Spring Flurries

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When I walked out this afternoon for my daily constitutional, I was met with the rather unusual sight of white bits floating through the air, looking remarkably like snow. Thankfully it wasn't, else I might have to have a fit of epic proportions over the fact that it was snowing on my plants in the middle of May, but it was very strange. It looks like it was fluff and seeds from some sort of plant nearby, possibly the willow tree in our next door neighbor's yard. It's rather odd, since I didn't realize willow trees utilized seed fluff to get their seeds around.

Still, it was unusual to walk out in 70 degree weather and see tons of white swirling in the air, looking a lot like snow. Not to mention snow doesn't typically aggravate my nose.

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It's probably from a cottonwood. We have a big one in our backyard, and when it starts dumping fluff it looks like it's snowing.


...And that probably means that it's gonna go soon. And I'm terribly allergic to cottonwood! Darn it spring!!!

[peppermintberry.livejournal.com]

Hm. The name 'cottonwood' rings a bell, but I don't remember ever seeing one. I think perhaps I'll look it up and and see if I can spot one nearby.

And *hugs* on the allergies. I can't imagine that being fun at all. I was a little hesitant to breathe at times when I was outside, for fear of getting fuzz up my nose. ^_^;