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CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on May 15, 2021, 10:19:20 am ---We should probably be discussing this on the "How's the weather where you're at?" thread, but last time I checked it was drier than usual here, with fire warnings.
And I think I know what you mean about the yellow stuff, but it's scarce enough here that it's not problem, AFAIK.
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You're the lucky one who doesn't have this mess to deal with. :laugh: This is what I see pretty much every morning in spring.
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 15, 2021, 11:30:39 am ---If you're allergic to it, it's always a problem. :(
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I have allergies, but this year they don't seem to be as bad as they've been in the past. One spring, it was a nice, breezy day, and I opened my bedroom windows to let the fresh air in. I went into my bedroom a few hours later, and my dressers were covered in that yellow mess!
Sason:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on May 14, 2021, 07:58:56 pm ---
Katy, give Sason's posts the response they deserve. Silence.
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I love you too, Chuckie!
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 15, 2021, 11:30:39 am ---If you're allergic to it, it's always a problem. :(
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Well, people here do have allergies, so I'm sure they're bothered. But I haven't seen it in the quantities you two are describing -- staining plastic chairs, coating windshields. That windshield looks like it's being attacked by bees.
CellarDweller:
Hiya BetterMost friends!!!!
I hope you're doing well! ;D
Today was mom's birthday, 78 years old today! ;D
Because we ordered take out last week for Mother's Day, mom didn't want to eat out again, so she ended up making some Italian. She said she was in the mood to cook, so we had our usual Italian.
She and dad are on their "no gifts" kick, as they are contemplating their move and purging, so I got her a birthday card and $30.00 of scratch off lottery tickets. She ended up winning $50.00!
Laundry is done and put away, and I can relax the rest of the day.
Checked the weather for the week, and it appears that we'll have sun all week, so I'm thinking I will spend time tomorrow cleaning out the inside and outside of the car. There's a gas station by me that has coin operated vacuums for the car, so I can get that taken care of. Then, I'll run it through the car wash.
Thursday I'll be meeting my friend, Tina, for lunch.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on May 15, 2021, 06:20:51 pm ---Well, people here do have allergies, so I'm sure they're bothered. But I haven't seen it in the quantities you two are describing -- staining plastic chairs, coating windshields. That windshield looks like it's being attacked by bees.
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Hello Katy. The image I posted shows what are called catkins.
A catkin or ament is a slim, cylindrical flower cluster (a spike), with inconspicuous or no petals, usually wind-pollinated (anemophilous) but sometimes insect-pollinated (as in Salix). They contain many, usually unisexual flowers, arranged closely along a central stem that is often drooping. They are found in many plant families.
Catkin-bearing plants include many trees or shrubs such as birch, willow, hickory, sweet chestnut, and sweetfern (Comptonia).
In many of these plants, only the male flowers form catkins, and the female flowers are single (hazel, oak), a cone (alder), or other types (mulberry). In other plants (such as poplar), both male and female flowers are borne in catkins.
These catkins are very light-weight, and easily wind-blown. The issue is that they tend to stick together, so they almost have a snowball effect, two or three will connect and start to blow, and suddenly, there are several hunderd (or more) "rolling" down the street like large snowballs. They easily clog gutters on homes and the drains in the street.
Here's a pic of a pile made from one front yard.
The amount of pollen they can put out is crazy.
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