We are pollenese if you please...

Spring has sprung...straight into summer as far as the temperatures are concerned. And with spring comes pollen. Pollen from just about everything, but the important piece of the story is the loblolly pine. Our neighborhood just so happens to have plenty of loblolly pine. Not sure what a pine flower looks like?

And en masse, they look like this.

And the pollen goes everywhere and covers everything. Here's the neighbor's pine pollen cloud sweeping across the neighborhood. It may be kind of hard to see, but in the background of the photo it looks hazy or maybe smoky, but that's a pollen cloud, I assure you.


Here's a few shots of nature's adaptations to the pollen onslaught.

Mama makes pollen angels on the back porch. Apparently, she was sitting in nearly the exact same spot but facing the other direction at some point.


Jason writes sweet nothings on the porch.


and last, but not least...


The important part of this photo is the faint line across the middle. This spans a good 15+ feet across the driveway. I thought some water had run across the driveway after I watered the flowerbeds, but I was wrong. Ants made this track. I know you can't see them and I could not get a good photo, so please believe that the arrows below point to ants meandering along their trail.


I'm the only member of our household who is unphased by the pollen. The cat, despite her incessant want to go out on the porch, comes in with watery eyes. The chickens are sneezing regularly. And Jessie. Well, she goes to great lengths to make sure she gets to play outside too.

Rosemary, I am your mother (a la Darth Vader)