeremy asked, “Is that right, Momma?”

“Kids,” Joanna said, “This is my vacation, too. We’ll study all about morning mists when we get back home.”

(175 words)

Written for this week’s Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers from Priceless Joy. Photo credit: Jodi McKinney.

16 thoughts on “FFfAW — The Morning Mist”

  1. Marleen September 4, 2018 / 9:40 am

    I enjoyed that story. Lol.

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  3. Sight11 September 4, 2018 / 1:27 pm

    Did you ever talk like that to your kids, Sensei, or did your old man talked like that to you?

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    • Fandango September 4, 2018 / 1:52 pm

      Better question: did I ever listen to my father and did my kids ever listen to me.

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      • Sight11 September 4, 2018 / 2:02 pm

        I think you’re a great dad, and would have been a great son.

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  4. michael1148humphris September 4, 2018 / 3:42 pm

    Next question, what holds the clouds up? Only kidding…

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  10. Bernadette Braganza September 9, 2018 / 8:54 am

    Hmmm. So that’s how it happens.

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