Pollen
This is my fifteenth entry in the A-Z Blogging Challenge for April. Today we look at the letter P - Pollen.
I am convinced a great apocalypse story could be written about the pollen in Georgia.
About this time every year, the pine trees get busy making little pine trees. They fill the air with a yellow powder that settles over everything like a fine ash.
It's sticky and gets everywhere. Roads, houses, clothing, etc. gets covered in a yellow haze. You don't wear black during the pollen days in Georgia.
Cars take the brunt of the attack. The yellow dust settles onto every surface of your car and covers your windows. Your wipers become useless. Washer fluid doesn't help either - it just makes a sticky yellow paste.
It gets in your throat and nose and renders you unable to breathe. Your eyes hurt, and you reach for the eye drops. I'm not allergic, and it kills me year after year. I can't imagine how the people with allergies are feeling.
Thank goodness it passes quickly. By May, the pollen counts usually get south of 2500 and the air clears. Till then, we stay inside or hit the drugstore for remedies.
And we pray for rain.:)
I am convinced a great apocalypse story could be written about the pollen in Georgia.
About this time every year, the pine trees get busy making little pine trees. They fill the air with a yellow powder that settles over everything like a fine ash.
It's sticky and gets everywhere. Roads, houses, clothing, etc. gets covered in a yellow haze. You don't wear black during the pollen days in Georgia.
Cars take the brunt of the attack. The yellow dust settles onto every surface of your car and covers your windows. Your wipers become useless. Washer fluid doesn't help either - it just makes a sticky yellow paste.
It gets in your throat and nose and renders you unable to breathe. Your eyes hurt, and you reach for the eye drops. I'm not allergic, and it kills me year after year. I can't imagine how the people with allergies are feeling.
Thank goodness it passes quickly. By May, the pollen counts usually get south of 2500 and the air clears. Till then, we stay inside or hit the drugstore for remedies.
And we pray for rain.:)
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Apr 20, 2014 04:50PM
On facebook this year I have seen more and more people have issues with Pollen. I know that here in South Florida we do as well, keep tissues handy and sneeze ! #AtoZchallenge ☮Peace ☮ ღ ONE ℒℴνℯ ღ ☼ Light ☼ visiting from http://4covert2overt.blogspot.com/
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