Spring Greening

I walked outside today and looked off toward the horizon and I could have sworn I had on a veil or maybe two. The haze was so thick from tree pollen that it looked as if I had spread Vaseline across my eyeballs. The Vaseline would have felt better than the cruel pollen that felt like tiny needles to the eyes.

We have not had rain in days and the pine trees sex organs are in full overdrive, like a sixteen year old boy with a box of playboys. You can see the yellow pollen practically squirting from the male cones.

The pollen is even getting to Shay who woke Russ up four times in the night. I bought her Claritin today which my vet had told me to give her last year and I forgot until now. I hope that we can get her system calmed down from these allergies.

When I went to my car I did not recognize it as it was a neon green. Driving to lunch was like following the yellow brick road, but the road turned into a cloud. I made sure I had my car on recirculating mode so new fresh air was coming inside, since this air is anything but fresh.

We just got a tiny amount of rain. Not enough to pull all that pollen out of the trees. I hope we get a good hard soaking. I know the pine trees are just the start of the “green season.”

I now understand why we have “spring cleaning,” to clean up all the mess that spring brings.