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Article: PESKY COAT OF POLLEN TAKES SOME OF THE ENJOYMENT OUT OF SPRING.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- May 1, 1996
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Every year I feel a little tricked when these first warm days of spring arrive, because every year, I forget that along with warm weather comes pollen.
This year those blooming trees are taking the bloom off spring for me.
The pollen stops up my nose and makes me sneeze, but I can't bear to keep the windows closed so it also coats everything in the house. The pollen turns to yellow soup in the kitchen sink and I can draw pictures in the yellow grains on the dining room table.
I brush the dog and puffs of yellow smoke waft off her back. After a rain,puddles appear to lap on a yellow beach and lines of pollen that look like seismographic ...