Ah — the sugary smell of springtime! (Thanks, Death Cab For Cutie!) Who doesn’t love the warm temperatures, the pretty flowers opening up? We can forget about all the cold, dark days of winter . . . or, well, the closest to “dark days” we can get in Maryland. Because I can’t exactly claim to live in a harsh climate! A brisk day here is around 30 degrees. I know some folks who would scoff at that! But all scoffing aside, the changing of the seasons makes me feel revitalized — happy, ready to tackle a new era.
Until I actually, like, breathe. Or go outside. Because all I see is this:
My car, covered in 'gold dust'
POLLEN. It’s everywhere. When I woke up Saturday morning and ventured out into an odd 90-degree day, the pollen was thick on our cars I could have just run my hands through it. I didn’t, of course, because that’s just gross, but I could have! That’s how bad it is! I mean, it’s like someone ran through town with a sack of gold fairy dust and just had a field day!
So, sadly, after wishing away the rain for the past few weeks or so, we’re all now praying for it again. Because my throat hurts, and I’m too lazy to take my car to a car wash!
And my eyes are insanely itchy and watery and my nose is itching… RAIN RAIN RAIN PLEASE
Arr! I’m allergic to pollen too!
I went outside yesterday and I was sneezing, sneezing, sneezing… incredible! There’s barely 3 leafs in the tree in front of my appartment, you’d think pollen would still be in hibernation, but no.
When I read the title of this post, I thought it would be about the Tori Amos song Gold Dust. But hey, pollen is a good topic too!
I’m with Lenore, “Gold Dust” by Tori Amos is the first thing I thought of, too. (Great song.)
my eyes started itching when i looked at the picture! (maybe i’m just tired?)